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PUBLIC EDITOR
Mar 05, 2009; ... Though I make it look easy, the supervision of the proper implementation of ethics at a newspaper (especially one that commits a myriad of disservices to its readers, i.e., The Stranger) is not an easy task. Since I took on this job, I have experienced a litany of crippling ailments, including ...
King Cobra's Closing
Mar 05, 2009; ... An Argument About What Did the Club In Here's what people are saying on Line Out, The Stranger's music and nightlife blog, about the demise of Capitol Hill club King Cobra. Eric Grandy covers King Cobra's final 24 hours on page 45. Comment by whatever: That space is sooooooooooo ...
I, ANONYMOUS
Mar 05, 2009; ... To submit an unsigned confession or accusation go to forums .thestranger.com. Please remember to change the names of the innocent and guitty. One submission will be published in the paper every week, but all submissions to I, Anonymous can be read at theetranger.com. VALENTINE'S DAY IS ...
HERE IS YOUR BUS-RELATED POETRY
Mar 05, 2009; ... It turns out that Metro buses do more than transport unwashed freaks from place to place: They also inspire reams of poetry! Last week, we invited readers to e-mail their bus-related poetry to poetryonbuses@thestranger.com, and we received poetry from man, woman, and Mormon alike! Here are just ...
Recruiting God's Army
Mar 05, 2009; ... Marysville Church Seeks Converts at Public Schools A church in Marysville has crossed the line from volunteering at local public schools to recruiting kids into a "cult," says the mother of one of the students. The Turning Point Church sends roughly a dozen adult "youth leaders" ...
Your Tax Dollars at Work
Mar 05, 2009; ... City Spends $14,000 to Send Retiring Council Members to Dubai City council members Jan Drago and Richard Mclver- both of whom are retiring when their terms run out in November - are headed for Dubai and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, this week as part of an 85-person trade mission for ...
RUN, PETER, RUN!
Mar 05, 2009; ... IN THE HALL The most common refrain in Seattle politics last week: "Man, it would be great if Tim Burgess/Peter Steinbrueck/Michael McGinn would run against Greg Nickels." The second most common refrain? "I mean, I couldn't support him- I'm a Nickels guy - but it sure would be ...
TV on Trial
Mar 05, 2009; ... KIRO's Shoddy Reporting Prompts Complaint by State Last fall, in the tense run-up to the November election, KIRO Eyewitness News broadcast the results of "an extensive KIRO Team 7 investigation" that accused Washington State election officials of allowing felons and dead people ...
Shell Game
Mar 05, 2009; ... Shoreline Sushi Shop Accused of Selling Pilfered Bivalves Last October, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) enforcement officer Erik Olson walked into a Shoreline sushi restaurant on a mission. According to a search warrant affidavit filed in King County Superior Court, ...
Bash Backlash
Mar 05, 2009; ... Gay Community Debates Response to Upsurge in Gay Bashings On February 28, hundreds of marchers wound through Capitol Hill, holding candles, to protest an upsurge of anti-gay violence in Seattle. In December, an anonymous letter writer threatened to fatally poison the patrons of ...
The 25 Greatest Works of Art Ever Made in Seattle (In No Particular Order)
Mar 05, 2009; ... The Stranger's art critic answers the impossible question: What are the best works of art in Seattle's history? Visit this story online to see alternate lists by selected members of Seattle's art establishment-or to argue/bitch/make your own list. ALICE WHEELER Girl with Bowie ...
More Than a Bookstore
Mar 05, 2009; ... Ravenna Third Place Books Is Nothing Like It Used to Be On Monday, February 23, dozens of bookstore owners, booksellers, and authors from as far away as Bellingham gathered at the wood-lined, slightly claustrophobic pub in the basement of Ravenna Third Place Books to raise a ...
The Transcendent Mundane
Mar 05, 2009; ... The Transcendent Mundane A Play in a Warehouse and a Play in an Office Rubble Women UMO Ensemble at the David Smith Furniture Warehouse Through March 15. No Dice Nature Theater of Oklahoma at 1100 Eastlake Ave E Through March 8. Martha Enson ...
Destination Good
Mar 05, 2009; ... Destination Good Italian Food You'll Dream About in Rainier Beach First, some context: Cafe Vignole - a two-year-old Italian restaurant in the South Lake area of Rainier Beach, near the Seattle border - is on a block that could generously be described as inauspicious ....
VIETNAMESE IS THE NEW THAI
Mar 05, 2009; ... BAR EXAM "How much Hawaiian food can you cook?" Thoa Nguyen asks on the phone. The question is purely rhetorical: She's already said aloha (the good-bye version) to her restaurant the Islander and changed it into her namesake Thoa's, which features the cuisine of her birthplace, ...
THE HAPPIEST HOUR
Mar 05, 2009; ... MOE BAR 1425 10th Ave, 709-9951. Description: A stylish lounge made all the more enchanting by its fabulous silvery wallpaper and immediate proximity to Capitol Hill hot spot Neurnos. Little-known uses for lemon found at Moe Bar: A side dish of deepfried lemon wedges ...
Wizard of Blahs
Mar 05, 2009; ... Say Hi's Indie-Pop Whine and Cheese Gets Better with Age Back when Ballard resident Eric Elbogen's one-man band was called Say Hi to Your Mom and recording entire albums about vampires and science fiction, it was easy to dismiss his act as merely cute. But then Elbogen decided to ...
Beautiful Dreamer
Mar 05, 2009; ... K'naan Kills Gangsta Rap Dead, Throws Dance Party on Its Grave Like all potentially game-changing MCs, K'naan comes with an irresistible backstory. Born in Mogadishu, K'naan grew up in the thick of Somalia's civil war until his father-a refugee working as a cabbie in New York City - sent ...
A Voice at the End of the Line
Mar 05, 2009; ... On Failing to Have a Satisfying Phone Conversation with M. Ward-Which Is Kind Of Perfect The other night I was listening to M. Ward on my laptop, not plugged into external speakers, so it sounded old and crackly and thus extra suited to M. Ward's music, and the person sitting ...
THE END OF KING COBRA
Mar 05, 2009; ... FUCKING IN THE STREETS CONCERTS AND NIGHTLIFE Last week. Line Out (The Stranger's music and nightlife blog) broke the sad news that Capitol Hill nightclub King Cobra - which opened in January of 2008 and was looking for buyers/investors to help cover its costs as early as last ...