<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Seattle - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest news about Seattle with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your region!]]></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:09:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Ticket Alert: Ms. Lauryn Hill &amp; Wyclef Jean, Jessie Reyez, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week]]></title><description><![CDATA[Summer isn&rsquo;t quite over yet, but we&rsquo;re here to help you make plans for a fun fall. Ms. Lauryn Hill &amp; Wyclef Jean reunite for an arena show celebrating the 30th anniversary of the iconic, genre-bending Fugees album, The Score. Canadian R&amp;B singer Jessie Reyez goes on tour this fall in support of her new release, A Little Vengeance. Plus, tickets for Emerald City Comic Con 2027 just went on sale. Read on for details on those and other newly announced events.ON SALE FRIDAY, AUG]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/ticket-alert-ms-lauryn-hill-amp-wyclef-jean-jessie-reyez-and-more-seattle-events-going-on-sale-this-week/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 23:09:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/ticket-alert-ms-lauryn-hill-amp-wyclef-jean-jessie-reyez-and-more-seattle-events-going-on-sale-this-week/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slog AM: Teachers Authorize Strike, Infinity Mirrors Artist Dies at 97, Number of Dead and Missing Rises in Nepal Floods  ]]></title><description><![CDATA[This morning, I have no bad news concerning the departure of a beloved pop culture icon from this world to wherever next is or might be or might not be. Now, there&rsquo;s a powerful Ghanaian novel by Ayi Kwei Armah called The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born. It was published in 1968, near the end of a long and very violent process of decolonization. But I disagree with Armah on one point: The beautiful have been and are being born, but they&rsquo;re clearly more fragile than the spiritually ug]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/slog-am-teachers-authorize-strike-infinity-mirrors-artist-dies-at-97-number-of-dead-and-missing-rises-in-nepal-floods/</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/slog-am-teachers-authorize-strike-infinity-mirrors-artist-dies-at-97-number-of-dead-and-missing-rises-in-nepal-floods/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson Signs Order on Traffic Safety]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week Seattle politicians spent a whole lot of time talking about public safety, but one actually did something about it.The big news came on Friday when Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson signed an executive order on Vision Zero, the city&rsquo;s goal to reduce traffic fatalities and serious injuries to zero by 2030. Numbers have been trending the wrong way for years&mdash;19 pedestrians died on the city&rsquo;s streets in 2025, compared to six in 2016.Safe street advocates have said the Seattle D]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/seattle-mayor-katie-wilson-signs-order-on-traffic-safety/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 23:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/seattle-mayor-katie-wilson-signs-order-on-traffic-safety/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seattle Copes with Dolly Parton’s Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[Around 10:53 am on Tuesday, August 25, news broke that Dolly Parton, the Queen of Country, died in Nashville at 80. I raced to Scarecrow Video and scrambled upstairs to the Musicals section to grab a copy of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas before it was gone. On the television above the register, Rhinestone, the 1984 romcom in which Parton stars opposite Sylvester Stallone, was on. Her angelic cloud of platinum curls glittered in a dark bar on screen.I wasn&rsquo;t the only one in a rush fo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/seattle-copes-with-dolly-partons-death/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 21:45:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/seattle-copes-with-dolly-partons-death/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pop Loser: RIP ZZ Top Drummer Frank Beard, Sub Pop Expands Retail Empire, a Troubling Exposé of Ex-Maktub Frontman Reggie Watts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome back to Pop Loser. I&rsquo;m filling in for Audrey Vann again. In this week&rsquo;s column, we mourn the sad passing of ZZ Top&rsquo;s drummer since 1969, Frank Beard, note the expansion of Sub Pop Records&rsquo; retail empire, discuss King Youngblood leader Cameron Lavi-Jones&rsquo;s newly launched youth voter outreach program, and recoil in horror at a recent Rolling Stone article that reveals some disturbing aspects of former Seattle musician/comedian Reggie Watts.<br />
