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• We’ve Got a Mayor’s Race!

  23-05-2025 23:56 via thestranger.com
  New Polling Shows Bruce Harrell and Katie Wilson Are Virtually Tiedby Hannah Murphy WinterA new poll by the Northwest Progressive Institute (NPI) tells us what we were all hoping to hear: We have a real mayor’s race this year.
  NPI, our local public opinion expert, ran a poll simulating a general election throw down between the two candidates who have raised the most in their campaigns so far: Transit Riders Union General Secretary Katie Wilson (at $256,318) and Mayor Bruce Harrell (at $390
  
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• Attractions & Landmarks

  23-05-2025 20:31 via thestranger.com
  Here’s something you might not expect to read in an alt-newspaper run by cynical assholes: Many of Seattle’s well-known attractions and stereotypical “tourist traps” are worth visiting at least once.by Stranger StaffHere’s something you might not expect to read in an alt-newspaper run by cynical assholes: Many of Seattle’s well-known attractions and stereotypical “tourist traps” are worth visiting at least once. Pike Place Market, the Space Needle,
  
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• Arts & Culture

  23-05-2025 20:31 via thestranger.com
  You never know when the Welcome Weiner will wave hello.by Stranger StaffArtists here aren’t afraid to get a little weird, to take risks, to forgo the formal process of getting their work in museums and instead wheatpaste it right onto the city’s walls, spray paint it under freeway overpasses, or stick it to the back of No Parking signs. (Graffiti and stickers are art!) Which isn’t to say we don’t have contemporary fine artists. We do! But much of Seattle’s art scene
  
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• How to Seattle 2025

  23-05-2025 20:30 via thestranger.com
  Welcome to Seattle! Everything you’ve heard about us is wrong.by Stranger StaffWelcome to Seattle! Everything you’ve heard about us is wrong.
  Much has been said about our little corner of the world. For years, Donald Trump has been painting Seattle as a lawless danger zone where we force everyone to use they/them pronouns and skin rich people alive. The right-wing media has followed suit by doing bogus on-the-ground reporting from our city streets and editing footage to make it look
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Memorial Day Weekend: May 23–26, 2025

  23-05-2025 19:10 via everout.com
  Northwest Folklife Festival, George Floyd Day Rally and March, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15by EverOut StaffIf you're as eager as we are to start the long weekend, then save time planning with our trusty cheap and easy guide. We're suggesting you head to events from the Northwest Folklife Festival to the George Floyd Day Rally and March, and from a Memorial Day Benefit DJ Night for Planned Parenthood to Salmon Bay FC's first-ever friendly match. For more suggestions, check out our t
  
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• Slog AM: Trump vs. Harvard War Wages on, Pickleball Complex Replaces RV Safe Lot, No Freedom of Speech for AI Chat Bots

  23-05-2025 17:52 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamHard Times at Harvard: Enemy of the educated, President Donald Trump, announced the newest tactic in his war against Harvard. The Trump administration, through Department of Homeland Security director and murder of dogs Kristi Noem, halted Harvard's ability to enroll international students. Not only that, but the administration said all existing international Harvard students must transfer or lose their legal status. This ongoing battle with
  
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