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• Man killed in house fire in Burley, Idaho

  05-03-2019 19:07
  BURLEY, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say a man was killed Monday morning in an Idaho house fire. Firefighter Justin Jensen told The Times-News that some children spotted the fire as they were walking to school in the southern Idaho town of Burley. They got their mom and the report came into the fire department at […]
  
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• Sawant Lost Against Melissa Chaudhry, not Smith

  13-08-2026 00:59 via thestranger.com
  
  The man the Seattle Times tasked with the job of compressing cultural and political developments into tokens that the reader can share during a dinner party, or in a pub, or with the person next to them on a flight, Danny Westneat, has determined that the recent primaries in the state of Washington were spared the surge of progressivism seen elsewhere in the United States. His column’s title: “When the revolution got to WA, it fizzled.” But following his reasoning for this ass
  
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• Lap Dance

  13-08-2026 00:56 via thestranger.com
  
  When you go to lap swim at one of Seattle’s public pools, the lanes are broken down by speed: very easy, easy, medium, fast, and very fast. “Medium” and “fast” lanes get crowded first; “easy” and “very fast” are not as crowded. You swim in a circle in a lane with (usually) four to eight strangers for 90 minutes.I am a medium swimmer. I’ve been going regularly for three years. I swim faster than the “easy” lane and slower th
  
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• Review: A Killer Trans Film by Jane Schoenbrun

  12-08-2026 22:54 via thestranger.com
  
  For all the R-rated antics of the slasher films of the 1970s and ’80s, there was a certain puritanical impulse driving the slaughter of horny hetero teens and the survival of the more sexually-disciplined, even as queer and feminist viewers have embraced these films for their less obvious subversions and revelations, like the repressed homosexuality driving the bad dreams in Freddy’s Revenge, the second installment in A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, director of the first film
  
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• EverOut’s Highlights From Capitol Hill Block Party 2026

  12-08-2026 22:42 via thestranger.com
  
  Another Capitol Hill Block Party is in the books. We had a blast at the three-day festival, and whether you weren’t there or want to relive the weekend, we’ve collected some of our most memorable moments to share. Read on for highlights, lowlights, and everything in between from the EverOut Seattle team, who were there cutting up the dance floor with the best of ’em.Well, that was the most I’ve ever enjoyed Capitol Hill Block Party. I’m guessing it was a combinatio
  
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• Pop Loser: It’s Not Right But It’s Okay That I Didn’t Get Anything From the Whitney Houston Auction

  12-08-2026 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Welcome back to Pop Loser! This week, I’ll share my wishlist from the latest Whitney Houston auction and pay tribute to Ray of Light producer William Orbit. A$AP Rocky claims that Rihanna is back in the studio, but I’ll believe it when I see it. Plus, I’ll be on vacation for the next three weeks, so expect an alternate-universe version of Pop Loser written by Dave Segal. (Thanks, Dave!)Subscribe to Pop Loser here!This Week in Music: This week in Strangerland, the Aug
  
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• Slog AM: Kyoto Teriyaki Gets Uber’d, Republicans Are Not the Michael Jordans of Business, a Tale of Two Midwestern Elections

  12-08-2026 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  One of our fav teriyaki joints, Kyoto Teriyaki, was done dirty by, of course, Uber. According to a report filed by Fox 13, between November 2025 and July 2025, the little corner joint handed the tech giant something like 1,500 meals at the value of $40,000 and received not even a farthing. Uber claimed the payout delay was due to “security protocols.” For reasons that are mysterious, a business that has been serving Seattle’s key contribution to the Japanese table for as long
  
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• Fare Share

  12-08-2026 00:00 via thestranger.com
  
  It’s not exactly breaking news, but Seattle’s hospitality industry is having a real rough time. Over the past few years, our city’s restaurantscape has seen some of the nation’s highest minimum wages instated, justifiably. In its wake came a rolling wave of wage theft investigations and late-pay disputes. That’s alongside the issues that’ve been affecting restaurants across the nation: rent gouging, astronomical food costs, booze tariffs, supply chain issues,
  
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• Block-Rockin’ Feats

  11-08-2026 23:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Chris Jones and Joe Nix combine ambassadorial knowledge and evangelistic zeal for the Belltown neighborhood that houses their bars, Screwdriver and Jupiter, respectively. That civic fervor has manifested Belltown Blast, a daylong, eclectic celebration of a vital cultural hub, with crucial support from Belltown Art Walk organizer/Slip Gallery owner Amy Tipton, Timothy Firth from Common Area Maintenance, and Keith Kentop of Belltown Collective, for which the event is a fundraiser.Now in its secon
  
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• Hang on Snoopy

  11-08-2026 20:20 via thestranger.com
  
  I’m a 47-year-old divorced dad. Met a 26-year-old woman nine months ago. Things have been great except for one thing: My girlfriend won’t give me access to her phone. When we met, I explained that I have trust issues due to the actions of my ex-wife (multiple infidelities, lies, gaslighting), and that I couldn’t be in a relationship with someone who hid things from me. After three months, I shared my phone’s passcode with her because I have nothing to hide. I expect
  
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• Come Visit Us This Thursday!

