For 12 effing years, The Stranger‘s annual Valentine’s Bash has provided Seattleites with a one-of-a-kind bullshit-holiday catharsis, as audience members present host Dan Savage with tokens of failed relationships along with the stories behind them—after which the tokens are destroyed onstage before your very eyes. Previous years have seen sledgehammered mix tapes, blowtorched engagement rings, massa-cred jade plants, and imaginatively befouled love letters. You’ll scream, cry, drink, and laugh your ass off. (Neumos, 925 E Pike St, thestranger.com/thebash. 8 pm, $6 adv/$8 DOS, 21+.)
David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest... More by David Schmader
How come a married guy is hosting a thing for singles?
Can you go one single day without a promo for Dan Savage and his superior lifestyle? It’s getting old.
Damn, Dan. I never heard about this before and I’ve been reading The Stranger for 10 years. Sounds effing awesome. Good thing I live in Southern California…..
@2
Yeh, going on lame daytime talk shows & touring colleges to talk to the kiddies about sex is far superior than anything the rest of us might be up to. Puh-lease.
Maybe Dan & you buy into this bullshit, but the rest of us know better. They’re just promoting the dude since he’s high profile & that brings more bucks in.
@2 & 4, It’s soooo offensive you just had to stick around? Guess that tells us all about your sorry lives!