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• The Stranger's Primary Endorsements: My-Linh Thai, Representative Position No. 2, Legislative District No. 41

  02-08-2018 23:36 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger
  To read the full list of The Stranger's endorsements for the August 7, 2018 primary, click here.
  My-Linh Thai told the SECB she thinks people are fundamentally good. We're endorsing her anyway.
  Thai, who has a deep interest in education funding and currently serves on the Bellevue School Board, is backed by the state teachers union and believes the state is far from done in meeting its constitutional obligation to fucking fund public education. She also backs single-payer health
  
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• States vow to press fight against Trump’s car fuel rules

  02-08-2018 23:31
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — State prosecutors from California to Massachusetts blasted the Trump administration Thursday for proposing weaker auto fuel-efficiency standards they said would imperil clean air and increase greenhouse gases. Months after they pre-emptively sued to block anticipated efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to roll back mileage regulations, Democratic attorneys general vowed to […]
  
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• States vow to continue fight against Trump’s car fuel rules

  02-08-2018 23:31
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — State prosecutors who pre-emptively sued months ago to block anticipated efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency to weaken car fuel-efficiency standards blasted the Trump administration Thursday for doing so and vowed to continue their fight in the courts. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said the rollback of Obama-era mileage standards would […]
  
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• Your Guide to the Movies Coming to Theaters This Month

  02-08-2018 23:03 via thestranger.com
  The 44 biggest and best films coming out this month, from Crazy Rich Asians to BlacKkKlansman.by Stranger Things To Do StaffAugust is beginning, which means a last summer crop of big-budget movies and fascinating indies as well as a spread of reissues, restorations, and series. Here are some of the biggest releases and most promising flicks coming up this month, from Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman to Dennis Hopper's 'The Last Movie' to the queer coming-of-age drama The Miseducation of Cameron Post.
  
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• A Note on Mudede's First (and Possibly Last) Viral Tweet

  02-08-2018 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeSekuru David
  So, a total bozo on white TV (Fox News),Jesse Watters, defended Trump's brazenly racist immigration policies by claiming that the president only wants "the best and the brightest" immigrants to come to the US and not "some guy's uncle from Zimbabwe." Zimbabwe. Uncle. Some guy. That sounded just like me, who, at the time of reading the insult, was on the Route 60 bus, heading home after teaching a class on the representations of money in literature for Hugo House. I
  
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• Your Guide to the Movies Coming to Seattle Theaters in August 2018

  02-08-2018 22:58 via thestranger.com
  The 44 biggest and best films coming out this month, from Crazy Rich Asians to BlacKkKlansman.by Stranger Things To Do StaffAugust is beginning, which means a last summer crop of big-budget movies and fascinating indies as well as a spread of reissues, restorations, and series. Here are some of the biggest releases and most promising flicks coming up this month, from Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman to Dennis Hopper's 'The Last Movie' to the queer coming-of-age drama The Miseducation of Cameron Post.
  
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• The Stranger's Primary Endorsements: Suzan Delbene, U.S. Representative, Congressional District No. 1

  02-08-2018 22:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by The Stranger
  To read the full list of The Stranger's endorsements for the August 7, 2018 primary, click here.
  The SECB did NOT endorse Suzan DelBene in 2012, but the people elected her anyway—against our express orders—but in the past six years, DelBene has done enough good to earn our endorsement this year. Immediately after Trump's election, she introduced a bill that would ban the creation of any kind of registry based on religion, something Trump had floated to his braying fan
  
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• The War Planes Are Back

  02-08-2018 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  The Blue Angels are here to remind you of your country's invasion of Iraq.by Lester BlackThey're like birds, if a bird cost $70 million to produce. SEAFAIR.COM
  It's that time of year again when the screeching sound of $70 million dollars of bomb-dropping, bone-crushing power buzzes the most expensive real estate in Seattle for an entire weekend. If you've lived in Seattle for a few years than you already know what's up and what Slog is about to complain about.But if your journey from California
  
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• Pegging, Ball Busting, and Mary Poppins

