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• Pal Power!

  26-03-2024 19:00
  
  A new episode of the Savage Lovecast.by The StrangerSo, is he gay? The evidence: He likes sucking wieners, anal play, and he has a sex machine that he uses on his butt. Also, he is showing less and less interest in having sex with the caller, and when she asks him about it he responds, “Is sex all you care about?”
  An anxious cougar is suspicious of the young men who hit on her. Why would they want to be with someone twice their age? She knows she should count her blessings, and her f
  
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• First Times with Lala Lala

  17-03-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  Ahead of Her Seattle Tour Date, We Talked to Lala Lala’s Lillie West About Her Earliest Musical Lovesby Audrey VannOver the last five years, Lillie West (aka Lala Lala) has lived in a stark range of landscapes, from bustling Chicago to the extreme high and low temperatures of rural Taos, New Mexico, then to Seyðisfjörður, Iceland (where the sun never rose in the winter), before finally settling in Los Angeles. This constant itch for movement, complicated by a quiet yearning to
  
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• Homework

  17-03-2026 18:26 via thestranger.com
  Got problems? Yes, you do! Email your question for the column to [email protected]!by Dan SavageI’m a 50-year-old married bisexual American man living in Europe with my wife and kids. The “bi” part of me is still extremely new. Two years ago, I started seeing a sex-positive therapist to address my significant interest (and feelings of guilt about) kink and BDSM. Long story short, I admitted to myself that I wasn’t just into kink, but that that I was also bisexual.
  
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• Slog AM: Joe Kent Resigns, Trump Says He’ll Have Honor of "Taking" And/Or "Freeing" Cuba, SupersSonics Return?

  17-03-2026 17:30 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallIran: Israel says it killed Iran’s top security official Ali Larijani. Iran has not yet confirmed his death.
  Hormuz: Big fucking surprise, Europe’s leaders don’t want to deploy warships to the Strait of Hormuz to aid the unpopular US-Iraeli war with Iran that nobody consulted them about. Trump was particularly disappointed in Britain, aka the “Rolls-Royce of Allies.”
  Et tu, Joe? Joe Kent, the friend to ri
  
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• Two Anti-ICE Bills, One Public Safety Committee Meeting

  16-03-2026 23:30 via thestranger.com
  Kettle’s bill would ban ICE from staging operations on city-owned or city-controlled property, essentially codifying and broadening an executive order from Mayor Katie Wilson. Rinck’s bill would put a 60-day pause on automated license plate readers (ALPRs) immediately if the federal government made a legal demand to access the data to track immigrants or abortion seekers.by Micah YipSeattle City Council continued its crusade against ICE last week.
  Adding to Councilmember Alexis Merce
  
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• How in the World Are They Making That Sound?

  16-03-2026 19:00
  The Seattle Opera’s Analog Amplification, Explainedby Audrey VannIn January, I attended my first opera, Strauss’s Daphne at McCaw Hall. The experience was everything I wished it to be, though far less intimidating than I anticipated due to a lifetime of being inundated with stereotypes suggesting that opera was stuffy and old. My best friend and I used the occasion to dress up—both wearing black velvet dresses and fur-trimmed coats with updos and our fanciest costume jewelry.
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• Stranger Suggests: Star-Crossed Gay Love, Spring Flowers, and an Indie Synth-Pop Casanova

  16-03-2026 18:00
  One Really Great Thing to Do Every Day of the Weekby Julianne BellMONDAY 3/16  
  Conan Gray, Esha TewariTexas-raised pop star Conan Gray will bring his romantic '90s vibes to Climate Pledge Arena on Monday, March 16. THEO WARGO VIA GETTY IMAGES(MUSIC) If you can’t get enough of Chappell Roan and Olivia Rodrigo, I hope you’re also listening to Conan Gray—he shares their songwriter and producer, the pop Midas hitmaker Dan Nigro (previously the lead vocalist in the indie
  
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• Slog AM: We’re Still at War, Mayor Wilson Benches an AI Program, and Anti-Vaxxers Are Still in the Government

