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• Pop Loser: Music News, this Week's Events, and John Waters Holiday Traditions

  04-12-2025 21:01 via thestranger.com
  Pop loser, you weekly music roundup.by Audrey Vann Welcome back to Pop Loser, you weekly music roundup! This week, THING Festival announced an indefinite hiatus, Brandi Carlile announced her Super Bowl debut, and Paul Anka announced that he once saunaed with Frank Sinatra (read on to learn about his big takeaway from the experience). Plus, I interviewed the undisputed King of Christmas, John Waters, about his string of novelty singles, holiday traditions, and the time he accidentally consum
  
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• Sen. Rebecca Saldaña Is Running for King County Council District 2 

  10-12-2025 01:12 via thestranger.com
  It’s Not a Demotionby Nathalie GrahamKing County Executive Girmay Zahilay’s county council seat has barely cooled, and next year’s election is already on. Washington State Sen. Rebecca Saldaña (D-Seattle) announced—first at a private event Sunday, then officially on Monday—that she’s running. 
  The seat will be wide open in the November election because Zahilay only considered appointees who would “care take” the position, not seek elect
  
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• The Five Best Underread PNW Authors of 2025

  09-12-2025 21:10 via thestranger.com
  Brilliant local writers who also absolutely deserve your attention and dollars.by Katie Lee EllisonInstead of another year-end best-of list, I want to shout out the local writers who toil to find the right words in and around our very town, and don’t always get the shine they earn and deserve. In this wild world, local community is ever more critical to our survival, and books are our collective light in the darkness as we barrel toward the winter solstice and the darkest, wettest days of
  
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• City Councilmember Rob Saka: Why I’m Voting Against the SPOG Contract 

  09-12-2025 20:20 via thestranger.com
  Rob Saka announces that he will be voting against the SPOG contract.by City Councilmember Rob SakaAt today’s Seattle City Council meeting, I will be voting against the proposed collective bargaining agreement with the Seattle Police Officers Guild. I want to be clear about this upfront because accountability comes first, and this agreement does not meet the standard our city deserves. 
  Before we get to numbers and bargaining tables, I need to begin with what shapes every decision I ma
  
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• Creepy Dancer

  09-12-2025 19:10 via thestranger.com
  Got problems? Yes, you do! Email your question for the column to [email protected]!by Dan SavageCisgender bi-female late forties, living in the Bay Area. My boyfriend and I have been dating six months and are very much in love. His friends party quite a bit, lots of drinking and other party favors, and we all enjoy feeling good on the dance floor. The first time I met one of his friends — a guy in his thirties — it was a big, fun night, I wanted his friend to feel included (it
  
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• Slog AM: Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media, More Rain Is Coming to Seattle, Trump Bails Out Farmers

  09-12-2025 18:45 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's Morning News Roundupby Megan SelingAbout That Weather: Monday’s heavy rain was just the beginning. Rivers are flooding all over Western Washington—the Snohomish River is expected to reach a record high—and the Seattle Times says a “stronger surge of subtropical moisture is on track to arrive Tuesday night.” Keep your phones charged, make some hot chocolate, and get comfortable, it’s gonna be a wet night.
  Get ‘Em, Valdez: Seattle Senator Ja
  
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• Transit Soles

  08-12-2025 22:30 via thestranger.com
  In honor of the new light rail extension, Charles Mudede celebrates one thing that can't be seen as a pedestrian: shoes at rest.by Charles MudedeSound Transit's Federal Way Downtown Station opened this weekend, with lots of music, dancing, speeches, curious people, and rain. My trip there began at Columbia City Station, and took 15 minutes to reach the airport and 30 the final stop. The activation of the new stations (which include Kent Des Moines and Star Lake) added eight miles of track to the
  
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• Mahjong Nights Are In, AI Food Pics Are Out

  08-12-2025 21:30 via thestranger.com
  Mahjong social nights are a reminder that the kids are all right, no matter what kinda pants they’re wearing.by Michael WongAll of a sudden we’re in the final stretch of 2025, and amid the myriad of orange-colored bullshit. I’m glad we survived, and am excited to thrive with you in 2026. But as we look forward to a new year, let’s remember what to leave behind: What’s corny, what’s tired, what’s holding us back, and what can we do better? Written by an A
  
