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• Ticket Alert: BECU ZooTunes, Alabama Shakes, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  13-02-2025 22:47 via everout.com
  Plus, Death Cab For Cutie and More Event Updates for February 13by EverOut StaffStart thinking about your summer plans: The 2025 BECU ZooTunes concert series will bring acts including Japanese Breakfast, Men I Trust, and Wilco to Woodland Park Zoo’s meadow. Grammy Award-winning rock trio Alabama Shakes has dropped dates for their first tour in eight years. Plus, relive the year 2005 at the 20th-anniversary tour for Death Cab for Cutie’s Plans. Read on for details on those and other n
  
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• Seattle’s EDRA Program Means Move First, Get Help Later

  13-02-2025 19:00 via thestranger.com
  Seattle renters are all too familiar with the gut-punch of rent renewal notices: a cheerful “Happy Anniversary!” followed by a staggering increase—9.9 percent, 15 percent, or a jaw-dropping 45 percent. Between 2021 and 2022, the city's median asking rent soared from $1,300 to $3,118, leaving many residents, particularly those with lower incomes, struggling to keep up with skyrocketing housing costs.by Danielle Marie HollandSeattle renters are all too familiar with the gut-punch
  
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• Slog AM:  Pike Place Market Goes MAGA, Important Info for the Trans Community, American Diseases Applaud the Confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 

  13-02-2025 18:21 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle's only news roundup.by Charles MudedePike Place Market has, according to KING 5, pulled the plug on Day of Remembrance, an event organized by Tsuru for Solidarity and slated for February 19. The reason? Because "the event’s messaging did not align with [the Market's] values," which are now aligned, it seems, with those of the present president. The new order of the day has it that any historical episode that offends white people is to be erased. In this case it is the internment of
  
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• Waking Ballet Up from Its 100-Year Nap

  13-02-2025 18:00 via thestranger.com
  What I loved most about Pacific Northwest Ballet's run of The Sleeping Beauty was how it subtly but meaningfully challenged ballet’s often-rigid gender binary—something classical ballet companies will have to do more often if they hope to exist in the decades to come.by Megan BurbankGirly Pop is a biweekly column that explores gender, politics, power and how all three are reflected in the culture we consume.During its brief but impactful run, with sparkle-loaded costumes from Wicked&
  
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• These Are Some of the Best Black-Owned Restaurants in Seattle

  13-02-2025 03:04 via everout.com
  Lil' Brown Girl, Lil Red Takeout and Catering, and Moreby EverOut StaffEvery February, Black History Month reminds us of the year-round significance of supporting Black-owned businesses and highlighting their contributions to our communities. We've made it easy for you by gathering a number of Black-owned coffee shops, bars, and restaurants, from celebrated chef Kristi Brown's Communion and Lil' Brown Girl to the nationally recognized barbecue destination Lil Red Takeout and Catering. For more i
  
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• Meow and Forever

  13-02-2025 01:00 via thestranger.com
  Do you need to get something off your chest? Submit an I, Anonymous and we'll illustrate it!by AnonymousIt was after dark in the lobby of the emergency vet, and you had to confront the tired front desk staff because the price of your cat's insulin had tripled. I was sitting with my own cat, who is struggling with degenerative kidneys, while the snow was melting as it hit the wet sidewalk outside.You explained that there had been no notification for the increase in price and that the new amount w
  
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• Stranger Suggests: Mount Eerie, Smash Putt, Shelley Brothers Celebration of Life, Ta-Nehisi Coates

  13-02-2025 00:40 via thestranger.com
  
  One really great thing to do every day of the week!by Hannah Murphy WinterWEDNESDAY 2/12  
  Ric'kisha Taylor: Gleaming
  (VISUAL ART) Ric’kisha Taylor’s life has always shimmered, and that radiance carries into her art. Her fascination with “hair accessories, DAX grease, [and] her mother’s glittery debit cards” informs a uniquely opulent and ultra-tactile collage style. In Gleaming, she delves into cultural assimilation and intimacy avoidance through aug
  
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