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Things to Do in October: Film

Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food & Drink, This & That. The Blair Witch Project: Film Screening and Q&AOct 11Even if you’re not a horror fan, you undoubtedly know The Blair Witch ...
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Things to Do in October: Visual Art

Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food & Drink, This & That. Styled by the Streets: Black Women in Hip-Hop ...
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Things to Do in October: Music

Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food & Drink, This & That. Dälek, Lamarr Family ValuesOct 8America’s most ...
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The Ill-Fated Odyssey of the 2026 Mariners

During the debut season of an automated balls and strikes system that many called a jettisoning of the “human element” of baseball and amidst a fever pitch of AI discourse, the Seattle Mariners 2026 ...
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Twenty-Three Washington State Ferry Engineers Called in Sick Monday

On Monday morning, the Washington State Ferries (WSF) announced that 13 of its 18 ferries were out of service, after 23 engine room employees “called in sick.” Additionally, every qualified employee ...
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Slog AM: Oil Prices Show No Signs of Dropping, the Disney Adult Editor of Washington’s Second-Biggest Newspaper is in Hot Water, Sailors Mutiny Suppressed in the Tsar’s ...

The allegations against the Spokesman Review’s suspended editor in chief are extensive: When longtime Spokesman Review editor Rob Curley was suspended by the paper’s owner in August, followed by a ...
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Slog AM: Katie Wilson Is Impatient With Herself, Brazil Presidential Election Heads to Runoff, Orcs Protest Palantir

I am a global citizen. Just read my wedding diary. Maybe that’s why the news out of Brazil (where I started my career) and Morocco (where much of my family is from) caught my eye this morning. Don’t ...
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Immigration NGO Resists Unionization, Lays Off Critical Staff Despite ICE Surge

As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) boasts record-levels of arrests nationwide, and Seattle ICE watchers report a local uptick ahead of the election, the financial collapse of a Washington ...
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Seattle Times Journalists Picket Newsroom Over Low Pay and Threats of Being Replaced by AI

Dozens of unionized Seattle Times workers picketed near the newsroom on Denny Way yesterday after they say the newspaper’s owners refused to satisfactorily raise wages or agree not to replace workers ...
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The Best Things To Do in Seattle This Month: October 2026

Seattle takes the season of ghouls and gourds very seriously, but October isn’t all Halloween events—the calendar is also filled with concerts, festivals, food & drink events, and tons more. As we do ...
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The Stranger’s Noise Complaint: Bering Sea

Welcome to Noise Complaint, The Stranger‘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 ...
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Slog AM: Trump’s New In-House Ad Is ‘Dumb Beyond Belief,’ Tennessee Botches Another Execution, the Kelvin Wave Is Coming

More than 10,000 refugees, asylum-seekers, and other lawful immigrants in Washington are losing their healthcare, starting today, thanks to language in Donald Trump’s House Resolution 1 (aka that ...