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• I Saw U: Eating Salad at Skål Beer Hall, Singing on the Twins at the Torrent Game, and Making Eye Contact at Nectar

  13-03-2026 22:00 via thestranger.com
  Did you see someone? Say something!by Anonymous"From the other direction, [you were] calling my eye" @ Nectar, 2/27
  You: dark hair, red shirt and plaid skirt. Me: beard, black shirt, tattoos. We kept making eye contact. I was mesmerized. HH @ Stampede 5pm Tuesday?Skal Ballard 3/7 you ate salad at the bar
  With your two friends. I didn’t want to intrude. Available to date? David Byrne in BC would be too much…Something at Rabbitbox maybe
  Tall Lady at Walnut Cafe
  if you were picking up
  
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• Spotlit in Seattle: kelly langeslay

  13-03-2026 21:00 via thestranger.com
  A Storyteller Who’s Reshaping Dance, One Melting Barbie Cake at a Timeby Nico Swensonkelly langeslay is redefining Seattle dance. With stories spoken “to and/or about you,” they create sincere, striking pieces that are the perfect balance of writing, dance, performance art, and Shrek references. Pop culture meets queer theory in repurposed spaces that might have you walking into a room made of blankets, a hyper-pink kitchen, or someone’s apartment with a melting Barbie ca
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Mar 13–15, 2026

  13-03-2026 20:00 via everout.com
  St. Patrick's Day Parade, U District Cherry Blossom Festival, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20by EverOut StaffIt's gonna be a soggy weekend, but you shouldn't let a little rain stop you from heading to events like the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Irish Festival Seattle and from the U District Cherry Blossom Festival to Native Action Network's Native Art Market and Open House. Plus, you can get a Friday the 13th flash tattoo and Saturday is Pi Day. Check out our top picks of the w
  
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• Seattle Goes to the Mayor

  13-03-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  Do the Arts Have to Be an Economic Driver for Us to Give a Shit About Them? by Amanda ManitachThe opening jingle from Tom Goes to the Mayor was running through my head as I filed into a standing-room-only Wyncote NW Forum at Town Hall last month for the final of three public roundtables hosted by Mayor Katie Wilson’s Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Transition Team. The mayor wasn’t there, but her rock-star lineup was: Northwest Folklife artistic director Ben Hunter as co-lea
  
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• Slog AM: Synagogue Attacked in Michigan, Snow in Seattle, Crazy Weather Everywhere Else 

  13-03-2026 17:30 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamUno Reverse: Oop, Mayor Katie Wilson has changed her mind on who will lead Seattle City Light (SCL) after blowback from the Seattle City Council and unions. Earlier this year, Wilson chose to replace Bruce Harrell-appointed SCL CEO Dawn Lindell with Dennis McLerran. Critics pointed out McLerran had no utility experience and apparently this is a must for running a utility. Wilson has decided to install McLerran in the deputy general manager ro
  
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• Fear Is Different Here

  13-03-2026 16:00 via thestranger.com
  Seattle-based photographer Nate Gowdy went to Minneapolis to document the Department of Homeland Security’s Operation Metro Surge. From January 17 to January 26, and February 13 to February 18, he photographed the civilian efforts to protect their communities from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement. This is what he saw.by Nate GowdySeattle-based photographer Nate Gowdy went to Minneapolis to document the Department of Homeland Security’s Operation Metro Surge. F
  
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