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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Aug 9–11, 2024

  09-08-2024 20:00 via everout.com
  
  South Lake Union Block Party, Flock Fiber Festival, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15by EverOut StaffWe're here to help you start your weekend with event picks from the South Lake Union Block Party to the Flock Fiber Festival. Or, head to Tacoma for the IN THE SPIRIT Arts Market and Northwest Native Festival and Glass Fest Northwest. Plus, Saturday is National S'mores Day, and we've rounded up our picks for where to get gooey, chocolatey treats. For more ideas, check out our guide to th
  
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• Labor Organizer Melissa Demyan Could Unseat One of Washington’s Most Conservative Democrats

  09-08-2024 18:36 via thestranger.com
  
  And Democratic Institutions Think It’s about Fucking Timeby Hannah KriegPop the champagne! For the first time in his 20-year tenure, State House Rep. Larry Springer (D-Kirkland) will face a progressive challenger in International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers (IAM) Labor Organizer Melissa Demyan. After bringing more than 46% of the vote in the August primary—just behind Springer’s 50%—she actually has a chance! 
  Aaron Schrader, the chair of the 45
  
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• Staying in My Lane with the Seattle Orca Swim Team

  09-08-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  During my time under the surface, I found being in the water is a place to connect, escape, and to push onward.by Nathalie GrahamI showed up to swim team practice in jeans. 
  Swimmers leaned against the side of the Seattle University gym under the big tree (the directions that coaches gave to newcomers literally said to find “the big tree”), waiting for a coach to unlock the doors. No one else rocked jeans. I wore sneakers, but everyone else wore sandals. All the people I chatted
  
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• Slog AM: Smoke Comes to Seattle, Trump's Weird Press Conference, Three Teens Arrested in Plot on Taylor Swift Concerts

  09-08-2024 17:36 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamInside Alaska's big blowout: You remember Alaska Flight 1282, right? The flight where the door blew off? How could you forget! The four flight attendants onboard the plane will certainly never forget those moments of flying with a gaping hole in the side of the plane. The Seattle Times interviewed them about the harrowing experience. It was hot and windy in the cabin. They had an unaccompanied five-year-old who needed help with his oxyge
  
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• Ticket Alert: Fred Again.., Tinashe, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  09-08-2024 03:30 via everout.com
  
  Plus, More Event Updates for August 8by EverOut StaffVibey British producer and DJ Fred again.. will visit Climate Pledge during his Places We’ve Never Been tour. Is Seattle gonna match her freak? Nasty girl Tinashe will play her soon-to-be-released album, Quantum Baby, at Showbox SoDo this fall. Plus, a fundraiser for local youth music nonprofit The Residency will feature a headline performance from Macklemore. Read on for details on those and other newly announced events, plus some news
  
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• Queen of Noise

  09-08-2024 00:28 via thestranger.com
  
  The GUTS world tour is Olivia Rodrigo’s first arena tour, and it showed in all the best ways.by Audrey VannThere’s a new bar for arena concert fashion, and Olivia Rodrigo’s GUTS world tour is no exception. At Tuesday’s show at Climate Pledge arena—her first of two nights in Seattle—fans were decked out in sequined purple and silver ensembles (presumably repurposed from the Eras and Renaissance tours), custom Rodrigo-themed denim, beauty pageant sashes that rea
  
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• Where to Find S'mores Treats for National S'mores Day 2024 in Seattle

  09-08-2024 00:18 via everout.com
  
  A S'mores-gasbord of Options for August 10, From Cookies to Taiyakiby EverOut StaffThis Saturday, August 10, is National S'mores Day, and it's the perfect time to seek out the quintessential snack of summer. Below, we've rounded up all the places to get that nostalgic mix of graham crackers, chocolate, and marshmallows in a variety of configurations, from ice cream to cookies to donuts—campfire optional. For more ideas, check out our food and drink guide.BeanFish
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