The Stranger

Western Bridge Melts into the Air:

Bill and Ruth True just closed their temple to melancholy, meditative fantasy. Why? And what will they do next?

Party Photos from the Showbox!:

Kermit! Big Bird! Sequins! And More!

WE WON!!!:

Obama Wins Second Term—Plus Gay Marriage Is Legalized in Multiple States, Pot Is Legalized in Washington State, and More

A Big Night for Gay Marriage—and for Equality:

Good News from Maryland, Maine, and Washington State

Time to Get Real, Jay Inslee:

You’re Going to Be the Governor, It Seems, so Here’s What We Need You to Do

The Biggest Winners and Losers:

Who Really Kicked Ass and Who Really Got Their Ass Kicked

HOLY POT-SMOKIN’ SHIT!:

Washington State Just Legalized Marijuana

All The Other Shit:

Ballot Measures, State Races, and There’s a New Sheriff in Town

Morrissey and Me:

Four Stranger Writers Hold Forth on the Pope of Mope

Languor and Clangor:

Kid Smpl and Black Hat Embody Seattle's Electronic-Music Extremes

Up & Coming:

Lose your rainbow merkin every night this week!

What's Crappening?:

News, Reviews, and Björk

Sound Check:

El Ten Eleven: What Two Humans Can Do with Loops

My Philosophy:

Wiz Khalifa, Katalyst Kickoff Part, J Battle, Oddisee

Never Heard of 'Em: Massive Attack

The Homosexual Agenda:

Big Trouble at Q

Underage:

Chastity Belt, Dude York, So Pitted, Andrew Jackson Jihad

Data Breaker:

Kid Koala's 12-Bit Blues, Eric Duncan at Trouble, Mount Kimbie

Poster of the Week:

Poster by Jonathan Horn

Political Animals:

Spielberg's Lincoln Is a Pulse-Pounding Thrill Ride for Policy Wonks

A Late Quartet: The Inherent Messiness of Life, Set to Music

The House I Live In: Also Known as The Wire: The Documentary

Art House:

Enter the Wonderful Void of Two Young and Insatiable Czech Women

Smashed: From Fun Drunk to Scary Drunk

This Time, It's Personal:

Skyfall Is a Beautiful Movie About a Deadly, Unhinged Caveman

Free Will Astrology:

For the Week of Nov 7

Last Days:

The Week in Review

I Love TV:

The joyous reunion of the Firefly cast! Also, peeing in a cup.

Drunk of the Week:

"Vote Romney!"

I, Anonymous:

Everyone Loves Big Butts

Fiction:

Farewell Party

New Column!:

Something for Everyone!

Savage Love:

This Is Your Advice Columnist On Drugs

Worn Out:

Fringe and Syringes: EMP's Worn to Be Wild

Western Bridge Melts into the Air:

Bill and Ruth True just closed their temple to melancholy, meditative fantasy. Why? And what will they do next?

A Mall of Art:

The Great New Art Fair with the Bad Name

Something Borrowed, Something Blue:

Shotgun Wedding, Tara Atkinson, and What You Can Do with a Copy Machine

Welcome to Paradise:

Twenty Young Novelists Document Brazil's Rise

Queen of the Desert, Queen of the Dust Bunnies:

Antony and Cleopatra and The Glass Menagerie

Southern Surprises:

The Wandering Goose Brings North Carolinian Delicacies to Capitol Hill

Happiest Hour:

Borsalino's Pizza & Pasta

Chow Bio:

Beer Exorcism at Ballard Station Public House