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• Watch: Everett nanny nabs potential package pilferer

  04-12-2017 21:12
  A woman who appeared to be stealing a package off an Everett doorstep was caught and detained by a nanny at the home, and the whole thing was captured on video.
  
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• Slog AM: Three Area Fires Happened Last Night, Unconfirmed ICE Sightings Unnerve Seattle Schools, Canada Says the US Is a Goner

  21-01-2026 18:35 via thestranger.com
  by Charles MudedeTo celebrate MLK day, my family and I had lunch at a superb soul food restaurant, Paschal’s, in Atlanta, Georgia. There’s a lot of good history in this place. MLK and other civil rights leaders regularly dined here in the 50s and 60s. But what caught my attention during my visit was the robot that served our food. Pictures of MLK on the wall; a robot bringing soul food to the table. What to make of this? Beats me. But I enjoyed my fried chicken sandwich, which came w
  
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• Six Seattle Schools Sheltered-in-Place After Unconfirmed ICE Activity

  21-01-2026 00:09 via thestranger.com
  At least six schools sheltered-in-place after these unconfirmed reports.by Vivian McCallAt least six Seattle public schools sheltered in place after unconfirmed community reports of ICE activity in the city’s South End.
  The confirmed schools included Mercer International Middle School, Cleveland STEM High School, Maple Elementary School, Dearborn Park International Elementary School, Beacon Hill International Elementary School, and Aki Kurose Middle School, according to Seattle Public Scho
  
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• “If We’re Going to Say His Name, Then We Have to Continue the Fight” 

  20-01-2026 22:09 via thestranger.com
  Voices from Seattle's 43rd Annual MLK Day March.by Marcus Harrison GreenPhotos by John Caplinger for The Stranger
  On a gentle January morning, against the backdrop of civil rights being dismantled in plain sight across the country, thousands gathered at Garfield High School, refusing silence in a nation increasingly estranged from its own conscience. The city’s 43rd Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration followed its familiar rhythm: workshops in the auditorium, a rally inside the Garfi
  
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• The Parent Trap

  20-01-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  Should I Open Pandora’s Box with My Elderly Parents?by Dan SavageI’m a gay man in my fifties, comfortable in my skin, but I suffered severe bullying throughout school, which was often abetted by teachers. A recent class reunion prompted me to write a tell-all letter to the current school director regarding that trauma. His gracious response was incredibly healing. My family has accepted me since I came out in my 20s, but they don’t know the full extent of my ordeal. While I sha
  
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• Slog AM: Trump Still Insists Greenland is His, The Crocodile Up For Sale, WA Again Considers Lowering BAC Limit

  20-01-2026 17:59 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Vivian McCallFor Sale, Venue, Unprofitable? After its owners closed its smaller rooms Madame Lou’s and Here-After and laid off half its workforce, the Crocodile is up for sale. The financial picture must be bad, because the sale is being handled through a receivership process, an alternative to bankruptcy. According to the National Independent Venue Association, only 40 percent of the state’s independent venues and festivals are profitable. It d
  
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• Civil Rights Nonprofit Director Imraan Siddiqi Wants to Represent Legislative District 32

  19-01-2026 17:30 via thestranger.com
  Sitting at Shoreline Diva Espresso, Imraan Siddiqi looked tired. Diva down? Not this diva, who wore a shirt with the words “I know my rights” inside an outline of Washington State.by Nathalie GrahamIt has already been a long year for Imraan Siddiqi, the executive director of the civil rights nonprofit Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Washington, which is working to protect immigrants from being sucked into the gears of Donald Trump’s administration. Sitting at
  
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• Civil Rights Nonprofit Director Imraan Siddiqi Is Running to Represent Legislative District 32

  19-01-2026 17:30 via thestranger.com
  Sitting at Shoreline Diva Espresso, Imraan Siddiqi looked tired. Diva down? Not this diva, who wore a shirt with the words “I know my rights” inside an outline of Washington State.by Nathalie GrahamIt has already been a long year for Imraan Siddiqi, the executive director of the civil rights nonprofit Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) Washington, which is working to protect immigrants from being sucked into the gears of Donald Trump’s administration. Sitting at
  
