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• If You See Nothing Else at SIFF, Make It International Falls

  17-05-2019 23:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani PolkRachael Harris and Rob Huebel in International Falls
  International Falls has a similar feel to Fargo—the setting is a small, frozen Minnesota town whose residents are made up of friendly kooks—and its humor is dark, though the morbid plot device doesn’t happen until the film is almost over. Rachael Harris is radiant and perfectly cast as the subtly funny Dee, a middle-aged wife and mother stuck in a tedious job and a marriage that has obviously gone past its expi
  
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• Larger Than Life Ceramic Wonders at Reflect and Gather

  17-05-2019 23:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jasmyne Keimig View this post on InstagramA post shared by MadArt (@madartseattle) on May 14, 2019 at 12:34pm PDTMadArt continues to hit it out of the park with cool, tactile, inhabitable installations. Their latest exhibition, Reflect and Gather, features work by Seattle-based ceramic sculptor George Rodriguez. During his residency at the South Lake Union gallery, he has created a series of compact rooms composed of more than 1,000 handmade clay tiles.Each room has a distinct color, texture,
  
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• Lawyers for family of Burien man killed by King County deputy allege cover-up by sheriff’s office

  17-05-2019 23:20
  The family of Tommy Le filed a civil-rights lawsuit in U.S. District Court after the 20-year-old was shot and killed by a sheriff's deputy on June 14, 2017.
  
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• Logan Bowers Makes a Good Cookie

  17-05-2019 23:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithBowers and his wife, Jerina Pillert. They both own Hashtag Cannabis. RS
  In celebration of Bike Everywhere Day, District 3 city council candidate Logan Bowers spent the morning passing out homemade cookies and little cups of water to passersby from his perch under a festival tent between 10th and 11th Ave. He'll be out there until 6 p.m. today, if you want to say hi.As bikers stopped for refreshments, he talked with them about his plans for fixing the city's patchy biking infrastruct
  
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• Lawmaker says she won’t hear Alaska abortion ban bill

  17-05-2019 23:07
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A state House Health and Social Services Committee co-chair says she will not hear a bill that seeks to outlaw abortion in Alaska. Democratic Rep. Ivy Spohnholz of Anchorage says she has “no interest in making it illegal for women to get an important health care procedure.” The bill was introduced […]
  
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• Lake Union Marina Fire Is Out, Thanks to Non-Toxic Firefighting Foam

  17-05-2019 22:52 via thestranger.com
  
  A dramatic scene! A less dramatic cleanup.by Nathalie GrahamPUT IT OUTOle-Gunnar/Getty Images
  There was a huge, black plume of smoke billowing from what looked like north of Cal Anderson Park. Stranger staff gathered at the windows, gawking. "Christopher, is your apartment on fire?" Rich Smith asked. Christopher Frizzelle, editor of print, quickly put on his jacket and hat and ran to go check as the smoke kept going. Shortly thereafter, the rest of the staff saw updates from Seattle Fire Departm
  
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• Non-Monogamy! Why Didn’t I Think of That!

  17-05-2019 22:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  Recent Savage Love Letters of the Day: Does my potential kinky casual hookup need to know I'm married? Dude's desire to blow up his balls blows innocent dude's mind. Should she dump the amazing man who helped her get on her feet? We want to hook up with a friend but not his husband and they only "play together." Is there a workaround? And, as always, last week's column and Savage Lovecast.First up, it turns out there is a study about that...A caller on the podcast stated that she w
  
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• Josephine County Sheriff’s staff numbers may get boost

  17-05-2019 22:41
  GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) — A proposed budget for the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office in southwestern Oregon would fund the department at 100 positions — a number not seen since budget cuts decimated the agency seven years ago. The Daily Courier reports in 2012, federal funding cuts triggered county budget cuts that reduced the department […]
  
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• Teens evacuated after an armed man arrested by Oregon school

  17-05-2019 22:34
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Portland, Oregon high school is being evacuated after a man armed with a gun was wrestled to the ground by a staff member. The Portland Police Bureau said in a statement Friday that no shots were fired at Parkrose High School, no one was injured and the man is in […]
  
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• Ex-Oregon football star stops armed student at Oregon school

  17-05-2019 22:34
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A former college football standout at the University of Oregon was credited Friday with tackling an armed student at a Portland, Oregon, high school before anyone was injured. Keanon Lowe, who is now a football and track coach and a security guard at Parkrose High School, told reporters as he was […]
  
