Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, July 27–August 2
MONDAY 7/27 Black Moth Super Rainbow, Giant Day (MUSIC) Since 2003, Pittsburgh’s Black Moth Super Rainbow have been creating some of the finest honey-glazed, weird-dream soundtracks in the USA. If you like rock music that sounds as if it’s being filtered through clouds of DMT haze and sung by a wonderstruck waif, BMSR will set…
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Slog AM: At Least Nine People Were Shot in Seattle This Weekend, Jimothy Got His Own Art Contest, and Stephen Miller Continues to Be Terrible
Goooood morning. Today we have to talk about gun violence. In a weekend slated to be full of art fairs and food festivals, at least nine people were shot in two different shootings, and three people were killed. We all know this, but let’s say it out loud: This isn’t normal. The Second Amendment does…
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Erika Kirk’s TPUSA Tour Lands in Kirkland
Since TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University last September, his widow Erika Kirk has taken over as the right-wing, youth-focused organization’s CEO and spiritual voice. Much of the time, she is on the road—moving from White House appearances, to book tours, to guest segments on right-wing media, to speaking…
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The Stranger’s Genius Awards are Back, Baby!
After a 10-year hiatus, the city’s best art party is back! The Stranger’s Genius Awards return on September 12 at the Moore Theatre and past-Genius Award winners Shabazz Palaces is playing! What are the Genius Awards? From 2003 until 2016, The Stranger awarded the city’s most innovative freaks with a cash prize, a big feature…
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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: July 24–26, 2026
A beautiful July weekend is in the cards with cheap and cheerful events to match, from the Jimothy the Seattle Raccoon Proclamation & Art Competition to a Jimothy Rave and from Georgetown Pride to the Bite of Seattle. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week. FRIDAY LIVE MUSIC CatFest 2026 ft:…
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Slog AM: Seaplane Crashes Near San Juan Islands, Congress Wants to Kill Seals to Save Salmon, Is Jimothy MAGA?
Kenmore Air Plane Crash: A seaplane flying from Seattle to Roche Harbor in the San Juan Islands had to make an emergency landing in a bay near Sucia Island. After landing, the plane caught fire, and pieces of the plane had fallen off. All 11 people on board survived, though four people were injured and…
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Seattle City Council Revives Universal School Meals
So it turns out students may get universal free school meals this fall after all! This afternoon, Seattle City Council President Joy Hollingsworth and Councilmembers Dionne Foster and Dan Strauss announced a plan to pay for universal meals at Seattle Public Schools over the 2026–2027 school year with the City’s general fund. The sudden reversal…
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Ticket Alert: Lily Allen, Rebecca Black, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week
We’re back with ticket drops to help you look forward to future fun. English pop legend Lily Allen comes through town in September to support her sharp-tongued divorce album, West End Girl, in its entirety. Memed teen-turned-hyperpop star Rebecca Black announced a new record due out this fall and accompanying North American tour. Plus, rising…
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Slog AM: Police Kill Man in Madison, Wisconsin, Amazon Cuts AI Jobs for Humans, Diarrhea Sensation Sweeping Nation “Under Control,” Says RFK Jr.
Witness: “That looked an awful lot like an execution to me.” A police officer in Madison, Wisconsin shot and killed a Black man during a struggle in the middle of the street in broad daylight yesterday afternoon. The man’s name has not been officially confirmed, but police say they were responding to a call about…
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Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Authentic love songs are rare. Much of contemporary music leans toward infatuation, sex, heartbreak, and fury, while few artists seem interested in singing unabashedly about unique expressions of tenderness and enduring devotion. In the months ahead, Aries, your inner life will be gloriously out of step with that trend. Your heart…
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Seattle City Council Delays Universal School Meals
Seattle Public Schools students will have to wait another year for universal free school meals. At a nearly four-hour committee meeting today, the Seattle City Council voted 6 to 3 for an amendment that delays Mayor Katie Wilson’s universal school meals program until the 2027 school year to fund a new, means-tested voucher program to…
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Let Jimothy Live
It was clear what people were looking for when cars began to slow down on that Ballard street. No one yelled for him, but I knew. They were looking for Jimothy, the short-spined raccoon who took the internet by storm just last week. But please, Seattle, leave Jimothy alone. Jimothy is for everyone, but do…
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