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• Stranger Suggests: A Campy Christmas Movie Night, a Band for Fans of Kate Bush, and a Weirdo Art Party in Georgetown

  08-12-2025 21:00 via thestranger.com
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Julianne BellMONDAY 12/8  
  Collide-O-Scope Xmess: Final Show Hosted by Shane Wahlund and Michael Anderson
  (FILM) We’ve reached the end of an era, and it's time to take the strangest sleigh ride you’ll ever embark on. Collide-O-Scope is back with an all-new Xmess spectacular: a deliriously demented collage of vintage holiday oddities, freaky film scraps, and found-footage delights, all stitched together by hosts Shane Wah
  
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• The El Rey Has Been Saved! What's Next?

  08-12-2025 20:55 via thestranger.com
  Common AREA Maintenance Is Making Plans for Artist Housing and a Cultural Spaceby Audrey Vann“How do you form a creative space that is sustainable? How do you institutionalize something while keeping it free and fun? These are the important questions we keep asking ourselves,” says Timothy Firth, the director of Belltown-based arts collective, studio, and gallery Common AREA Maintenance (or CAM). The self-described “scrappy” collective has campaigned over the last year to
  
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• Slog AM: The Senate Still Doesn't Have a Plan for Healthcare, the Race for D2 Has Begun, and an Atmospheric River Is Coming

  08-12-2025 18:50 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Hannah Murphy WinterGood morning! It might be two weeks until the Winter Solstice, but by my metrics, winter is already here. The weather is moody. The sun sets at 4:18 today. The storm drains are full of that sticky batter of dead leaves, mud, and dog poop. It’s hibernation time.
  Speaking of Weather, She’s Comin’: We’ve got an atmospheric river on the way. The National Weather Service says the mountains could see up to 10 inches of
  
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• Senator Murray Calls for the Release of Man Mauled by ICE Dog

  08-12-2025 18:06 via thestranger.com
  Washington Senator Patty Murray is calling for the immediate release of Wilmer Toledo-Martinez from the Northwest ICE Detention Center. He was arrested on November 14, outside of his home, and attacked by an ICE dog, and has struggled to get proper medical care for his injuries in the Tacoma facility.by Hannah Murphy WinterWashington Senator Patty Murray is calling for the immediate release of Wilmer Toledo-Martinez from the Northwest ICE Detention Center. He was arrested on November 1
  
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• Hacking the Met

  05-12-2025 20:48 via thestranger.com
  “Western art history is colonial propaganda.”by Amanda Manitach“Did you see Washington Crossing the Delaware?” a security officer asked as I scrutinized the labyrinthine floor plan of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. “It’s the largest painting in the American Wing. Nearly 22 feet across!”
  I had indeed seen it, in all its largeness. It dominated the gallery packed with a crowd that collectively craned its neck to take in the larger-than-life future preside
  
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• The New Version of Come from Away Is Still Wonderful, But a Little Weird

  05-12-2025 20:28 via thestranger.com
  Perhaps a 10-Year-Old Show Doesn’t Need to Be Changedby Nathalie GrahamHere is the thing about Come from Away: you really can’t mess it up. The 2015 musical about the 38 planes diverted from the US airspace during 9/11 and the 7,000 people stranded in the bumfuck nowhere town of Gander, Newfoundland, is wonderful. Delightful and oh-so-Canadian strangers opening their doors to these stranded newcomers is a microcosm of hope in the story of a nation made paranoid and afraid by tragedy.
  