This Week in Music]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/pop-loser-rip-zz-top-drummer-frank-beard-sub-pop-expands-retail-empire-a-troubling-expos-of-ex-maktub-frontman-reggie-watts/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 20:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/pop-loser-rip-zz-top-drummer-frank-beard-sub-pop-expands-retail-empire-a-troubling-expos-of-ex-maktub-frontman-reggie-watts/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slog AM: Dolly Parton Died, Tim Curry Died, I’m Too Sad to Do the Real News]]></title><description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Dolly Parton died. I can&rsquo;t think of another person who was so widely beloved. It felt like a global day of mourning as thousands of tributes poured in from every direction. I loved her, too. So yes, we&rsquo;ll do the news this morning, but let&rsquo;s also remember just a few of the ways in which Dolly Parton was an anomaly, an angel, a once-in-a-lifetime talent, and a once-in-a-lifetime human being. She maneuvered sexism in the music and film industry with humor and grace, an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/slog-am-dolly-parton-died-tim-curry-died-im-too-sad-to-do-the-real-news/</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/slog-am-dolly-parton-died-tim-curry-died-im-too-sad-to-do-the-real-news/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Where to Eat By the Water in Seattle]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the main perks of living in a city surrounded by rivers, lakes, canals, bays, and, of course, one very large Sound is that waterfront dining is usually within reach. And while smoked salmon and clam chowder will always be our staples, Seattle has just about every version of the &ldquo;on the water&rdquo; experience you could ask for: fish and chips on Elliott Bay, tacos after a long paddle around Portage Bay, oysters overlooking the very boats that hauled them in, and even brunch with an]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/where-to-eat-by-the-water-in-seattle/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 21:21:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/where-to-eat-by-the-water-in-seattle/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Flagging Indicator]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bi female here. I&rsquo;ve been seeing an ENM M/F couple for almost four months. The F was an acquaintance of mine for about two years. We are all close in age (late thirties, early forties). This is my first ethically non-monogamous relationship.Here are the pros: they are charming and attractive; the sex is great; they are affectionate with me in public and introduce me to their friends as someone they are dating; they invite me to sleepover at their place, they cook for me, and show other ac]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/flagging-indicator/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:02:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/flagging-indicator/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slog AM: Feds Undermine Washington Unemployment Protections Ahead of Possible Big Strikes, a Congressional Candidate Honors His Nazi Grandfather, and the US Removes Syria from the Terror List After Putting Al-Qaeda in Charge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Neumos security staff won their union election: The National Labor Relations Board tallied their votes Friday and everyone who showed up voted yes. Workers at Neumos, Barboza and The Runaway, all owned by Fokus Industries, began organizing publicly this spring, with the security staff announcing a union earlier this month. Neumos Security Union organizer Ozi Goldstein emailed The Stranger the following after results were announced:<br />
&ldquo;We achieved this result because workers already saw that]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/slog-am-feds-undermine-washington-unemployment-protections-ahead-of-possible-big-strikes-a-congressional-candidate-honors-his-nazi-grandfather-and-the-us-removes-syria-from-the-terror-list-after-putting-al-qaeda-in-charge/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/slog-am-feds-undermine-washington-unemployment-protections-ahead-of-possible-big-strikes-a-congressional-candidate-honors-his-nazi-grandfather-and-the-us-removes-syria-from-the-terror-list-after-putting-al-qaeda-in-charge/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[US Supreme Court Sides with Trump Administration in Attack on Mail-In Voting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling that could, in the short term, allow the implementation of President Donald Trump&rsquo;s master plan to upend mail-in voting and delegitimize legitimate voting systems just in time for a midterm election where his approval rating is lower than it has ever been.