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🗳️ General Election 2025 🗳️
News
Arts & Culture
There Was Nothing Unusual About Seattle’s Election, or the ResultsÂ
This Is a Message for Mayor Bruce Harrell and SPOG President Mike Solan
Harrell Concedes the Mayor’s Race, and Wilson Takes Her Victory Lap
Bruce Harrell Says “One Seattle” One Last Time
Pie, Pie, My Darling
Millions of grocery-store pumpkin pies are sold every year—are any worth buying? A
Stranger
investigation.
Megan Seling
&
The Stranger’s Pumpkin Pie Control Board
Are We Watching the Death of Centrism in American Politics?
Filmmaker and All Fours Author Miranda July Discusses Weight Lifting, Intimacy, and Her Dream Journal
Dear Hendrix
Dear Hendrix: Don’t Go to Bourbon Street Strip Clubs on a Monday Night
Stranger Suggests
Stranger Suggests: A Bloody Theatrical Performance, an Art Show That Oozes Chimeric Chemistry, and Singer-Songwriters Who’ll Rip Your Heart Out
I, Anonymous
I Saw U: On Your Laptop in the Theater, Riding the Psychadelic Salamander Scrambler, and Dancing in the Fred Meyer Parking Lot
Asian Verified
Three Delicious Asian Spots You’re Sleeping OnÂ
Play Date
Dodging Ducks on Lake Union
More Columns
More Columns
Savage Love
I Saw U
Inbox Jukebox
Introducing: The Stranger's November Issue
Stranger Staff
November 2025
The Beat Goes On
Love Is a Public Force
Polling Shows Seattleites Actually Like Seattle
What is Stranger Polling, Anyway?
Good Things Take Time
Shadow Work
Body Language
Mythic Currents
Trisha Ready Wastes No Words
Train Dreams
Go on When I Close My Eyes
Director Clint Bentley's ode to a small, quiet life in the Pacific Northwest is also one of the year’s most plainly beautiful films.
Dom Sinacola
Polling Shows Seattleites Actually Like Seattle
Well, well, well, not such a shithole, is it?
Nathalie Graham
&
Vivian McCall
SLOG AM
Fri
9:45 AM
I, Anonymous
Fri
5:00 PM
I Saw U: On Your Laptop in the Theater, Riding the Psychadelic Salamander Scrambler, and Dancing in the Fred Meyer Parking Lot
News
Fri
3:20 PM
Mayor-elect Wilson Joins Starbucks Workers at Strike Rally
News
Fri
1:10 PM
There Was Nothing Unusual About Seattle’s Election, or the Results
Food & Drink
Fri
12:22 PM
Millions of grocery-store pumpkin pies are sold every year—are any worth buying? A Stranger investigation.
EverOut
Fri
10:00 AM
The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Nov 14–16, 2025
Slog AM
Fri
9:45 AM
Slog AM: Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson Not Buying Starbucks Coffee, We Really Don't Need the Release of the Epstein Files, Trump Plans a 'US Economy Is Just Too Great' Tour
Books
Thu
4:15 PM
Trisha Ready's Debut Novel, Nobuko, Strings 108 Vignettes Into a Narrative Philosophy
News
Thu
3:44 PM
Seattle Starbucks Workers on the Picket Kick Off Nationwide Strike
News
Thu
3:00 PM
Harrell Concedes the Mayor’s Race, and Wilson Takes Her Victory Lap
Arts
Thu
3:00 PM
Priscilla Dobler Dzul’s Cosmology Flows From Cenote to Sound
EverOut
Thu
1:41 PM
Ticket Alert: J.I.D, Train, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week
News
Thu
12:08 PM
Are We Watching the Death of Centrism in American Politics?
Food & Drink
Wed
4:00 AM
November Things to Do: Food
The Best Food & Drink Events Happening This Month
Julianne Bell
Theater
Wed
4:00 AM
November Things to Do: PerformanceÂ
The Best Theater, Dance, and Comedy Events Happening This Month
Julianne Bell
,
Nathalie Graham
&
Audrey Vann
News
Oct 27
3:47 PM
How a KUOW Story Became a Weapon in the Mayoral RaceÂ
His Recent Attacks on Wilson Are Sexist and Classist. They’re Also Factually Wrong, Her Family Says.
