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The Soundside Halloween Extravaganza

Halloween is on Monday, and Soundside has just the thing to keep you busy: Costume ideas and spooky stories!
- Hans Anderson
Seattle wants to put its money where its graffiti is

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell has announced a new plan to address a surge of graffiti in the city. Harrell is not only calling on multiple city departments to address the graffiti — he’s also looking to citizens in the community to support these efforts.
- Mike Davis
Quarterback Tom Brady and model Gisele Bundchen announce their divorce after 13 years

Brady and Bundchen posted statements on Instagram Friday, with each saying they had "amicably" reached the decision, months after Brady's decision to unretire. They have two children together.
- The Associated Press
Casual Friday with Katie Campbell and Hannah Weinberger

This week Halloween costumes got a little meta sometimes deviating in the hyper specific, Rep. Pramila Jayapal accidentally hit send on a letter to President Biden, and we’re staying up late…. at the 24 hour pottery studio. We’re breaking down the week with Crosscut’s Hannah Weinberger and KUOW’s Katie Campbell
- Brandi Fullwood
How Halloween is celebrated around the world

Here's a look at how the time around Halloween is celebrated in seven countries outside of the United States.
- Giulia Heyward
An unearthed John Steinbeck column probes the strength of U.S. democracy

Decades ago, as communists and suspected communists were being blacklisted and debates spread over the future of American democracy, John Steinbeck wrote about his homeland in Le Figaro.
- The Associated Press
Halloween options collide as fall finally arrives in Seattle

Matt Baume of the Stranger and EverOut events team shares his picks
- Kim Malcolm
How the cartoonist behind The Addams Family defused fear, with dead-on humor

Charles Addams' goal was never to create fear, but to defuse it — infusing the horror with a playfulness that appealed even to those who prefer daylight to the witching hour.
- Allyson McCabe
Is wearing makeup creative self-expression or a social demand?

If you wear makeup, you've likely gotten mixed messages about the right way to wear it, or if it's OK to wear it at all. People of all ages and genders wear makeup. But RadioActive's Najuma Abadir was especially interested in how conflicting messages around makeup can affect young women like her.
- Najuma Abadir
Bellevue Casket company has cameo in new Taylor Swift video

Last Friday, Taylor Swift debuted a music video to her new song, “Anti-Hero,” and a local company had an unexpected cameo.
- Mike Davis

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