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• The Best Things To Do in Seattle This Month: August 2026

  01-08-2026 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  In the words of pop diva Zara Larsson, “Summer isn’t over yet.” There’s plenty of sun-soaked fun still to be had, and the August events calendar is bringing the heat. We’ve compiled the biggest events in live music, performance, food, and more to give you a sense of the month ahead, so keep scrolling for deets on everything from Capitol Hill Block Party to The Strokes and from Jane Don’t Does America to the Mariners’ Alumni Home Run Derby.COMEDYComedy B
  
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• Sawant’s Street Game Is Under Attack

  01-08-2026 01:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Kshama Sawant, Seattle’s former socialist councilwoman running for the District 9 congressional seat Adam Smith has held for nearly 30 years, is not at all happy about the fake posters and mudslinging stickers popping up around town. “I call them fake posters because they’re engineered to look like the posters from our campaign, but they aren’t,” says Sawant on my phone’s speaker. As we talk, the dreadful roar of Blue Angel fighter jets fills the room. S
  
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• The Stranger’s Noise Complaint: Episode Three

  01-08-2026 01:21 via thestranger.com
  
  Welcome to Noise Complaint, The Stranger‘s new audio and video music podcast featuring live performances right here at The Stranger HQ. Streamed live and released every other Friday, we invite a great band, musician, or wonderfully weird act to perform. Tune in, discover something new, and support art in your city.
  On Apple, you can subscribe to the video podcast here.
  On Spotify, here.This Week’s Noise Complaint episode features the epic Flesh Produce!
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• Israel Invited These Four Washington State Legislators on a Propaganda Tour Amid the Gaza Genocide 

  01-08-2026 00:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Four Washington legislators who went on a 2025 tour of Israel paid for by the Israeli foreign ministry last September amid the Gaza genocide have in recent years pushed legislation in Olympia benefitting the Israeli government, including bills to criminalize street protests, suppress university campus encampments, and condemn the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, a review of legislative records by The Stranger shows. One legislator also effectively blocked a bill calling on the
  
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• Plant Problems

  01-08-2026 00:16 via thestranger.com
  
  Everyone loves a little greenery. I’ve seen some great plant displays in yoga studios, coffee shops, and therapists’ offices all over Seattle. But why in the sweet grey city of rain do we not water our plants? I’m talking droopy and yellowing monstera, ficuses shedding like crazy, and expensive-looking philodendron with deflated leaves. If having plants is part of the decor of the shop, shouldn’t taking care of the plants be part of what employees do?I have offered to wa
  
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