  16-03-2026 17:33
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Hannah Murphy WinterWe’re in week three of the US-Israel war in Iran, and we’re deploying 2,500 additional Marines into the Middle East. As of this weekend, more than 2,100 people have been killed since the start of the war, including 13 Americans and at least 1,348 civilians. None of Trump’s options are good at this point: Continue the war, and energy prices will keep rising while escalating the death count and continuing to piss off his
  
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• I Saw U: Eating Salad at Skål Beer Hall, Singing on the Twins at the Torrent Game, and Making Eye Contact at Nectar

  13-03-2026 22:00 via thestranger.com
  Did you see someone? Say something!by Anonymous"From the other direction, [you were] calling my eye" @ Nectar, 2/27
  You: dark hair, red shirt and plaid skirt. Me: beard, black shirt, tattoos. We kept making eye contact. I was mesmerized. HH @ Stampede 5pm Tuesday?Skal Ballard 3/7 you ate salad at the bar
  With your two friends. I didn’t want to intrude. Available to date? David Byrne in BC would be too much…Something at Rabbitbox maybe
  Tall Lady at Walnut Cafe
  if you were picking up
  
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• Spotlit in Seattle: kelly langeslay

  13-03-2026 21:00 via thestranger.com
  A Storyteller Who’s Reshaping Dance, One Melting Barbie Cake at a Timeby Nico Swensonkelly langeslay is redefining Seattle dance. With stories spoken “to and/or about you,” they create sincere, striking pieces that are the perfect balance of writing, dance, performance art, and Shrek references. Pop culture meets queer theory in repurposed spaces that might have you walking into a room made of blankets, a hyper-pink kitchen, or someone’s apartment with a melting Barbie ca
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Mar 13–15, 2026

  13-03-2026 20:00 via everout.com
  St. Patrick's Day Parade, U District Cherry Blossom Festival, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20by EverOut StaffIt's gonna be a soggy weekend, but you shouldn't let a little rain stop you from heading to events like the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Irish Festival Seattle and from the U District Cherry Blossom Festival to Native Action Network's Native Art Market and Open House. Plus, you can get a Friday the 13th flash tattoo and Saturday is Pi Day. Check out our top picks of the w
  
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• Seattle Goes to the Mayor

  13-03-2026 19:00
  Do the Arts Have to Be an Economic Driver for Us to Give a Shit About Them? by Amanda ManitachThe opening jingle from Tom Goes to the Mayor was running through my head as I filed into a standing-room-only Wyncote NW Forum at Town Hall last month for the final of three public roundtables hosted by Mayor Katie Wilson’s Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Transition Team. The mayor wasn’t there, but her rock-star lineup was: Northwest Folklife artistic director Ben Hunter as co-lea
  
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• Slog AM: Synagogue Attacked in Michigan, Snow in Seattle, Crazy Weather Everywhere Else 

  13-03-2026 17:30
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamUno Reverse: Oop, Mayor Katie Wilson has changed her mind on who will lead Seattle City Light (SCL) after blowback from the Seattle City Council and unions. Earlier this year, Wilson chose to replace Bruce Harrell-appointed SCL CEO Dawn Lindell with Dennis McLerran. Critics pointed out McLerran had no utility experience and apparently this is a must for running a utility. Wilson has decided to install McLerran in the deputy general manager ro
  
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• Fear Is Different Here

  13-03-2026 16:00 via thestranger.com
  Seattle-based photographer Nate Gowdy went to Minneapolis to document the Department of Homeland Security’s Operation Metro Surge. From January 17 to January 26, and February 13 to February 18, he photographed the civilian efforts to protect their communities from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement. This is what he saw.by Nate GowdySeattle-based photographer Nate Gowdy went to Minneapolis to document the Department of Homeland Security’s Operation Metro Surge. F
  
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• City Council Passed the Detention Center Moratorium

