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• Ticket Alert: Tyla, Joy Oladokun, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  30-07-2026 23:26 via thestranger.com
  
  Alert the group chat—these shows are going on sale this week! After a busy summer performing at the World Cup and releasing her sophomore record, South African star Tyla takes her danceable fusion of amapiano and pop on the road. Folk singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun has announced a fall tour to follow the release of her forthcoming album, Hope Is a Heavy Thing. Plus, Seattle drag superstar Bosco closes the tour for her one-woman show The Marvelous Miss Gender with a hometown appearance nex
  
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• Locals Only

  30-07-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Kay Redden is a modern-day Andy Warhol of sorts, gathering the coolest-of-cool artists in Seattle for her cassette-only label Den Tapes, releasing over 100 albums since it launched nearly 11 years ago. Each year, Redden organizes Den Fest, which is not just a celebration of the label itself but an emblem of the excellent music coming out of our city. Ranging from shoegaze and indie folk to hardcore and sound collage, the fifth annual Den Fest features 16 bands across two days (August 7–8
  
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• Slog AM: Mayor Reportedly Fires SPD Chief Shon Barnes, 15-Year-Old Charged in Bite of Seattle Shooting, AI Slop Cops on LinkedIn 

  30-07-2026 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Saw This One Coming: Mayor Katie Wilson reportedly fired Police Chief Shon Barnes last night, according to Publicola. He was reportedly seen leaving Wilson’s seventh floor office in City Hall after a long meeting. Multiple sources, including a recently retired Seattle Police Department officer, said Barnes called some of his captains with the news last night.Early Wednesday, Barnes cancelled a half-dozen TV interviews to answer questions about the Seattle Center shooting and his travel sc
  
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• The World Does Not Need A 7-Hour Odyssey 

  30-07-2026 01:30 via thestranger.com
  
  It isn’t often that a movie review in a literary journal like the London Review of Books goes viral—let alone a 4,234-word movie review—but that’s what happened this week when the LRB published translator Emily Wilson’s review, titled “An Uncomplicated Man,” of Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster Homer adaptation. The nicest thing she could say about the biggest cultural event of our day: “My teenagers had a good time.”  I have n
  
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• Guest Rant: Stand With Library Workers and Vote Yes on Prop 1

  30-07-2026 00:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Jacob Schear is a library worker writing on behalf of the Executive Board of AFSCME Local 2083, Seattle Public Library Employees Union. He does not speak for The Seattle Public Library.We Seattle Public Library workers welcome thousands of people to our 27 locations every day, from readers downloading the latest e-book, to families enjoying story times and picture books, to English language learners seeking classes and tutoring, to our unhoused neighbors coming to access services and resources.
  
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• Pop Loser: Cher’s Butt Tattoo

  30-07-2026 00:03 via thestranger.com
  Welcome back to Pop Loser! It’s been a heavy week in Seattle, and with music news also looking bleak, I think it’s a good time to deep dive into a subject that brings me joy: Cher’s ass tattoo. Plus, there are so many great live shows happening this week, and I’ll share a song that sounds like hiking on Mount Rainier. Subscribe to Pop Loser here!This Week in Music: I’m not joking. Over the weekend I watched Robert Altman’s 1994 fashion-filled c
  
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