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• New Savage Lovecast: Squirt Along With Dr. Zhana!

  05-02-2019 23:55 via thestranger.com
  
  Episode #641 — February 5, 2019by The StrangerHey uncircumcised fellas! Would you get cut because your girlfriend wanted you to? Because she thought that it made your dick bigger? Would you really? This guy did. Also, hear the tale of a man's sexual adventure in Las Vegas, and how he can't seem to find a lady unless he's paying her.
  Gracing us on both the Micro and the Magnum, sex researcher Dr. Zhana Vrangalova explains the current state of the science on squirting. What exactly is that s
  
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• With Six Months Before Protections End, City Begins Work to Save the Showbox

  05-02-2019 23:08 via thestranger.com
  
  The city has less than six months before the temporary restrictions stopping the destruction of the Showbox expire. Can the city save the venue before time runs out?by Lester BlackThe clock is ticking on preserving this 79-year-old venue. Lester Black
  Eugenia Woo was about halfway through her speech on the stage of the Showbox last Thursday when she looked up from the podium and motioned her hands to the nightclub’s “historic columns and curvilinear walls.”
  “We have drawi
  
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• Let's Talk About Nipples

  05-02-2019 22:36 via thestranger.com
  
  Janet Jackson’s infamous “wardrobe malfunction” of 2004 was a national scandal but Adam Levine can show as much titty as he wants and the reaction is a collective yawn.by Katie HerzogNot a nip slip.Kevin Winter/Getty
  There was, so I hear, a large sporting event on Sunday. I’m far too moral to watch football myself, but the commentary, both on Twitter during the game and in the couple of days since, has been impossible to ignore. (Really, I’ve tried.) The highlights
  
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• International Clash Day to Celebrate Strummer and Company's Music and Progressive Ideals

  05-02-2019 22:13 via thestranger.com
  
  A handy guide to the KEXP-inaugurated International Clash Day, which celebrates Joe Strummer and company's music and progressive ideals.by Dave Segal"When they kick at your front door/How you gonna come?" Artwork by Alejandro LeconThis week, Seattle radio station KEXP is broadcasting from London, England, for its four-day celebration of International Clash Day, which happens this Thursday, February 7, all over the world. The station's Morning Show host, John Richards, started the event in 2013 t
  
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• Happy Lunar New Year! Here Are All the Ways to Celebrate in Seattle

  05-02-2019 21:54 via thestranger.com
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffHead to Chinatown's Lunar New Year Celebration for cultural performances, the $3 happy hour food walk, and more. Cham Roeun Bunphoath
  The Lunar New Year officially begins today, and there are lots of Seattle celebrations to welcome the Year of the Pig with traditions from China, Vietnam, Japan, and beyond. We've rounded them all up below, from Chinatown's Lunar New Year Celebration to the annual Asian/Scottish mashup event Gung Haggis Fat Choy to the Seattle Art Mus
  
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• Netflix Is Playing Us

  05-02-2019 21:16 via thestranger.com
  
  Fuck Velvet Buzzsaw, Bright, and Bird Box.by Chase BurnsI'M TIRED OF REFLECTING ON VELVET BUZZSAW BUT LET'S DO IT AGAIN. Claudette Barius / Netflix
  Netflix is fibbing. Its viewership data is "not remotely accurate," according to a fun and spicy allegation made by FX boss John Landgraf. He claimed the viewership data Netflix released for its series You—a Netflix-acquired "hit" that originally failed on Lifetime—was heavily exaggerated. Landgraf concluded: "One way or another, the trut
  
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• Netflix Is Playing All of Us

  05-02-2019 21:16 via thestranger.com
  
  Fuck Velvet Buzzsaw, Bright, and Bird Box.by Chase BurnsI'M TIRED OF REFLECTING ON VELVET BUZZSAW BUT LET'S DO IT AGAIN. Claudette Barius / Netflix
  Netflix is fibbing. Its viewership data is "not remotely accurate," according to a fun and salacious allegation made by FX boss John Landgraf. He claimed the viewership data Netflix released for its series You—a Netflix-acquired "hit" that originally failed on Lifetime—was heavily exaggerated. Landgraf concluded: "One way or another, the
  