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• Donut Ice Cream Sandwiches and More Seattle Food News You Can Use: May 17, 2019 Edition

  17-05-2019 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffLynnwood's popular Donut Factory, known for its donut ice cream sandwiches and croissant-donut hybrids, as well as classic donuts topped with breakfast cereals like Fruity Pebbles, is now open in University District. Donut Factory via Facebook
  This week, Ballard gets a new cult-favorite brewery specializing in sour beer, a new chocolate factory and espresso bar hits Pike Place Market, and University District greets a new donut shop with donut ice cream sandwiches an
  
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• Stranger Genius Award Winner Benjamin Kasulke's Directorial Debut, Banana Split, Adds a New Twist to the Love Triangle Trope

  17-05-2019 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe unlikely BFFs of Banana Split
  Those familiar with Benjamin Kasulke’s work as a cinematographer will be surprised by his directorial debut. It is nothing like those films he shot for Lynn Shelton and other noted indie directors (check out 2017’s Cold November). This film is fast, full of youth-sex energy and hot blasts of rock and rap. The film’s colors are bright, the cast is gorgeous, the story—cowritten by its star, Hannah Marks—adds a new twi
  
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• The Top 10 Seattle Events You Must Know About This Weekend: May 17–19, 2019

  17-05-2019 22:14 via thestranger.com
  Planning Your Weekend? Start Here!by Stranger Things To Do StaffCongratulations, you've made it to the weekend! ICYMI, since Monday, we've been posting lists of events that you should know about. But we get it, it's been a long week, and maybe you just want the quick hits. So, here's one final list: The 10 biggest, most popular, most-likely-to-induce-FOMO events happening this weekend. Here they are, in no particular order:The opening weekend of the Seattle International Film Festival
  The end of
  
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• The World War II home front in Seattle. Did you experience it?

  17-05-2019 22:00
  If you’re in your 80s or 90s, and lived in Seattle, then you remember how the home front was here during World War II. Is that you, or someone you know? With the 75th anniversary of D-Day coming up in June, We’d like to hear from you. Email reporter Erik Lacitis at [email protected]. Include your […]
  
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• I Guarded Grumpy Cat with My Life, but Now She's Dead

  17-05-2019 21:48 via thestranger.com
  
  I don't think she understood her net worth.by Chase BurnsOne of these cats is wax. One of these cats had an estimated net worth of $100 million. Photo by Larry French/Getty Images for Getty Images for Madame Tussauds
  Grumpy Cat is dead. The internet superstar, whose birth name was Tarter Sauce but was known internationally as Grumpy Cat, passed away at the tender age of 7 earlier this week. The news was broken this morning. She died from complications related to a UTI, her family reported on Twi
  
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• Flowering cherry trees in Salem saved from chopping block

  17-05-2019 21:43
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A double row of flowering cherry trees in front of the Oregon State Capitol in Salem will not be chopped down. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports civil engineers determined that the roots of the cherry trees aren’t causing leaks in the state-owned Capitol Mall parking garage nearby. A report prepared by the engineers […]
  
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• S. Idaho grazing plan that destroyed sagebrush is rejected

  17-05-2019 21:30
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal administrative law judge has rejected a plan for public land grazing allotments in south-central Idaho that would have destroyed re-emerging sagebrush in favor of non-native plants to increase forage for cattle and sheep. The ruling last week directs the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to set aside its final […]
  
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• Last-Minute Plans: 133 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do in Seattle This Weekend: May 17-19, 2019

  17-05-2019 21:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffTransport yourself to a bustling market in Mexico City at this weekend's Seattle Night Market in South Lake Union. South Lake Union Saturday Market via Facebook
  Panicking because you don’t know what to do this 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 Pierogi Fest 2019 to Mom Prom, and from the University District Streetfair to Game of Thrones se
  
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• Judge rejects plan for public land grazing allotments

  17-05-2019 21:30
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An administrative law judge has rejected a plan for public land grazing allotments that would have destroyed re-emerging sagebrush in south-central Idaho in favor of non-native plants to increase forage for cattle and sheep. The ruling directs the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to set aside its final grazing decisions for […]
  
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• Streaming Service Le Cinéma Club Announces Reboot