Marcus Harrison Green
&
Hannah Murphy Winter
News
Oct 24
3:01 PM
Remember Mpox? Cases Are Up in King County
September Saw the Highest Number of Mpox Cases Since 2022
Micah Yip
Stranger Polling
Oct 23
3:10 PM
The Polling Is In: Seattle Wants to Elect Progressives This Fall
In a new Stranger/DHM Poll, progressive challengers are coming out on top across the board. But in the mayoral race, it’s all about voter turnout.
Hannah Murphy Winter
Music
Oct 31
1:46 PM
Goodbye to Madame Lou’s and Here-After
The two downstairs venues at the Croc will have their final shows in December, but the Crocodile and The Crocodile Hotel will stay open.
Julianne Bell
Visual Art
Wed
4:00 AM
November Things to Do: Visual ArtÂ
The Best Art Shows and Events Happening This Month
Amanda Manitach
&
Audrey Vann
News
Oct 30
5:21 PM
We’ve Got a Dead Heat in the County Executive Race
It's a Showdown Between Zahilay and Balducci
Micah Yip
Music
Wed
4:00 AM
November Things to Do: Music
The Best Concerts and Dance Nights Happening This Month
Julianne Bell
,
Nathalie Graham
,
Todd Hamm
,
Vivian McCall
,
Dave Segal
,
Audrey Vann
&
Hannah Murphy Winter
I, Anonymous
Oct 30
10:30 AM
Petty Poet
Anonymous
Guest Rant
Nov 3
4:15 PM
Guest Rant: The Stranger Got It Wrong About Sarah Clark
We Do Let People Disagree With Us, Actually
Lisa Rivera
Music
Nov 7
11:21 AM
New Music You Shouldn't Miss
Sven Wunder's Hip-Hop-Friendly Orchestrations and Packaging's Gleaming Krautrock Chug
Dave Segal
News
Oct 31
11:22 AM
Harrell Announces Emergency Funding for Food Banks
The Additional $8 Million Will Help Keep Food Access Programs Stocked When SNAP Benefits Stop Coming In
Nathalie Graham
&
Hannah Murphy Winter
News
Nov 3
3:30 PM
You Need to Vote
Seriously, Seattle and King County Ballot Returns are WEAK
Nathalie Graham
Dear Hendrix
Oct 31
3:36 PM
Dear Hendrix: Don’t Go to Bourbon Street Strip Clubs on a Monday Night
(Or: The Story of Your Parents’ Engagement)
Eva Walker
Film/TV
Nov 1
11:55 AM
Bugonia
Is a Good Time Yorgos Lanthimos Film
The famous Greek director of strange and unsettling movies has made another strange and unsettling movie.
Dom Sinacola
Arts
Nov 4
8:50 AM
WTO/99 Is a Documentary We Need To See Right AwayÂ
Watch the Birth of Seattle at Northwest Film Forum or Bainbridge Film Festival
Charles Mudede
Transportation
Nov 3
9:59 AM
Do You Believe in
Life After Cars
?
The authors of this new book—and hosts of
The Wars on Cars
podcast—have hope.
Taylor Griggs
Film/TV
Wed
4:00 AM
November Things to Do: Film
The Best Film Events and Screenings Happening This Month
Audrey Vann
&
Hannah Murphy Winter
News
Oct 30
8:00 AM
Mayor Harrell’s Rushed Grocery Law Comes with Little BiteÂ
His Ban on Non-Competes Comes Days Before the Election
Micah Yip
Food & Drink
Oct 29
10:00 AM
“Are You Going to Eat That Pickle on Your Plate?”
Imagine a Restaurant that Allows Other Diners to Eat Your Leftovers
Charles Mudede
Music
Oct 28
3:35 PM
Encore, Encore
Re-Animated Music Aims to Be the Spiritual Successor to Seattle’s Most Beloved Instrument Shop
Rob Moura
Guest Rant
Oct 28
2:30 PM
Guest Rant: Seattle Has Paid the Price of Bruce Harrell’s “Experience”
We Can’t Afford It Any More
Ryan Driscoll
,
George Moffitt
&
Brian Taubeneck