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High on Sound-System Culture

07-03-2024 23:35

Dub and reggae are still relatively niche genres in Seattle. But those into this music in the Northwest really dig it.by Dave SegalWalking down Fremont's North 35th Street, you can hear Kibo HiFi's powerful dub vibrations, two blocks away from the source. And before you even reach the Culture Yard space that serves as Seattle Dub Club's unofficial home, you can smell what Black Sabbath famously called the "sweet leaf."
Outside in the back of Culture Yard, an activity center overseen by longtime

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Sliding Down Poles at Savor Studio

07-03-2024 20:38 via thestranger.com

For my latest exploration into Seattle subcultures, I slid ass first into the pole dancing world. Through the classes I took and the community I met at Savor Studio, I tapped into a part of myself I didn’t even notice I’d been missing: my eroticism.by Nathalie GrahamLast week, while humping the floor, I realized I felt sexier than I had in years.
Synth-heavy music thrummed overhead. Pink and purple spotlights illuminated the bricks on one wall, and snakes curved into 'S' shapes

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Who Needs the City Council?

07-03-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com

While some Seattle-supremacists tout the Emerald City as a leader of progressive momentum in Washington state, a new, more conservative council may increase the grade of the left’s uphill battle to pass local policy.by Hannah KriegLast month, a decisive 58% of voters in Renton approved a grassroots initiative to raise the local minimum wage from $16.28 to $20.09, which will be one of the highest minimum wages in the country when it goes into effect in July. The left can add Raise the Wage

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Slog AM: SPD Failed to Warn Community About Axe Murderer, City Reaches Agreement with Union Employees, State of the Union Tonight

07-03-2024 17:30

The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Ashley NerbovigGooood morning. Today's supposed to be sunny with a high of 47 degrees everyone, and sunset should be around 6 pm. It's almost like summer.
Man charged with killing unhoused people with an axe: Prosecutors filed murder charges Wednesday against 25-year-old Liam Kryger, who's held at the King County Jail in place of a $5 million bond. Kryger's charged with killing at least one unhoused person with an axe. Capitol Hill Seattle Blog p

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Lawmakers Join Dancers and LGBTQ Community in Celebrating Passage of Strippers’ Bill of Rights

07-03-2024 00:23

Though advocates paused the fight to celebrate over the weekend, a few more hurdles lie ahead.by Ashley NerbovigStrippers, lawmakers, and the LGBTQ+ community gathered at Massive on Capitol Hill Saturday night to celebrate the passage of a bill to allow nudity in places that serve alcohol. The bill opened up a path for Washington strip clubs to serve liquor for the first time in about 50 years and broadened allowances for employees at queer bars to bare their nipples.
Though advocates paused the

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