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• A Police Chief and His Cameras

  17-01-2026 00:28 via thestranger.com
  After a failed pilot program in Madison, SPD Chief Shon Barnes is leading a department trusted with yet another controversial camera program: the network of police CCTV cameras on Seattle’s streets, which the public protested in City Hall as recently as this week. The programs have concerning parallels: In Madison, the pilot program failed to collect necessary data and ignored instructions from their City Council; in Seattle, Barnes didn’t even wait for data from the pilot to push an
  
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• I Saw U: Sharing a Moment on the Bus, Drinking Shots at the Cloud Nothings Show, Watching Nightmare Before Christmas at Kangaroo & Kiwi

  16-01-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  Did you see someone? Say something!by AnonymousWeird bus guy (Thursday 1/8)
  shared a moment (only us and driver? on bus), guy wanted in on bus from street, both kinda felt bad but was also a bit funny, coffee?Kangaroo & Kiwi one Saturday afternoon
  U: a Cali girl. Me: a Guinness girl. U put Nightmare Before Christmas on the TV. I asked a lame question about beer just to talk to u. Hang sometime?
  Cozy Nut Tavern Cutie
  You: adorable blonde at The Cozy Nut with a brunette at the bar. Me: pink ca
  
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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This MLK Day Weekend: Jan 16–19, 2026

  16-01-2026 19:22 via everout.com
  MLK Day March & Celebration, Seahawks Watch Party, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20by EverOut StaffThe long weekend is here, and we're suggesting some excellent uses of your time. (You're welcome.) Get involved at the MLK Day March & Celebration and KEXP's 26th Annual Expansions MLK Unity Party, and check out exciting events from a Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers Divisional Game Watch Party to the first Capitol Hill Swap Meet of the year. For more ideas, check out our
  
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• Slog AM: Women Don't Want to Work at SPD, Trump Has the Nobel Peace Prize Now, ICE Teargassed Six Children in Minneapolis 

  16-01-2026 18:01 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie Graham911 Calls from Good Shooting: The New York Times obtained the 911 calls and first responder reports from the day an ICE officer shot and killed Renee Good. The first ones came in at 9:38 a.m., moments after Good was shot. “There’s 15 ICE agents, and they shot her, like, because she wouldn’t open her car door,” one caller reported. According to the Times, Good sustained two gunshot wounds on the right sid
  
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• Stranger Suggests: Video Game-Inspired Dream Pop, a Hopeful Play For These Hopeless Times, and a Pistachio Sundae with Black-Currant Sauce

  16-01-2026 09:30 via thestranger.com
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Audrey VannMONDAY 1/19  
  Crushed with SwingingSee Crushed at Baba Yaga on Monday, January 19. BEN RAYNER(MUSIC) Crushed leans into the video-game aesthetic—titling their debut EP extra life and their more recent full-length no scope—but that doesn't mean they make video game music (aside from a few glitch-pop moments). Singer Bre Morell provides bold, powerful vocals as Shaun Durkan layers beats, samples, and occasionall
  
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• New City Council Handles Its First Protest

  16-01-2026 01:00 via thestranger.com
  Protesters demanded the city investigate and hold ICE accountable, end cooperation between Seattle and ICE, and defend Seattle’s status as a sanctuary city.by Micah YipJonathan Toledo was done waiting. He was going to schedule that sit-down with new Council President Joy Hollingsworth, and he was going to do it now—even if “now” was in the middle of Tuesday’s raucous protest at the city council meeting.
  “I can’t wait until [the next meeting],” Tole
  
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• Pop Loser #12: This Week's Events, Music News, and Ya Tseen’s Sea of Synths

  15-01-2026 22:22 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's weekly music roundupby Audrey VannWelcome back to Pop Loser! This week, we say fuck you to Spotify, congrats to Jenny Lewis (and her dog), and farewell to two talented musicians. Ya Tseen’s Nicholas Galanin shows us his sea of analog synths. And move over, Sabrina Carpenter, Robyn has a new ovulation anthem, and it’s way hornier than “Juno.”
  This Week in Music
  The Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir has died at age 78. His family shared in a statement on Sunday
  
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• WATCH: The Spring HUMP! Trailer Is Here