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• Idaho water legislation headed to governor’s desk

  05-02-2019 20:47
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to end years of litigation and help finalize a settlement agreement involving water rights in heavily populated southwestern Idaho is headed to the governor’s desk following a unanimous Senate vote on Tuesday. The 35-0 vote sends to Gov. Brad Little the bill that involves water rights in the Boise River […]
  
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• Idaho water legislation bill headed to governor’s desk

  05-02-2019 20:47
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Legislation to end years of litigation and help finalize an agreement involving water rights in heavily populated southwestern Idaho is headed to the governor’s desk. The Senate voted 35-0 on Tuesday to send to Gov. Brad Little the bill that involves water rights in the Boise River system. The lawsuits involved […]
  
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• Our Milky Way galaxy is truly warped, at least around edges

  05-02-2019 20:01
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It turns out our Milky Way galaxy is truly warped, at least around the far edges. Scientists in China and Australia released an updated 3D map of the Milky Way on Tuesday. They used 1,339 pulsating stars — young, newly catalogued stars bigger and brighter than our sun — to […]
  
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• Private search continues for 3 aboard missing Alaska plane

  05-02-2019 19:22
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The owners of an air ambulance that went missing in Alaska say they’re working with a helicopter company and others to search for the remains of the three people who presumably died in a crash. Guardian Flight says that as weather permits, Juneau-based Temsco Helicopters is conducting aerial searches for the […]
  
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• The Urbanists Are Probably Going to Like Logan Bowers

  05-02-2019 19:15 via thestranger.com
  
  He rides a solowheel, and he's running for city council against Kshama Sawant in District 3.by Rich SmithLogan Bowers is running for city council in District 3. He owns a pot shop. Ryan Cavanaugh
  When I saw Logan Bowers sitting down at Caffe Vita with an electric unicycle by his side, I prepared myself for an hour-long conversation about the merits of hopelessly dweeby, last-mile vehicles that have yet to assert themselves as the future of urban transportation. Luckily, that did not happen. (Wel
  
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• Business is growing for Idaho State Liquor Division

  05-02-2019 18:56
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho agency that sells whiskey, vodka and other distilled spirits wants relocate or remodel nine of its liquor stores. State Liquor Division Director Jeffrey Anderson also told the Legislature’s budget-setting Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that the agency needs more warehouse employees and pallet jacks because it’s selling more liquor. […]
  
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• Idaho woman breaking up ‘dog fight’ grabs young cougar

  05-02-2019 18:51
  MACKAY, Idaho (AP) — Idaho wildlife officials say a woman who thought she was breaking up a dog fight quickly realized she’d grabbed hold of a young mountain lion. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game wrote in a prepared statement Monday that the woman thought her dog was fighting with another dog outside their […]
  
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• Brazil institute: Potential health crisis in dam breach

  05-02-2019 18:41
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A top research institute in Brazil is warning of a potential health crisis following the collapse of a dam containing large amounts of mining waste. At least 134 people were killed in the Jan. 25 accident in the southeastern city of Brumadinho. Health experts at Fiocruz on Tuesday detailed a […]
  
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• Brazil institute: Potential health crisis from dam breach

  05-02-2019 18:41
  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s leading research institute warned Tuesday of a potential health crisis from the failure of a dam in Minas Gerais state, which unleased a flood of muddy mining waste that killed at least 134 people. Fiocruz said the contamination of the ecosystem and the nearby Paraopeba River could precipitate the […]
  
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• Idaho lottery paid $176 million in prizes in 2018

  05-02-2019 18:26
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho State Lottery paid out $176 million in prize money and returned $53.5 million to the state in fiscal year 2018. Director Jeffrey Anderson also told the Legislature’s budget-setting Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that the lottery has returned about $870 million to the state since selling its first ticket […]
  
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• Fire officials say sushi restaurant fire may have been set

  05-02-2019 17:59
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage fire officials say the fire that destroyed an eastside sushi restaurant likely was intentionally set. The fire gutted Yakitori Sushi House just east of the busy Tudor Road and Lake Otis Parkway intersection. The Anchorage Daily News reports the fire was called in just before 4:30 a.m. Monday. Fire marshal […]
  
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• Snow in San Francisco? Mild cities don’t escape winter storm

  05-02-2019 17:41
  Winter storms have been hitting the West for several days and brought a surprise dusting to peaks overlooking San Francisco — the city's first notable snow in eight years.
  
