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• Capitol Hill Block Party 2018 Must-See: Unknown Mortal Orchestra

  20-07-2018 23:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkRuban Nielson is Unknown Mortal Orchestra
  Multi-instrumental frontman/songwriter Ruban Nielson always sounds like he records Unknown Mortal Orchestra albums in a room with hairy shag carpet walls. The ‘70s vintage film of warm fogginess is likely achieved using pedals, filters and other effects on their blend of indie pop and psych rock, Nielson’s silky falsetto injecting hints of austere R&B and soul.Sex & Love—the 2018 fourth outing from the Portland-by
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 126 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do In Seattle This Weekend: July 20-22, 2018

  20-07-2018 23:41 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffShop everything from home decor to cookware to clothes at this weekend's Renegade Craft Fair ("the largest independent craft fair in the world"), which will also offer food trucks and a DJ. Renegade Craft Fair
  Panicking because you haven't yet made plans for the weekend and you're short on cash? Don't worry—below, find all of your options for last-minute entertainment that won't cost more than $10, ranging from Bite of Seattle to Multiple Maniacs: A John Water
  
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• Let’s Help the Seattle Symphony Beat the Europeans and Win "Orchestra of the Year"

  20-07-2018 23:27 via thestranger.com
  
  Flood the polls!by Rich SmithThe Seattle Symphony with vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth performing Berio's Sinfonia. The symphony's recording of this concert just dropped today.Brandon Patoc
  Gramophone, which is the Rolling Stone for classical music nerds, nominated our very own Seattle Symphony for their 2018 Orchestra of the Year award. This is a big deal for a couple reasons.
  Reason 1: The Seattle Symphony is the only non-European orchestra that the magazine nominated for the prize. To prove t
  
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• Seattle residents, Bellevue gun-rights group, NRA sue Seattle over gun-storage law

  20-07-2018 23:25
  The lawsuit was filed Friday in King County Superior Court, two days after Mayor Jenny Durkan signed the legislation.
  
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• Armored dinosaur with spiky head unveiled at Utah museum

  20-07-2018 23:01
  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A dinosaur that was covered in bony armor from its spiky head to its clubbed tail has been unveiled at a museum in Utah. The species of ankylosaur was a squat plant-eater that roamed southern Utah on four legs about 76 million years ago, during the late Cretaceous Period. At […]
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Ultimate Beachy Dub of "Survive" by Hollie Cook

  20-07-2018 22:58 via thestranger.com
  
  Hollie Cook's "Survive" might be the ultimate beachy dub jam of 2018. See her perform July 21 at Nectar Lounge.by Dave SegalHollie Cook conjures tranquil, tropical-dub vibes with preternatural ease. Merge Records
  Hollie Cook's 2018 album on Merge Records, Vessel of Love, is a breezy, buoyant bouquet of dub flowers that will not allow a single cloud to obscure its eternal-sunshine-of-the-carefree-mind gestalt. It is not hyperbole to say we absolutely need records of this kind for optimal mental h
  
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• Capitol Hill Block Party 2018 Must-See: Great Grandpa

  20-07-2018 22:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sean NelsonICYMI: Great Grandpa are from Seattle. Buggy Vigor
  Everything about Great Grandpa is a complete joy. Their 2017 album, Plastic Cough, remains one of the best releases by a Seattle band in recent memory. The lyrics are sharp, the loud guitar tone is the friendliest kind of distortion, the melodies stick in your brain like a pickaxe, and the influences are pleasingly familiar to ‘90s indie rock adepts without going over. If you’re young, they’re just an excellent ba
  
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• Mattress catches fire after charter bus runs it over on I-5 in Seattle

  20-07-2018 22:39
  No one was injured but southbound traffic was backed up after the mattress caught fire and the bus also apparently was burned.
  
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• Online Support Groups Can Keep Pedophiles From Offending but They Keep Getting Shut Down

  20-07-2018 22:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog Artur Debat / Getty Images
  Ender was 14 when he realized something was up.He’d known he liked boys from a young age. This was in the ‘80s, before homosexuality was widely accepted in society, and Ender grew up in a Catholic family. The prospect of being gay was dangerous enough. But the problem wasn’t just that Ender was gay, it was that as he got older, the boys he found himself attracted to stayed the same age.Ender is a prominent member of the online “v
  
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• Heritage Distilling Company Opens in Capitol Hill and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: July 20 Edition

