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• ‘Our comedy Godmother’: Performers mourn Comedy Store owner Mitzi Shore, who died at 87

  11-04-2018 23:40
  Some of the biggest names in comedy, the people who stood as giants in the genre, developed their craft at the Comedy Store — people such as Robin Williams, Richard Pryor and David Letterman. It was there that Roseanne Barr was discovered, that Jim Carrey worked the door. And the woman who became synonymous with […]
  
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• Paul Ryan, We Hardly Knew Ye.

  11-04-2018 23:24 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonPaul Ryan, "Sunday father" CHRISTOPHER HALLORAN/ SHUTTERSTOCK.COMIf you think these aren't funny now, wait till he comes back in two years to run for president.
  
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• Salt Lake City mayor issues water advisory as shortage looms

  11-04-2018 22:34
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake City mayor is asking her residents make an effort to conserve water as the city is facing a water shortage after a winter of below-average snowfall. The Deseret News reports Mayor Jackie Biskupski issued a Stage 1 advisory on Tuesday as part of the city’s five-stage water shortage […]
  
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• Cops release suspect sketch in unsolved murder of young couple

  11-04-2018 22:31
  Investigators are hoping new sketches based on the latest DNA technology will provide a breakthrough in the unsolved 1987 murders of a young Canadian couple in Washington state.
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: The Lookalikes

  11-04-2018 22:30 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage
  I'm a 22-year-old female studying abroad and have recently begun hooking up with someone I met while traveling. I've never been amazing at friends-with-benefits situations but I don't have a desire to date this guy and he doesn't either. I tend to get attached or latch on to small issues or instances. Recently, we were hooking up and he called me by his friend's name. Twice. Those two are quite close, she is FWB with someone else, and she looks kind of like me. I suspect that he pr
  
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• Star Alabama Preacher Arrested For...

  11-04-2018 22:25 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage...can you guess?
  A well-known Alabama evangelist, public speaker and author was arrested in Hoover Tuesday on child sex charges. Paul Edward Acton Bowen, a 37-year-old Gadsden native who now lives in Etowah County's Southside community, was taken into custody by Hoover police about 12:35 p.m. The founder of Acton Bowen Outreach Ministries is charged with second-degree sodomy, enticing a child to enter a vehicle or house for immoral purposes, and second-degree sex abuse. The victim
  
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• Camel-smoking ex-House Speaker Boehner joins pot company

  11-04-2018 22:12
  Former Republican U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, once an adamant opponent of legalizing marijuana, has joined a firm with medical pot dispensaries or licenses in 11 states. In Boehner's words, his thinking has "evolved."
  
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• Will new sketches lead to killer of Canadian couple, slain during trip to Seattle in 1987?

  11-04-2018 22:00
  Investigators hope a new composite sketch created from DNA can help solve the homicides of two young Canadians who disappeared during an overnight trip to Seattle nearly 31 years ago.
  
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• Will new DNA sketches lead to killer of Canadian couple during trip to Seattle in 1987?

  11-04-2018 22:00
  Investigators hope a new composite sketch created from DNA can help solve the homicides of two young Canadians who disappeared during an overnight trip to Seattle nearly 31 years ago.
  
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• A Seattle Man Demands Attention from a Beggar

  11-04-2018 21:31 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede
  The other day, while walking down a stretch of Third Avenue that's between Pike and Union streets, I saw a youngish and handsomely dressed white man stop by a middle-aged white woman who was sitting on the sidewalk. In front of the woman was a large brown paper cup. Her head was turned down. Her cup was asking for money. The youngish man took a five-dollar bill out of his wallet, and looked down on the woman. She clearly did not care if he was there or not. She was in her own w
  
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• Guest Editorial: As Tax Day Approaches, Who's Winning the Tax War?

  11-04-2018 21:13 via thestranger.com
  
  We're looking at you, Amazon!by Katie WilsonThe president with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Chip Somodevilla / GETTY
  It’s funny how awful things become normal, like paying off student loans for decades, or Facebook-scrolling past GoFundMe requests for help with medical bills.
  Then something comes along that’s really no different, it just hasn’t been normalized in your mind yet, and it gives you a jolt. This happened to me recently when a colleague at Ca
  
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• I-5 through Seattle to undergo big repairs starting Friday

  11-04-2018 21:00
  Love summer traffic on Interstate 5 through downtown Seattle? It's going to be worse this year as the road gets some long-overdue repairs.
  
