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• The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: June 21–23, 2024

  21-06-2024 20:00 via everout.com
  
  Fremont Fair & Solstice Parade, Capitol Hill Pride March and Rally, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15by EverOut StaffAs usual, we're here to take the guesswork out of planning a great weekend. Browse our cheap and easy guide for event picks from the Fremont Fair & Solstice Parade to Cutie Fest and from Capitol Hill Pride March and Rally to the 1st Annual Georgetown Pride. For more ideas, check out our guide to the top events of the week.
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• Music for Movies of the Mind

  21-06-2024 19:30 via thestranger.com
  
  The paradox of library music is that it's utilitarian, yet it's also a breeding ground for some of the boldest, most interesting sounds ever.by Dave SegalWorking out of his Everett-based Soundview Analog Recorders studio, Sean Wolcott has become a prodigious creator of eclectic, evocative soundtrack and library music. With regard to the latter genre, the guitarist/composer/producer occupies a tiny niche in the region's musical ecosystem. Aside from Andy "Gel-Sol" Reichel (whose great library sin
  
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• Stop Trying to Put Cops Back in Seattle Schools

  21-06-2024 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  I don’t know if having an SRO at Garfield would have prevented school shootings, but I do know that the district uses SROs to discipline and intimidate students.by Amanda ThornewellIn the wake of yet another school shooting, the killing of Amarr Murphy-Paine at Garfield High School, some people are calling for the return of cops in our public schools. Parents are understandably frightened, but cops in schools won’t make our children safe. Rather, they will be used to discipline and i
  
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• Slog AM: Everett Herald Censors Layoff Article, Another Mysterious Monolith Appears, Michigan Politician Deepfakes MLK Endorsement

  21-06-2024 17:29 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news round-up.by Nathalie GrahamCartoon villain shit: This week, the Everett Herald announced layoffs to over half of its staff with the elimination of 12 positions. Publisher Rudi Alcott claimed "readers wouldn't notice" the significant cuts to the staff, according to the Herald's own reporting. But, the publisher deleted that article from the website on Thursday, calling its portrayal of real events and the impact on real local journalism "a hit piece." Unfortu
  
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• Donald Sutherland Died Today; He Changed My Life in Harare

  21-06-2024 01:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Goodnight, Sutherland. I will always remember you.by Charles MudedeI couldn't believe my eyes. A Hollywood-looking film set in my, of all places, Harare neighborhood. Parked trucks; gear (lights, camera tracks, audio recording devices, so on and so on); lots of people doing this and that. After watching this activity, I gathered the courage to ask a tall man standing with a walkie-talkie what was cutting. A film, he says. I can see that, I say, but what kind of movie is going down? It's a big on
  
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• Seven Lavender Drinks to Try in Seattle

  21-06-2024 00:36 via everout.com
  
  Fuel Coffee, Dough Joy, and More Places for Floral Beveragesby EverOut StaffIf you've spent any time at all on queer TikTok, you probably already know that lavender lattes—especially iced with oat milk—are widely considered the gayest coffee order around. I've been drinking this trendy sapphic beverage since I first encountered it at a cafe in Tacoma in 2013, but it's been tough to find until recently, so I'm pleased to see it proliferating across Seattle menus as of late. Here are s
  
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