  15-01-2026 21:50 via thestranger.com
  There are stop motion praying mantises, pottery, a sexy Bop It, and the Starfish Sex Beetle.by Hannah Murphy WinterThe Stranger's Sex Survey is out. Our reader valentines are rolling in. Love is in the air! And while yes, 2026 has been a dumpster fire so far, people are still humping. And some of you wonderful freaks put that humping on video, sent it to the geniuses at the HUMP! Film Festival, and 24 of those made it into the spring lineup. 
  And look, HUMP! is always good. But if the trail
  
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• Ticket Alert: Charlie Puth, Band of Horses, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

  15-01-2026 21:06 via everout.com
  Plus, Madison Beer and More Event Updates for January 15by EverOut StaffIt’s Ticket Thursday, which means we’re serving up another batch of newly announced events. Singer-songwriter and producer Charlie Puth tours this spring after dropping his fourth album, Whatever’s Clever! Band of Horses celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut album Everything All The Time with an all-ages show at the Vera Project and two 21+ nights at the Showbox. And, heads up: Tickets for Madison B
  
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• Slog AM: US Terrorizes Greenland, US Terrorizes US, Washington Sheriffs Yell on Facebook

  15-01-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Micah Yip“Momgate” Strikes Back: Remember during Mayor Katie Wilson’s campaign when former Mayor Bruce Harrell’s team tried to turn getting financial support from her parents for her toddler’s childcare into a scandal? It’s back. Wilson was fined $250 by the city for not reporting the $10,000 given to her by her parents, which the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission decided should've been reported as in-kind contribut
  
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• The Heart Sellers Is Unfortunately Really Fucking Relevant Right Now

  15-01-2026 01:13 via thestranger.com
  See 'The Heart Sellers' at the Seattle Repertory Theater through February 1.by Nathalie GrahamThe day The Heart Sellers premiered at the Seattle Repertory Theater, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minneapolis. One day later, when I saw the show, a federal agent shot two people in Portland after, court documents claim, six border agents attempted to pull them over. 
  For the last year, President Donald Trump has waged war against immig
  
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• Immaculate Collection with Yéil Ya-Tseen 

  14-01-2026 20:41 via thestranger.com
  The Tlingit Artist on the Tools of His Trades: Woodworking and Analog Synthsby Audrey VannTlingit artist Yéil Ya Tseen (aka Nicholas Galanin) is known for his work across artistic mediums, from wood carving and sculpture to video work and his ever-evolving musical project, Ya Tseen. On his newest album, Stand on My Shoulders, Ya Tseen brings on collaborators Portugal. The Man, Pink Siifu, and Meshell Ndegeocello, among many others, for an album inspired by the gifts given by ancestor
  
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• Slog AM: Varsity Theater Will Close This Week, Bob Ferguson Grows a Spine, Maybe, and Trump Keeps Making Moves on Greenland  

  14-01-2026 18:49 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Megan SelingToday Will be Gray: What you see outside right now is what you will get for the day—it won’t get brighter, it won’t get warmer, it won’t get colder, but it also won’t rain, probably. Those clouds in the sky will remain in the sky. It’s the big nothing. It’s like living under a weighted blanket. I love it so much.
  Bobby Is Back! Yesterday, Gov. Bob Ferguson delivered his first State of the State speech, a
  
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• King County Prosecutors Won't Charge Pedro Gomez

  14-01-2026 00:08 via thestranger.com
  Cheryl Delostrinos' case represents a structural crevasse in sexual assault crimes, caught between the limits in the definition of consent, and a jury’s willingness to believe victims.by Marcus Harrison GreenCheryl Delostrinos, a South End organizer and abolitionist, doesn’t believe in the criminal justice system. 
  She didn’t believe in it on June 18, 2024, when she says she went to a strictly-professional meeting over drinks with Pedro Gomez, the one-time director of exte
  
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• Bad Blood

  13-01-2026 22:00 via thestranger.com
  Do you need to get something off your chest? Submit an I, Anonymous and we'll illustrate it!by AnonymousTo the homeowner who asked me how long it was going to take to get out of her driveway while I was waiting with a girl for the ambulance to arrive. She'd fallen coming down the hill on her skateboard and gashed her knee quite badly. You, more than anyone, crushed my faith in humanity. Rather than offering in any way to help or comfort her, you made it clear our existence was inconveniencing yo
  
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• Is This the Ugliest Apartment Building in Seattle?

