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• A Queer Summer Reading List

  19-06-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  This story was originally published in The Stranger’s 2026 Queer Issue.In honor of Pride month—and in honor of highly complex queer dynamics that are at least one thing we can count on, from our relationships with each other to our relationships with this country—I’m bringing you a queer summer reading list which I hope will have you feeling deeply seen, entertained, and engaged. We Had No Rules
  by Corinne Manning
  Ever lusted after a straight girl? Lost your dog in
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: June 19–21, 2026

  19-06-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Happy summer solstice and Juneteenth, Seattle! We hope you make it out to a celebration or two between other weekend events from the Fremont Fair and Solstice Parade to the Belltown Mural Festival Block Party and from Karaoke in the Park: A Capitol Hill Mutual Aid Fundraiser to the West Seattle Tour de Pints. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week.FRIDAYJUNETEENTHJuneteenth WA: The Largest Juneteenth Celebration in WA State
  The Seattle area has plenty of Juneteenth celebrations, bu
  
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• World Cup Strikers

  19-06-2026 03:59 via thestranger.com
  
  To everyone visiting Seattle for Friday’s World Cup match between the United States and Australia: welcome, can we interest you in some labor unrest?On Thursday, employees at a pair of unrelated, big-name hospitality businesses went on strike. Workers at the Hilton Embassy Suites, a hotel at Pioneer Square, began their strike at 6:30 a.m. and are picketing the hotel, which is a short walk from the World Cup match at Lumen Field. Maybe even more notably, the unionized staff at the Walrus a
  
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• Smoke Show

  19-06-2026 02:36 via thestranger.com
  
  Dear Ballard neighbors,Please retire your meat smokers. As the Pacific Northwest gets smacked in the face by global warming, it’s relentlessly cruel and unusual to steal the joy of fresh air from your neighbors. The sick, saccharine smell of your hobby not only ruins the fun of flinging open a window with reckless abandon, but is an assault on those of us who dare to use an AC window unit. Bold as a thief, your syrupy smoke slips in through the cracks, smothering the nostrils like a pork
  
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• Ticket Alert: Judah & the Lion, Letterkenny Live, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  19-06-2026 02:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Ready for your weekly ticket download? Synthy folk-pop duo Judah & the Lion has announced a new record and upcoming tour, stopping in Seattle for the first time in four years. Letterkenny Live brings the characters you know and love from the Canadian sitcom to the stage for a night of hilarious antics. Plus, queer sex positive podcast Two Dykes and a Mic comes through on their Soaking Wet Tour this fall. Read on for details on those and other newly announced events, plus some news you can u
  
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