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• Blabbermouth Podcast: Paul Ryan Ditches Congress, Mark Zuckerberg Explains the Internet

  11-04-2018 20:55 via thestranger.com
  by The StrangerSubscribe to the podcast FOR FREE by clicking right here!Paul Ryan is leaving Congress, President Trump says missiles will soon be headed toward Syria, and the FBI just raided the office of Trump attorney Michael Cohen. Quite a lot to talk about this week, and Rich Smith, Katie Herzog, and Eli Sanders dive right in with a list of new lows that Ryan sunk to this year before bailing out.After that, Chase Burns is back to pore over Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony befor
  
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• Idaho man files complaint, claims mistreatment at jail

  11-04-2018 20:20
  NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — A Caldwell man claims he was kept in crowded and unsanitary conditions while confined in a medical isolation cell at a jail in western Idaho. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports 50-year-old Eric Swain Johnson filed a prisoner civil rights complaint last year after spending three days in the medical isolation unit at […]
  
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• Issaquah Subsidized Housing Tenants Say Eviction Threats Could Make Them Homeless

  11-04-2018 20:11 via thestranger.com
  
  At least twelve households have received notices.by Heidi GrooverVioleta Sialer and her son, Craig. HG
  Tenants at a low-income housing complex in Issaquah say their landlord is issuing unfair threats of eviction over minor issues. And if the landlord follows through, the tenants say, they could end up on the streets.At least 12 households have received eviction notices, according to an organizer with the Washington Community Action Network, which demonstrated at the building on Tuesday.
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• Claire's Camera, a Film by the Productive Korean Auteur Hong Sang-Soo

  11-04-2018 20:04 via thestranger.com
  
  by Kathy Fennessy Claire's Camera
  To judge by his most recent films, productive Korean auteur Hong Sang-soo is shifting (ever so slightly) away from male characters who are falling apart towards women who are relatively intact. In Claire's Camera, one of three Hong features that premiered in 2017, he also plays with time (a fractured narrative) and language (characters speak Korean, French, and English).Isabelle Huppert, in her second go-round with the filmmaker, plays a music teacher visiting C
  
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• Mixing Alcohol and Edibles Is Not the Smartest Idea

  11-04-2018 19:58 via thestranger.com
  A crossfading horror story.by Josh JardineThe 20th of April is right around the corner, and for those who celebrate 4/20 as a high holy day, bless your hearts. We can use an uptick in sales at our local pot stores, so stock up, and get down responsibly.Not to be Donald Downer, but as always, please mind your edibles intake. I’ve written before about how badly such things can go when your edibles intake isn’t minded, but I haven’t yet gotten into how “bad” can veer i
  
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• Tech giant’s Seattle campus a backdrop for ‘Tax Amazon’ rally

  11-04-2018 19:57
  With the City Council considering a tax on employee hours or on payroll to help pay for affordable housing and homeless services, proponents are holding up Amazon as the prime example of a company that can afford to do more.
  
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• ‘Tax Amazon’ rally brings different scene to heart of tech giant’s Seattle campus

  11-04-2018 19:57
  With the City Council considering a tax on employee hours or on payroll to help pay for affordable housing and homeless services, proponents are holding up Amazon as the prime example of a company that can afford to do more.
  
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• John Boehner Gets into the Legal Weed Business

  11-04-2018 19:52 via thestranger.com
  by Katie HerzogAnd the latest rich white dude to enter the legal weed market is...
  I’m joining the board of #AcreageHoldings because my thinking on cannabis has evolved. I’m convinced de-scheduling the drug is needed so we can do research, help our veterans, and reverse the opioid epidemic ravaging our communities. @AcreageCannabis https://t.co/f5i9KcQD0W
  — John Boehner (@SpeakerBoehner) April 11, 2018John Boehner, if you recall, is the former GOP House speaker who was opposed
  
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• Court documents say driver intentionally struck guard at Boeing’s Renton plant

  11-04-2018 19:47
  A Renton police officer wrote in court documents that the force of the collision on Monday sent the security guard approximately 8 feet over the vehicle.
  
