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• The Seasons' Canon Felt Like a Religious Experience

  17-04-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Best Seats Are the Cheap Seatsby Rich SmithI did not know how Pacific Northwest Ballet could improve on its production of The Seasons' Canon, the ballet that took my head off when it premiered in Seattle a couple years ago, but improve it they did. 
  Last time, PNB Artistic Director Peter Boal & Co. paired choreographer Crystal Pite's masterful, hyperkinetic meditation on nature with some very good but more or less disconnected ballets. This time, the program felt so cohesive it amounted
  
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• The Meadow on the Runway at SennzaFinne

  01-05-2024 02:30 via thestranger.com
  
  This Beautiful Bev awaits in a warehouse down by the train tracks—if you can find it.by Meg van HuygenIf you’re in Interbay on a Thursday or Friday evening, in the sidewalkless industrial district just southwest of the Ballard Bridge, you might spot a sandwich board that promises a tasting room serving locally made amaro. It’s a little tricky to find, but let the sandwich boards guide you: toward some warehouses, through a parking lot behind down by the train tracks, and to a s
  
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• Northwest Film Forum Laid Off Nearly Half Its Staff

  30-04-2024 22:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Executive director Derek Edamura said the forum is not at risk of closing.by Vivian McCallNorthwest Film Forum laid off nearly half of its employees yesterday.
  Executive director Derek Edamura confirmed that management told the small staff about cuts over Zoom calls on Monday. Four people were laid off immediately, and two more will be laid off in the coming months, adding up to about 50% of staff. 
  In a Tuesday phone call, Edamura told The Stranger that the forum is not at risk of closing.
  
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• Monica Nevi Is an Undisputable Genius of Comedy

  30-04-2024 19:52 via thestranger.com
  
  See Monica Nevi Saturday, May 4 at the Egyptian.by Megan SelingOn Saturday, May 4, some of the Pacific Northwest's funniest people will take the stage at the Egyptian Theatre as part of The Stranger's Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy showcase. Andy Iwancio! Dan Hurwitz! Chris Mejia! Monica Nevi! Juno Men! Bernice Larson! Kermet Apio! And headliner Sam Miller! Plus, the whole night will be hosted by Emmett Montgomery, beloved weirdo, host of Friendship Dungeon and Jokestellers Union, and
  
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• Jim Mayhew’s Run for State Senate May Give Democrats What They Need to Change the State Constitution

  30-04-2024 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  The road to a constitutional majority runs through a district no Democrat has won this century.by Rich SmithJim Mayhew is doing something no Democrat has done in recent memory: run to represent the 12th Legislative District in the Washington State Senate. Though Republicans have held the seat since 1965, analysts say 2024’s court redistricting process painted the district purple, placing it within reach of a Democratic candidate. If the voters of the newly drawn district see Mayhew as that
  
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• Slog AM: Tariq Yusuf Enters City Council Race, Mayor Proposes Expensive SPD Contract, Columbia University Students Barricade Themselves Inside Building

  30-04-2024 17:35 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Ashley NerbovigGood morning. The weather forecast today comes from the National Weather Service, because I refuse to be a corporate shill like some. Expect a 40% chance of rain after 3 pm today, and some clouds in the morning that our comrades at the weather services believe will dissipate throughout the day. Calm winds in the afternoon, high near 54 degrees. 
  Speaking of corporate shills: In a dramatic speech, City Council Member Cathy Moore called ou
  
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• Techie Tariq Yusuf Announces Challenge to City Council Member Tanya Woo

  30-04-2024 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Lefty urbanists, this one's for you.by Hannah KriegPosition 8 City Council candidate Tariq Yusuf is an electric scooter-riding, cat-rearing tech bro, but don’t click out of this post! He just might be one of the Good Ones.
  Yusuf joins two other progressives—homelessness policy wonk Alexis Mercedes Rinck and lefty organizer Saunatina Sanchez—in challenging controversial appointee Tanya Woo, who hopes to win her first election ever to defend the seat her corporatist buddies gave
  
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• Five Theses on Amazon's Superb Television Series Fallout

  30-04-2024 01:40 via thestranger.com
  
  It's the best science fiction series since Disney's 'Andor.'by Charles MudedeI will begin by admitting I have never played the video game Fallout. Indeed, I have not indulged in video games since the old arcade days of Donkey Kong, Asteroids, Galaga, and the mesmerizing Battlezone. Console games are as foreign to me as electric unicycles. And so I'm indifferent to those who praise Amazon Studio's Fallout for its fidelity to its source. What matters instead is just the TV series. Is it engaging?
  
