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• Community Dislikes Plan to Divide Denny Blaine Park Area into Nude and Clothed Zones

  17-05-2024 22:03 via thestranger.com
  
  The City wants to draw a nudity DMZ at the parking lot.by Vivian McCallThe battle for Denny Blaine continued at a sometimes contentious public meeting at the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation headquarters Thursday evening. 
  The department, which last year announced a wildly unpopular, millionaire-funded plan to construct a children’s playground on the grassy area overlooking the shore of a historically queer nude beach, has been meeting jointly with neighbors and activists wh
  
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• UW Encampment to Disband after Compromise with Administration

  17-05-2024 20:27 via thestranger.com
  
  Protesters Didn’t Win Everything, but Some Gazans Will Go to UW for Freeby Hannah KriegThe United Front for Palestinian Liberation (UF) will voluntarily pack up their encampment at the quad over the weekend after striking a deal with the University of Washington (UW). Administration agreed to evaluate a proposal to divest from Israel through the Advisory Committee on Socially Responsible Investing, be “transparent” and “examine” the University’s relationship w
  
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• Seattle's New Economy Is No Different from the GOP's Old One

  17-05-2024 19:47 via thestranger.com
  
  "Let the dollar circulate, let the dollar circulate."by Charles MudedeMany years ago, I came up with a joke for all heavy boozers trying to lose weight. It goes like this: They prefer a Republican diet. My meaning? When it comes to government spending, the right likes to cut everything—healthcare, food stamps, social security, you name it—except the military budget. A boozer looking to lose a few pounds is similar in the sense that they make big cuts on everything—chips, sugar-
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: May 17–19, 2024

  17-05-2024 19:00 via everout.com
  
  U District Street Fair, Norwegian Constitution Day Celebration & Parade, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15by EverOut StaffThe weekend is calling with low-key, high-fun events from the U District Street Fair to the Norwegian Constitution Day Celebration & Parade and from Thunderpussy Live at Easy Street Records to a Book Signing with Kat Lieu at Lucky Envelope Brewing. For more ideas, check out our guide to the top events of the week.
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• Don’t Leave Communities Out of the Transportation Levy

  17-05-2024 18:34 via thestranger.com
  
  Keeping BIPOC Communities in Place as Light Rail Expands Should Be a Key Component of the Seattle Transportation Levyby Karen SatakaThe Levy to Move Seattle, a property tax put to voters every eight years, presents an opportunity for Mayor Bruce Harrell and the Seattle City Council to set things right in our communities by funding $30 million for land acquisition and community-led planning as we prepare for construction of new light rail stations in our neighborhoods.
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• Slog AM: Trooper Shoots Man in Altercation, Shuts Down I-5; Alito's Big, Bad, Upside-Down Flag; Important Golfer Arrested

  17-05-2024 17:31 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning new roundup.by Nathalie GrahamDeadly altercation on I-5: At 4 pm on Thursday police fielded a call about a man ramming his car into a WSDOT vehicle and lift over and over on an I-5 shoulder near Everett. Two WSDOT employees were on the lift. An altercation between the man, who was wielding a hammer, the two employees, and a trooper occurred. The trooper shot and killed the man with the hammer. All lanes northbound I-5 at Union Slough remained blocked well until around midn
  
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• Lost Melodies

  17-05-2024 00:54 via thestranger.com
  
  Let’s fight for reliable funding mechanisms to support arts education in schools.by Nicole StankovicWhile it has only been a month since I wrote about the lack of financial support for public music instruction, the landscape of education in Seattle has dramatically shifted. The announcement that Seattle Public Schools could soon be shutting down 20 of their 74 elementary schools further exposes the underfunding and mismanagement plaguing our educational system. I’m particularly anxio
  
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• Ticket Alert: Childish Gambino, Aurora, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  17-05-2024 00:30 via everout.com
  
  Plus, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Live and More Event Updates for May 16by EverOut StaffMulti-hyphenate artist Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover, previously claimed he would retire his rap moniker following the release of his next album—so don’t miss the opportunity to see him on his New World Tour. Norwegian art pop star Aurora is also coming to Seattle this fall on her What Happened to the Earth? tour. Plus, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars LIVE will slay the house down boots with a
  
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