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• Why Is Bateau (Temporarily) Closed, Though?

  03-07-2025 23:30 via thestranger.com
  Renee Erickson's restaurant group says they're undergoing a planned 'reimagining.' But their newly formed union thinks it's a fish story.by Meg van HuygenThursday, June 19, was the last night of service for the foreseeable future at Capitol Hill steakhouse Bateau and its twin cocktail lounge Boat Bar. After a shift spent alternately serving customers and throwing away food and projects in process, the crew shut the restaurant down early, then sat down to eat together. For their swan-song meal, t
  
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• The Irreverent Genius of Khampaeng

  03-07-2025 21:25 via thestranger.com
  Ananas isn’t about pineapple, or even pizza—it’s about showing that sometimes the quickest way past a dumb fight is a good meal.by Michael WongWhat’s more personal than how you like your pizza? In a city like Seattle, where opinions can end friendships, what you think about pizza could matter nearly as much as whom you voted for.
  Which makes it all the more interesting that one of Seattle’s best pizza spots is named after the world’s most divisive pizza toppin
  
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• She Hit Me (and It Felt Like Community)

  03-07-2025 20:25 via thestranger.com
  Seattle Martial Arts Tournament Gives Trans Fighters Rare Opportunity to Competeby Vivian McCallJustin stepped into the blue corner, Sarah R stepped into the red. The reedy cry of the pai chawa, a traditional Thai instrument, croaked from the speakers. 
  Then, with the high metallic clang of a bell, they pounced. And jabbed and swung their legs into high kicks. The audience cheered with each hit. It gasped at the near misses. 
  Part of the drama—and the excitement—of the figh
  
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• Vote for Eddie Lin for City Council District 2

  03-07-2025 19:44 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's Primary 2025 Endorsement for City Council District 2by Stranger Election Control BoardWe didn’t know what kind of fresh hell we were in for when District 2 City Councilmember Tammy Morales bowed out of office one year into her second term. The appointment process sucked; the unimaginative snoozers on the city council selected multiple-SECB-endorsement-loser Mark Solomon to take the seat. Luckily, Solomon isn’t running to keep the seat, so we have an open race on our ha
  
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• Welcome to The Stranger’s Primary Election Issue!

  03-07-2025 19:34 via thestranger.com
  Don’t forget to VOTE. What if it matters again?by Stranger Election Control BoardWait, where are you going? This is important! It’s true that local primary elections can be a little—yawn—but please believe us when we tell you that this year’s primaries may just be the most exciting we’ve had in years.
  Case in point: New York City’s recent mayoral primary. Just a summertime primary, no biggie, right? But it was full of drama and suspense, and the results
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Fourth of July Weekend: July 4–6, 2025

  03-07-2025 19:00 via everout.com
  Pioneer Square Fest, Seafair 4th of July, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15by EverOut StaffLook, the United States is a hot mess, but at least we get a three-day weekend out of its birthday. Make the most of it at events from the Pioneer Square Fest to Seafair 4th of July. For more suggestions, check out our top event picks of the week and our July events guide.
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  40th Annual Naturalization Ceremony
  Head down to Seattle Center this Friday for a patriotic activity I wholeh
  
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• Slog AM: House GOP Pulls an All-Nighter, FEMA's Leaving States on Read, King County Assessor Gets Arrested

  03-07-2025 18:43 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Marcus Harrison GreenPartly Cloudy Day: Our weather today will be mostly cloudy in the morning, before handing us a partly sunny illusion of hope, with highs around 71. That’s what we’ve come to call summer in these parts if you're into emotional compromise. So wear the light jacket in the morning, switch to a tee later, and enjoy this rare meteorological miracle before the clouds remember they have beef with you.
  House GOP Pulls All-Nighter to
  
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• Vote for Erika Evans for City Attorney

  03-07-2025 18:30 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's endorsement for City Attorney in the 2025 primary.by Stranger Election Control BoardIn case you’ve been living under a rock for the last three-and-a-half years, let us brief you on our current City Attorney: the regrettable Republican Ann Davison. 
  The City Attorney has two jobs: one criminal (prosecuting all of the city’s misdemeanor cases, like DUIs and domestic violence charges) and one civil (acting as the city’s attorney, either suing people or other go
  
