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• The Top 10 Pioneer Square Art Shows to Check Out in April 2018

  04-04-2018 23:38 via thestranger.com
  First Thursday Art Walk and Beyond.by Stranger Things To Do StaffOn the first Thursday of every month, Seattleites flock to the streets of Pioneer Square for the city's central and oldest art walk, which offers opportunities to stroll, sip on wine, and attend as many gallery openings as possible. But, in most cases, the shows are up for longer than just one night, and the historic neighborhood is a great place to check out art any day of the year. So, below, we've compiled the most promising exh
  
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• Israeli Tragicomedy Foxtrot Unfolds in Three Parts

  04-04-2018 23:28 via thestranger.com
  Soldiers! Grieving parents! Camels!by Ned LannamannIf you’re looking for easy metaphors, Foxtrot helpfully explains the one in its title during a scene between a pair of grieving parents. Michael (Lior Ashkenazi) demonstrates to his younger wife Dafna (Sarah Adler) the dance’s simple, repetitive steps, first separating and then bringing his feet back together. “No matter where you go,” he says, “you always end up at the same starting point.”The film, too, has
  
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• Democracy in Chains Reveals the Link Between Libertarianism and Oligarchy

  04-04-2018 23:25 via thestranger.com
  
  Want to know exactly how the Koch brothers are undermining American democracy? Read Democracy in Chains.by Nick LicataNancy MacLean reads from the book on Saturday, April 7 at Town Hall Seattle. Bruce Orenstein
  Free market advocates push for eliminating government regulation of businesses, arguing that better public services will result. The ongoing water crisis in Flint, Michigan and the the parking meter fiasco in Chicago, just to name a few recent examples, denude that argument and show the r
  
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• Outside In Leaves the City Behind

  04-04-2018 23:24 via thestranger.com
  Without resorting to nostalgia, Lynn Shelton captures the old Pacific Northwest.by Megan BurbankBy focusing on Seattle and expensive retreats like the San Juan Islands, Lynn Shelton’s movies—like 2009’s Humpday, 2013’s Touchy Feely, and 2014’s Laggies—capture a particular cross-section of the Pacific Northwest. Maybe because I grew up in it, I love it—but it ignores the expansive gloominess and washed-up beauty of rural and suburban Washington. That&rsqu
  
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• NYT's Video and the Language Used to Describe the YouTube Shooter

  04-04-2018 23:03 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede
  Nasim Najafi Aghdam opened fire at the YouTube headquarters yesterday, injuring three people before killing herself. A number of news outlets initially reported that one of the persons she shot was in some love triangle with her. But we know now that the connection between her and her victims was not personal or sexual in anyway. To use a sexist expression, which is certainly at the root of those initial reports (a love triangle), she wasn't a "crazy bitch." Aghdam's victims we
  
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• Blockers Wusses Out on the Raunch

  04-04-2018 23:01 via thestranger.com
  Hey parents? Stop being nosy creeps.by Elinor JonesThis movie is called Blockers, but the poster has a little rooster over the word “Blockers” because obviously it’s meant to be Cockblockers. This is the first of many examples of this movie flirting with raunch and then wussing out and biting its tongue. Teens and adults alike are far too desensitized to be scandalized by lazy stuff like this.The creepy premise of Blockers is that some parents find out that their teen daughters
  
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• As Trump orders judges to hurry up, look inside immigration court’s ‘alternate legal universe’

  04-04-2018 23:00
  The Trump administration is putting pressure on immigration courts to work faster. Judges, alarmed about the consequences for due process, want independence. The stakes are high, yet this “alternate legal universe” is largely out of public view.
  
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• Vancouver Immigrant Claims ICE Arrested Him After Eavesdropping on Him and His Lawyer

  04-04-2018 22:37 via thestranger.com
  
  Jorge Luis Acebal-Coria's next hearing in immigration court is this coming Friday.by Sydney BrownstoneJorge Luis Acebal-Coria has been detained at the Northwest Detention Center, pictured above, for the last two months. ASK
  Attorneys for the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) say a plain clothes immigration enforcement officer arrested a man outside a courthouse in Vancouver, Washington after eavesdropping on the man's conversation with his lawyer.According to a complaint filed with the
  
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• Charge: Friends tried to stop arsonist from setting mosque fire

  04-04-2018 22:12
  Four people were with the 18-year-old man accused of setting a Bellevue mosque on fire last month and tried to stamp out the small fires he set, according to charging documents filed Friday.
  