  12-03-2026 23:58 via thestranger.com
  Councilmember Alexis Mercedes Rinck introduced the bill last month, as a protective measure after the feds posted a “presolicitation” for a detention facility in the Seattle area. The first draft of the bill pressed pause on permits for any new jails or detention centers in Seattle, but last week, Rinck had to introduce a new version, removing the word jail, “in order to get it over the finish line,” she told The Stranger.by Hannah Murphy WinterAfter weeks of delay, City
  
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• Three-ish Months as the New King County Executive

  12-03-2026 23:32 via thestranger.com
  Three months into the job, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay has already made some significant moves.by Micah YipThe executive’s floor at the Chinook building downtown had mostly emptied for what was likely County Executive Girmay Zahilay’s last appointment of the day. 
  Standing by a window in his corner office, he pointed to the American Hotel Hostel, a small beige building not far from King Street Station. “I lived there as a kid when it was a homeless shelter,”
  
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• Ticket Alert: i-dle, The Head And The Heart, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  12-03-2026 21:00
  Plus, Bumbershoot and More Event Updates for March 12by EverOut StaffIt’s time to put your “fun” budget to work with the latest round of show announcements. K-pop idols i-dle pay us a visit along their massive world tour. Seattle hometown heroes The Head And The Heart celebrate their 15th anniversary at Remlinger Farms this summer. Plus, single-day tickets and weekend passes for Bumbershoot are on sale now! Read on for details on those and other newly announced events, plus som
  
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• The Paper at the End of the World

  12-03-2026 21:00
  Aimee Lee Brings Korean Hanji to BIMA’s Artist Books Collectionby Bess LovejoyWhen Aimee Lee’s face pops up on my Zoom screen for our interview, her head is framed by something I can’t quite comprehend. It appears to be a tapestry of bricks. The bricks—persimmon-colored, cream, gray-blue—look somehow soft and light, as if molded from putty still wet and waiting to be touched.
  It’s paper. When it comes to Lee’s work, it’s always paper. But this pape
  
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• If It Ain’t Baroque…

  12-03-2026 19:00
  This is Cohan’s world. He specializes in old flutes and antiquated music.by Nathalie GrahamJeff Cohan brings three flutes with him to the Victrola Coffee Roasters on Capitol Hill. All of them are wood and modeled off flutes from the 1550s to the 1700s. Two are placed lovingly in worn satchels. Cohan slides one—a Renaissance flute—out of a PVC pipe. Often the TSA inspects this PVC pipe because they suspect he is hiding contraband in there. He isn’t. It’s just the flu
  
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• Slog AM: Senate Gives Its Final OK to Millionaires’ Tax, High Winds in Washington, A Kristi Noem Ad Campaign Cost More Than ‘Marty Supreme’

  12-03-2026 17:45 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Micah YipMillionaires’ Tax $$$: After that 24-hour debate in the House this week, the Washington Senate gave the millionaires’ tax its final stamp of approval and sent it to Gov. Bob Ferguson for signature. He’s expected to sign. The 9.9 percent tax on income of more than $1 million per year would raise about $3-4 billion annually to fund schools and other state services. 
  Trading Health for Healthcare: A third of Americans are skippi
  
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• Drag Race Episode Ten: A Design Challenge Love-Fest

  12-03-2026 01:03 via thestranger.com
  My prayers were answered: we got another Mini-Challenge this week.by Mike KohfeldMy prayers were answered: we got another Mini-Challenge this week. In the spirit of Paris is Burning, RuPaul threw open the library doors and gave the queens a chance to read each other for filth. Drag Race always incorporates the reading Mini-Challenge somewhere halfway through a season—y’know, once the queens have spent enough time cooped up together that they have plenty of dirt to dish. Funnygir
  
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• Shouldering the Blame

  12-03-2026 00:17
  Do you need to get something off your chest?by AnonymousI understand the desire to be close with our friends, lovers, and families while enjoying a walk with them. What I don't understand is how it came to be that, while running on a popular path the other day, I made physical contact with someone because two separate groups of side-by-side walkers couldn't be parted from their companions for the actual second it would have taken for me to run past. 
  I was running behind one group, and the
  