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• Five Theses of Amazon's Superb Television Series Fallout

  30-04-2024 01:40 via thestranger.com
  
  It's the best science fiction series since Disney's 'Andor.'by Charles MudedeI will begin by admitting I have never played the video game Fallout. Indeed, I have not indulged in video games since the old arcade days of Donkey Kong, Asteroids, Galaga, and the mesmerizing Battlezone. Console games are as foreign to me as electric unicycles. And so I'm indifferent to those who praise Amazon Studio's Fallout for its fidelity to its source. What matters instead is just the TV series. Is it engaging?
  
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• Andy Iwancio Is an Undisputable Genius of Comedy

  29-04-2024 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  See Andy Iwancio Saturday, May 4 at the Egyptian.by Megan SelingOn Saturday, May 4, some of the Pacific Northwest's funniest people will take the stage at the Egyptian Theatre as part of The Stranger's Undisputable Geniuses of Comedy showcase. Andy Iwancio! Dan Hurwitz! Chris Mejia! Monica Nevi! Juno Men! Bernice Larson! Kermet Apio! And headliner Sam Miller! Plus, the whole night will be hosted by Emmett Montgomery, beloved weirdo, host of Friendship Dungeon and Jokestellers Union, and one
  
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• The Top 38 Events in Seattle This Week: Apr 29–May 5, 2024

  29-04-2024 20:00 via everout.com
  
  Belltown Bloom, Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales, and More Top Picksby EverOut StaffThis week is gonna be another wet one, but on the bright side, there are plenty of stellar events happening indoors. Plan your week with us with everything from Belltown Bloom to Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: Together Again, Again! and from UW Public Lectures: An Evening with Margaret Cho to Alison Roman Gives Solicited Advice (Live).
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  On his new solo project, Dan Boeckner (known mon
  
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• The Rise and Fall of the BolaWrap

  29-04-2024 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  The BolaWrap’s failure serves as a good reminder that SPD spends a lot of money on dumb, often useless tools under the guise of innovating their public safety strategies.by Ashley NerbovigIn 2023 the Seattle Police Department (SPD) quietly ended its use of the expensive, rarely used BolaWrap, a lasso-like restraint device designed to loop around a person’s arms or legs. When SPD launched the tool in 2021, the department heralded it as part of the plan to stop shooting people holding
  
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• King County Workers Deserve a Fair Wage

  29-04-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  One job should be enough.by Girmay ZahilayThroughout my childhood, my mom worked as a nursing assistant, earning close to minimum wage. Every day, she donned her scrubs, drove to the retirement home, and punched in for the evening and graveyard shifts from 2 pm until 6 am the next morning. The job was brutal on her body. She stood on her feet all day, lifted and moved patients, served their meals, and helped them use the restroom. Regularly, after a grueling 16-hour workday, she’d hop in h
  
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• Slog AM: UW Pro-Palestine Encampment Planned for Today, Trump VP Favorite Killed Her Own Dog, Florida Enacts Six-Week Abortion Ban

  29-04-2024 17:51 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news round-up.by Nathalie GrahamRacing stripes: If you're in North Bend, please keep an eye out for a runaway zebra. Four zebras on the way to Montana escaped Sunday. They made a break for it when their driver pulled over to secure their trailer just off Interstate 90. By the end of the day Sunday, two zebras were found and the baby zebra (yeah, there's a baby!) was "corralled." One zebra is still on the loose.
  Possible Trump VP killed her own dog: South Dakota G
  
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• Seattle Revives the Bullshit Economics of Low Wages

  27-04-2024 00:33 via thestranger.com
  
  Low wages are generally bad for the economy. Here's why.by Charles MudedeIf you are following Hannah Krieg, you will recognize the return of a regressive and debunked reading about wages: When high, they are bad for business and even workers. With this logic, which makes no economic sense, we find Bruce Harrell repressing the wages of city workers, Council Member Maritza Rivera blaming Seattle Public Library's closures on, of all things, union wages. And Chair Sara Nelson’s dramatic (if no
  
