The Best Festivals in Seattle: Summer 2018
by Stranger Things To Do StaffParty it up at Capitol Hill Block Party, a multi-stage extravaganza in July featuring huge names in rock, pop, electronica, and hiphop. Jim Bennett Whether you’re into...
View ArticleTommy Orange's Debut There There Is a Hymn to Urban Indians
It's the best novel I've read this year.by Rich SmithTommy Orange reads from There There at Elliott Bay this Wednesday, June 13. It's the best novel I've read this year. Knopf Tommy Orange's completely...
View Article3D model can’t be used as evidence in trial over Oregon wildlife-refuge takeover
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a 3D model can’t be used as evidence in the upcoming trial of an FBI agent accused of lying about firing two shots at a key figure in the 2016 takeover of a...
View ArticleThe Best Music Shows in Seattle: Summer 2018
by Stranger Things To Do StaffA performance by Tinariwen will transport you to the windswept sands of the Sahara Desert—don't miss their August concert. Wherever your musical tastes land, there’s a...
View ArticlePolice checking into man’s admission of 1986 Oregon killing
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The body found near Horseshoe Lake 20 miles north of Salem in the fall of 1986 bore little clues. The man’s body was both decomposed by the rain-drenched earth and mummified by the...
View ArticleLive updates: Seattle City Council expected to vote on repeal of big-business...
A vote on repealing Seattle's head tax is scheduled for noon Tuesday at City Hall. Mayor Jenny Durkan and seven of nine council members expressed support Monday for repealing it.
View ArticleLive updates: Seattle City Council repeals head tax on big businesses
A vote on repealing Seattle's head tax is scheduled Tuesday at City Hall. Mayor Jenny Durkan and seven of nine council members expressed support Monday for repealing it.
View ArticleTonight: Red Clocks and Reproductive Rights, a Reading and Talk with Leni...
by Rich SmithBurbank, Zumas, and Hankins. Late in May, the president imposed a gag order on health-care providers who work in clinics that receive federal funding. The new rule "strictly limits the...
View ArticleWorkers taking apart Hayward Field’s historic grandstand
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Workers have started dismantling the 93-year-old East Grandstand at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field. The Register-Guard reports workers began removing the grandstand’s...
View Article"As a Drummer, I Enjoy Being Groove": Watch This 8-Year-Old Kill It on a Led...
Just for kicks (and cowbell thwacks), watch this 8-year-old Japanese girl absolutely nail the drum parts on Led Zeppelin's Good Times Bad Times."by Dave SegalYoyoka's footwork is heavy af. Vimeo...
View ArticleJeff Bezos Owns Seattle; Direct Your Complaints to Him
Bezos has this city by the balls. Email him!by Katie HerzogBezos at lunch Emily Driscoll When the City Council announced Monday that they will vote to repeal the as-yet-unimplemented head tax to...
View ArticleOkay Libertarians, What's Your Solution to Seattle's Homelessness Crisis?
Techno-libertarianism has won the day in Seattle. So what's it offering homeless people?by Eli SandersAmazon, owned by libertarian donor Jeff Bezos, strongly opposed Seattle's head tax to fund...
View ArticleFrustrated AMA adopts sweeping policies to cut gun violence
At its annual meeting, the nation’s largest physicians group bowed to unprecedented demands from doctor-members to take a stronger stand on gun violence — a problem the organizations says is as...
View ArticleHeceta Head Lighthouse to close in July for repairs
YACHATS, Ore. (AP) — The Heceta (Ha-SEE-ta) Head Lighthouse will shut down for July for repair work. The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department said Tuesday that the lighthouse would close on July 1...
View ArticleIn the Wake of FOSTA and SESTA, Local Organization SNAPS Is Ramping Up Its...
Fight against the war on whores with Safe Night Access Project Seattle.by Sophia StephensSupplies ready to be distributed by Safe Night Access Project Seattle (SNAPS) to marginalized sex workers. Photo...
View ArticleThe Best Performances in Seattle: Summer 2018
by Stranger Things To Do StaffDon't miss the touring production of The Color Purple, in which Alice Walker's emotional wringer about racism and female strength in Jim Crow-era Georgia gets John Doyle's...
View ArticleVolkswagen Vans Connected Them, But His Big Dick (and Her Potential...
by Dan Savage Background: I'm dating a woman that is still married but will divorce soon. Her husband came out of the closet and has a boyfriend many years younger than him. I've met her husband. We...
View ArticleAbout-face: Seattle City Council repeals head tax amid pressure from big...
The vote to kill the $275 per-employee tax represents a victory for Amazon and the other big businesses that would have paid it and have been funding a referendum campaign against it.
View ArticlePedestrian struck, killed in Seattle’s Interbay neighborhood
The crash comes as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports pedestrian and bicyclist deaths have doubled statewide in recent years.
View ArticleA Minneapolis Cannabis Sting That Targeted Minorities Has Been Reversed
by Josh JardineHennepin Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis, where a sting targeting low-level cannabis sales was started and quickly ended.JOECHRISTENSEN / GETTY IMAGES While there are legit issues with...
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