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• Vote for Dionne Foster for City Council Position 9

  03-07-2025 17:00 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's endorsement for City Council Position 9, in the 2025 primary election.by Stranger Election Control BoardSeattle will not have a functional city government until Sara Nelson is KO’d so far out of our political orbit that she’ll be nothing more than a footnote: a forgettable, one-time City Council President who reigned over this legislative body during a remarkably chaotic and useless time in its history.
  At this point, progressives would endorse a cinder block over Nels
  
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• July Things to Do: This & That

  03-07-2025 01:34 via thestranger.com
  The best community events in July.by Julianne BellWant more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, This & That.
  Tacoma Pride Block Party 2025
  July 12
  Drag superstar, singer-songwriter, businesswoman, TV personality, makeup artist, YouTuber, and real-life Barbie Trixie Mattel is coming to Tacoma this month, in case you didn’t hear. I know everyone is asking: How did this Tacoma Pride party book one of the most in-demand drag q
  
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• July Things to Do: Food

  03-07-2025 01:31 via thestranger.com
  July's best food events.by Julianne BellWant more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, This & That.
  Ballard SeafoodFest
  July 11–13
  Originally started as a celebration of the neighborhood’s fishing industry in 1974, the Ballard SeafoodFest has expanded over the years to include an alder-smoked salmon barbecue, art exhibits, a craft beer garden, artisan craft vendors, a skateboarding showcase, kids’ activities, an
  
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• July Things to Do: Film

  03-07-2025 01:29 via thestranger.com
  Film screenings and events you can't miss in July.by Audrey VannWant more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, This & That.
  ‘Art for Everybody’
  July 3–7
  Thomas Kinkade’s whimsical landscapes of fairy cottages, Christmas villages, and enchanted gardens turned him into one of the most successful painters of all time, while at the same time establishing for him a reputation as an unabashed capitalist and sell
  
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• July Things to Do: Performance

  03-07-2025 01:28 via thestranger.com
  All the theater, dance, and comedy performances you can't miss in July.by Audrey VannWant more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, This & That.
  The Vanishing Seattle Variety Show
  July 16
  Vanishing Seattle is a social media project that began in 2016 to keep track of our dearly departed buildings and businesses while also offering a place for the community to share photos and memories. Since its start in 2016, the project has exp
  
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• July Things to Do: Literature

  03-07-2025 01:27 via thestranger.com
  The best talks and literature events in July.by Megan SelingWant more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, This & That.
  Author Talk: Susana M. Morris with Brooke Bosley, ‘Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler’
  July 16
  In a 1989 essay for Essence titled “Birth of a Writer,” the visionary writer Octavia Butler created the term “positive obsession” to describe channeling a de
  
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• July Things to Do: Visual Art 

  03-07-2025 01:25 via thestranger.com
  The best visual art events happening in July.by Audrey VannWant more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, This & That.
  Humaira Abid
  July 3–Aug 23
  Each time I walk into the Greg Kucera Gallery, I stumble upon a crowd around Humaira Abid’s wood-carved blouses, oohing and aahing at their delicacy and realism. Through her sculptures and paintings, the Lahore-born, Pakistani American artist depicts ordinary objects like cl
  
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• July Things to Do: Music

  03-07-2025 01:24 via thestranger.com
  July concerts you shouldn't miss.by Julianne BellWant more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, This & That.
  Ok Bucko, Wanda What
  July 13
  Referred to by musician and writer Eliza McLamb as “a real band’s band,” the Seattle four-piece Ok Bucko cite influences like the Cars and the Breeders and possess an irrepressible DIY punk-rock spirit. Their recent debut EP, A New Way, sizes up the current-day *gestures broad
  
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• Fruit Fight

  03-07-2025 00:27 via thestranger.com
  Do you need to get something off your chest? Submit an I, Anonymous and we'll illustrate it!by AnonymousI want your cherries. I want your figs. I want your blueberries and raspberries, too. Every summer I watch them grow, ripen, and rot in front of your house. They’re growing over the public sidewalk and, in some cases, in that little patch of garden between the sidewalk and the road. You aren’t harvesting them. I never see you out there picking them, enjoying them, sharing them. In
  
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