  02-08-2018 21:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Day: Reader Advice Round-upby Dan Savage
  Recent Savage Love Letters of the Day: Why did her girlfriend suddenly decide to stop having sex until marriage? Did her one night stand need to tell her about his husband? Why does it hurt so much when his boyfriends sexts with other people? And her boyfriend is allowed to sleep with other women... so why does she want to dump him for sleeping with other women? And, as always, last week's column and Savage Lovecast.For CHASTE: L
  
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• Lindy West's Shrill is Coming to a Small Screen Near You

  02-08-2018 21:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog Jenny Jimenez
  ... as long as you have a solid internet connection. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Hulu has picked up the adaptation of West's best-selling memoir Shrill. The six-episode series will star SNL's Aidy Bryant and is being produced by Elizabeth Banks and Lorne Michaels.From the HR:"Bryant will star as Annie, described as a fat young woman who wants to change her life—but not her body. Annie is trying to make it as a journalist while juggling bad boyfriends,
  
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• California Says: Weed or Booze, but Not Both

  02-08-2018 21:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Josh Jardine rgbspace / Getty Images
  California has joined the ranks of other states with recreational cannabis programs who have determined that there will not be any mixing of cannabis and alcohol in any way, shape, or form, little mister. And if you think it's acceptable to partake of the two substances, well, I have some news for you about just how wrong you are, smart mouth.Marijuana Moment reports that California's Department of Alcohol Beverage Control (ABC) has issued some new rules r
  
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• Dead fish, red tide, plague Florida tourists, beaches

  02-08-2018 20:52
  VENICE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tourists weren’t scattered on beaches in southwest Florida, but hundreds of dead fish were. The Herald-Tribune reports that visitors piled into the parking lot of Venice Beach Thursday morning, got out of their cars, started hacking, coughing and sneezing and then quickly left. A bloom of red tide algae has […]
  
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• Two Can Play This Game: Conservative Mob Calls for New York Times Hire's Head

  02-08-2018 20:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Anti-white tweets from 2014 surfaced immediately after Sarah Jeong's hiring was announced.by Katie Herzog mizoula/Getty Images
  That didn't take long. Hours after The New York Times announced the appointment of technology and law reporter Sarah Jeong to their editorial board, the mob combed through her old tweets, salivating. And there was plenty to salivate over.
  “Oh man it’s kind of sick how much joy I get out of being cruel to old white men,” Jeong, a technology reporter, twe
  
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• Conservation groups sue Oregon to help protect tiny seabird

  02-08-2018 20:33
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Conservation groups sued the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission on Thursday for failing to strengthen protections for the marbled murrelet, tiny seabirds that venture inland to raise their young and depend on old-growth forests for nesting. The groups petitioned the commission in 2016 to reclassify the bird’s status from […]
  
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• Conservation groups sue Oregon to help marbled murrelet

  02-08-2018 20:33
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Conservation groups have sued the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Commission for failing to strengthen protection for the marbled murrelet. The groups petitioned the commission in 2016 to change the bird’s status from threatened to endangered under the state Endangered Species Act. The commission denied the petition in June, reversing […]
  
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• Officer involved in militia leader’s death named in court

  02-08-2018 20:23
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A state police officer has accidently revealed the name of one of the officers who fatally shot a militia leader who participated in the armed takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the officer’s name slipped out this week during the trial of indicted FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita, […]
  
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• Birds learn another ‘language’ by eavesdropping on neighbors

  02-08-2018 20:07
  Birds have several ways of acquiring life skills. Some knowledge is innate, and some acquired from direct experience. An Australian scientist and others are exploring a third kind of knowledge: acquiring information from peers.
  