&nbsp;&nbsp;In March, Trump issued an executive order to restrict mail-in voting to only &ldquo;eligible&rdquo; voters&mdash;there would be a list of these adult US citizens&mdash;and would ste]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/us-supreme-court-sides-with-trump-administration-in-attack-on-mail-in-voting/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:19:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/us-supreme-court-sides-with-trump-administration-in-attack-on-mail-in-voting/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, August 24–August 30]]></title><description><![CDATA[MONDAY 8/24Kavi Yaga with Diana XinLINAARPS PHOTOGRAPHY(LITERATURE) I recently devoured the novel Martyr! by poet, novelist, and editor Kaveh Akbar, so when I found out that he&rsquo;d chosen Hyderabad, India-based author Kavi Yaga&rsquo;s debut short story collection The Vanishings for The George Garrett Fiction Prize, my interest was immediately piqued. Akbar wrote, &ldquo;I love what The Vanishings makes of empty space, of the disappeared and disappearing, the once-longed-for, the self, the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/stranger-suggests-your-agenda-this-week-august-24august-30/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/stranger-suggests-your-agenda-this-week-august-24august-30/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slog AM: ICE Agents in Washington Arrested the Wrong Man, Iran’s Rial Plummets in Value, and Can the Improved Route 8 Survive Monday’s Commute?]]></title><description><![CDATA[During an operation in Lakewood to arrest a Mexican national with a final deportation order last month, ICE agents instead detained 23-year-old Venezuelan citizen Moises Velasquez, an immigrant who had entered the United States legally but was driving the same car, a grey Volkswagen GTI, as their target. In an order granting Velasquez&rsquo;s habeas corpus petition to challenge his detention, US Magistrate Judge S. Kate Vaughn said agents had demonstrated a &ldquo;complete lack of procedures,&r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/slog-am-ice-agents-in-washington-arrested-the-wrong-man-irans-rial-plummets-in-value-and-can-the-improved-route-8-survive-mondays-commute/</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/slog-am-ice-agents-in-washington-arrested-the-wrong-man-irans-rial-plummets-in-value-and-can-the-improved-route-8-survive-mondays-commute/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I Saw U: Picking Up Trash on University Way, Dropping Your Earbud Outside of Poquitos, and Washing Windows at Capitol Hill Block Party]]></title><description><![CDATA[Playboy Bunny Boy Picking up Trash<br />
I saw you on the corner of 43rd and University Way. I giggled to myself the rest of the night because you were so attractive to me in your mask.Umpqua Hot (for you) Springs<br />
Fully naked, you offered the best conversation and company. A fellow solo adventurer and hot sauce enthusiast. I hope your niece enjoyed her 1st bday!I was your first dance at Parkchata<br />
Your name starts with a V. You were lovely to dance with, and we went for another song! I was wearing a w]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/i-saw-u-picking-up-trash-on-university-way-dropping-your-earbud-outside-of-poquitos-and-washing-windows-at-capitol-hill-block-party/</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/i-saw-u-picking-up-trash-on-university-way-dropping-your-earbud-outside-of-poquitos-and-washing-windows-at-capitol-hill-block-party/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stranger’s Noise Complaint: Black Ends]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome to Noise Complaint,&nbsp;The Stranger&lsquo;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.<br />
On Apple, you can subscribe to the video podcast&nbsp;here.<br />
On YouTube here.<br />
This Week&rsquo;s episode features Black Ends!We&rsquo;ve loved Black Ends for years, at least]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/the-strangers-noise-complaint-black-ends/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 21:25:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/the-strangers-noise-complaint-black-ends/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Aug 21–23, 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hate to break it to ya, but there&rsquo;s officially only four weekends left in summer. Take advantage of our dwindling sunny days at cheap and cheerful events from Festival Sundiata&rsquo;s Black Arts Fest to Hai! Japantown and from SOUK Seattle to the 16th Annual Off The Wall + 13th &amp; Fir Mural Reveal Party. For more ideas, check out top picks of the week.FRIDAYLIVE MUSICBupp! // Treefold<br />