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• Cannon Beach OKs pot shops to operate in mixed-use buildings

  11-04-2018 19:40
  CANNON BEACH, Ore. — The Cannon Beach City Council has reversed its decision to block marijuana retailers from operating in mixed-use buildings. The Daily Astorian reports the council reconsidered out of fear that landlords with mixed-use properties would evict residential tenants to allow marijuana retailers to rent their commercial spaces for a higher price. City […]
  
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• US court overturns round-up of wild horses in Oregon

  11-04-2018 19:37
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management violated environmental law by rounding up wild horses in eastern Oregon without fully considering the impact of its actions, a newspaper reported Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon’s ruling could mean that some of the horses will be returned […]
  
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• Connelly: 'We have ourselves a race' for McMorris Rogers' seat

  11-04-2018 19:31
  In a key U.S. House race, a new poll shows 5th District incumbent Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers with a six-point lead over Democratic challenger Lisa Brown.  Normally conservative Eastern Washington voters are sharply divided on President Trump, who gets low marks among women.
  
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• Connelly: 'We have ourselves a race' for McMorris Rodgers' seat

  11-04-2018 19:31
  In a key U.S. House race, a new poll shows 5th District incumbent Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers with a six-point lead over Democratic challenger Lisa Brown.  Normally conservative Eastern Washington voters are sharply divided on President Trump, who gets low marks among women.
  
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• Events This Spring & Summer for Animal Lovers

  11-04-2018 19:21 via thestranger.com
  Where to Spend Time with Dogs, Cats, Goats, Birds, Reptiles, and Moreby Stranger Things To Do StaffSeattle is filled with critters walking with their humans, gazing out of windows, and waiting to be adopted from shelters—not to mention the wild creatures that fly through the air, slither through gardens, and swim through the seas. In honor of The Stranger's Pet Issue, we've compiled all the ways to spend time with animals and support their well-being through local organizations from now un
  
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• 65 Events in Seattle for Pet Owners and Animal Lovers Alike: Spring and Summer 2018

  11-04-2018 19:18 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis pupper is very excited for Seattle Animal Shelter's Furry 5K on June 10, which raises money for adoptable animals. Nadia Sawir
  Seattle is filled with critters walking with their humans, gazing out of windows, and waiting to be adopted from shelters—not to mention the wild creatures that fly through the air, slither through gardens, and swim through the seas. In honor of The Stranger's Pet Issue, we've compiled all the ways to spend time with animals and s
  
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• Study: Global warming is weakening key ocean circulation

  11-04-2018 19:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is likely slowing the main Atlantic Ocean circulation, which has plunged to its weakest level on record, according to a new study. The slowdown in the circulation — a crucial part of Earth’s climate — had been predicted by computer models, but researchers said they can now observe it. It […]
  
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• With Friends Like Mayor Durkan, The Seattle Streetcar Needs No Enemies

  11-04-2018 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by David ColeIs this end of the road for the Seattle Streetcar? DAVID COLE
  Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: After years of ballot measures, public hearings, and studies confirming both public support for a major streetcar project and its viability, a newly-elected mayor abruptly shuts down the project just as preliminary construction is getting underway.
  In this case, the setting was my hometown of Cincinnati. Mark Twain is said to have quipped, “When the end of the world com
  
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• John Boehner was a longtime opponent of marijuana reform. Here’s what changed his mind.

  11-04-2018 17:50
  Former GOP House speaker John Boehner, a longtime opponent of marijuana legalization, is joining a company that grows and sells cannabis, he announced Wednesday.
  
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• Psychological exam ordered for suspect in mailed explosives

  11-04-2018 17:43
  Thanh Cong Phan was to be arraigned on one count of shipping explosive materials, but a judge signed an order canceling the arraignment until a psychologist files a report on his competency.
  
