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• Absurdity Slaps

  17-04-2024 02:41 via thestranger.com
  
  Last night Matmos inflated a balloon into a hot mic, which is sexier than you'd think.by Dave SegalInfluenced more by beetles than the Beatles, the Baltimore-based duo Matmos have been underground electronic music's arch conceptualists for nearly 30 years. Every album they release revolves around a different framing idea and consequently, every tour they do presents different approaches and vocabularies of sounds.
  Their latest LP, 2023's Return to Archive, finds Matmos repurposing Smithsonian Fo
  
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• Negative Creep

  04-03-2026 23:00 via thestranger.com
  Smoke anywhere else.by AnonymousHey, '90s throwback guy: Your cigarette smoke is gross. And I hate having to walk through it to get my coffee.
  You’ve been asked—politely—by staff and customers to move. There is signage. There are coughs. There are stares. Yet you remain.
  It’s peak Hill. A neighborhood that prides itself on being considerate—but when it comes to shared air, asking someone not to hotbox the doorway is apparently a controversial take.We all share the s
  
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• A Cut Above

  04-03-2026 22:00 via thestranger.com
  Meaty finger waves.by Meg van HuygenIt’s prep shift at Hamdi, and the room smells like fire. Winter sunlight filters in, and there’s a faint hum of spices in the charred air. Chef Berk Güldal is giving a private tutorial on making Turkish Adana-style kebap—aka kebab—a meticulous, laborious two-day process that plumps up these peppery lamb skewers.
  Hand-mincing kebap is considered an art form in Southwest Asia, but this time-consuming process is being practiced less a
  
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• Why Workers at One of Seattle’s Hottest Restaurants Went on Strike

  04-03-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  Court documents show that behind the scenes, Sophon and chef Karuna Long struggled financially for years, resulting in bounced paychecks, late payments to vendors, unpaid rent, and lawsuits.by Harry CheadleOn February 10, Sophon—one of Seattle’s hottest, hippest restaurants—announced on its Instagram stories that it would be canceling its dinner service that night. It stayed closed through Valentine’s Day weekend, one of the industry’s busiest stretches, because of
  
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• Permanent Records

  04-03-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  Local Physical Media Producers Defy the Algorithmic Overlordsby Todd HammIn 1984, American science fiction writer William Gibson defined “cyberspace” (a term he coined) as “a consensual hallucination experienced daily by billions of legitimate operators” in the near-future world of his novel, Neuromancer, where human consciousness drifts through a blinding data-world of corporate geometries.
  More than three decades later, the English documentarian Adam Curtis traced
  
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• Slog AM: Remembering Lilli Moreno, US Military Is Bloated With Overpriced Weapons, Beacon Hill Station’s Pigeon Has an Instagram Account

  04-03-2026 18:49 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's Morning News Roundupby Charles MudedeLilli Moreno, I did not know it was you who was killed by a car on February 16, 2026, until a friend showed me a photograph at a bar not far from where you died. I instantly saw the Lilli who once asked me to explain the actual meaning of Schrodinger’s cat. A few months later, I also saw you operating a table at the late night art market at Bad Bar. We were, in time, close to the final hour of August 11, 2024. I bought one of your small m
  
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• What We Can Fix 

  04-03-2026 00:00 via thestranger.com
  Hanging on by a Thread with the Capitol Hill Tool Library’s Mending Circleby Nathalie GrahamThe four people at my table had their heads down, needles and threads in their hands. Behind me, books like How to Fix Almost Everything, Basic Electricity, and, fittingly, Successful Shelves and Built-ins filled one shelf in a shelving unit full of everything from surge protectors and spare keyboards to at least four different types of inductors. Down the lime-green wall, sewing machines weighed do
  
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• Ground Hum Fest Strives to Draw You Into an Alternate Reality