You never quite know what you&rsquo;re going to get from local experimental band Bupp!, but that&rsqu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/the-best-bang-for-your-buck-events-in-seattle-this-weekend-aug-2123-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 20:42:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/the-best-bang-for-your-buck-events-in-seattle-this-weekend-aug-2123-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slog AM: High-T Navy May Name Aircraft Carrier After Noted Coward, Wildfires Cost Washington $207 Million in Two Months, and After Husband Dies in Alaska, Mexican Widow Not Allowed into US ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Local coffee roaster and cafe operator Starbucks is laying off 224 of its employees, including 120 people who didn&rsquo;t want to relocate to Nashville and live the honky-tonk life. The affected workers live in Seattle and beyond. The company said the layoffs are the &ldquo;final piece&rdquo; of its global restructuring plan, reports KING 5.The price of climate denial grows: According to the Washington State Standard, fighting the 20 wildfires crisping Washington this July and August cost $207]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/slog-am-high-t-navy-may-name-aircraft-carrier-after-noted-coward-wildfires-cost-washington-207-million-in-two-months-and-after-husband-dies-in-alaska-mexican-widow-not-allowed-into-us/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 18:22:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/slog-am-high-t-navy-may-name-aircraft-carrier-after-noted-coward-wildfires-cost-washington-207-million-in-two-months-and-after-husband-dies-in-alaska-mexican-widow-not-allowed-into-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Stranger’s Exhaustively Comprehensive Bursting-at-the Seams Guide to Bumbershoot 2026!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Phew! Another music festival? But it&rsquo;s almost September! Isn&rsquo;t it time to go back to school and drink hot cocoa under a cozy blanket and pretend to care about football?&nbsp;No! There is still summer fun to be had, as exhausted as you may be, because Bumbershoot is taking over the Seattle Center September 5 and 6 with two days of music, comedy, art, wrestling, fashion, and so much more. (Like, literally there is a mermaid???)We know how overwhelming festivals can be, and this year&r]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/the-strangers-exhaustively-comprehensive-bursting-at-the-seams-guide-to-bumbershoot-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 01:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/the-strangers-exhaustively-comprehensive-bursting-at-the-seams-guide-to-bumbershoot-2026/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every Band Playing Bumbershoot: Saturday]]></title><description><![CDATA[KEY:<br />
&#11088; Don&rsquo;t Miss<br />
&#128205; Local!&#11088; &#128205; ANTHERS<br />
This comparison will only resonate with maybe six people, but I&rsquo;m gonna say it anyway: If you loved long-defunct Seattle punk rock noise makers pleasureboaters, go see ANTHERS and party like you&rsquo;re at Healthy Times Fun Club circa 2008. Not a 40-something who lived in Seattle nearly two decades ago? Fine. Here are some more rock bona fides&mdash;ANTHERS&rsquo; latest singles, &ldquo;Soup&rdquo; and &ldquo;Colle]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/every-band-playing-bumbershoot-saturday/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 01:03:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/every-band-playing-bumbershoot-saturday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every Band Playing Bumbershoot: Sunday]]></title><description><![CDATA[KEY:<br />
&#11088; Don&rsquo;t Miss<br />
&#128205; Local!&#128205; American Flats<br />
If you need a break from all the modern music pummeling your eardrums, catch local American Flats, who describe themselves as &ldquo;a rock and roll band with Americana and punk influences.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s not revelatory, it&rsquo;s not perfect, but it&rsquo;s a warm hug if you&rsquo;re longing for those days of seeing Tom Petty at the Gorge every summer. (Upper Courtyard Stage) MEGAN SELINGATARASHII GAKKO!<br />
If you love J-]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/every-band-playing-bumbershoot-sunday/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 01:01:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/every-band-playing-bumbershoot-sunday/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Every Arts District at Bumbershoot 2026]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#11088; Means don&rsquo;t miss it!&#11088; Bumbermania<br />
In which local wrestling crew SOS Wrestling builds a real-deal ring in the middle of the Seattle Center, and dozens of local wrestling superstars (66, to be exact!) fight, tackle, pummel, and toss one another around for a chance at the Bumbermania belt. It&rsquo;s so fun, so captivating, that I missed part of Janelle Mon&aacute;e&rsquo;s headlining set last year because I couldn&rsquo;t look away. MEGAN SELINGCat Circus<br />
It is my journalist]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/every-arts-district-at-bumbershoot-2026/</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:59:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-us/region/seattle/every-arts-district-at-bumbershoot-2026/</guid></item></channel></rss>