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• Stranger Suggests: The Psychic, Girlschool, Rock Lottery XIII, Seattle Restaurant Week, Maggie Rogers

  23-10-2024 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  One really great thing to do every day of the weekby Audrey VannWEDNESDAY 10/23  
  The Psychic
  (FILM) In my recent review of Lucio Fulci's The Beyond for The Stranger's Psychotronic Film Challenge, I shared an admittedly hot take: If you think you want to see an Argento flick, what you're actually looking for is Fulci. No shade to Argento—he's a master of style and atmosphere. (He might've even invented bisexual lighting by accident.) But Lucio Fulci delivered giallo at its best:
  
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• The Stranger Endorses Kamala Harris and Tim Walz

  23-10-2024 20:30
  
  Vote Harris and Walz for President and Vice Presidentby Stranger Election Control BoardWe here on the Stranger Election Control Board assume that every voter who picks up our (legally binding) voter’s guide wants to vote. In that spirit, you should vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz over Donald Trump. 
  As president, Harris promises to do whatever polls well at the moment with certain key demographics in certain key states that she needs to win because this country still uses an antiq
  
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• Call for Submissions: Shoot a Short Film for HUMP!’s 20th Anniversary and Get Paid!

  23-10-2024 19:47
  
  Look for tickets on sale December 11!by The Stranger's Promotions DepartmentIn 2025, Dan Savage’s HUMP! Film Festival will be celebrating its 20th year bringing sexy, kinky, and hilarious lineups of independent, adult short films to audiences around the world. They’re inviting you, our vast community of talented creators, to submit your short films for consideration by December 6, 2024.
  WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR:HUMP! encompasses a diverse spectrum of experiences and expressions
  
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• Scarecrow’s 2024 Psychotronic Challenge: Day 23

  23-10-2024 19:00
  
  Log one that takes place in a swamp or a bog.by Lindsay Costello23. FOR PEAT’S SAKE: Log one that takes place in a swamp or a bog.
  The Return of Swamp Thing
  As government contractors slog through a shady swamp in search of moonshiners, one of them gets snatched up by a gross gloopy guy while taking a whizz. The gape-mouthed, Moo-Deng-esque creature toys with his human prey, but then, Swamp Thing shows up and absolutely beats ass. 
  Thus begins The Return of Swamp Thing, one of the most
  
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• Slog AM: Boeing Machinists Vote on Contract, North Korea Dispatched Troops to Fight Ukraine, FAA Finalizes Air Taxi Rules

  23-10-2024 17:48
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallBoeing Machinists to vote on contract: Voting began at 8 am and closes at 5 pm. The Machinists union will announce the results at the company’s South Park headquarters after 9 pm. If they accept, the company would bump base pay for the 33,000 Machinists just shy of 40 percent over the next four years. In the last 10 years, union members only received an 8 percent wage increase.
  That awkward moment when you invest in racist pseudoscience:
  
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• Vote No on Initiative Measure No. 2066

  23-10-2024 00:03
  
  The Ban on Energy Efficiency Sucks by Stranger Election Control BoardBefore we dig into the particulars of each of these initiatives, you need to know a couple things up front. First, all of these measures more or less repeal laws that your duly elected officials passed in the last few years. Second, none of the laws are as cool as "Let’s Go Washington" makes them out to be. 
  What is Let's Go Washington? Let us briefly explain.  
  
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