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• Woman found shot, killed in vehicle on Anchorage street

  05-02-2019 17:35
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage police are investigating the shooting death of a woman along a downtown street. Police just after 11 p.m. Monday received a report of shots fired in the 1100 block of Cordova Street. Officers found a woman dead in a vehicle. She had been shot in the upper body. The woman’s […]
  
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• Slog AM: Washington Measles Cases Surpass 50, Denver Mans Fights Off Cougar, The State of the Union Is Tonight

  05-02-2019 17:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyStep off.Ben Masters/Getty Images
  The Iceman Cometh: You thought yesterday’s commute would be bad? Just wait until you're driving on a sheet of slick frozen ice you can barely see. Cold temperatures overnight helped the snow stick around and freeze the roads, making them even more treacherous than yesterday. Seattle Public Schools canceled school again. Those lucky kids. But many of the adults I talked to either took the day off or worked from home so I guess we’re a
  
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• Slog AM: Washington Measles Cases Surpass 50, Denver Man Fights Off Cougar, the State of the Union Is Tonight

  05-02-2019 17:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyStep off.Ben Masters/Getty Images
  The Iceman Cometh: You thought yesterday’s commute would be bad? Just wait until you're driving on a sheet of slick frozen ice you can barely see. Cold temperatures overnight helped the snow stick around and freeze the roads, making them even more treacherous than yesterday. Seattle Public Schools canceled school again. Those lucky kids. But many of the adults I talked to either took the day off or worked from home, so I guess we’re
  
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• Romania investigates man who posed as plastic surgeon

  05-02-2019 17:04
  BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Authorities in Romania are investigating an Italian citizen who allegedly posed as a plastic surgeon in clinics around Bucharest. The College of Medics said Tuesday that it hadn’t issued Matteo Politi, who used the alias Matthew Mode, with a license to practice. Romanian health authorities, who must also issue a separate […]
  
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• Howard Schultz plans policy speech Thursday as he moves toward presidential run

  05-02-2019 16:54
  Undaunted by Democratic attacks, former Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz plans to deliver a major policy address at Purdue University on Thursday to further explain his vision for an independent presidential campaign that would take aim at the country’s two-party political system. The speech comes after a weeklong media blitz that prompted sharp verbal sparring […]
  
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• Snow, ice, school closures in Seattle area — and there’s more on the way

  05-02-2019 16:04
  Schools across the Puget Sound area are closed today, roads are iced over and Metro buses are struggling on their snow routes. The region could get another significant hit Friday and Saturday.
  
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• Intel confirms plans for Oregon factory

  05-02-2019 15:05
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Intel has acknowledged it will soon start building a massive new semiconductor factory in Hillsboro. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the company told about 50 residents living near its Ronler Acres campus that it will build a third phase of its massive D1X manufacturing complex, confirming a newspaper report last month. Intel also […]
  
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• Homeless shelter expands in Seattle as freeze settles in

  05-02-2019 15:00
  Generally, people are more open to taking shelter, even if it's just short term, when temperatures drop this low.
  
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• When storm cuts power, wastewater spills into Puget Sound at Richmond Beach

  05-02-2019 14:20
  SEATTLE (AP) — Officials say about 19,400 of gallons of wastewater spilled into Puget Sound after the Richmond Beach Pump Station in Shoreline lost power. King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks says a winter storm-related power outage Monday morning at the pump station led to wastewater flowing into Puget Sound for about 20 […]
  
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• New legislative proposal would set strict limits on lead in Washington’s public schools

  05-02-2019 14:00
  Proposed legislation would require all Washington school districts to test their drinking water for lead and swiftly fix any water source that tests above a new statewide limit.
  
