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• Ticket Alert: The Marías, Lucy Dacus, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  17-04-2025 23:35 via everout.com
  Plus, Ice Cube and More Event Updates for April 17by EverOut StaffWe’re putting newly announced events on your radar—lucky you! The Marías will bring their bilingual indie pop to WaMu Theater this summer. Lucy Dacus, queer icon and one-third of boygenius, is on tour supporting her fourth solo album Forever is a Feeling. Plus, N.W.A legend Ice Cube will speak truth to power on a retrospective tour of his four-decade career. Read on for details plus some news you can use.
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• Nine Seattle Spots with Spring Treats to Try Now

  17-04-2025 22:21 via everout.com
  Cherry Blossom Malasadas, Mango Matcha, and Moreby EverOut StaffAs Seattle begins to burst into bloom, local restaurants and bakeries are highlighting the delicate flavors of the season, such as cherry blossom, violet, rhubarb, and berries. Get your fill with our guide below, which includes everything from Marination's sakura cream malasadas to Kemi Dessert Bar's Earl Grey milk chocolate Basque cheesecake. For more ideas, check out our food and drink guide.
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• Sunny Reminder

  17-04-2025 20:20 via thestranger.com
  Do you need to get something off your chest?by AnonymousAs the weather gets warmer and the sun gets brighter, let’s remember to shut up about other people’s bodies!
  This is a special fuck you to the woman who loudly commented to her companion that she could see my bike shorts and sports bra through my thin dress. Not just one comment, a slew of them!If you can’t handle seeing a little more of your neighbors this summer, stay the fuck inside.Do you need to get something off your
  
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• Seattle Children's Has Again Stopped Providing Gender-Affirming Surgery For Trans People Under 19

  17-04-2025 18:26 via thestranger.com
  Seattle Children’s Hospital is declining to provide gender-affirming surgery for transgender patients under 19 again, according to a patient and sources familiar with hospital policy.by Vivian McCallSeattle Children’s Hospital is declining to provide gender-affirming surgery for transgender patients under 19 again, according to a patient and sources familiar with hospital policy.
  Last week, a doctor at the hospital told a 17-year-old trans teen that the hospital wouldn’t perfor
  
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• Slog AM: Hackers Put Jeff Bezos's Voice in Crosswalk Buttons, Link Trains Limping Along Until April 24, Scientists Think They Found a Planet With Life  

  17-04-2025 18:01 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle's only news roundup.by Charles Mudede"A Message to You Rudy." That's the title of a tune I love. And with the riddim of that SKA classic in mind, I want to call this entry of Slog AM: "Message to You, Dow Constantine." It nothing but sucks that Link is virtually out of order until April 24. This is not at all acceptable. You just don't happen to find cracks in your rails, conclude it is what it is, and bring a major part of the region's public transportation system to a near standstill l
  
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• Hacked Crosswalk Buttons (And AI Jeff Bezos) Have Something to Say About the Wealth Tax

  17-04-2025 17:00 via thestranger.com
  Long live the Bezos Beg Buttonby Nathalie GrahamOn Wednesday, crosswalk beg buttons across the city had a lot to say. 
  Five beg buttons—three in the University District, one close to South Lake Union, and another in Wedgwood—were hacked to sound a lot like Amazon CEO and wannabe space cowboy, Jeff Bezos. Push the button and instead of a robotic voice saying "wait," an AI Bezos opined about a wealth tax. 
  “Hi, I’m Jeff Bezos,” AI Jeff said. “This cros
  
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• A Decade of Debate Ends in Silence

  17-04-2025 02:11 via thestranger.com
  In 2015, city council chambers swelled with hundreds of Hookah Lounge supporters and detractors, there to shout down, up, and over each other as Seattle considered closures and regulation of the “after-hours lounges.” On the table was a bill from then-Mayor Ed Murray to completely shutter the doors of all Seattle Hookah lounges, now and forever.by Marcus Harrison GreenIn 2015, city council chambers swelled with hundreds of Hookah Lounge supporters and detractors, there to s
  
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• Nathalie Graham Is BACK, Baby!

  17-04-2025 02:00 via thestranger.com
  Nathalie Graham joins the Stranger as our newest staff writer!by Stranger StaffIntroducing our new (and old?) writer, Nathalie Graham! Nathalie used to be on staff at The Stranger from 2018 to 2021. In the years since, she’s freelanced around town and started up a Stranger column on Seattle subcultures, Play Date. Maybe you’ve read it? Now, she’s come crawling back to our hallowed halls to pour all of her blood, sweat, tears, and whatever other bodily fluids are needed into The
  
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