  13-01-2026 20:00 via thestranger.com
  Urbana doesn’t even look like a mind was behind its construction.by Charles Mudede
  It's impossible to miss Urbana. It’s a gigantic apartment complex (nearly 300 units), and, because of its prime location, Northwest Market Street and 15th Avenue Northwest, it introduces the world to Ballard.But, my god, the building has no aesthetic appeal to speak of; nothing in all of it could suggest it to a region of dwelling we call architecture. Urbana doesn’t even look like a mind was beh
  
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• Cissies

  13-01-2026 19:00 via thestranger.com
  Got problems? Yes, you do! Email your question for the column to [email protected]!by Dan SavageI am a 45-year-old femme-presenting genderqueer AFAB person. When I have romantic relationships with cis het men, I’ve noticed two general types: They either enjoy sex and prioritize pleasure and making things fun for their partners and themselves, but make no special big deal about it, and we usually have frequent enough sex and that’s enjoyable and good. Or the sex starts out pret
  
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• Slog AM: DOJ Resignations Over Good Case, Deadly Pecorino Romano, and Cal Raleigh’s Ass 

  13-01-2026 18:04 via thestranger.com
  by Vivian McCallWow: At least four attorneys in the US Department of Justice have resigned over the government’s political decision not to investigate ICE agent Jonathan Ross for shooting Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis last Wednesday. Instead, the FBI is examining Good’s “ties” to activist groups after wrenching investigative materials from the state level investigators in Minnesota. The Justice Department claims the attorneys had requested early retirement before
  
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• Drag Race Episode 2: Local Queen Jane Don’t Proves She’s the (Cherry) Bomb

  13-01-2026 00:59 via thestranger.com
  We’re back with Episode Two, where our biggest challenge is keeping track of who’s who among the fourteen shapeshifters we just met. The producers treated us to another Drag Race classic: the girl group challenge. We said goodbye to our first Season 18 queen, but don’t fret! Our hometown hero Jane Don’t’s success last week was no fluke.by Mike KohfeldWe’re back with Episode Two, where our biggest challenge is keeping track of who’s who among the fourteen
  
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• Stranger Suggests: A Psychosexual NC-17 Sensation, the Beginning of Your Year of Opera, and a Stoic White-Guy Worth Your Time

  12-01-2026 21:00 via thestranger.com
  One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Julianne BellMONDAY 1/12  
  Collide-O-Scope 16th Anniversary(FILM) For a whopping 16 years, Collide-O-Scope has been a fixture of Seattle’s underground film and performance scene. It’s an institution that’s evolved alongside our city’s venues and creative spaces, putting in a decade at the (dearly missed) Re-bar, shifting online during the pandemic era, and finding a four-year home at the Crocodile’s&nbs
  
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• Week One as Seattle’s Top Lawyer

  12-01-2026 20:30 via thestranger.com
  City Attorney Erika Evans has a lot of work ahead, especially if she’s going to stick to her campaign promises of bringing back community court and addressing the backlogged DUI and domestic violence cases.by Nathalie GrahamSo many sneakers and Blundstones. In a sterile lobby of the hulking Columbia Tower, next to the Monorail Coffee stand, office workers in jeans walked by. Schlubs. Breaking from the crowd, Erika Evans walked briskly from the elevators in black heels with a leather binder
  
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• Slog AM: Trump Wants Greenland for His Mental Health, Portland Shooting Victim Arrested, and I-5 to Be Congested for Two Years

  12-01-2026 18:44 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's Morning News Roundupby Hannah Murphy WinterGood Morning! We’ve got a mild one today: highs in the low 50s, no rain. The sky’s bright, even if it’s gray. If you’ve been complaining about the Big Dark, today’s the day to walk that extra couple blocks to the next bus stop or keep your coat on and drink your coffee outside.
  But in the meantime, let’s do the news.
  Trump Surprises No One: Four New York Times reporters sat down with Trump for a two-hou
  
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