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• Goodbye, Sweet Prince

  11-03-2026 23:12
  Lucien Postlewaite, One of PNB’s Longest-Running Principal Dancers, Will Retire in Juneby Megan BurbankIf you’ve been to Pacific Northwest Ballet any time in the last 20 years, you’ve likely seen Lucien Postlewaite. He’s now in his 18th year as a principal dancer with the company—among the longest tenure for a male principal dancer—and he’s still seemingly everywhere: dancing Cinderella on opening night in a generous partnership with fellow principal Let
  
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• My So-Called Luddite Life

  11-03-2026 23:00
  Everything You Wanted to Know About My Dumbphone, but Were Afraid to Askby Julianne BellFor the last few years, I’ve carried around a primitive mobile device called the Light Phone II, otherwise known as a “dumbphone.”
  It’s a tiny hunk of gray plastic approximately the size of a credit card, with a backlit e-ink screen and the ability to send texts and make phone calls. Its other features include an alarm clock, calculator, calendar, directions, directory of local busines
  
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• This Must Be the Place 

  11-03-2026 19:15
  ANTiPODE is designed to make room for experimental forms, video, performance, and more.by Katie Lee EllisonI walked down the steps on the northeast corner of First Avenue and South Main Street in Pioneer Square and expected to find the founders of ANTiPODE at the bar. Instead, a live saxophone blast from a kid who couldn’t have been more than 15 hit me from the small stage to the right. Past the front room, I found Amir Amini, cofounder of the gallery space and arts center, in a back
  
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• Slog AM: Iran Pulls Out of the World Cup, the Millionaires Tax Passes the House, and There’s Wild Weather on the Horizon

  11-03-2026 17:58
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Megan SelingWild Weather on the Way: The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory starting today at 3 p.m. through 6 a.m. Thursday. Whether you plan on hunkering down at home or heading out to the Torrent game for Cayla Barnes bobblehead night, plan on lots of rain and “winds of 20 to 30 mph and gusts of 40 to 45 mph.”
  Trump Lied: Trump has been claiming that the missile that struck near a girls’ school in Iran on February 28, killi
  
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• Closing Time

  10-03-2026 23:00
  Why Recession-Era Art Is My Favorite Kindby Amanda ManitachIn November 2024, cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun paid $6.24 million at Sotheby’s to purchase Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian—the iconic banana duct-taped to a wall. Nine days later he ate said banana during a press conference in Hong Kong.
  If that reads like an inside joke with no punchline, you aren’t wrong. Mischievous Cattelan must have been laughing that day as the bids rolled in, but who was laughing to
  
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• The Old Rite Aid Building on Broadway Could Be Anything

  10-03-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  Are We Sure We Want It to Be a McDonald’s? by Emily NokesOn December 6, 1911, the Seattle Times announced: “The new Society Theatre, a photo playhouse, opens at Broadway and John next Friday night, with four reels of new films … music will be furnished by a three-piece orchestra.” (Next to an ad for 15-cent mechanical toy mice, and the “permanently useful gift” of an electric iron.)
  Nearly 80 years later, on January 11, 1990, the paper reported: “T
  
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• Poly Under Duress

  10-03-2026 18:32 via thestranger.com
  Got problems? Yes, you do! Email your question for the column to [email protected]!by Dan SavageDear Readers: I’m off this week. To tide you over until I’m back, the tech-savvy, at-risk youth pulled some classic “PUD” questions from the archives. A PUD, of course, is someone who is “poly under duress.” Because while some of us start out poly and some of us achieve poly, others have poly thrust upon ’em. These are their stories. — Dan I&rsquo
  
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• Slog AM: Schrödinger’s War, Grounded Planes, and Snow? 

  10-03-2026 17:30 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallMorning: House lawmakers in Olympia debated the millionaires’ tax late into the night and into this morning. Republicans have filed dozens of amendments to derail the bill, but Dems say they have the votes. And Gov. Bob Ferguson has signaled he’d sign the latest version if it crossed his desk.
  What, No Baby Sheriffs? A bill that would strengthen standards for Washington’s elected sheriffs and make it easier to boot those
  
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