  04-03-2026 00:00 via thestranger.com
  It's an 11-Hour Extravaganza of Experimental Music, Visual Art, and Workshopsby Dave SegalIn a mere four years, Ground Hum has risen from an experimental multimedia festival at makeshift warehouses with infrastructure issues and strictly local performers to a full-fledged Happening™ at a legit venue (Washington Hall) with international artists. That's due to organizers Hans Anderson, Bobby Azarbayejani ('no hup'), and Alex Markey (Archivist) being savvy electronic musicians with deep
  
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• Drag Race Episode Nine: A Rusical with Voguing Orphans

  03-03-2026 22:27 via thestranger.com
  The Rusical (the Musical) is back, but first, after a seven-episode drought, we (I) finally got a Mini Challenge. It brought silliness and actual story development, with the queens doing something together rather than loitering around the werkroom. Keep the minis coming, please.by Mike KohfeldThe Rusical (the Musical) is back, but first, after a seven-episode drought, we (I) finally got a Mini Challenge. It brought silliness and actual story development, with the queens doing something together
  
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• Vote on Seattle’s Detention Moratorium Delayed

  03-03-2026 22:00 via thestranger.com
  The bill was allowed to skip the Land Use Committee and go straight to a full Seattle city council vote today, but Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck hit a snag.by Hannah Murphy WinterIf you planned to tell your council members to pass the detention moratorium at City Hall this afternoon, change your calendars—the vote has been pushed to next week, March 10. 
  Last month, Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck introduced a bill to establish a one year moratorium on new permits “rel
  
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• Slog AM: Our War With Iran Spirals, Clintons Questioned About Epstein, British Columbia Adopts Permanent Daylight Saving

  03-03-2026 18:30 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallIran: Israel and US strikes have killed 787 people in Iran. Washington warned the “hardest hits” are to come. What? Combined forces have already killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, hit the state broadcaster, and damaged Golestan Palace in Tehran, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Overnight, the US and Israel bombed Tehran. This morning, Iran struck the US Embassy in Saudi Arabia; Israel hit Beirut, Lebanon in answer to yesterday’s
  
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• Where to Scream

  02-03-2026 23:30 via thestranger.com
  Protests, rallies, and other ways to get involved in March.by Megan SelingStand Up for Science
  Mar 7
  Seattle’s chapter of Stand Up for Science will host a rally at the Mural Amphitheatre at Seattle Center to fight the Trump administration’s “well-funded, well-platformed anti-science attacks” and call for the removal of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Find more details at standupforscience.net/march7. (Seattle Center Mural Amphitheatre, noon&ndash
  
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• Stranger Suggests: Lunar New Year Lion Dances, a PNW Punk Legend, and Nerdy Cosplay on Display

  02-03-2026 21:30 via thestranger.com
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Shannon LubetichMONDAY 3/2  
  Michael Pollan: A Journey Into ConsciousnessMull over the mystery of consciousness with Michael Pollan at Town Hall on Monday, March 2. CHRISTOPHER MICHEL (BOOKS) I fucking love Michael Pollan. Does it feel super nerdy to live and die for the words of a bald white man? Oh yeah. But to me, few contemporary writers have reshaped public conversations about the mind quite like he has. His 2018 bestselle
  
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• Community Organizer Jaelynn Scott Is Running to Represent the 37th Legislative District

  02-03-2026 21:00 via thestranger.com
  The Lavender Rights Project's Jaelynn Scott has never held public office. If elected, she would be the first openly trans person in the Washington State Legislature. She is running on crisis care; her focus is on housing instability, homelessness, healthcare access, ICE abductions, and trans rights.by Micah YipAfter nearly seven years as executive director of the Black trans feminist organization Lavender Rights Project,  Scott is running for 37th District, Position 2, to represent the Cent
  