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• Third of Himalayan glaciers can no longer be saved: study

  05-02-2019 07:25
  KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — One-third of Himalayan glaciers will melt by the end of the century due to climate change, threatening water sources for 1.9 billion people, even if current efforts to reduce climate change succeed, an assessment warns. If global efforts to curb climate change fail, the impact could be far worse: a loss […]
  
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• Public meeting planned for launch facility on Big Island

  05-02-2019 06:17
  HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A public meeting has been scheduled for the satellite launch facility proposed by the Alaska-owned aerospace corporation for a site on the east side of the Big Island. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports the Wednesday meeting in Hilo is part of the ongoing environmental assessment process for the project that the Alaska […]
  
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• Forest Service reschedules meeting on Alaska timber sales

  05-02-2019 06:15
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has rescheduled a public meeting about planned timber sales in southeast Alaska. Alaska’s Energy Desk reports the federal agency has scheduled the meeting for Feb. 20 in Klawock on Prince of Wales Island after it was announced and then canceled within a week last month. The agency […]
  
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• Alaska marijuana industry raises concern about future

  05-02-2019 06:13
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Marijuana growers and retailers in Alaska say they’re concerned about Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s plans for the industry after he appointed a marijuana critic and a law enforcement officer to the state marijuana board. The Anchorage Daily News reports the Republican governor has been quiet on his policies for the state’s legal […]
  
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• Alaska marijuana industry concerned about new board member

  05-02-2019 06:13
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Marijuana growers and retailers in Alaska say they’re concerned about Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s plans for the industry following his recent picks for the state marijuana board. The Republican governor has been quiet on his policies for the state’s legal marijuana industry, but his appointment of Vivian Stiver to the regulatory board […]
  
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• Lava, gas flowing out Indonesia volcano sends people fleeing

  05-02-2019 05:26
  JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An eruption of one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes sent lava and searing gas clouds out the crater and made villagers leave the slopes, a volcanology official said Tuesday. Authorities were still trying to evacuate nearly 600 residents living along the slopes of Mount Karangetang, said Yudia Tatipang, head of the […]
  
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• Officials report slow hunting season for Yellowstone bison

  05-02-2019 04:33
  BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Officials say mild weather and a lack of snowfall have allowed bison to largely stay inside Yellowstone National Park, resulting in only a few of the animals being hunted so far this winter. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports the hunting season managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks closes next week […]
  
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• Sheriff’s use of courtroom camera to view juror’s notebook, lawyer’s notes sparks dismissal of criminal case

  05-02-2019 04:27
  Charges were thrown out in a San Juan assault case after it was revealed the county sheriff had been using the court security camera to focus on defense notes and a juror's notebook.
  
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• San Juan sheriff’s use of courtroom camera to view juror’s notebook, lawyer’s notes sparks outrage and dismissal of criminal case

  05-02-2019 04:27
  Charges were thrown out in a San Juan assault case after it was revealed the county sheriff had been using the court security camera to focus on defense notes and a juror's notebook.
  
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• Frosty on the outside, toasty on the inside

  05-02-2019 03:57
  Sketched Feb. 4, 2019 Did you have the chance to work remotely today with all that snow out there? For part of the day, my office away from the office was a coffee shop in Mill Creek. That’s where I captured the wintry view rendered by the first snowfall of the season. From rooftops to […]
  
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• Commission approves pay raises for Washington judges, governor, lawmakers and others

  05-02-2019 03:05
  Monday's votes by the Washington Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials drew the ire of anti-tax activist Tim Eyman, who is vowing a referendum that would put the raises before voters this November.
  