  20-07-2018 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffAward-winning local distillery Heritage Distilling Company opens its new distillery and tasting room on Capitol Hill on Friday, just in time for Block Party weekend. Heritage Distilling Company via Facebook
  Lucky Laurelhurst gets two new spots this week, as Renee Erickson's General Porpoise opens a new location there and the cozy neighborhood brewery Burke-Gilman Brewing launches on Saturday. Find out about those and more essential food news for your weekend, like t
  
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• Heritage Distilling Company Opens in Capitol Hill and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: July 20, 2018 Edition

  20-07-2018 21:55 via thestranger.com
  Plus, a new General Porpoise location, Burke-Gilman Brewing opens, and Octo Sushi closes.by Stranger Things To Do StaffLucky Laurelhurst gets two new spots this week, as Renee Erickson's General Porpoise opens a new location there and the cozy neighborhood brewery Burke-Gilman Brewing launches on Saturday. Find out about those and more essential food news for your weekend, like the grand opening of the award-winning Heritage Distilling Company on Capitol Hill today, the new Fremont French restau
  
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• Don’t Make Room for Shitty People

  20-07-2018 21:50 via thestranger.com
  
  You do not need David Meinert.by Megan SelingFive women have accused David Meinert of sexual misconduct, including two women who say Meinert raped them. JENSINE ECKWALL
  Yesterday afternoon, after KUOW published Sydney Brownstone’s diligently reported story “Five women accuse Seattle’s David Meinert of sexual misconduct, including rape,” the business owner took to Facebook in an attempt to clear his name.In the public postMeinert claims he passed multiple polygraph tests,
  
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• Dow Constantine Vows to Return David Meinert's Donations

  20-07-2018 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  King County Executive Dow Constantine pledged to donate or return all donations he received from David Meinert, who was recently accused of rape.by Lester BlackDow ConstantineDavid Ryder / Getty
  King County Executive Dow Constantine has vowed to return or donate the over $5,000 he has received in donations from David Meinert, a longtime Seattle businessman that was recently accused of rape and sexual misconduct.
  A spokesperson for Constantine, who is the largest recipient of Meinert's donations,
  
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• Pro-Gun Groups Sue Seattle Over Safe Storage Law

  20-07-2018 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The National Rifle Association, Second Amendment Foundation, and two local gun owners are suing Seattle.by Heidi Groover SDIGITAL/GETTY
  Less than two weeks after Seattle passed a law requiring gun owners to safely lock up their firearms or face potential civil penalties, gun advocates are suing to stop the law from taking effect.The National Rifle Association and Bellevue-based Second Amendment Foundation filed a lawsuit Friday claiming the new regulations violate state law.The city law, propose
  
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• Capitol Hill Block Party 2018 Must-See: Gavin Turek

  20-07-2018 20:14 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani Polk
  A native of Los Angeles, Gavin Turek serves up disco shimmer, house music unz, and electro-pop catchiness, though her latest track, “Birdie Bees,” is a supply, funky R&B number with head-bobbing beats. She’s like Donna Summer in her ability to belt and coo and hit high silky sweet notes or lower sultry tones, but she’s got Beyonce’s on-point moves (she was a professional dancer before switching gears to singing and songwriting), and Diana Ross&rs
  
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• Washington deputy fired because of Proud Boys apparel

  20-07-2018 20:02
  VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The Clark County Sheriff’s Office has fired a deputy who was photographed wearing apparel affiliated with the Proud Boys, a far-right group known for white nationalist rhetoric. The Columbian newspaper reports Deputy Erin Willey was let go Tuesday after an internal investigation that began when the office was shown a photograph […]
  
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• Amazon.com to bring more than 1,500 jobs to Spokane

  20-07-2018 19:29
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Seattle-based Amazon.com is opening a fulfillment center in Spokane, promising more than 1,500 full-time jobs. The company announced on Friday that it was opening its first fulfillment center in eastern Washington. The 600,000-square foot center will be built near the Spokane International Airport. Amazon says its employees earn competitive wages and […]
  
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• 3 Alaska Lounges at Sea-Tac soon will no longer admit Priority Pass members

  20-07-2018 19:00
  The airline is citing overcrowding as one reason for the change in protocol, which follows earlier reports
  of signs posted outside of Alaska Lounges limiting Priority Pass members’ access.
  