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• Measles infects more than 1,000 in Brazil; 5 reported deaths

  02-08-2018 19:58
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Health Ministry says more than 1,000 people have been infected and five have died in a measles outbreak linked to cases imported from neighboring Venezuela. The ministry says on its website that 1,053 cases of the disease have been reported so far this year. All but 31 of these cases […]
  
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• Portland Food Cart Co-Owner on Leave After Allegations of Racism Lead to Social Media Blowup

  02-08-2018 19:22 via thestranger.com
  
  Another day, another social media blowup in Portland.by Katie HerzogAndreyKrav/Getty Images
  Another day, another social media blowup in Portland. This week's target is Chicken & Guns, a food cart operating out of Portland's Cartopia food cart hub.
  The drama started July 25th, when Portland man Jason Keebler wrote on Facebook that his friend Kevin Raysor, a black Portland State University student, was harassed by Chicken & Guns co-owner Dustin Knox while waiting for the business to open.
  
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• Is the Best Installation Near Seattle Art Fair Also the Worst Place to Get Married?

  02-08-2018 18:53 via thestranger.com
  
  The answer is yes.by Rich SmithIf you've ever wanted to have a shotgun wedding AND a celebrity wedding, then save the date at Mount Analogue for any day in August.Colleen Louise BarryI met up with Mary Anne Carter of Party Hat and Colleen Louise Barry of Mount Analogue the day after Carter's actual bachelorette party. (Carter is marrying Stranger contributor Sarah Galvin on Saturday.) Over the course of that party there were, according to Carter, "three matching tattoos, two active pukers, and o
  
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• Is the Best Installation at Seattle Art Fair Also the Worst Place to Get Married?

  02-08-2018 18:53 via thestranger.com
  
  The answer is yes.by Rich SmithIf you've ever wanted to have a shotgun wedding AND a celebrity wedding, then save the date at Mount Analogue for any day in August.Colleen Louise BarryI met up with Mary Anne Carter of Party Hat and Colleen Louise Barry of Mount Analogue the day after Carter's actual bachelorette party. (Carter is marrying Stranger contributor Sarah Galvin on Saturday.) Over the course of that party there were, according to Carter, "three matching tattoos, two active pukers, and o
  
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• Where to Go for National IPA Day

  02-08-2018 18:37 via thestranger.com
  Special local events and tastings for National IPA Day.by Stranger Things To Do StaffSeattle loves its craft beer, and it especially harbors a fondness for IPA. Thursday, August 2, is International IPA Day, a holiday dedicated solely to the bitter brew. In the pursuit of hoppy-ness, we've compiled events around town where you can celebrate today. Cheers!Dexter Brewhouse National IPA Day
  Dexter Brewhouse will rise to the occasion with five IPAs on tap: Mollusk Brewing's Post-Coastal IPA, Hop Fog
  
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• Nine National IPA Day Events in Seattle Today

  02-08-2018 18:33 via thestranger.com
  Special local events and tastings for National IPA Day.by Stranger Things To Do StaffSeattle loves its craft beer, and it especially harbors a fondness for IPA. Thursday, August 2, is International IPA Day, a holiday dedicated solely to the bitter brew. In the pursuit of hoppy-ness, we've compiled events around town where you can celebrate today. For more food and drink inspiration, check out our full food and drink calendar. Cheers!
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• Eight National IPA Day Events in Seattle Today

  02-08-2018 18:33 via thestranger.com
  Special local events and tastings for National IPA Day.by Stranger Things To Do StaffSeattle loves its craft beer, and it especially harbors a fondness for IPA. Thursday, August 2, is International IPA Day, a holiday dedicated solely to the bitter brew. In the pursuit of hoppy-ness, we've compiled events around town where you can celebrate today. For more food and drink inspiration, check out our full food and drink calendar. Cheers!
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• Bill allowing more sea lions to be killed clears key hurdle

  02-08-2018 17:50
  Supporters say the bill is needed to protect declining runs of salmon and steelhead.
  
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• Oregon wildfire nearly triples in size; threatens structures

  02-08-2018 17:48
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A new blaze in north-central Oregon nearly tripled in size overnight. The fire near the town of Dufur, about two hours southeast of Portland, spread to more than 23 square miles (60 square kilometers) early Thursday. The Oregon State Fire Marshal’s Office says dozens of structures are threatened — some have […]
  
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• Oregon wildfire ‘holding steady;’ threatens structures

  02-08-2018 17:48
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A wildfire in north-central Oregon that nearly tripled in size overnight has continued to grow although officials said the fire was holding study by Thursday evening. The South Valley Fire near the town of Dufur, about two hours southeast of Portland, had charred more than 31 square miles (80 square kilometers) […]
  
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• Washington State Can Have a Single-Payer Health Care System by 2020. These Candidates Will Champion It.

