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These are SECB's endorsed candidates for all judicial races in the upcoming 2026 primaries. Vote Bardi Martin for King C...
31/07/2026

These are SECB's endorsed candidates for all judicial races in the upcoming 2026 primaries.

Vote Bardi Martin for King County District Court West, Electoral District Judge Position No. 1

Vote Colleen Melody for State Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 1

Vote Mike Diaz for State Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 3.

Vote Ian Birk for Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 4.

Vote Theo Angelis for Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 5

Vote Debra L. Stephense for Supreme Court, Justice Position No. 7

Ballots are out now! Make sure you cast your vote by August 4.

https://www.thestranger.com/endorsements/the-strangers-2026-primary-election-endorsements/

Alert the group chat—these shows are going on sale this week! After a busy summer performing at the World Cup and releas...
31/07/2026

Alert the group chat—these shows are going on sale this week! After a busy summer performing at the World Cup and releasing her sophomore record, South African star Tyla takes her danceable fusion of amapiano and pop on the road. Folk singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun has announced a fall tour to follow the release of her forthcoming album, Hope Is a Heavy Thing. Plus, Seattle drag superstar Bosco closes the tour for her one-woman show The Marvelous Miss Gender with a hometown appearance next month.

https://www.thestranger.com/everout/ticket-alert-tyla-joy-oladokun-and-more-seattle-events-going-on-sale-this-week/

30/07/2026

If you don’t know who Barbara Earl Thomas is, then something is wrong with you. She’s a local artist who was born and raised in Seattle, who counts the great Jacob Lawrence as one of her teachers, and whose sculptures and installations are all over Seattle. Her reputation, however, is not just local, but regional, national, and international. Thomas’s current installation on the fourth floor of RailSpur is a part of the Grand Gesture show organized by ARCADE and curated by Tommy Gregory. It’s called Falling Bodies in the Matrix. It is a thing of beauty, particularly as the sun begins to set around 5 p.m. you see fragments of light dazzling the hardwood floor as you feel the swirl of a philosophy that’s as natural as it is profound. This philosophy concerns the human condition: its frailty, its hopes, its plans, which are constantly falling, constantly tumbling through all of this that is our universe.

The last day to see Grand Gesture is during Pioneer Square’s First Thursday Art Walks, August 6.

Produced by Charles Mudede & Dave Quantic

Audrey Vann has your guide to all the bands worth seeing at Den Fest 2026!
30/07/2026

Audrey Vann has your guide to all the bands worth seeing at Den Fest 2026!

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has become one of the year's biggest hits, but Kathy Fennessy argues translator Emily Wi...
30/07/2026

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey has become one of the year's biggest hits, but Kathy Fennessy argues translator Emily Wilson's widely shared takedown expects a level of fidelity that no major studio adaptation could realistically achieve. She does, however, agree with Wilson on one point: Nolan's decision to film part of the movie in occupied Western Sahara deserves far more attention than debates over how closely the film follows Homer.

https://www.thestranger.com/film-2/the-world-does-not-need-a-7-hour-odyssey/

Get this news and more at The Stranger.✒️: Pansy
30/07/2026

Get this news and more at The Stranger.
✒️: Pansy

30/07/2026

Seattle Center hosted a silent vigil for the victims of Sunday’s shooting at Bite of Seattle. Peaceful music piped through the International Fountain’s loudspeakers as attendees left flowers and handwritten notes. With the exception of one impromptu sermon, the event was blessedly free of street preachers.

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