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• Dionne Foster is Not Sara Nelson. So, Who is She?

  07-03-2025 23:40 via thestranger.com
  On Monday, Dionne Foster announced her candidacy for Seattle’s citywide District 9 seat, challenging City Council President Sara Nelson. Foster is currently the executive director of the Washington Progress Alliance, an advocacy organization that helped push through the state’s new capital gains tax to fund education. While that’s a big, progressive win, it’s not her only policymaking experience. At one point in her long and varied career, she was a Senior Policy Advisor
  
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• The Curious Cajun Prowess of Vietnamese Cooking

  07-03-2025 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Vietnamese-Cajun seafood boils are not meals you ease into. There is no etiquette. There are no niceties. You commit.by Michael WongAs the poet Robert Burns said: “The best-laid schemes of mice and men go oft awry.” This is never more obvious to me than when I’m elbow-deep into a Vietnamese-Cajun seafood boil, past the point of no return.
  The table looks like a Finding Nemo crime scene—shells and guts strewn about with splatters of peppery garlic butter everywhere. You, g
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Mar 7–9, 2025

  07-03-2025 19:00 via everout.com
  Dawgs vs. Seattle Reign Friendly, All Women Tractor Tavern Makers Market, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15by EverOut StaffThere's a couple things to have on your radar for this weekend: One, don't forget to turn your clocks forward for Daylight Saving Time on Sunday, and two, kick off Women's History Month at events like Emerald City Exhibition: Dawgs vs. Seattle Reign Friendly, an All Women Tractor Tavern Makers Market, and a talk titled Women Workers: Sparkplugs of Today's Labor
  
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• Slog AM: No God in Seattle, Washington Lawmakers Eye Teacher Bonuses for Cuts, Social Security Administration Ends Enumeration at Birth in Maine

  07-03-2025 16:44 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamGodless in Seattle: The Seattle metro area is the least religious part of the country according to a new poll. Apparently, 44% of us are atheist, agnostic, or "nothing in particular." For the first time, the percentage of godless heathens is the same as the number of Christians in the area. We aren't the only top godless metro area, though. Seattle tied for the top slot with, you guessed it, Portland. 
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• Best New Music of the Week

  07-03-2025 01:30 via thestranger.com
  The best new music to hit Dave Segal's inbox this week.by Dave SegalEvery day, I sift through the hundreds of tracks that bombard my inbox. On a biweekly basis, I tell you about the two artists whose music most impressed me. This time, Horsegirl's enchantedly slanted indie rock lives up to the hype and Seattle's Delta IV's synth-heavy space-outs launch you out of Earth's hellscape.
  Horsegirl, “Switch Over” (Matador) 
  Horsegirl are yet another Matador signing that reaffirms the l
  
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