  02-08-2018 17:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Vote for them (if they're Democrats).by Rich SmithIt's possible, people. JUSTIN SULLIVAN / GETTY
  As I've mentioned several times in the past: we can have a single-payer health care system in Washington state by 2020 if we want it. The plan requires Democrats to increase their majority in Washington's legislature this November and to retake control of Congress and the Presidency at the federal level.This will be tremendously difficult! But it's possible. The only way we're going to get there is i
  
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• Motorcyclist sues King County detective who pulled gun on him at traffic stop

  02-08-2018 17:23
  The lawsuit alleges the King County detective used excessive force in dealing with the motorcyclist during a traffic stop, and that the county failed to train and supervise its officers adequately. It seeks unspecified monetary damages.
  
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• Spokane GOP head resigns over white nationalist speaker

  02-08-2018 17:14
  The chair of the Spokane County Republican Party has resigned after a video surfaced showing her defend a white nationalist.
  
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• Slog AM: $11.5 Million Already Raised for Pearl Jam Benefit Concert, Edmonds to Pay Teachers Livable Wage, Catholic Church Is Anti Death Penalty

  02-08-2018 17:03 via thestranger.com
  
  Trump did another unconstitutional thing, Starbucks and Alibaba, Paul Manafort's wardrobe of terrorby Nathalie GrahamNo one will have to rest their head on a pillow made of concrete anymore if Pearl Jam has anything to do with it.MIKE COPPOLA / GETTY
  Pearl Jam, they’re just like us: Pearl Jam hates the traffic and homelessness makes them sad. That’s why they’ve pledged to donate $10 million from their Seattle concert dates — the aptly named “home shows” &mdash
  
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• To lobby for public money, Mariners called on former Constantine adviser

  02-08-2018 16:38
  Now a managing partner at Pacific Public Affairs, Joe Woods left Dow Constantine’s office in February 2015, more than three years before his lobbying for the Mariners began.
  
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• We dated in high school — but when I went to college, he became homeless

  02-08-2018 15:00
  Clay and I were a lot alike in high school, but when we parted ways for college, our lives went dramatically different directions.
  
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• Vote: What do you want the Project Homeless team to investigate?

  02-08-2018 15:00
  Almost 500 of your questions have poured in since we launched Ask Project Homeless six weeks ago. Now, it’s time to choose which one you want us to answer.
  
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• Republican Dino Rossi sees a long-sought victory in the 8th Congressional District race

  02-08-2018 15:00
  Rossi’s path through the Aug. 7 primary seems clear. He has raised $3 million, faces no serious GOP rivals, and is favored to advance to the November election to face one of three Democratic candidates.
  
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• Pearl Jam’s ‘unprecedented’ Home Shows hit Seattle at pivotal time in homeless debate

  02-08-2018 15:00
  Pearl Jam’s Aug. 8 and 10 concerts at Safeco Field — the band’s first Seattle dates in five years — are the centerpiece of a week’s worth of events and promotions aimed at raising money to combat homelessness in King County.
  
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• Él es mexicano, ella estadounidense, la deportación forzó a esta familia del estado de Washington a tomar un camino inesperado

  02-08-2018 15:00
  “La verdad, ahora mismo estoy muerta de miedo,” dijo Erika Lopez antes de marchar a México con sus hijos. Sólo sabía un poco de español. Sus hijos aun sabían menos. Esta familia del estado de Washington no quería separarse. Ahora, como cientos de miles de personas deportados de Estados Unidos cada año, afrontan una nueva vida en México.
  
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• A mother orca’s dead calf and the grief felt around the world

  02-08-2018 15:00
  The orca Tahlequah, also known as J35, has now carried her dead calf for a ninth day. Experts say grief is driving her, but others urge caution about projecting human emotions on animals.
  