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• Psychological exam ordered for Everett suspect in mailed explosives

  11-04-2018 17:43
  Thanh Cong Phan was to be arraigned on one count of shipping explosive materials, but a judge signed an order canceling the arraignment until a psychologist files a report on his competency.
  
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• Judge orders mental evaluation for Everett man charged with mailing explosives

  11-04-2018 17:43
  Thanh Cong Phan was scheduled to be arraigned on Thursday on one count of shipping explosive materials, but a judge signed an order Tuesday canceling the arraignment until a psychologist files a report on Phan's competency.
  
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• Slog AM: Spring Rents Decline In Belltown, No-Discharge Zone In Puget Sound, Adidas Backs the Dawg Pack

  11-04-2018 17:20 via thestranger.com
  
  The Toys 'R' Us rave you've always wanted to go to, Congress doesn't understand Facebook, and will World War III start with a tweet?by Nathalie GrahamShit-free zone Chase Dekker Wild-Life Images
  Seattle spring rent hike isn't too bad: Supply-and-demand seems to finally be working in the renter’s favor. There’s a slowdown in Seattle-area rent increases. There’s always a little rent-hike during the spring. But, this spring it wasn’t so bad. It only went up 1 percent. Accord
  
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• Poll finds McMorris Rodgers has narrow lead over Democratic challenger in Washington state’s 5th Congressional District

  11-04-2018 16:18
  The race in the 5th Congressional District is close, according to a an independent poll released on Wednesday.
  
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• Europe plans remote update to keep aging Mars probe stable

  11-04-2018 15:09
  BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency plans to remotely update the software on its Mars Express probe to ensure the aging spacecraft remains stable. The probe arrived at Mars in late 2003 for a two-year mission , but almost 15 years later it’s still operating. ESA said Wednesday four of Mars Express’ six gyroscopes […]
  
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• Major traffic delays expected during I-5 repaving in Seattle this spring and summer

  11-04-2018 15:00
  Beginning April 20, crews will repave 13 miles of concrete and asphalt, and install 37 new bridge-expansion joints, in the northbound lanes from Martin Luther King Jr. Way to Northeast Ravenna Boulevard.
  
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• King County sticks with peace circles for juvenile crime, even after a murder charge

  11-04-2018 15:00
  A controversial new method for addressing juvenile crime stalled after a murder charge for one participant. But instead of backing off, prosecutors are doubling down.
  
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• Driver killed in wrong-way crash in Kent that injured 6 had multiple DUIs

  11-04-2018 15:00
  Police say they do not know whether the driver was under the influence in the crash. His younger brother was also in the car and did not survive. Six other people in three other vehicles were injured, including a 5-year-old girl and her mother.
  
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• While You Were Sleeping: Trump Was Tweeting

  11-04-2018 14:03 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageSo yesterday Russia threatened to shoot down U.S. missiles and attack the bases they were fired from if President Trump launched an attack against Syria's dictator for using chemical weapons against his own people. And early this morning Donald Trump got on Twitter...
  Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia,because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his
  
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• School stats: Washington students show little growth in math, reading on national test

  11-04-2018 14:00
  While Washington students post some of the highest scores in the nation, their performance on mathematics and reading tests have remained fairly flat for nearly a decade.
  
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• Writing Advice from Alexander Chee

  11-04-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  A Q&A with the celebrated novelist, essayist, and teacher Alexander Chee.by Rich SmithThe title of Alexander Chee's collection of essays, How to Write an Autobiographical Novel, is a joke. Chee is well-known for his first novel, the semi-autobiographical Edinburgh, and his second novel, The Queen of the Night, which came out in 2016. The new essay collection is not a "how-to," though, as the title suggests. As you read each of Chee's engrossing, smart, insightful, intimate, moving, responsib
  
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• Where Do Pets Go When They Die?