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• Money for Nothing

  05-12-2025 20:14 via thestranger.com
  These bands just got $10,000 richer for making good music.by Rob MouraChances are, by now, you’ve heard of Sonic Guild. Founded in Austin but with a beefy Seattle presence, the Guild has made it its mission to offer Northwest musicians validation, stages, and (in the case of a few lucky, hard-working individuals) $10,000 in grant money. Previous winners include Dean Johnson, Deep Sea Diver, Shaina Shepherd, Thunderpussy, Sol, and so many more.
  Here's how it works: Every year, the Guild put
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Dec 5–7, 2025

  05-12-2025 19:00 via everout.com
  Fremont Holiday Flurry, PhinneyWood Winter Festival, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20by EverOut StaffIt's hard to believe we've reached the first weekend of the last month of the year, but here we are. Spend your invaluable time and energy and budget-friendly events from the 45th Annual PhinneyWood Winter Festival to Georgetown Records' Holiday Party and from Fremont Holiday Flurry: Fremont Freezes Over to a Wicked Sing Along & Skate. For more suggestions, check our our top picks g
  
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• Slog AM: New Lightrail Stations Almost Open, Harrell's Favorite Club Gets More Grants, the Color of the Year Is White

  05-12-2025 17:28 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamIt's New Light Rail Station Eve: On Saturday, Sound Transit plans to open three new stations and eight miles of new track. The light rail will probe the very-ready-for-probing parts of south King County, extending down to Federal Way and becoming the second-longest light rail line behind Los Angeles's. The new stations are expected to add between 19,000 and 24,000 riders to the light rail system every day. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will hap
  
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• Mayor-Elect Wilson Announces Senior Staff Team

  05-12-2025 01:54 via thestranger.com
  Her Smaller Team Marks a Pivot From Past Administrationsby Micah YipMayor-Elect Katie Wilson announced the senior staff for her mayor’s office Wednesday. And so far, the lineup on the seventh floor of City Hall is what she promised on the campaign: a coalition of left-leaning community organizers, policy experts, business leaders, and City Hall pros.
  The mayor’s office will look different from recent administrations: According to a memo obtained by Publicola, Wilson’s team
  
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• Ticket Alert: Evanescence, FKA twigs, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  04-12-2025 22:34 via everout.com
  Plus, Jeff Tweedy and More Event Updates for December 4by EverOut StaffNow that you’ve gotten your 2025 recap from your music streamer of choice, it’s time to look ahead to some upcoming concerts. Goth rockers Evanescence bring you to life at the White River Amphitheatre next summer. Avant-pop artist FKA twigs supports her companion albums Eusexua and Eusexua Afterglow on her Body High Tour. Plus, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy returns to Seattle next spring. Read on for details on those
  
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• Welcome to Our 2025 Complaints Issue

  04-12-2025 19:03 via thestranger.com
  We made it to the end of 2025, which by all accounts, was the longest year in recorded history.by Stranger StaffIt’s The Stranger’s December Issue. We made it to the end of 2025, which by all accounts, was the longest year in recorded history. And what do we have to show for it?
  Actually, a lot. After enduring nine intense months of campaigning, we elected a new mayor, two new city council members, and a new city attorney, and as far as we can tell, none of them are secret Republican
  
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• The Stranger’s Inaugural Complaints Issue

  04-12-2025 18:58 via thestranger.com
  If anyone’s gonna talk shit about our home, it’s gonna be us.by Stranger StaffEnough! 
  For years, delusional politicians, ass-kissing mainstream media talking heads, and professional liars have been misrepresenting Seattle to the masses: “It’s been taken over by antifa terrorists!” “Seattle is a lawless wasteland!” “The city is spiraling out of control!”
  We’ve heard them all before. But their criticisms got loud again during electi
  
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• We Deserve Better City Parks

  04-12-2025 18:56 via thestranger.com
  Sometimes I just want to sit on a real bench, in the middle of a real park, in the city I love, and soak it all in.by Megan SelingThe Pacific Northwest is undoubtedly beautiful, and Seattle has no shortage of public parks that double as nature-loving reprieves from the city’s crowds and noise. Discovery Park, Lincoln Park, Carkeek Park, Seward Park, they’re all full of winding, wooded trails beneath hundreds, even thousands of trees, with wide-open, grassy playing fields and access t
  
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• Seattle, Please Stay Open Later

