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• Stranger Suggests: Whim W'Him Pop-Up Series, the Softies, Titanish, AFROPUNK Seattle, Stephanie Syjuco: After/Images

  04-09-2024 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Audrey VannWEDNESDAY 9/4  
  Whim W'Him Pop-Up Series
  (PERFORMANCE) Longtime, award-winning Seattle dance troupe Whim W'him specializes in fully intentional movement. Bodies writhe over each other. Hands toy with handheld lights as eased around or through arms, legs, and necks. Members march in unison, and on these marches, each troupe member, in order, might explode into a tense pose, like an inverted firework. On September 4, Whim W
  
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• How Our Distressed Ferry System Got Dragged Into a Ghastly Criminal Case

  04-09-2024 22:09 via thestranger.com
  Washington State Ferries is conducting a formal investigation into the matter.by Charles MudedeWe cannot let this curious sign of the times pass in silence. It says way too much about our current state. It happened on July 25, 2024, at the first court appearance of Interisland Ferry Captain Albert Brant during his son's trial for the ghastly charge of possessing child pornography. 
  The purpose of the post-arrest hearing was to determine "the conditions of release." Prosecutors wanted to set
  
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• How Our Distressed Ferry System Got Dragged Into a Criminal Case

  04-09-2024 22:09 via thestranger.com
  
  Washington State Ferries is conducting a formal investigation into the matter.by Charles MudedeWe cannot let this curious sign of the times pass in silence. It says way too much about our current state. It happened on July 25, 2024, at the first court appearance of Interisland Ferry Captain Albert Brant during his son's trial for the ghastly charge of possessing child pornography. 
  The purpose of the post-arrest hearing was to determine "the conditions of release." Prosecutors wanted to set
  
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• Nintendo Finally Lets You Be the Girl in Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom

  04-09-2024 21:17 via thestranger.com
  
  Women of the Hyrulian world, unite!by Sam MachkovechFor roughly 38 years, Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda series has sold its titular princess short. Basically, her “Legend” has been getting kidnapped or running away under mysterious circumstances in ways where only a dude in a skin-tight leotard can find her, wave a sword around, and calm her down. Great message for roughly half of your potential audience, Nintendo.
  That changes in a few weeks. Starting September 26, Legend of Zeld
  
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• Slog AM: Pier 58 Contractor Sues City, UK Suspends Some Arms to Israel, Emu Missing

  04-09-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallOn the waterfront: The contractor hired to rebuild Pier 58 is suing the City, claiming it never paid them for extra work done to accelerate construction. After months of back and forth this year, the City allegedly never delivered Pacific Pile and Marine a promised updated order that would allow it to bill them. That delay allegedly caused “irreparable damage” to the company, which is requesting a monthly 1% interest on the final co
  
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• We Went to PAX West, and It Was Horny

  04-09-2024 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  It was also playful, demure, and an escape from anything that needs escaping.by Ari AndersonPAX West is horny. In just a few hours we saw people who were horny for their favorite characters, horny for GPUs, horny for swords (we saw so many swords), horny for followers, horny for dice, horny for meeting like-minded friends. Some are horny for Mario. Absolutely everyone is horny for Baldur’s Gate III (BG3)—a steamy ground-breaking character-based RPG that has won countless awards for i
  
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• Everything We Loved at Bumbershoot

  04-09-2024 02:19 via thestranger.com
  
  Twinkies Made of Glass, Sharks With Butts, and Some Musicby Hannah Murphy WinterIf you stopped going to Bumbershoot because it got too crowded, too expensive, and too full of the Black Eyed Peas, it’s time to reevaluate your decision. 
  Gone are the days when attendance topped 150,000, and music fans had to wait in line for hours to ~maybe~ score a wristband to see mainstream radio superstars headline Memorial Stadium. When New Rising Sun brought the once-beloved fest back from the dea
  
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