  11-08-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  It is happening again! Come visit us this Thursday at The Stranger’s office for our Capitol Hill Art Walk, featuring work by Madison Kirkman.
  From our August issue (on stands now), Kirkman’s photo essay—Good Grief: Living With Loss in Seattle—tells of personal loss, as well as the discovery of local resources that serve as lifelines to those processing grief.  For this art walk, we’ll be exhibiting a selection of video and photographic works from Kirkman&rsquo
  
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• Slog AM: Washington Doesn’t Have Enough Places to Live, Military Morale Is Collapsing, and a Madman Threatens to Detonate a Nuke in the Earth’s Core

  11-08-2026 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Fire evacuations mean more Spokane residents lack housing than ever: Spokane never had enough shelter beds for all its needy citizens, but providing enough wasn’t a problem for city leaders as long as those citizens were homeless. But with tens of thousands of homeowners under evacuation order from fires, the lack of shelter space is more apparent than ever, with demand from refugees causing a full-blown housing crisis. Spokane’s mayor, Lisa Brown, said yesterday that short-term ren
  
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• New Bill Would Junk Landlord “Junk” Fees

  11-08-2026 00:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Tired of your landlord springing extra fees on you at the last minute? The Seattle City Council will vote Tuesday on a bill that would make it illegal for landlords to charge many spurious “junk” fees like pest control charges, pet rent, technology fees, and other miscellaneous administrative costs. It would also require landlords to give prior notice of any allowable fees when they list their rentals. The Housing, Arts & Civil Rights Committee unanimously passed the bill,
  
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• What You’re Not Wearing

  10-08-2026 23:55 via thestranger.com
  
  These face beads:These studs:This tic-tac-toe:This Phoebe Bridgers shirt:These shoes:These scarves:
  This bedazzled Yu-Gi-Oh shirt:These SpongeBob nails:These boots:These safety vests:These overalls:This cycling jersey:This blossom dress:This crochet:This autocorrect:The post What You’re Not Wearing appeared first on The Stranger.
  
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• Exposure Therapy

  10-08-2026 22:00 via thestranger.com
  
  “How does it feel to be called the saddest musician in the world?” I asked Phil Elverum on a Monday morning from his home on Orcas Island. I thought this question, referring to the title of a 2018 Spinoff article, might make him laugh, but instead, he looked at me in seriousness. “I’m not into it,” he said, shaking his head, “It seems shallow to me.” Although Elverum admits he understands why that perception is out there. Under the moniker Mount Eerie,
  
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• Columbia Funeral Home Greeted Visitors With the Dead for More Than a Century

  10-08-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  For decades, Columbia Funeral Home & Crematory greeted drivers, passengers, pedestrians as they entered Columbia City. The neon sign, “Columbia Funeral Home,” fixed on the side of the roof faced Rainier Avenue, stood out against the old building, built in 1906, which was by all standards unremarkable: barrel tiles, dormers, veranda, clapboard siding. The sign, on the other hand, was shamelessly splashy and, at night, it seemed to float in the darkened air.The sign was everything
  
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• Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, August 10–August 16

  10-08-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  MONDAY 8/10Yard ActJAMES WINSTANLEY(MUSIC) Yard Act’s third album starts with an industrial post-punk track featuring tongue-in-cheek commentary conveyed through spoken word vocals before launching into a melodic, guitar-forward indie rock song. The whole record continues this way, weaving between discordant, edgy tunes and danceable, Britpop-inspired grooves. You’re Gonna Need a Little Music is a journey, and I’m here for it. The English dance-punk band, who draws c
  
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• Slog AM: Earth Burns, Earth Shakes, Biden’s Cancer Has Spread

  10-08-2026 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Let’s begin with the planet’s destruction: The Little Giant fire near Lake Chelan has grown to 111,429 acres, or 174 square miles, and is 2 percent contained as of this morning. Little Giant has consumed two homes, three cabins, and 21 outbuildings, said the Entiat Fire Department and Chelan Fire and Rescue. The Chelan County Assessor’s Office will determine the full scope of the damage when “conditions allow,” KING 5 reports. A lightning storm sparked the Che
  
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• Friday’s Ballot Drop Is Here

  08-08-2026 02:21 via thestranger.com
  
  From the left, Kelabe Tewolde has officially knocked 27-year-incumbent Sharon Tomiko Santos out of first place. He leads with 51 percent to Santos’s 48 percent. An educator beating the politician who isn’t funding education. That’s going to be interesting in November. Tewolde is one of several young, progressive first-time candidates challenging Democratic incumbents this year, and he is the most successful of the bunch by a long shot. Overtaking the incumbent in her own
  
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• Everything We See at the Capitol Hill Block Party

  08-08-2026 01:24 via thestranger.com
  
  Gates are open at the Capitol Hill Block Party, and the revelry has officially begun! We’re down here giving away candy and our Block Party zines, and selling all kinds of merch, including HUMP!-branded cumrags. (Seriously.)If you’re headed to Capitol Hill this weekend and still putting together your list of must-see artists, check out our recommendations here! There’s a little something for everyone, including electro-dance music for vampires and pop anthems for sugar fiends.
  
