Council Member Maritza Rivera blames union wages and e-books for Seattle Public Library closures. thestranger.com/news/2024/04/2…

I Saw U: Reading The Art of Stopping Time, Buying Strawberries at PCC, and Lookin' Like a Sexy Guy Fieri

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This morning, City Council's Libraries, Education, and Neighborhoods Committee will meet for a briefing from Chief Librarian about Seattle Reads 2024 and the library levy. This will be the first discussion about libraries since SPL's wave of closures. thestranger.com/news/2024/04/1…

GUEST RANT: I know some of you want to sit this election out right now. You may be frustrated with the status quo–and rightfully so! ...And I know we must rebuild trust with so many of our communities. But I believe we can do it, and we must do it.
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• City scrubs language from pro-Palestine mural

• Youth jail holds kids three times longer now

• WA GOP officially opposes democracy

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In this week's Stranger Suggests:

👅 Rock out at Easy Street Records with Acid Tongue
🥗 Get stoked about salads with Jess Damuck
📽️ Celebrate Bruce Lee at Grand Illusion Cinema

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Appears that SDOT painted over the words 'no funds for genocide' and 'Let Gaza Live' on the mural that Jewish advocates painted at JVP-Seattle #CeasefireNOW's 'Seder in The Streets' yesterday.

Still mad at Momofuku for trying to trademark 'chili crunch'? We here at The Stranger did a chili crisp taste test to find the best alternatives! 🌶️🌶️🌶️ It's called journalism, people.

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Meet Seattle Clean Air Collective, the local organization dedicated to making the city's nightlife COVID-safer with UVC lamps and air purifiers.

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Why did urbanism fail? The short answer: Capitalism killed it. But there's a longer, important answer, too, the evidence of which can be seen in all of Seattle's empty high-end office towers and luxury apartments.

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GUEST RANT: We held Seder in the streets this year because Senator Patty Murray won't stop sending billions of taxpayer dollars to Israel.
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• First Seattle police shooting this year

• Supreme Court hears Idaho abortion case

• Senate passes TikTok ban

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Tonight Tessa Hulls will be at Elliott Bay Book Co. to celebrate the release of 'Feeding Ghosts,' a 400-page graphic novel that holds its own in the company of Marjane Satrapi’s 'Persepolis' and Art Spiegelman’s 'Maus.'

No shit. It's just that good.

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Seattle’s downtown panopticon to expand with Downtown Seattle Association digital kiosks.

The new kiosks would be free to the City, but, as the old saying goes, if something is free, then you're the product.
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• Former Yakima Cop suspected in double homicide

• College students across the country protest Israel

• Sydney Sweeney acknowledges having great tits

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Today's hottest Earth Day activity is planning to turn your dead body into compost.
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GUEST RANT: We must save the Climate Commitment Act from cynical climate arsonists. Join us to engage Washington voters in the 2024 election.
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• WA GOP nominates Semi Bird for Governor lol

• Supreme Court to decide on anti-homeless camping ban

• Trump's hush-money trial begins

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No shade to the Swifties, but the Tortured Poet isn't the only action this Record Store Day. Dave Segal has 10 limited-edition releases worth a look if you're heading out to shop on Saturday.

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I Saw U: Standing in the oso oso Merch Line, Kissing My Hand at CS, and Sitting at the Next Table Over at Comedy/Bar

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