  11-04-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  Resting Waters in West Seattle offers a green alternative to pet cremation.by Sean NelsonWhen your pet dies, you have only a few legal options for disposing of the body.If you own the land you live on, you can bury the animal in your yard, as long as it doesn't create a "nuisance," and the body is demonstrably disease-free, and the plot is sufficiently far away from a water supply. If you're a renter, good luck getting permission from the landlord to dig a grave on the property.If the animal wei
  
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• West Seattle Brewing Co. Didn't Just Make the Tap Shack for People, They Also Made It for Dogs

  11-04-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  The perfect place to drink with your pup on Alki.by Jen SwansonWith a pet population famously surpassing its kid population, Seattle's drinking landscape understandably features ahealthy selection of dog-friendly bars. One of our favorites, Norm's in Fremont, even earned a spot on USA Today's list of America's 10 best pet-friendly venues. But while neighborhood options abound, West Seattle Brewing Co. has earned particular renown among dog-lovers, drawing huge crowds (of both canine and human va
  
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• The Time I Caught a Garter Snake and Brought It Home

  11-04-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  Reptiles are the John Waters movie of pets.by Sarah GalvinI spent most of my free time as a kid at the Evergreen Washelli cemetery. There weren't many parks in the Aurora neighborhood in the 1990s.With our two dogs, Jack and Pirate, my dad, my brother, and I would play tag and hide-and-seek among the blackberry bushes and swampy duck ponds. I loved the dogs, but my dad was really the mammal guy. I adored reptiles. I had anole lizards and turtles. I raised an African tortoise from golf-ball-size
  
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• The Reason to Watch Borg vs. McEnroe Is Not Shia LaBeouf

  11-04-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  Sverrir Gudnason's portrayal of tennis champion Björn Borg is better than anything Shia LaBeouf does on-screen.by Charles MudedeTennis star John McEnroe hates Borg vs. McEnroe, Janus Metz's film about McEnroe's famous 1980 Wimbledon match with Björn Borg. It's important to know that.McEnroe thinks that Shia LaBeouf's portrayal of him is bad and makes him look like a jerk. But of all the things that made McEnroe a household name in the 1980s, none even comes close to this simple truth:
  
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• The Cats of Twice Sold Tales

  11-04-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  Who are the cats that live at Twice Sold Tales, and what is that litter box all about?by Rich SmithThere's a funny sign hanging at Twice Sold Tales, a used book store on Capitol Hill known for its resident cats. On the door of the closet containing the litter box, a brass plaque reads: "The Contents of This Catbox Are Dedicated to the Life and Work of Christopher Frizzelle, Writer for The Stranger, May 10, 2003."Jamie Lutton, the owner of the store, bought the engraved plaque for $40 after Frizz
  
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• The Best—and Worst—Art for Dogs

  11-04-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  A dog reviews the outdoor sculptures in Seattle.by Seth the Miniature PinscherJimi Hendrix by Daryl Smithon Capitol HillThe bronze Jimi Hendrix statue on Broadway is the best piece of art in Seattle, paws down. I'm not really sure who Jimi Hendrix is, nor do I care. My interest lies specifically in his crotch, which is at the perfect height for sniffing. Also, his left thigh is sticking out at the perfect angle for humping. It's almost like this statue was made for dogs, that's how great it is.
  
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• The Adventures of Felix the Cat, aka "the Mayor of Columbia City"

  11-04-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  The "mayor of Columbia City" is a gray-and-white tabby who enters strangers' homes unannounced and crawls into their beds.by Charles MudedeSomething very strange happened on a recent Sunday night in Columbia City. Tillotson Goble and her husband were fast asleep in the main bedroom of their house in the South Seattle neighborhood. At 2 a.m., Goble's husband felt fur on his nose and mouth and eyes."This obviously scared the shit out of him," Goble recalled over the phone the other day.Her husband
  
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• Stanley Tucci’s Final Portrait Is Less Than Meets the Eye

  11-04-2018 13:00 via thestranger.com
  It should be art. Instead it’s a slog.by Robert HamDirector Stanley Tucci had everything he needed to make a compelling film about obsession and the flimsy line that separates artistic genius from madness.He also had great source material: James Lord’s pithy, fascinating memoir, in which the critic recounts being asked by artist Alberto Giacometti to sit for a portrait in a session that should have taken an afternoon but ended up stretching on for weeks.Tucci also lined up a great ca
  
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