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• Once in a Dead Moon

  02-03-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  Toody Cole on Harmonies, Hardship, and Why She’s Back Onstageby Audrey VannI once found myself sitting at a bar beside Toody Cole and told her that she was my all-time favorite bassist, to which she blushed and said, “Thank you, I’m trying really hard, and I practice a lot.” A telling response from a humble punk veteran who is far too cool to play it cool. Over the past five decades, Toody and her dearly departed husband, Fred, have kept Portland's music scene alive with
  
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• Slog AM: We’re at War With Iran, It’s Expanding Through the Region, and There's No End in Sight

  02-03-2026 18:55 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's Morning News Roundup.by Hannah Murphy WinterOperation Epic Fury: We’re in our third day of war with Iran. On Saturday morning, in three strikes over the course of about a minute, the US and Israeli militaries killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the nation’s supreme leader of almost 37 years, and more than 40 senior leaders in his government. Another missile strike hit an Iranian girls’ elementary school, killing 160 people. Trump has called for the Iranian Revolutiona
  
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• March Things to Do: This & That 

  02-03-2026 18:09 via thestranger.com
  The best culture and community events happening this month.by Nathalie GrahamWant more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That.
  Emerald City Comic Con
  Mar 5–8
  Nerds run the city the first week of March. They, bedecked in cosplay, are the mayor now. Their first conquest: the Convention Center. Emerald City Comic Con is the place to be if you like sci-fi, fantasy, or popular Renaissance faire acts like Jacques ze
  
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• March Things to Do: Performance 

  02-03-2026 18:09 via thestranger.com
  The best theater, dance, and comedy events happening this month.by Nathalie GrahamWant more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That.
  Mary Jane
  MAR 19–APR 19
  Mary Jane is by no means a new play. Amy Herzog wrote and premiered it at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 2017; that same year, Carrie Coon (who you at least know from the most recent season of White Lotus or The Gilded Age or Fargo) won an Obie for playing t
  
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• March Things to Do: Food

  02-03-2026 18:09 via thestranger.com
  The best food & drink events happening this month.by Grace MadiganWant more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That.
  Lunar New Year Celebration 2026
  MAR 7
  The Chinatown–International District Business Improvement Area’s annual Lunar New Year party returns this year, and so does its signature food walk. While the list of which restaurants will be participating wasn’t out before our publication da
  
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• March Things to Do: Film

  02-03-2026 18:09 via thestranger.com
  The best film events and screenings happening in March.by Julianne BellWant more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That.
  Safe
  MAR 1–15
  Todd Haynes’s Safe is a horror movie cloaked in pastel colors, plastic tarps, and unsettling silence. Julianne Moore, the master of tension and nuance, plays Los Angeles housewife Carol White, who comes down with a debilitating illness that doctors cannot diagnose. After
  
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• March Things to Do: Visual Art 

  02-03-2026 18:08 via thestranger.com
  The best art shows and events happening in March.by Amanda ManitachWant more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That.
  ‘Everything, Everywhere, All at Once’
  MAR 5–APR 25
  This spring marks the 60th anniversary of Foster/White, one of Pioneer Square’s longest-standing fine art galleries. To mark the occasion, they’re bringing out a little bit of everything: works by some 55 represented arti
  
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• March Things to Do: Music

  02-03-2026 18:08 via thestranger.com
  The best concerts and dance nights happening in March.by Julianne BellWant more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That.
  Toody Cole, Semisoft, DJ Kurt Bloch
  MAR 6
  I once found myself sitting at a bar beside PNW legend Toody Cole and told her that she was my all-time favorite bassist, to which she blushed and said, “Thank you, I’m trying really hard, and I practice a lot.” A telling response fro
  
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• March Things to Do: Literature

  02-03-2026 18:08 via thestranger.com
  The best talks and readings happening in March.by Julianne BellWant more? Here's everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That.
  Richard Hell
  MAR 9
  In his 2005 novel Godlike, punk pioneer Richard Hell reimagines the tumultuous relationship between 19th-century French poets Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine in 1970s New York. Hell’s adaptation follows esteemed poet Paul Vaughn, a married 27-year-old New Yorker, and a newly tran
  