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• The Stranger's Guide to Food and Drink 2018: Our Favorite Places to Get Jewish and Israeli Food in Seattle

  04-04-2018 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Naomi TomkyWestman’s Bagel and Coffee, where you can find NYC-style (Ashkenazi) bagels.EPHRIAM NAGLER
  This story is presented as part of The Stranger's Guide to Food and Drink 2018: the Well-Done & Rare Edition, which features our favorites of Seattle's most bountiful tastes, and where to find more elusive flavors, like Jewish food (delis, bagels and more).
  Once upon a time, Brenner Brothers Bakery churned out traditional Ashkenazi (Eastern European Jewish) breads in the heavily Jew
  
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• Beloved noodle house in International District to close

  04-04-2018 21:44
  The Phnom Penh Noodle House has been a beloved International District locale and source of Cambodian food for three decades. But the restaurant announced it will be closing its doors in May.
  
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• A Sinclair Boycott is Complicated, Not Impossible

  04-04-2018 21:32 via thestranger.com
  
  Here's our running list of local Sinclair Broadcasting advertisers.by Katie HerzogLet the boycott begin!Getty Images
  On Monday, I wrote about the ongoing battle between Sinclair Broadcasting and the 193 local television stations they own across U.S., including, in Seattle, KOMO.Sinclair is bad news. It’s a massive, multi-billion dollar corporation that has been forcing local news stations to run pro-Trump talking points, with no context, comment, or opposition. These segments, called &ldqu
  
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• US seizes pot-growing houses tied to China-based criminals

  04-04-2018 21:13
  Hundreds of federal and local law-enforcement agents have seized roughly 100 Northern California houses purchased with money wired to the United States by a Chinese-based crime organization and used to grow massive amounts of marijuana illegally.
  
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• U.S. seizes dozens of California pot-growing houses tied to China-based criminals

  04-04-2018 21:13
  Hundreds of federal and local law-enforcement agents have seized roughly 100 Northern California houses purchased with money wired to the United States by a Chinese-based crime organization and used to grow massive amounts of marijuana illegally.
  
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• You'll Soon Be Able to Take a Bus from Seattle to Mount Si

  04-04-2018 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  "Trailhead Direct" is back this month and will be expanded in May.by Heidi GrooverThe view from Mount Si. rich smith
  Starting this month, you'll be able to get from Seattle to a pretty good day hike without a car. Next month, it'll get even better.
  King County launched the new hiking shuttle service, Trailhead Direct, last year. But for the first season, it operated only on a loop stopping at the Issaquah Transit Center and several trailheads off I-90. That meant if you wanted to get to one of t
  
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• Robert F. Kennedy on Dr. King: A speech for 1968 and 2018

  04-04-2018 20:49
  The brief speech delivered by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, in a minority Indianapolis neighborhood on the night Dr. Martin Luther Kind, Jr., was assassinated, resonates 50 years later.  Here is that speech, with a brief preface and afterword.
  
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• Blabbermouth Podcast: Reconsidering Roseanne, Boycotting Sinclair, and Building a Wall Against Trump's Dangerous Nonsense

  04-04-2018 20:47 via thestranger.com
  by The StrangerSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!First, an election result from Wisconsin that you need to hear about: Rebecca Dallet, the candidate backed by Democrats around the country, just won a way-down-ballot race for state supreme court—by 11 points!Republicans like Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker are freaking out about the “blue wave” that’s coming to that state, which Trump narrowly won in 2016, and Dan Savage, Rich Smith, and Eli Sanders
  
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• Marijuana dispute pits county against state of Oregon

  04-04-2018 20:21
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Officials in an Oregon county who have tried to restrict commercial marijuana production sued the state in federal court, asserting state laws that made pot legal are pre-empted by federal law that criminalize it. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court escalated a long-running battle between the state and the […]
  
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• Canadians on Canadians in the NWFF Series Future//Present

  04-04-2018 20:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede Fail to Appear
  For the next four days, the Northwest Film Forum will run a series, Future//Present, that features a new wave of Canadian filmmakers. I have seen 3 of the 8 films in this program, and what impressed me was not only the raw energy of these works but also how they presented Canadians.Not too long ago, I decided to listen to a lecture series on the history of the British Empire by professor Patrick N. Allitt, a historian with a very dark sense of humor. A major part
  
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• ‘Faulty hoverboard’ sparks trash fire in Bellevue dump truck

  04-04-2018 19:36
  The driver of a garbage truck dumped his load after realizing the blaze. It was put out without much incident.
  
