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May. 20
Print Edition for the week of
May. 20 - 26, 2015
Vol. 24, No. 38
Savage Love
Car Talk
by Dan Savage
New Column!
The Stranger's Online SIFF Guide: Still the Only Online SIFF Guide You Need!
Film/TV
Is There a Way Forward for Superhero Movies? The French Film
Vincent
Seems to Think So
by Charles Mudede
The Sacrifice
Is a Film About the End of the World
by Brendan Kiley
The Hollow Hope of
Tomorrowland
by Erik Henriksen
Slow West
and the Possibilities of the Western
by Ned Lannamann
An Excellent Iranian Mystery in
About Elly
by Charles Mudede
Reality
Keeps Getting More and More Bizarre
by Kelly O
Good Kill
Shows What Can Happen When Humans Put Too Much Faith in Machines
by Kathy Fennessy
New Things to Haunt in 21st-Century
Poltergeist
by Andrew Wright
I, Anonymous
I Love Paying Taxes
by Anonymous
Music
Dear Sasquatch!: No, You’re Not High, the Bassist from Bear on Fire Really Is Christopher Mintz-Plasse from
Superbad
by Trent Moorman
Little Dragon's Big Voice
An Interview with Yukimi Nagano
by Trent Moorman
My Philosophy
Folklife No Moors
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Screw Sasquatch! I'm Watching the Eurovision Song Contest This Weekend
In Praise of the World's Tackiest Pop Pageant
by Paul Pearson
Data Breaker
DJ Scuba at Q, Paul Edge and Roman Zawodny at Corbu, Wayward Music at Chapel
by Dave Segal
The Homosexual Agenda
Glamazonia Returns, GlamourPuss Revisited, and Hedwig Re-Remounted
by Adrian Ryan
Poster of the Week
Poster for Folklife Festival
by Aaron Huffman
The High List: Recommended Events for Stoners
Slick Rick, SIFF Picks, and Hey, Who Put These Beats in My Folklife?
by Emily Nokes
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of May 20
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
Why Doesn't Seattle Know About Black Box Festival, the SIFF for Art People?
Now Playing: 70 Works, 8 Locations, 2 Insanely Ambitious Curators
by Jen Graves
Why You Still Can’t See the 20-Foot-Long Mural from the OK Hotel Bar After 14 Years
by Sarra Scherb
Books
Seattle Writer Doug Nufer's
Lifeline Rule
Is a Dazzling, Disorienting Experiment
by Sarah Galvin
Food & Drink
Service Charge for What?
As Restaurant Owners Consider Replacing Tips with Service Charges, the Rules Regulating Them Are Confusing and the City Is Ill-Equipped to Enforce Them
by Angela Garbes
Features
The Time I Had a Sexting Three-Way Thanks to My Friend Who Was Holding My Phone as I Drove
by Rich Smith
Why Does Becoming a Mom Mean Potentially Losing Your Job?
Washington State's Failure to Mandate Paid Parental Leave Hurts Gender Equity, Parents, and Kids
by Melody Datz Hansen
News
Seattle Protests Are Drawing World Attention to the Climate Movement
The City's Iconic Kayaktivism and Blockade Actions May Only Be the Beginning
by Sydney Brownstone
Last Days
Last Days: The Week in Review
Speeding Locomotives, Self-Possessed Newscasters, and Seattle Rises Up Against Shell Oil
by David Schmader
I Love Television
I Love TV
Thank Dave
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Comic
by Caleb Walsh