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Stranger Suggests: Indigo De Souza, Day In Day Out, Nikki McClure: Something About the Sky, Composition / Decomposition at SOIL, the Ten Pillars of Beacon

10-07-2024 22:55 via thestranger.com

One really great thing to do every day of the week in Seattle.by Audrey VannWEDNESDAY 7/10
Indigo De Souza
(MUSIC) Singer-songwriter Indigo De Souza writes intimate lyrics about her life, then wraps them up in grungy indie rock riffs inspired by '90s alt-rock heroes like the Breeders and Dinosaur Jr. She will swing through town with songs from her critically acclaimed album, All of This Will End, which reflects on "childhood memories, collecting herself in parking lots, the ecstatic

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Seattle Is Ripe for Volcano Noir

10-07-2024 18:30 via thestranger.com

We live next to an active volcano. Its ghosts are everywhere.by Charles MudedeCNN recently reported that Mount Rainier is the US volcano that troubles scientists the most. In fact, it keeps one volcanologist, Jess Phoenix, "up at night" because it poses a great threat to Tacoma and South Seattle. The parts of the metropolis that span from Graham to Marysville are "built on 100-foot-thick (30.5-meter) ancient mudflows from eruptions of Mount Rainier.” But what keeps scientists twisting and

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State and Local Elections Are More Important Than Ever

10-07-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com

If elected to city council, I will work to unite our city and fight for our constitutional rights, working in coalition with other leaders at all levels of government.by Alexis Mercedes Rinck“The next conservative President must make the institutions of American civil society hard targets for woke culture warriors. This starts with deleting the terms sexual orientation and gender identity (‘SOGI’), diversity, equity, and inclusion (‘DEI’), gender, gender equality, g

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Slog AM: It’s Still Hot, Three Seattle Fires Kill Two, Dem Rebellion May Be Quelled for Now

10-07-2024 17:50 via thestranger.com

The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallHave we complained enough about the heat yet? Yesterday was the peak of this godforsaken heat wave, but today is another scorcher with a high of 87. Thankfully, the current heat advisory from the National Weather Service expires at 5 pm. Our region’s new normal of sweltering summer temperatures costs more than sweat. According to the Seattle Times, more and more people are spending hundreds or thousands to install air conditioning in thei

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Council Member Tanya Woo Decries Graffiti Targeting Her in the CID as Hateful

10-07-2024 01:09 via thestranger.com

Woo's response to graffiti contained some inconsistencies.by Ashley NerbovigOver the weekend, Northwest Asian Weekly ran an op-ed calling out hateful graffiti against Council Member Tanya Woo, who is currently running to keep a citywide seat that the council appointed her to after she lost a district election to Council Member Tammy Morales. The op-ed ended with a call to stand against “anti-Asian hatred and xenophobia,” but the author did not explain how the graffiti, which appeared

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