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• Stranger Suggests: Two Dozen Burgers, a Swole Person, and an Art Show that Makes You Turn Off Your Phone

  04-06-2025 23:06 via thestranger.com
  One really good thing to do every day of the week.by Audrey VannWEDNESDAY 6/4  
  Author Talk: Casey Johnston, ‘A Physical Education’
  (BOOKS) In the age of Ozempic and rampant misinformation promoted by the likes of RFK Jr., we are living in a dangerously regressive time when it comes to wellness and body image, but voices like Casey Johnston’s might just be the antidote we need. I’ve followed Johnston, a cultural critic and veteran weightlifter, since she was wri
  
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• Slog AM: Layoffs at SIFF, FBI Raids Nazi House in Lacey, Harvey Milk Ship Too Gay—Even For The Navy

  04-06-2025 17:41 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallSIFF Layoffs: The nonprofit that runs the Seattle International Film Festival (and many cool movie theaters in town) is laying off nine full-time workers across multiple departments, according to a post on its website that makes me want to scream. SIFF Executive Director Tom Mara wrote the 21 percent reduction in administrative staff was “necessary” during a “financially challenging time for SIFF and for arts nonprofits across
  
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• The Stranger's Comprehensive Pride Listings

  04-06-2025 02:46 via thestranger.com
  Nearly 100 Pride parties, concerts, drag shows, and more happening in June!by Stranger StaffThis story originally appeared in our Queer Issue on June 4, 2025.
  Tuesday 6/3
  Desert Hearts
  Northwest Film Forum screens Donna Deitch’s 1985 film Desert Hearts to celebrate the movie’s 40th anniversary. Heather Hogan of Autostraddle called it “one of cinema’s greatest lesbian love stories.” (Northwest Film Forum, 7:15 pm)
  Wednesday 6/4
  Drag Queens in Limousines: Celebrating
  
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