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• The Best Things To Do in Seattle This Month: May 2024

  01-05-2024 23:25 via everout.com
  
  Seattle International Film Festival, Kathleen Hanna, and Moreby EverOut StaffWelcome to May, the homestretch of spring that brings with it a host of major local happenings, fun holidays, and chances to reap the bounties of April showers. To help guide you through all of the options, we've compiled a curated version of our top picks below—you can also browse a more comprehensive collection of this month's biggest offerings over on our May events calendar, but here, you'll just read abo
  
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• Seattle City Council Kills Affordable Housing Development Incentive Package

  01-05-2024 22:05 via thestranger.com
  
  The Seattle City Council did some villain shit on Tuesday.by Hannah KriegNot to vilify the Seattle City Council, but on Tuesday they did some villain shit when they voted 7-2 to reject the Connected Communities Pilot program, which would have offered development incentives for low-income, community-centered housing at no cost to the City. The vote flies in the face of their campaign promises to “talk less, do more,” listen to stakeholders, and promote “gentle density” to
  
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• Stranger Suggests: Fat Ham, Radio Noise Collective with Maria Thrän, Fogón's Cinco de Mayo Block Party, Uncropped with Tricia Romano

  01-05-2024 21:51 via thestranger.com
  
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Audrey VannWEDNESDAY 5/1  
  Fat Ham
  (THEATER) I can’t tell you everything I want to tell you about Fat Ham. Maybe that James Ijames’s critically acclaimed adaptation of Hamlet—which moves the tragic story to a modern-day Southern family barbecue—won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was nominated for five Tonys is enough to convince you to see it. But if you, like me, never cultivated a deep love of—
  
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• Juno Men Is an Undisputable Genius of Comedy

  01-05-2024 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  See Juno Men Saturday, May 4 at the Egyptian.by Megan SelingOn Saturday, May 4, some of the Pacific Northwest's funniest people will take the stage at the Egyptian Theatre as part of The Stranger's Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy showcase. Andy Iwancio! Dan Hurwitz! Chris Mejia! Monica Nevi! Juno Men! Bernice Larson! Kermet Apio! And headliner Sam Miller! Plus, the whole night will be hosted by Emmett Montgomery, beloved weirdo, host of Friendship Dungeon and Joketellers Union, and one of 2023's
  
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• Slog AM: City Council Rejects Affordable Housing Proposal, Florida’s 6-Week Abortion Ban Kicks In, Cops Bust Protesters at Columbia University

  01-05-2024 17:32 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallSeattle City Council rejects more dense affordable housing: It would be cool if nonprofits and developers could build larger and taller buildings than zoning codes allow if they had affordable housing and/or community spaces, but only bill sponsor Tammy Morales and councilmember Dan Strauss voted to make that happen. The Seattle Times reports that some new council members said the city should address zoning as part of a larger planning effort i
  
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• The Meadow on the Runway at SennzaFinne

  01-05-2024 02:30 via thestranger.com
  
  This Beautiful Bev awaits in a warehouse down by the train tracks—if you can find it.by Meg van HuygenIf you’re in Interbay on a Thursday or Friday evening, in the sidewalkless industrial district just southwest of the Ballard Bridge, you might spot a sandwich board that promises a tasting room serving locally made amaro. It’s a little tricky to find, but let the sandwich boards guide you: toward some warehouses, through a parking lot behind down by the train tracks, and to a s
  
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