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• I Saw U: Pushing a Float at the Solstice Parade, Watching Mexico vs. England Outside Merchant’s Cafe, and Almost Hitting Me With Your Prius

  07-08-2026 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Vaguely Androgynous Deckhand at Fremont Solstice Parade
  U, sweeping street while pushing the pirate float. Me, wearing a “protect your nuts” muscle tank and drinking a cider at 1:30 PM. Sweep my deck?Credit: Cara WangSporting a Mexico jersey and an amazing afro at the Merchant Cafe.
  Watching the Mexico v England game outside of The Merchant Cafe. You were weaing a Mexico jersey and had a beautiful afro, long legs, and white AF 1s.Carrying your fly fishing rod case onto Alaska flight
  
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• Things to Do in August: Literature

  07-08-2026 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food & Drink, and This & That.Puget Sound Book Festival
  Aug 9
  The Puget Sound Book Festival bills itself as the “supersized, all-ages book fair of your dreams.” Located on the Bremerton waterfront, it features over a dozen indie bookstores in one place, plus author appearances and food and drink vendors. Participating booksellers include the romance bookstore Wicked
  
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• Things to Do in August: Film

  07-08-2026 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food & Drink, and This & That.Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
  Opens Aug 13
  Never in my life have I been so seated for a film as I am for I Saw the TV Glow director Jane Schoenbrun’s latest release, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. It contains all my favorite things: queer horror, psychosexual obsession, a sultry sapphic age-gap pairing, X-Files icon Gillian Ander
  
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• Things to Do in August: Visual Art

  07-08-2026 21:16 via thestranger.com
  
  Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food & Drink, and This & That.Perimeter Road at 13th & Greely
  Aug 7–21
  In April, I wrote about Marcellus Bonow-Manier’s residency at the Georgetown Steam Plant, which has stretched out over the past year as the artist haunted and documented the darkened corners of our city’s iconic industrial cathedral. Now his photographs are being exhibited onsite in two
  
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• Things to Do in August: Performance

  07-08-2026 21:16 via thestranger.com
  
  Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food & Drink, and This & That.Ishmael Houston-Jones + Keith Hennessy
  Aug 6
  Dancer, choreographer, and writer Ishmael Houston-Jones has pursued experimental dance since the early 1970s, notably starting the gay men’s performance collective Two Men Dancing while living in Philadelphia. After he moved to New York City in 1979, Houston-Jones’s dance style became influenc
  
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• Things to Do in August: Music

  07-08-2026 21:16 via thestranger.com
  
  Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That.Sérgio Mendes Band – Celebrating 60 Years of Brasil ’66
  Aug 6–9
  Sérgio Mendes (1941–2024) played a major role in popularizing Brazilian music in the US in the 1960s, fusing bossa nova with Anglo-American pop, rock, jazz, and soul. The bandleader/keyboardist and his talented players and singers—including the distinctiv
  
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• Things to Do in August: Food & Drink

  07-08-2026 21:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food & Drink, and This & That.Sushi Kaiju with James Head
  Aug 5–9
  For five nights, the Carlile Room is unleashing Sushi Kaiju upon the city, a wacky pop-up from head chef J.R. Head that crosses his meticulous culinary artistry with his love of giant monster movies. Inspired by Japanese kaiju films and especially Gojira (aka Godzilla), the menu features concoctions like spi
  
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• Things to Do in August: This & That

  07-08-2026 21:14 via thestranger.com
  
  Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food & Drink, and This & That.Antique Doll & Toy Market
  Aug 16
  With the show flyer touting, “We’re looking for a new mama! If you see her, tell her to come to the Antique Doll & Toy Market,” I am doing my due diligence to help these antique dolls find loving homes. The Lynnwood Embassy Suites’ showroom will fill with approximately 50 vendors peddl
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Aug 7–9, 2026

  07-08-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Marine air should sweep some of the smoke from Seattle this weekend, clearing the way for you to hit up events from the Seahawks Football Fest to the Picklr’s Courtside Bash and from Hot Jimothy Summer at the Crocodile to Smol Art Mart. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week.FRIDAYPARTIES & NIGHTLIFEHot Jimothy Summer
  Let’s face it, Seattle’s obsessed with Jimothy. Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck officially declared it “Jimothy Summer,” the Mar
  
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• Seattle Should Build a Model of Itself in The Pit and Let It Decay

  07-08-2026 19:16 via thestranger.com
  
  I wrote this in The Stranger nearly 20 years ago: “…Seattle has three buildings by famous contemporary architects: Seattle Art Museum (Robert Venturi), Experience Music Project (Frank Gehry), and Seattle Central Library (Rem Koolhaas). In 2011, this small list will be increased by one with the completion of a skyscraper at 601 Fourth Avenue… [Its architect] Norman Foster.” The building did not materialize. Nor did the one that was planned during the second half of the
  
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