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The Top 10 Albums, Songs, and Everything Else from the Year in Music 2015

The Stranger's Year in Music 2015: All the Top 10 Lists You Can Possibly Imagine. And More! Much, Much More! by Sean Nelson and Stranger Staff Every year around this time, people who write about music...

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Why I Am Probably Going to Send the Drunk Driver Who Killed My Parents a...

Why I Am Probably Going to Send the Drunk Driver Who Killed My Parents a Christmas Card by Emily Pothast The city of Gatesville, Texas, lies 37 miles west of Waco. Of its 15,945 residents, some 2,600...

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Person of Interest: Homo for the Holidays' Very Own Jesus Christ Reveals His Christmas Plans by Kelly O You're one of the many stars in Homo for the Holidays. Hang on—Jesus, are you gay? Yup, you hit...

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Taking the Christ Out of Christmas

Fox News Is Right, There's a War on Christmas—and My 8-Year-Old Son Is Leading the Charge by Ijeoma Oluo I've been an atheist since I was 4 or 5, when my mother told me the "true" story of Easter and I...

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The Seattle Activist Who Wants to Redesign the World

Seattle Activist Susan Surface Believes Architects Need to Radically Change Their Approach to Social Responsibility by Jen Graves The annual Seattle Design Festival is a two-week-long event that brings...

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Person of Interest: Krampus, Christmas Man-Beast by Kelly O My favorite ornament, which my mom has hung on the family holiday tree every year since I was a little girl, depicts the terrifying half-man,...

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We Regret These Errors

The Stranger's Regrets Issue 2015: We Regret These Errors by Stranger Staff In the May 13 issue of The Stranger, we published a whole week's worth of music listings from the previous issue. We regret...

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Person of Interest: A Fire Ravaged the Butcher Shop Their Family Has Run for 30 Years, but the Ackleys Are Back by Angela Garbes This past July, a two-alarm fire raged through Bob's Quality Meats, the...

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Once More into the Postseason with the Statistically Unmatched, Often...

Once More into the Postseason with the Statistically Unmatched, Often Heartbreaking Seattle Seahawks by Spike Friedman The Seattle Seahawks, as they have done over the past 15 years with the sort of...

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What's Going to Happen in 2016?

What's Going to Happen in 2016? A Visit to a Psychic, an Astrologer, and Two Other Mystics by Marti Jonjak Palm Reading $20, by Psychic Tabitha of Psychic Tabitha lovespellbook.com Psychic Tabitha...

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Person of Interest: Renaissance Musician Tendai "Baba" Maraire of Shabazz Palaces and Chimurenga Renaissance by Kelly O You may already know the Zimbabwean American musician Tendai Maraire from his...

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Person of Interest: Tracy Rector, Media Activist, Filmmaker, Art Curator

Person of Interest: Seattle Filmmaker/Activist Tracy Rector, Curator of the Group Show You Are on Indigenous Land by Kelly O "Art is not separate from life for many indigenous people. It's as essential...

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The Big Lid

The Time Is Right to Fix the I-5 Disaster by Matt Baume A year ago, Chris Patano stood at the corner of Boren Avenue and Pike Street, looked out over Interstate 5, and began to sketch in his notebook....

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Person of Interest: In a Digital Age, Letterpress Virtuoso Lynda Sherman Prints Type You Can Feel by Kelly O "I kiss you, you're beautiful." The immortal line from David Bowie's "Five Years," printed...

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You're New to Town? We're Glad You're Here! We Can Finally Do Something About...

New to Town? We're Glad You're Here! We Can Finally Do Something about Seattle's Bad Drivers, Umbrella Usage, Escalator Etiquette... by Stranger Staff ...People Not Knowing How to Drive Look, I am from...

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A Guide for the Very, Very New to Town

A Guide for the Very, Very New to Town by Angela Garbes If you're new to town, Seattle may feel like a tough place to settle into. It's often gray, wet, and cold. It takes time to find the best places...

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How to Navigate Seattle If You Are a Person of Color

How to Navigate Seattle If You Are a Person of Color by Charles Mudede If you are a person of color and new to this city, here are some things you need to know: Seattle is one of the whitest major...

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Four New Places That Say Something About Seattle Right Now

Four New Places That Say Something About Seattle Right Now by Stranger Staff The Cloud Room 1424 11th Ave, Fourth Floor, CloudRoomSeattle.com In 2005, the writer Charles McGrath described the decline...

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Meet Your Neighbors!

New to Town: Entrance Interviews. Meet Your New Neighbors, Seattle. by Kelly O Alison, User Experience Designer Kelly OWhere did you move from? Chicago—specifically the Logan Square neighborhood. More...

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New to Town: Welcome to Seattle!

Welcome to Seattle. Please Enjoy Our Resting Bitch Face, and Understand That It Is an Expression of Love by Sean Nelson Hi. Welcome to Seattle, etc. Now that you've been here for some period of time...

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Person of Interest: The Marquis Façade, Burlesquer by Kelly O "The devil costume was a custom-made union suit with a drop bottom and a drop front," says The Marquis Façade. "It was the first time I had...

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Person of Interest: Brat-Punks Mommy Long Legs Know Where You Can Put All That Money You're Making by Kelly O Brat-punk, in the most endearing sense, is probably the best way to describe one of Mommy...

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While the City Slept

An Excerpt from Eli Sanders's New Book, While the City Slept, Which Grew Out of His Pulitzer Prize–Winning Coverage of the South Park Murder Case by Eli Sanders On old maps, the Duwamish River bends...

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All of Our Readers' Valentines

Find Your Valentines! {{ image: 1 }} {{ image: 2 }} {{ image: 3 }} {{ image: 4 }} {{ image: 5 }} To read all the other valentines, click HERE! [ Comment on this story ] [ Subscribe to the comments on...

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Person of Interest: Just in Time for Valentine's Day, Meet Mohammed, the Man Who Sells Roses on Capitol Hill by Kelly O I always have so many questions when I see Mohammed out in the bars selling his...

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Person of Interest: Benjamin Verellen, of Helms Alee and Constant Lovers, Hangs His First Art Show by Kelly O "One of painter Bob Ross's best quotes was probably 'We don't make mistakes, we just have...

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Washington State Fines Two Marijuana Growers for Using Prohibited Pesticides

As of a few months ago, the state had yet to test a single nug for pesticides. Now the state is stepping up enforcement. by Tobias Coughlin-Bogue [ Comment on this story ] [ Subscribe to the comments...

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I Still Can’t Believe There’s a Jewish Democratic Socialist from Brooklyn...

I Still Can’t Believe There’s a Jewish Democratic Socialist from Brooklyn Who’s Already Won a Presidential Primary by Sydney Brownstone "Nine months ago, we began our campaign here in New Hampshire.”...

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Person of Interest: Kristina Cullen Makes Jewelry Out of Snake Vertebrae, Bison Teeth, and Chicken Feet by Kelly O Kristina Cullen quit her day job in May of 2013 to start designing art and jewelry...

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From the North Pole to the Bottom of a 120,000-Gallon Water Tank, Meet Carl, Seattle Aquarium's Underwater Santa by Kelly O Every Saturday and Sunday through December 20, little ones will be lining up...

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