  04-12-2025 18:56 via thestranger.com
  A city this big that grinds to a halt by 9 p.m. feels like a sad HOA-run diorama.by Emily NokesI’m not asking for a 24-hour city. I mean, I am, eventually. But first, I’m simply asking that a city of nearly a million people does not keep the same hours as a small-town bank.  
  Disclaimer: Seattle businesses,  I know you are doing your best. Most of you, at least. The world is against you. From our city being uniquely warped by tech, to our inability to care for folks in cris
  
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• Hell Is a Grocery Store

  04-12-2025 18:56 via thestranger.com
  I have to be willing to subject myself to a Safeway’s Fisher-Price police state to buy ice cream?by Vivian McCallThe ice cream was my breaking point.
  When I want it, I’m usually having a bad day. The locks made it worse. 
  Unbreakable. Comically large. Glittering. Silvery. Affixed to the top right-hand corner of the glass door. I could see the primo shit I was willing to shell out $10 for: the vanilla Häagen-Dazs. I had two options. Smash the glass with my forehead, or smash
  
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• Don’t Be an Asshole

  04-12-2025 18:56 via thestranger.com
  If you’re wily enough to sneak drugs into the venue (which I don’t condone!), offer me some.by Dave SegalFOOMP!
  That was the sound of a dancer’s hand slamming into my cheekbone as I was minding my own business at a recent Cut Chemist show in Nectar Lounge. This incident—which caused no bruise, but did leave a psychic scar—illustrates three key rules of attending music shows: Be aware of your surroundings. Do not invade other people’s space. Understan
  
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• But Wait, There's More

  04-12-2025 18:56 via thestranger.com
  We need to talk about the lack of public bathrooms and cozy coffee shops, and that prolific public artist... you know the one.by Stranger StaffThere aren’t enough cozy coffee shops.
  I have had it up to here with all these modern Scandinavian-style coffee shop clones. They’re cold, white, and sterile, with all the warmth and ambience of a hospital room. You can usually recognize them by their ubiquitous peg letter menu boards (you know the ones) and uncomfortable metal stools wit
  
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• And You Know What Else???

  04-12-2025 18:56 via thestranger.com
  Never, ever call it Cap Hill.by Stranger StaffStop complaining about how expensive restaurants are here. They’re expensive because workers are required to be paid a living wage, and to be perfectly real, that wage is high because everyone fucking moved here and all the rents and real estate prices skyrocketed. Your servers and cooks need somewhere to live. Also, maybe you've noticed, but ingredients cost almost double what they used to.
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  Speaking of servers, can we all stop going to res
  
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• Slog AM: Trump Still Hates Washington State, RFK Jr. Still Hates Vaccines, Governor Ferguson Still Hates Taxes

  04-12-2025 18:11 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundupby Micah YipWA Gets Served Again: In its latest attempt to prove the patently false assertion that immigrants are causing widespread voter fraud, the Trump administration sued Washington state after Secretary of State Steve Hobbs refused to give them voter information. We’re one of six states in the lawsuit.
  What’d we do right this time? The DOJ’s seven-page complaint alleges Hobbs’ refusal violates the Civil Rights Act of 1960, which sa
  
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• Testy About Teslas

  04-12-2025 01:08 via thestranger.com
  Want to change the rapidly solidifying stereotype of the Seattle-area Tesla driver?by AnonymousDear Seattle-Area Tesla Drivers,
  You’ve probably noticed that your stickers aren’t helping. No one cares when you bought your Tesla or how you feel about the company’s CEO. No one is impressed that you’re using electricity instead of gas. That would have made your car special in 2012, but in Seattle in 2025? Not so much.
  Those stickers have done little to deter the glares and mi
  
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• Rep. Shaun Scott Wants to Fight Trump Cuts with a Statewide Payroll Tax

  03-12-2025 22:30 via thestranger.com
  Scott introduced a small package of bills to make up for the cuts in Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” but the “Well Washington Fund” is the centerpiece. The payroll tax is similar to Seattle’s, which raked in more than $1 billion over its five-year existence and kept the city above water in the pandemic years.by Nathalie GrahamThe press conference on the steps of Washington’s Capitol Building was lowkey hostile. After Rep. Shaun Scott announced his bill to
  
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