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• La Luz's Transcendent Shoegaze and (blouseusa)'s Psilocybin-Fueled Aural Nightmare

  26-04-2024 21:55 via thestranger.com
  
  The best new music to hit Dave Segal's inbox this week.by Dave SegalLa Luz, “Strange World” (Sub Pop) 
  I respected the dreamy surf rock that La Luz created in their early years, but was among the minority of listeners who were never really wowed by it. Consequently, I drifted away from keeping close tabs on their career.
  But somewhere along the way, the LA-via-Seattle group led by guitarist/singer/lyricist Shana Cleveland diversified their sound, showed flashes of elegant aggres
  
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• Seattle's LGBTQ Center and Kelley-Ross Pharmacy Develop New Gender-Affirming Care Program

  26-04-2024 19:58 via thestranger.com
  
  “The thing I really want to avoid is doing poor health care for poor people."by Vivian McCallSeattle’s LGBTQ+ Center and Kelley-Ross Pharmacy have developed a new informed-consent gender-affirming hormone therapy program for adult patients that may be one of the few in the country led by clinical pharmacists.
  Medical Director Janna Cuneo said the program allows trained pharmacists to operate at the top of their license in Washington, which she hopes can help expand health care access
  
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• No One Wants to Repeal the Gig Worker Minimum Wage More Than Sara Nelson

  26-04-2024 19:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Workers are standing up to the council's assault on their wages and benefits.by Hannah KriegOn Thursday afternoon, a crowd of divided workers and lobbyists filled the Seattle City Council’s Governance, Accountability, and Economic Development committee meeting to discuss Chair Sara Nelson’s extreme rollback of a recently instituted minimum wage for gig delivery workers known as “Pay Up."
  Nelson told her council colleagues that the “last thing” she wanted to do was s
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Apr 26–28, 2024

  26-04-2024 19:00 via everout.com
  
  Seattle Independent Bookstore Day, White Center Cambodian New Year Street Festival, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15by EverOut StaffDon't know what you're doing this weekend? You will after skimming our weekend guide, which features low- and no-cost events from Seattle Independent Bookstore Day to the 21st Annual White Center Cambodian New Year Street Festival and from Seattle Boba Fest to the Creative Works Pop-Up Market + Flatstock 94. For more ideas, check out our guide to the top e
  
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• Slog AM: Women Employees Sue SPD, US Birth Rate Declines, Forceful Police Response at Campus Protests

  26-04-2024 17:30 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamLocal unions will rally to support Gaza: On Sunday, Pacific Northwest Labor Unions, which represent 150,000 workers, will rally outside of the Federal Building in Seattle to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and to end United States military aid to Israel. The unions, which include MLK Labor, UFCW 3000, SEIU 775, UAW 4121, OPEIU 8, Restaurant Workers United, Seattle Education Association, Tacoma Education Association, and Protec 17 are asking elec
  
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• Ticket Alert: Charli XCX & Troye Sivan, Maggie Rogers, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  26-04-2024 00:25 via everout.com
  
  Plus, Neil Young & Crazy Horse and More Event Updates for April 25by EverOut StaffFriends and frequent collaborators Charli XCX & Troye Sivan are teaming up to make their fans sweat. Indie pop singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers asks that you don’t forget her—or forget to buy tickets to her upcoming tour. Plus, Neil Young & Crazy Horse will stop by the Gorge this summer for a plugged-in set. Read on for details on those and other newly announced events, plus some news you can
  
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• Council Member Maritza Rivera Blames Union Wages and E-books for Library Closures

  25-04-2024 21:53 via thestranger.com
  
  Council Member Maritza Rivera blames library closures on the City paying librarians too much money.by Hannah KriegToday the Seattle City Council Libraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee spoke about The Seattle Public Library’s 1,500 hours of rolling closures for the first time since the Library announced the service cuts two weeks ago. Committee Chair Maritza Rivera, who never responded to my request for comment about the closures when the news broke, must have spent the last 14 d
  
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• I Saw U: Reading The Art of Stopping Time, Buying Strawberries at PCC, and Lookin' Like a Sexy Guy Fieri