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• Watch the "Debate" Between Democrats Running for Congress in the 8th

  20-07-2018 18:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithYour old friends, the Democrats running for Congress in the 8th: Jason Rittereiser, Kim Schrier, and Shannon Hader. Courtesy of the Rittereiser, Schrier, and Hader Campaigns
  In front of a packed house Thursday night in Ellensburg the three Democrats running for Congress in Washington's 8th Congressional District, one of the 23 districts Democrats desperately need to flip in order to take back control of the House, faced off in the first actual debate on the issues of health care, im
  
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• Pilots recount rescue of suicidal man on Mount Hood

  20-07-2018 18:11
  PORTLAND — Members of the Mount Hood rescue last week to retrieve a climber at the top of the mountain say they’re glad the man called authorities for help in the midst of a suicide attempt and were happy to get him to safety. Capt. Phil Cole, part of the Air Force Reserve based in […]
  
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• Firefighters battle blazes in several western states

  20-07-2018 17:57
  SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Firefighters battled heat, wind and, in one case, potential exposure to asbestos, as they battled wildfires across the western United States on Friday. In Montana, specially trained firefighters wore respirators as they tackled a blaze near where asbestos-tainted vermiculite was mined for decades. The forest fire was first discovered Thursday afternoon […]
  
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• Art Space Mokedo Is Another Victim of Seattle's Seemingly Endless Real Estate Madness

  20-07-2018 17:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leah St. Lawrence Courtesy of MokedoMokedo, owned and operated by Mollie Sullivan for the past two years, is one of those arts spaces better described as an environment rather than a gallery. The difference between the two exists in how our bodies interact within the space and others in that space, the former resisting this interaction and the latter depending on it. Mokedo's final "exhibition" sadly closed last night. After the closing, the environment will remain until the second weekend in
  
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• Nampa, Idaho, day care forgets girl at a park, loses license

  20-07-2018 17:29
  NAMPA, Idaho — Authorities have suspended a southwestern Idaho day care’s state license after workers left a 3-year-old behind at a local park. Little Angels operator Angelina Diordyuk told the Idaho Press Thursday that staff didn’t realize that the child was missing until an employee saw a social-media post from Nampa police about the girl […]
  
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• Nampa day care license suspended after leaving child in park

  20-07-2018 17:29
  NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have suspended a southwestern Idaho day care’s state license after workers left a 3-year-old behind at a local park. Little Angels Daycare/Preschool Operator Angelina Diordyuk told the Idaho Press Thursday that staff didn’t realize that the child was missing until an employee saw a social media post from Nampa police […]
  
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• One giant sale: Neil Armstrong’s collection goes to auction

  20-07-2018 17:10
  CINCINNATI (AP) — Admirers of Neil Armstrong and space exploration have a chance to own artifacts and mementos that belonged to the modest man who became a global hero by becoming the first human to walk on the moon. The personal collection of Armstrong, who died in his native Ohio in 2012, will be offered […]
  
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• Slog AM: Detainees in Tacoma to Be Reunited With Children in Texas, 13 Dead in Missouri Duck Boat Accident

  20-07-2018 17:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Ancient Egypt sarcophagus is kinda lame, we landed on the moon 49 years ago, it's tornado seasonby Nathalie GrahamRide thedeath trapsducks!Roman Babakin / Getty Images
  Some news for detained parents in Tacoma: They’ll be headed down to Texas where they’ll be reunited with their children. Around 10 of them will be transferred today. The details, of course, are vague. It’s assumed that the parents and children will be transferred into a facility together. I guess that’s the
  
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• Wildfire closes I-90 east of Ellensburg for second time this month; westbound lanes reopen

  20-07-2018 16:12
  The fire that started on Thursday grew "significantly" overnight, according to Washington's Department of Natural Resources.
  
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• Podcast: what Seattle’s new police-chief pick Carmen Best means for law enforcement

  20-07-2018 15:00
  Public defense leader Lisa Daugaard, a longtime criminal-justice reform advocate, explains why community activists and the police union are happy about Mayor Jenny Durkan's police-chief choice.
  
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• King County Board of Health members concerned with lack of action on homelessness emergency

  20-07-2018 15:00
  Three health officials on the public board are urging it to declare homelessness a “public health disaster” and advise local jurisdictions to respond accordingly — including potentially deploying large scale FEMA-style tents as emergency shelter before the winter.
  
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• ‘It’s surreal’: Seattle’s Pike Place Fish Market sold to fish-throwing employees

  20-07-2018 15:00
  The technique of flinging fish from the display cases of the nearly 90-year-old Pike Place Fish Market to the scales hasn't changed for Anders Miller, Samuel Samson, Jaison Scott and Ryan Reese — who together have worked at the Seattle landmark for decades — but now they're the owners and not just the hired hands.
  