  17-05-2019 21:12 via thestranger.com
  
  by Robert HamStill from Keep It To Yourself, courtesy Le Cinéma Club
  Film geeks aren’t hurting for options when it comes to feeding their addictions. Between theatrical releases and streaming services (Criterion Channel, Netflix, Hulu, Kanopy, Shudder, etc., etc., ad infinitum), the only thing stopping them from a nonstop torrent of moving pictures is having to work lousy jobs that exist solely to pay for movie tickets and high-speed internet.At the risk of adding yet another item o
  
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• Louisiana governor breaks with Democratic Party on abortion

  17-05-2019 21:07
  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Nearly three decades ago, when Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ wife was 20 weeks pregnant with their first child, a doctor discovered their daughter had spina bifida and encouraged an abortion. The Edwardses refused. Now, daughter Samantha is married and working as a school counselor, and Edwards finds himself […]
  
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• Wild horses to return to southwest Idaho following wildfire

  17-05-2019 20:43
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials plan to release 45 wild horses in southwestern Idaho later this month in an event that’s open to the public. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management in a news release Friday says the horses will be released in three different locations south of Marsing. Those interested should meet at […]
  
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• Southern resident orca matriarch J17 continues to decline, new photos show

  17-05-2019 20:39
  Images captured by a research drone show the continued decline in J17's body condition since 2015.
  
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• Why It's Time to Stop Joking About Alabama, and Start Protecting Its Vulnerable People

  17-05-2019 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey Astrid Riecken / Getty Images
  Alabama's recent near-total ban on abortion is a craven attempt to deny all women's rights by setting up a very possible scenario where Roe v. Wade is overturned by a largely anti-choice Supreme Court. It's time for us all to get on the same page about this, and stop blaming the disenfranchised people of Alabama. This is a state that has been gerrymandered by Republicans and bullied into submission by right-wing Christian extremists. The
  
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• Prison health care provider resolves disabilities lawsuit

  17-05-2019 20:27
  PHOENIX (AP) — Two companies that provide health care in jails and prisons across the United States have agreed to pay $950,000 to resolve a lawsuit that alleged it discriminated against employees with disabilities by failing to accommodate them, requiring them to be fully healed before they can return to work, and firing them. A […]
  
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• Dirty Couch Brewing’s Sour Beer Taproom Opens in Magnolia

  17-05-2019 19:54 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle just got a brand new sour taproom, and it's good.by Lester BlackThere's a new sour taproom in town. Lester Black
  Rejoice, fans of tart beer.Dirty Couch Brewing opens their brewery and taproom in Magnolia today at 3 pm. This long-awaited sour brewery is hitting the ground running with ten taps of barrel-aged and sour beers in their new taproom.Dirty Couch’s new space is situated in a remodeled two-story building on the industrial side of Magnolia near Salmon Bay (across the railroad
  
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• Fire damages Lake Union boats and pier Friday morning

  17-05-2019 19:45
  The fire, on the water near East Garfield Street and Fairview Avenue East, was reported about 10:20 a.m.
  
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• Boats, pier burn on Lake Union, Fire Department says

  17-05-2019 19:45
  The fire, on the water near East Garfield Street and Fairview Avenue East, was reported about 10:20 a.m. By 11 a.m. the fire was 90 percent contained. The Fire Department said there were no injuries.
  
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• Lolo Zouaï Brings a Heady Blend of European and American Cool to Neumos Tonight

  17-05-2019 19:23 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jasmyne KeimigLolo Zouaï comes to Neumos tonight Courtesy of Grant SpanierI’m a little shocked there hasn’t been more hubbub around French Algerian-American singer Lolo Zouaï, who plays at Neumos tonight. Her latest release, High Highs to Low Lows, contains everything that’s hot in popular music right now, including but not limited to lite hiphop and trap beats, bilingualism, Ariana Grande–style rapping. Take "Caffeine" for example—it's equal parts brat
  
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• Bear hunter found dead on Kodiak Island

  17-05-2019 19:08
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska authorities are investigating the death of a 39-year-old bear hunter on Kodiak Island that was not reported until five days after he went missing. Alaska State Troopers have not disclosed how Viacheslav Akimenko of Delta Junction might have died. An autopsy is planned. Akimenko and 33-year-old Aleksandr Neverov of Delta […]
  
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• Bear hunter found dead on island days after he went missing

