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More changes for Capitol Hill groceries and the neighborhood’s community of corner shops as City Market has new owners in $7.5M land deal

A $7.5 million property deal will further change Capitol Hill’s grocery and corner market landscape. The new owners of 1722 Bellevue Ave at the ...

‘Better-than-baseline’ — Seattle sales tax would reach 10.7% under Wilson Seattle Transit Measure proposal

With roots as an advocate for investment in the city’s system of buses, trolleys, and trains, Mayor Katie Wilson is pushing for Seattle residents to support a doubling of the current 0.15% sales tax in her proposed renewal of the … Continue reading →

OPINION | To the Class of 2026: Your Actions Can Help Shape Our Future

City honors slain Garfield High student as 2024 shooting goes unsolved

June 6th will be Amarr A’Shaun Murphy-Paine Day in Seattle. Two years following the 17-year-old’s killing in a parking lot shooting outside Garfield High School, the city is recognizing the teen’s legacy with the proclamation as the 23rd Ave campus … Continue reading →

Art on a Yacht, Art in a Shed, and a New Museum Director for the Frye

On behalf of Seattle, I’d like to take a moment to publicly thank local artist-hero Light Guerrilla for doing the Lord’s work and tagging “TAX THE RICH” in massive light letters across the side of Mark Zuckerberg’s 390-foot supervillain megayacht, Launchpad, which unceremoniously rolled up in our front yard the same day Meta announced 1,400 […] The post Art on a Yacht, Art in a Shed, and a New Museum Director for the Frye appeared first on The Stranger.

Things to Do in June: Food & Drink

Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. The Pastry Project’s Soft Serve Window OpeningJune 4The Pastry Project’s soft-serve window is only open for the summer, and it offers three flavors—purple vanilla, chocolate, and twist. While the ice cream is decadent enough to enjoy […] The post Things to Do in June: Food & Drink appeared first on The Stranger.

Black and Brown Youth in the South End Find Their Voices Through Spoken-Word Poetry

Quickies

1. I’m a woman living with a supportive, caring man. We’ve been together — on and off — for twenty years. The sex is always hot when we get back together. Then, after a year, the sex fades to nothingness. I believe the problem is that hot “reunited” sex only turns me on for a while and […] The post Quickies appeared first on The Stranger.

Capitol Hill’s next new development to finally dig in appears to be ready on E Olive Way

Capitol Hill’s first new large-scale mixed-use development in a very long time is ready to open to new residents and street-level businesses along E Madison. Developers are getting ready to dig on on another. The City of Seattle issued a … Continue reading →

Slog AM: Washington Green-Lights Menopause Workplace Accommodations, Bird Masturbation Is Normal, Trump to Dismantle Pivotal Ocean Monitoring System

Mazel to the Menopausers: Gov. Bob Ferguson signed an executive order to create workplace accommodations for the nearly 600,000 working women experiencing perimenopause, menopause, or postmenopause. Symptoms include hot flashes, mood swings, and insomnia, and they can be the reasons women leave their jobs. The executive order doesn’t list the specific workplace accommodations, but the […] The post Slog AM: Washington Green-Lights Menopause Workplace Accommodations, Bird Masturbation Is Normal, Trump to Dismantle Pivotal Ocean Monitoring System appeared first on The Stranger.

Seattle’s plan to stop environmental appeals from stalling housing legislation

Seattle’s efforts to streamline its land use process will include a proposal aimed at cutting more bureaucratic red tape and preventing environmental appeals from stalling affordable housing. Introduced by the Seattle City Council’s land use committee chair Eddie Lin, newly … Continue reading →

Things to Do in June: Film

Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Bleak WeekJune 5–11At the heart of Bleak Week, a weeklong film fest that, the Beacon says, “spotlights some of the greatest films from around the world that explore the darkest sides of humanity, as well as […] The post Things to Do in June: Film appeared first on The Stranger.