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• The Best Things To Do in Seattle This Month: March 2026

  28-02-2026 20:00 via everout.com
  Emerald City Comic Con, Taste Washington, and Moreby EverOut StaffJust when it seemed like winter would never end, March is swooping in with cherry blossoms and Daylight Saving Time. Whether you want to make up for all the time you've spent huddled under a blanket by spending time outdoors or you want to celebrate the holidays this month brings (including Women's History Month, St. Patrick's Day, and Holi), your options are plentiful. Below, we've compiled the biggest comedy shows
  
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• Immaculate Collection with Esther Rose

  28-02-2026 19:17 via thestranger.com
  Ahead of her upcoming PNW tour dates, I caught up with Esther Rose to hear all about her collection of vintage leather clothing. If you missed out on tickets to her sold-out show at the Sunset Tavern on March 3, fear not! You can still catch Esther Rose in Bellingham at the Shakedown the day after.by Audrey VannI first discovered Esther Rose in 2017 when she released her debut, This Time Last Night, an intimate country/folk album that feels like she’s playing for you around a campfire
  
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• Pop Loser: This Week in Music News

  28-02-2026 02:35 via thestranger.com
  This week's music news.by Audrey VannThe 2026 Capitol Hill Block Party lineup is here. This year’s lineup dives back into the pop sphere with gems like MUNA, Magdalena Bay, Wet Leg, and Parcels, plus DJ sets from Trixie Mattel and Tinashe. The festival will once again be 21+ in an effort, according to Daydream State, to “[optimize] the footprint across the Pike/Pine corridor to deliver an elevated fan experience while supporting neighborhood flow and local businesses,” aka
  
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• Erasing Gates

  28-02-2026 00:30 via thestranger.com
  In light of the Epstein files, should Bill Gates' name be on a building at University of Washington?by Marcus Harrison GreenThere's a specific kind of lie that powerful men tell when the walls start closing in: the minimizing lie, the "it wasn't what it looked like" lie, the "I was barely there" lie. Bill Gates tried that last one earlier this month, insisting his relationship with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was limited to dinners.
  "It's factually true that I was only at d
  
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• Councilmember Kettle Insists Surveillance Tech is Safe

  28-02-2026 00:00 via thestranger.com
  Let’s set the record straight on Mr. Kettle's claims.by Micah YipCouncilmember Bob Kettle wanted to dispel “misconceptions” about Seattle’s surveillance program. Ahead of Tuesday’s Public Safety Committee meeting, which he chairs, Kettle issued a press release arguing that tools like CCTV cameras, automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) and the Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) are an effective crime deterrent that doesn’t jeopardize vulnerable populations as
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Feb 27–Mar 1, 2026

  27-02-2026 19:54 via everout.com
  Shunpike Storefronts & Artist Residencies, Travessias Brazilian Film Festival, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20by EverOut StaffThe weekend starts now. There's no time to waste, so dive in with our cheap and easy guide, pointing you to events from the Shunpike Storefronts & Artist Residencies Grand Opening to the Official Seattle Sounders FC Watch Party with Sammy the Orca and from the Travessias Brazilian Film Festival to the 50th Annual Kalevala Lecture. For more, check out ou
  
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• Slog AM: More Seattle Budget Woes, Drunk of the Week Is House Majority Leader, White House Staffer is Johnny MAGA

  27-02-2026 18:18 via thestranger.com
  by Nathalie GrahamAnother Bad Budget: The forecast for the city of Seattle's budget is grim. The analysts have looked into their cursed crystal ball and given Seattle its fortune (or, lack thereof): We'll be dealing with a $140 million deficit this year. Damn, those soothsaying nerds! In response, Mayor Katie Wilson asked city departments to prepare for the worst and issue plans for shaving off between 5 and 10 percent of their budgets. That's not a guarantee anything will happen—Bruce Har
  
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