  17-05-2019 19:08
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 39-year-old man’s death during a bear hunting trip on Kodiak Island was not reported until five days after he went missing, Alaska State Troopers say. Troopers are investigating the death of Viacheslav Akimenko of Delta Junction. They have not disclosed how he might have died, saying an autopsy by the […]
  
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• APNewsBreak: Alaska hunter finds friend dead after 6 days

  17-05-2019 19:08
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man found his missing friend dead during a bear hunting trip on Alaska’s Kodiak Island, but said Friday he and another hunting friend initially thought the man had stormed off in frustration as he had done in the past. Aleksandr Neverov told The Associated Press he found the body of […]
  
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• A war is brewing over lithium mining at the edge of Death Valley

  17-05-2019 19:01
  The proposed mine pits the demand for a rare metal used in greenhouse-gas-reducing electric vehicles against the concerns of environmentalists worried that a "white gold rush" across the deserts of Southern California will damage fragile ecosystems.
  
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• Investment group plans redevelopment of Idaho mall

  17-05-2019 18:57
  NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — A California-based investment group is planning to spend more than $30 million to redevelop an Idaho mall, adding multifamily housing and a hotel to the site. Idaho Press reported Thursday that Rhino Investments purchased Karcher Mall in Nampa earlier this month after the property had been on the market for three […]
  
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• Alaska unemployment rate holds steady at 6.5 percent

  17-05-2019 18:46
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s unemployment rate remained steady at 6.5 percent last month. Federal labor statistics show that rate has held since August. Unemployment stood at 6.7 percent in April 2018. The state labor department says employment was up an estimated 0.9 percent from April 2018, with construction adding the largest number of jobs […]
  
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• Former manager gets prison time for embezzling from utility

  17-05-2019 18:42
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Naknek woman will serve nearly three years in a federal prison for embezzling more the $500,000 from the village utility. Donna Vukich used the money to pay her daughter’s college tuition and on entertainment items, like spending $51,000 with Norwegian Cruise Lines, said Bryan Schroder, the U.S. attorney in Alaska. […]
  
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• Who Let the Dogs Out: A Surprisingly Great Documentary About the Baha Men Hit

  17-05-2019 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jasmyne KeimigWho, who, who who who
  I always thought it was obvious who let the dogs out: the Baha Men. But in this documentary directed by Brent Hodge (Freaks and Geeks: The Documentary), artist and cultural curator Ben Sisto proves that the answer is a bit more complicated than that.Who Let the Dogs Out explores the knotty history of that song, going from London to Trinidad to Miami to Michigan to get to the bottom of who truly came up with the earwormy hook. And though sometimes the short
  
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• Slog AM: Taiwan Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage, Seattle Judge Ostracized by Public Defenders, Liz Warren Wants to Protect Abortion

  17-05-2019 17:36 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyShe's one of the few candidates to take a strong, clear stance on abortion and, damn it, I love it. DREW ANGERER / GETTY IMAGES
  Presidential candidate wants to take on campaign finance reform: And she’s looking at our Democracy Voucher system. New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wants to implement the program nationwide by giving every potential voter in America $600 to contribute to House, Senate, and Presidential campaigns, according to the Seattle Times. It would go even f
  
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• After rainiest day in months, Seattle area should have dry Saturday to start weekend

  17-05-2019 16:02
  Despite receiving the most rainfall in one day since mid-March — logging almost half an inch of rain in Seattle’s University District on Thursday — the rain that’s predicted to continue through much of the weekend and the beginning of next week should be welcome. “It was the rainiest day since March 12, when we […]
  
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• ‘The more things change, the more things remain the same’: The best comments this week on seattletimes.com

  17-05-2019 16:00
  More Boeing revelations, Mother's Day reflections, tunnels new and old … Seattle Times readers had a lot to say about the news. Here are excerpts from a few of our favorites.
  
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• ‘If you don’t like it here, you can move elsewhere’: The best comments this week on seattletimes.com

  17-05-2019 16:00
  More Boeing revelations, Mother's Day reflections, tunnels new and old … Seattle Times readers had a lot to say about the news. Here are excerpts from a few of our favorites.
  
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• Oregon files new suit against Purdue Pharma, naming owners

  17-05-2019 15:55
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s attorney general has filed a new lawsuit against the maker of prescription opioid painkiller OxyContin, this time targeting the company’s owners. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum alleges in a suit announced Thursday that Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma and eight members of the Sackler family took billions of dollars out […]
  
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