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• Wisconsin man contracts rare blood infection from dog

  02-08-2018 14:38
  WEST BEND, Wis. (AP) — Surgeons have amputated the legs and hands of a Wisconsin man who contracted a rare blood infection from a dog lick. Greg Manteufel remains hospitalized at a Milwaukee area hospital. Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin infectious disease specialist Dr. Silvia Munoz-Price says the bacteria that invaded Manteufel’s body […]
  
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• Woman raped, robbed at Bellevue motel; police suspect there are more victims

  02-08-2018 05:07
  Bellevue police have arrested two of three suspects believed to have committed a string of robberies, targeting Asian women involved in prostitution.
  
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• Victim ‘figured this was their time’: prosecutors say Bellevue couple thought they were going to die in knife attack

  02-08-2018 04:04
  Charges have been filed against a troubled 40-year-old homeless woman accused of attacking a Bellevue couple after they told her she had to leave.
  
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• Tomorrow: Get Down to Italo Disco While Watching Italo Disco Legacy

  02-08-2018 02:41 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalItalo Disco Legacy plays Thurs Aug 2 at Northwest Film Forum.
  Italo disco has legs—garishly hued, glittery-leotard'd legs. And the musical genre's lower limbs have refused to stop flexing four decades after its inception. In the United States, Italo is a cult favorite of club-culture aficionados who possess a refined ear for electronic music's more camp and flamboyant proclivities. (Seattle represents it with Pony Bar's monthly DJ night, Medical Records Rx, headed by Dr. Troy
  
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• Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen remembered for his humanity, humility and kindness

  02-08-2018 02:29
  Hundreds of mourners filled St. James Cathedral in Seattle on Wednesday to pay their respects to Archbishop Emeritus Raymond G. Hunthausen, who led the Seattle archdiocese from 1975 to 1991. He died July 22 at age 96.
  
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• New Oregon wildfire prompts mandatory evacuations

  02-08-2018 02:12
  DUFUR, Ore. — A new fast-moving fire south of The Dalles forced mandatory evacuations and prompted Gov. Kate Brown to invoke the Emergency Conflagration Act. The Wasco County Sheriff’s Office told residents near Dufur Wednesday afternoon to leave the area immediately. The Oregon Department of Forestry says the South Valley fire started at about 1:30 […]
  
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• Your Guide to Arts Shows and Events This Weekend

  02-08-2018 02:06 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's arts critics' guide to this weekend's shows and events, from Becoming American to M.C. Escher: Transformations.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis weekend—or rather, Thursday through Sunday—is one of the biggest and busiest periods for the Seattle art scene, thanks to the excitement of the massive, fourth annual Seattle Art Fair at the CenturyLink Field Event Center. This year's event will "explore identity, modes of play, and technology," with monumental machines, perf
  
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• Your Guide to Art Shows and Events This Weekend

  02-08-2018 02:06 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's arts critics' guide to this weekend's shows and events, from Becoming American to M.C. Escher: Transformations.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis weekend—or rather, Thursday through Sunday—is one of the biggest and busiest periods for the Seattle art scene, thanks to the excitement of the massive, fourth annual Seattle Art Fair at the CenturyLink Field Event Center. This year's event will "explore identity, modes of play, and technology," with monumental machines, perf
  
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• Weekend Arts: Your Guide to First Thursday, Seattle Art Fair Events, and More

  02-08-2018 02:03 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffHeather Dewey-Hagborg and Chelsea Manning collaborated on Probably Chelsea, which you can see at the Seattle Art Fair.
  This weekend—or rather, Thursday through Sunday—is one of the biggest and busiest periods for the Seattle art scene, thanks to the excitement of the massive, fourth annual Seattle Art Fair at the CenturyLink Field Event Center. This year's event will "explore identity, modes of play, and technology," with monumental machines, performance
  
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• Here’s how the Blue Angels will affect your I-90 commute

  02-08-2018 01:45
  Portions of the Interstate 90 floating bridge will be closed during the Blue Angels shows and a practice run starting Thursday, and the state Department of Transportation is urging drivers to plan ahead.
  
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