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• The center of the Milky Way is teeming with black holes

  04-04-2018 19:35
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The center of our galaxy is teeming with black holes, sort of like a Times Square for strange super gravity objects, astronomers discovered. For decades, scientists theorized that circling in the center of galaxies, including ours, were lots of stellar black holes , collapsed giant stars where the gravity is so strong […]
  
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• This Thursday, Bust a Gut Laughing at the Central Comedy Show

  04-04-2018 19:28 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalSeattle comedian Wilfred Padua joked about nobody wanting to have sex with Asian guys—except white gay men—at the March installment of Central Comedy Show. JONATHAN VANDERWEIT
  During a recent Central Comedy Show, Olympia comic Chase Roper began his set with a bit about anxiety. As if on cue, the fire alarm went off, filling the room with a maddening staccato noise and nerve-racking strobing light. "I've never been heckled by a building before," he calmly quipped.
  Then he
  
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• Connelly: We are already being taxed for 'congestion pricing'

  04-04-2018 19:15
  Mayor Jenny Durkan promised a bit of relief from pricey tax measures, and better delivery of city services, when she ran last fall. Four months in office, however, she is proposing a tax by another name -- "congestion pricing" -- when taxpayers are already bearing costs of a $930 million "Move Seattle" transportation levy.
  
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• Connelly: 'Congestion pricing' is taxing us for what we're already paying for

  04-04-2018 19:15
  Mayor Jenny Durkan promised a bit of relief from pricey tax measures, and better delivery of city services, when she ran last fall. Four months in office, however, she is proposing a tax by another name -- "congestion pricing" -- when taxpayers are already bearing costs of a $930 million "Move Seattle" transportation levy.
  
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• Study: flood control engineering likely has worsened floods

  04-04-2018 19:03
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Flood control work in the Mississippi River and its tributaries has likely made floods worse in Mississippi and Louisiana, researchers say. Using 500 years of data from tree rings and from sediment in oxbow lakes — bends that once were part of the Mississippi River but became lakes when the river […]
  
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• Seattle mayor pitches tolling on downtown streets

  04-04-2018 18:34
  Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan announced Wednesday a plan to toll downtown streets to reduce congestion and greenhouse gases.
  
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• Meet Lady Prunella Knucklesnude von Wrinklebothum, 1st Runner-Up in The Stranger's Ugly Pet Contest

  04-04-2018 18:15 via thestranger.com
  
  We love her.by Chase BurnsPrunella is a queen. You can follow her here.Emily Rieman
  The Stranger is pleased to announce that Lady Prunella Knucklesnude von Wrinklebothum is the 1st runner-up in our inaugural Ugly Pet Contest, sponsored by Urban Animal Clinic, Purrfect Cat Boarding, and Emerald City Pet Rescue. (You can check out our 2nd runner-up, Rocco the Pughuahua, here.)For her incredible looks, Prunella was treated to a photo shoot and a prize package from PureAyre. We also asked Prunella's
  
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• Homeless man wounded in southern Oregon shooting

  04-04-2018 17:45
  SHADY COVE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a homeless man was shot in the hip during an altercation with another homeless man in southern Oregon. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says 37-year-old Toby Bicknell was flown by helicopter to Rogue Regional Medical Center. The shooting happened early Wednesday east of Shady Cove. Witnesses say Bicknell […]
  
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• Slog AM: Durkan Wants to Toll City Streets, Washington's Wet Week, Looming All-Out Trade War

  04-04-2018 17:13 via thestranger.com
  
  Thin Mint Thief no longer at large, more about the YouTube shooter, and some cool sports thingsby Nathalie GrahamCue the angry drivers.KELLY O
  Tolling city streets: Mayor Durkan is looking into implementing a city-street tolling system. It would reduce congestion on Seattle’s busiest streets and would reduce greenhouse-gas emissions. Seattle would be the first American city to do anything like this. Money from tolls would go toward funding transit, Durkan says.When the Highway 99 tunnel op
  
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• High-end women-only club expands to Seattle

  04-04-2018 16:38
  If you spied a billboard on First Avenue mysteriously advertising "The Wing," your answer is finally here.
  
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• Fast ferry runs canceled Wed. morning after another breakdown

  04-04-2018 16:30
  All sailings of Kitsap County's "fast ferry" to Seattle were canceled Wednesday morning after the trouble-plagued vessel broke down again.
  
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• SpaceX capsule reaches space station with food, experiments

  04-04-2018 16:09
  A SpaceX capsule carrying food, experiments and other goods for NASA has arrived at the International Space Station after a two-day journey. The Dragon capsule and its 6,000-pound shipment was captured by the space station’s robot arm Wednesday. It’s the second trip to the 250-mile-high orbiting outpost for this capsule, refurbished following a visit two […]
  
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• Trump’s war with Amazon is phony, but the company is winning the real one

  04-04-2018 15:00
  There is a real issue involving Amazon and its contributions to the country that made it great. It just isn’t the one the president keeps going on and on about.
  