  25-04-2024 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  See someone? Say something!by AnonymousThe Art of Stopping Time
  We chatted one Friday, Brooklyn St bus stop. You read The Art of Stopping Time, and give notes of appreciation to bus drivers. I hope to see you againOmelie
  You loved my hair, I loved your dress-we chatted outside Chop Suey in Feb(?)… You know which night, find me there again. Let’s make art together! 💋
  sexy guy fieri at the haunted soirée
  this is such a long shot, but i saw you at the haunted soiré
  
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• 2024 Is a Fight for Our Democracy

  25-04-2024 18:00 via thestranger.com
  
  If you’re ready to fight for our democracy, build our progressive movement, and organize for our future, please join us today.by Pramila JayapalThe other day—during our first 70-degree day in Seattle this year—I was lucky enough to join hundreds of my fellow organizers, community leaders, friends, family, and neighbors at the Crocodile to launch my re-election campaign to continue representing Washington’s 7th Congressional District.
  Throughout the day, we looked back on
  
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• Slog AM: City Scrubs Language from Pro-Palestine Mural, Youth Jail Holds Kids Three Times Longer Now, WA GOP Officially Opposes Democracy

  25-04-2024 17:30 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Hannah KriegFirst things first: Per popular request (one person asked me to do this), I will now be using Accuweather for any forecasts on Slog. Expect on-and-off showers and temperatures in the low 50s throughout the day. Pay Up: Later today, Council President Sara Nelson’s committee will look at legislation to roll back the newly established minimum wage for gig delivery drivers. According to Working Washington’s analysis, the bill would
  
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• Stranger Suggests: Hanif Abdurraqib, Acid Tongue, Monét X Change, Jess Damuck, Whispers of the Veiled Melody: Nasim Moghadam and Kiana Honarmand

  25-04-2024 00:40 via thestranger.com
  
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Audrey VannWEDNESDAY 4/24  
  Hanif Abdurraqib
  (BOOKS) Hanif Abdurraqib is the best friend I never met. Having spent years reading his work—his essays, his poetry, his music criticism—it feels as though we’ve spent half a lifetime together sitting on floors, listening to records, and exchanging observations about everyone from Aretha Franklin to My Chemical Romance. He doesn’t write at you, as so many culture c
  
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• The Spice Must Flow

  24-04-2024 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  We conduct a chili crisp taste test to determine the best non-Momofuku alternatives.by Julianne BellCelebrity chef David Chang, the founder of the famed Momofuku restaurant empire, inadvertently caused a social media storm earlier this month when his company attempted to enforce a trademark for the phrase “chili crunch,” even going so far as to issue cease-and-desist orders to other condiment brands using the term.
  It wasn’t long before Chang was roundly clowned upon by…
  
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• The Smallest Man in the World

  24-04-2024 21:00 via thestranger.com
  
  You are the smallest man in the world.by AnonymousI worked for you for five years. You gave me raises and promotions. The whole team took pictures with my toddler daughter at our all staff meeting, carrying her around like a little football.Later, a group of teenage girls disguised as middle-aged women you hired came forward and told you they wanted me gone so they can hire their friends.I told you two weeks ago that my husband has cancer and I’m pregnant with my second baby. So you fired
  
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• The Seattle Clean Air Collective Is Making the City's Shows and Spaces COVID Safer

  24-04-2024 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  “It’s not some niche thing that doesn’t have an audience—there’s a very large audience of people who want COVID safer nightlife."by Vivian McCallIn the summer of 2022, a COVID-19 infection sent William White to the hospital.
  The drummer for the indie rock band Glass Beach, a proggy, emo-ish four-piece that has amassed a cult following online, White got sick while traveling to Salt Lake City’s Pride Festival, a show they’d debated playing in the first pla
  
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• Why Urbanism Failed

  24-04-2024 18:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Business expectations are condemned to the quarterly. Social expectations have to be generational.by Charles MudedeI'm pro-density, pro-public transportation, pro-walkability, and pro-bike infrastructure. As you can see, these positions are shared with conventional urbanism, a movement that began in the 1960s with Jane Jacobs's famous confrontation with the car-centric city planner Robert Moses. Ten or so years after the latter was defeated, urbanism was codified in, of all places, Florida. In t
  
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