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• Ticket Alert: Twenty One Pilots, the Black Keys, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  04-04-2024 23:15 via everout.com
  
  Plus, Orville Peck and more event updates for April 4.by Audrey VannTop 40 radio regulars Twenty One Pilots have announced their upcoming Clancy tour to support their upcoming album of the same name, and Ohioan blues rock duo The Black Keys have dropped dates for their International Players tour. Plus, indie rock’s masked cowboy Orville Peck is bringing his Stampede tour to Chateau Ste. Michelle this fall. Read on for details on those and other newly announced events, plus more news you ca
  
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• Dropping Stitches at Knit Night

  04-04-2024 21:27 via thestranger.com
  
  Need help overcoming your debilitating perfectionism? Try knitting.by Nathalie GrahamMy fine motor skills leave a lot to be desired. I didn’t realize this until I tried knitting after the emergency JOANN’s Fabric run my then-roommates conducted in the hours before the world shut down in 2020.
  After squinting at a YouTube tutorial, dumbfounded, I gave up. Around me, Dom and Frieda already had full squares of stitches attached to their needles. Even for Nicole, my trusty companion in n
  
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• I Saw U: At the Capitol Hill Farmers Market, at the West Seattle Auto Zone, and Under the Space Needle After Bad Bunny

  04-04-2024 19:15 via thestranger.com
  
  I Saw U at...by AnonymousOpera Girl Looking For Ballet Loving Russian-Turk
  You asked me about Malcolm X/for my # walking in lower Queen Anne - I was late, so I gave you my card. Hope you didn’t feel brushed off. Call me?you use ASL
  Saw you walking on Pine St., signing with a friend. Learning ASL now. Can't wait to chat with you next time!
  Time Traveling Goth Librarian
  Ada's on a Wednesday. I had blue hair. You were an elegant gothic beauty. Love your vibe. I'm convinced you run a secret li
  
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• Slog AM: Cop Acquitted in Manny Ellis Death Resigns New Position, Donor Pays for Another Quick Fix to Migrant Crisis, Seattle Appoints Two New School Board Directors

  04-04-2024 17:38 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Hannah KriegOne of the baddest apples: Christopher Burbank, (a Tacoma cop acquitted of manslaughter and second-degree murder in the death of Manny Ellis, an unarmed Black man) got a new gig next-door in Thurston County. Understandably, the new hire pissed people off. Cops should not get to tase an unarmed Black man three times while another officers chokes out that person, get their little wrist slapped, and then get another job as an armed defender of capi
  
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• Will Seattle Respond to the Refugee Crisis with Housing or Handcuffs?

  04-04-2024 03:32 via thestranger.com
  
  When asked if the City intended to sweep, the Mayor’s Office said, “We are evaluating next steps in this emerging issue. We understand that housing and shelter is the most critical need for families to find safety and stability.”by Hannah KriegFor what migrant families estimate to be the seventh or eighth time since they arrived in the region, hundreds of Venezuelan, Angolan, and Congolese refugees are asking the local government to pay for housing so that they and their childr
  
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• Diffusing Mr. Persistent

  04-04-2024 00:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Me and Mr. Persistent.by AnonymousI was at the 3rd Ave bus stop with over-ear headphones on, hands in pockets, and a vacant/semi-jamming-out-expression on my face, one among many in a crowd of late-afternoon commuters. Two minutes into waiting for the 28 bus, Mr. Persistent approached me. 
   
  He initially got my attention by entering my field of vision ostensibly to ask for directions or about the bus route. Turns out instead that he just felt entitled to fling some unwanted overtures m
  
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