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• Tolls on downtown streets? Seattle mayor pushes for plan to cut traffic, greenhouse gases

  04-04-2018 15:00
  If Mayor Jenny Durkan implements widespread tolling of city roadways, Seattle would be the nation’s first city to establish such systemwide tolling.
  
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• The injustices MLK fought are still present in Seattle today

  04-04-2018 15:00
  Injustices that caused strong reactions to the death of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 50 years ago today may look different but, sadly, are still present in our community.
  
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• Seattle mayor wants a tolling plan to reduce traffic congestion, greenhouse gases

  04-04-2018 15:00
  If Mayor Jenny Durkan implements widespread tolling of city roadways, Seattle would be the nation’s first city to establish such systemwide tolling.
  
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• New booklet an aid in getting help for homelessness in Seattle area

  04-04-2018 15:00
  A new pocket-size resource guide is intended to help homeless people navigate a spiderweb of resources in King County,
  
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• ‘I was so distraught’: Readers remember the day Dr. King was shot

  04-04-2018 15:00
  We asked our readers to share their memories and feelings about the murder of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which happened 50 years ago today.
  
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• How The Seattle Times covered MLK’s assassination in 1968

  04-04-2018 15:00
  Churches hosted special prayer services. Seattle Public Schools dismissed students early. Meanwhile, staff reporters and photographers scrambled locally — and in Washington, D.C. — to capture the impact of the great leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s death.
  
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• Getting help when you’re homeless in Seattle is confusing. This booklet could be the answer.

  04-04-2018 15:00
  A new pocket-size resource guide is intended to help homeless people navigate a spiderweb of resources in King County.
  
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• NYC bracing for major subway line shutdown next year

  04-04-2018 14:20
  NEW YORK — Residents and businesses are already bracing for the shutdown of one of New York City’s busiest subway lines a year from now. The New York Times says the “L” train between Brooklyn and Manhattan will be halted for 15 months to repair Superstorm Sandy damage to an East River tunnel. Vehicle traffic […]
  
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• A new concern for African vultures: bullet lead in carrion

  04-04-2018 12:14
  JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Poaching, poisoning and other hazards have taken a heavy toll on Africa’s endangered vultures. New research suggests that the scavengers also face another threat — toxic bullet lead that they ingest while eating the carcasses of animals shot by legal hunters. One-third of nearly 600 white-backed vultures caught and tested in Botswana […]
  
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• Tourists, commuters seek workarounds to French train strikes

  04-04-2018 09:27
  PARIS — French commuters squeezed into scarce trains Wednesday while tourists rearranged travel plans as one of the world’s most-traveled rail networks endured a second consecutive day of strike action. Rail unions and President Emmanuel Macron’s government are holding firm so far in a battle over a plan to abolish a benefits system that allows […]
  
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• JuiceTheGod, West Seattle ‘rising star’ rapper, ‘stripped of his full potential’

  04-04-2018 05:08
  Trevon McKoy, 21, whom family and friends remember as driven and hardworking, was fatally shot early Sunday near Seattle Center. No arrests have been reported.
  
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• JuiceTheGod, ‘rising star’ rapper gunned down near Seattle Center, ‘stripped of his full potential’

  04-04-2018 05:08
  Trevon McKoy, 21, whom family and friends remember as driven and hardworking, was fatally shot early Sunday near Seattle Center. No arrests have been reported.
  
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• Sea-Tac’s new international facility is running over budget and behind schedule

  04-04-2018 04:13
  The cost of the new International Arrivals Facility at Sea-Tac airport has swelled by another $40 million to $830 million, and the project is running five months late.
  
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• Sea-Tac airport’s new international facility is running over budget and behind schedule

  04-04-2018 04:13
  The cost of the new International Arrivals Facility at Sea-Tac airport has swelled by another $40 million to $830 million, and the project is running five months late.
  
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• Inmates on hunger strike at Washington State Penitentiary

  04-04-2018 04:06
  The strike involves prisoners in six units of the prison’s West Complex.
  
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• Inmates on hunger strike at men’s prison in Walla Walla

  04-04-2018 04:06
  The strike involves prisoners in six units of the prison’s West Complex.
  
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• Herb Bridge, a jeweler, Navy man and civic leader, dead at 93

  04-04-2018 03:42
  Mr. Bridge grew the family jewelry business and advocated for a vibrant downtown Seattle, while leading local philanthropic efforts.
  
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