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• California bill would limit genitalia surgery for children

  05-02-2019 02:52
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California doctors would be barred from treating or performing surgery on children born with genitals that don’t fit a single gender or are otherwise atypical unless it’s medically necessary or the child consents, under a bill unveiled Monday. It’s the latest effort by state legislators to give minors more control over […]
  
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• Slog PM: Snow Day Highlights, a Canadian Bitcoin Fiasco, Hawaii Only Wants Centenarians to Smoke Cigarettes

  05-02-2019 02:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamOld as shit? Have a cigarette. You've earned it.heidijpix/Getty Images
  I just have to tell you that 90 percent of Seattle news today is about snow: Why stop it now? There's so much happening. It snowed all morning. But, it looks like there won't be any more snow accumulation tonight. Temperatures are expected to drop into possibly the teens tonight so Tuesday's commute could be harrowing.Some Seattle snow highlights from Twitter: Let's just embrace the snow while it's here.Some
  
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• Seattle’s first snow of the season sticks around, closing schools again

  05-02-2019 02:45
  It was just a few inches of snowfall, but that's all it takes in the Seattle area to snarl commutes and cancel classes. Now with cold lingering, the white stuff is expected to stick around.
  
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• Seattle area’s first snow of the season expected to stick around as cold lingers

  05-02-2019 02:45
  It was just a few inches of snowfall, but that's all it takes in the Seattle area to snarl commutes and cancel classes. Now with cold lingering, the white stuff is expected to stick around.
  
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• After long delays, Seattle mayor will advance $90 million plan for low-income housing at Fort Lawton

  05-02-2019 02:41
  For a decade, legal challenges and economic forces stymied the effort to redevelop Fort Lawton in Magnolia. But a ruling last year cleared the way for Seattle to move ahead with a plan that the city now estimates could cost about $90 million.
  
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• Armed man arrested after barricading himself in White Center Subway

  05-02-2019 02:22
  The man suffered a dog bite and gunshot wound to the leg, neither of which are life threatening, according to the Sheriff's Office. The Seattle Police Department's Force Investigation Team is investigating the shooting.
  
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• She Thought He Was Perfect—Then She Checked Out the Girls He Was Checking Out

  05-02-2019 02:17 via thestranger.com
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  He's perfect for me. I'm perfect for him. Finally I found him. We're two peas in a pod. We're planning on getting married. Two years together. We are both 53. All is good and well with one glaring exception that I can't put down. And I want to put it down but don't know how. I keep carrying it around in my head. He said early on, during a discussion about porn, you can look in my computer. I have nothing to hide. I've tried porn in the past and it's jus
  
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• On Being Black and Blue

  05-02-2019 02:09 via thestranger.com
  
  Jite Agbro celebrates Edwin T. Pratt's legacy at Pratt Fine Arts Center.by Jasmyne KeimigBlue Shades of BlueCOURTESY OF PRATT FINE ARTS CENTER
  Nestled in the Central District is Pratt Fine Arts Center, a non-profit arts education and resource center, just on the edge of Pratt Park. Both share the same namesake—Edwin T. Pratt, a man who was the Executive Director of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle during the civil rights movement. A champion for the black community here in the Nort
  
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• Being Black and Feeling Blue

  05-02-2019 02:09 via thestranger.com
  
  Jite Agbro celebrates Edwin T. Pratt's legacy at Pratt Fine Arts Center.by Jasmyne KeimigBlue Shades of BlueCOURTESY OF PRATT FINE ARTS CENTER
  Nestled in the Central District is Pratt Fine Arts Center, a non-profit arts education and resource center, just on the edge of Pratt Park. Both share the same namesake—Edwin T. Pratt, a man who was the Executive Director of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle during the civil rights movement. A champion for the black community here in the Nort
  
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• Your Ultimate Guide to Where to Eat Out for Valentine's Day 2019 in Seattle

  05-02-2019 01:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffIf you prefer beer to wine with your dinner, No Anchor has you covered with a brew-friendly four-course menu of raw scallops, endive salad, dry-aged smoked duck breast, and whipped dark chocolate for Valentine's Day. No Anchor Beer Bar via Facebook
  We know you can't go just anywhere for your Valentine's victuals, so we've rounded up all the Valentine's Day events in town (like a French-inspired six-course menu at Maximilien and a Japanese comfort food feast at Adana
  
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