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• House votes to block money to bring grizzlies back to North Cascades

  20-07-2018 15:00
  In an intra-Republican Party policy dispute, Interior Department Secretary Zinke supports reintroducing grizzlies in Washington state, but U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse inserted an amendment to block funding.
  
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• Downtown Seattle bus station closes for good Saturday. Here’s where to find the buses

  20-07-2018 15:00
  With the closure of Convention Place Station, bus riders will instead use Ninth Avenue, where Metro Transit has installed new rain shelters, a northbound red bus-only lane and curb markings.
  
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• These crumbs come from the world’s oldest bread. It might have resembled a pita.

  20-07-2018 08:00
  Bread baking could predate agriculture by thousands of years.
  
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• Woman pleads guilty in death of Washington state man

  20-07-2018 07:20
  VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A southern Washington state woman has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the beating and shooting of a man last year. The Columbian reports 42-year-old Traci Lynn Mendez enter her plea last week, agreeing to testify against the four other people charged in the death of 34-year-old Raymond Brandon. Brandon’s body […]
  
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• Some parents held at Tacoma detention center told they will head to Texas to reunite with children

  20-07-2018 05:00
  Detained parents are happy they’re going to see their children again, but details remain sketchy on how and where reunification will occur.
  
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• Body found last May near Echo Falls Golf Course belongs to King County woman missing since 2016

  20-07-2018 04:13
  Haggard was reportedmissing June 17, 2016 and excavated the backyard of her former residence in Kenmore searching for her body, but nothing was found. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner's office said the death is a homicide.
  
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• Body found in spring near Maltby golf course belongs to King County woman missing since 2016

  20-07-2018 04:13
  Jamie Haggard was reported missing in 2016. The Snohomish County Medical Examiner's Office said her death was a homicide.
  
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• Washington state AG sues two veteran-aid charities, alleges they misled donors

  20-07-2018 02:55
  Bob Ferguson's lawsuit claims both groups violated the Consumer Protection Act, which prohibits deceptive marketing, and the Charitable Solicitations Act, which bans false, misleading or deceptive charitable solicitations.
  
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• Buy Your Tickets to These 29 Newly Announced Events Before They Sell Out

  20-07-2018 02:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffTexas troubadour Kacey Musgraves, who recently opened for Harry Styles, will return to Seattle on her own Oh, What A World Tour in February.
  We all know that many of the biggest Seattle events often sell out well in advance. But it's not a lost cause—if you plan ahead, you can still score tickets for the most popular events. To help you with that, we've rounded up all of the major events that are going on sale in the next couple of days, like Kacey Musgraves a
  
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• Buy Your Tickets to 29 These Newly Announced Events Before They Sell Out

  20-07-2018 02:08 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffTexas troubadour Kacey Musgraves, who recently opened for Harry Styles, will return to Seattle on her own Oh, What A World Tour in February.
  We all know that many of the biggest Seattle events often sell out well in advance. But it's not a lost cause—if you plan ahead, you can still score tickets for the most popular events. To help you with that, we've rounded up all of the major events that are going on sale in the next couple of days, like Kacey Musgraves a
  
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• Two dead in motorcycle crash in Tacoma; deputies tried to pull them over for ‘reckless driving’

  20-07-2018 02:02
  The motorcyclist was driving south on Golden Given Road East when he was signaled to pull over at 72nd Street East, but accelerated and drove through four intersections, striking two vehicles, according to a tweet from the Pierce County Sheriff's Office.
  
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• Jury awards $640K to man after finding Federal Way police officer used excessive force in 2014 arrest

  20-07-2018 01:48
  Josiah Hunter and a friend escorted a drunken driver back to the scene of a 2014 car crash before officers arrived. Federal Way police say the two men were arrested after repeatedly failing to comply with officers' orders. A federal jury found one officer used excessive force when he put Hunter into chokehold.
  
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• Federal Way man awarded $640K after jury finds police officer used excessive force at crash scene

  20-07-2018 01:48
  Josiah Hunter and a friend escorted a drunken driver back to the scene of a 2014 car crash before officers arrived. Federal Way police say the two men were arrested after repeatedly failing to comply with officers' orders. A federal jury found one officer used excessive force when he put Hunter into chokehold.
  
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• Wildfire closes Interstate 90 near Kittitas

  20-07-2018 01:45
  The Washington State Patrol says the now-named Boylston fire was reported at about 3:30 p.m. Thursday seven miles east of Kittitas.
  
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