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Seattle Copes with Dolly Parton’s Death

The city consoles itself with DVDs and vinyl.

by Julianne Bell

Ticket Alert: Ms. Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean, Jessie Reyez, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

Plus, Emerald City Comic Con and More Event Updates for August 27

I, Anonymous

A Response to Bike Trail Fail

Astrology

Free Will Astrology

For the Week of August 27

EverOut

Where to Eat By the Water in Seattle

Bayside Bites, Riverfront Restaurants, and More

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Pop Loser

Pop Loser: RIP ZZ Top Drummer Frank Beard, Sub Pop Expands Retail Empire, a Troubling Exposé of Ex-Maktub Frontman Reggie Watts

Savage Love

Flagging Indicator

Suggests

Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, August 24–August 30

I Saw U

I Saw U: Picking Up Trash on University Way, Dropping Your Earbud Outside of Poquitos, and Washing Windows at Capitol Hill Block Party

Touch the Art

Art on a Farm, Lovers in the Streets, and We Really Think You Should Have $10,000!

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What Happens When We Go?

Welcome to The Stranger’s August Issue

by Hannah Murphy Winter

August 2026 Issue

Mildred’s Death Day

Fare Share

Exposure Therapy

Columbia Funeral Home Greeted Visitors With the Dead for More Than a Century

Things to Do in August: Literature

Things to Do in August: Film

Things to Do in August: Visual Art

Things to Do in August: Music

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson Signs Order on Traffic Safety

But Not Before Rob and Bob on the Council Give Her a Political Headache

by Guy Oron

US Supreme Court Sides with Trump Administration in Attack on Mail-In Voting

Nothing Has Changed for Washington State Elections, Attorney General Says

by Nathalie Graham

News

Slog AM: Teachers Authorize Strike, Infinity Mirrors Artist Dies at 97, Number of Dead and Missing Rises in Nepal Floods

August 27, 2026 9:45 amAugust 27, 2026 10:00 am

Arts

The Stranger’s Noise Complaint: Black Ends

August 21, 2026 12:25 pmAugust 21, 2026 12:31 pm

Things to Do

The Stranger’s Calendar

EverOut

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Aug 21–23, 2026

August 21, 2026 11:42 amAugust 21, 2026 11:42 am

Music

The Stranger’s Exhaustively Comprehensive Bursting-at-the Seams Guide to Bumbershoot 2026!

August 20, 2026 4:16 pmAugust 20, 2026 4:24 pm

Bumbershoot

Every Band Playing Bumbershoot: Saturday

August 20, 2026 4:03 pmAugust 20, 2026 4:04 pm

Bumbershoot

Every Band Playing Bumbershoot: Sunday

August 20, 2026 4:01 pmAugust 24, 2026 10:39 am

Arts

Every Arts District at Bumbershoot 2026

August 20, 2026 3:59 pmAugust 20, 2026 4:04 pm

Music

Who Said It?

August 20, 2026 3:58 pmAugust 20, 2026 7:17 pm

EverOut

Ticket Alert: Jonas Brothers, Brett Goldstein, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

August 20, 2026 1:03 pmAugust 20, 2026 1:03 pm

Free Will Astrology

August 20, 2026 9:00 am

Slog AM

Slog AM: Dolly Parton Died, Tim Curry Died, I’m Too Sad to Do the Real News

by Megan Seling August 26, 2026 9:34 amAugust 26, 2026 9:34 am

News

Slog AM: Feds Undermine Washington Unemployment Protections Ahead of Possible Big Strikes, a Congressional Candidate Honors His Nazi Grandfather, and the US Removes Syria from the Terror List After Putting Al-Qaeda in Charge

by Hunter Pauli August 25, 2026 9:30 amAugust 25, 2026 9:33 am

Slog AM

Slog AM: ICE Agents in Washington Arrested the Wrong Man, Iran’s Rial Plummets in Value, and Can the Improved Route 8 Survive Monday’s Commute?

by Vivian McCall August 24, 2026 9:30 am

News

Slog AM: High-T Navy May Name Aircraft Carrier After Noted Coward, Wildfires Cost Washington $207 Million in Two Months, and After Husband Dies in Alaska, Mexican Widow Not Allowed into US

by Vivian McCall August 21, 2026 9:22 amAugust 21, 2026 9:24 am

News

Slog AM: Mayor Wilson Recall Gets Court Date, Trump Threatens Economic Sanctions Again, and Seattle Christian Metal Band Sues Netflix

by Megan Seling August 20, 2026 9:32 amAugust 20, 2026 9:35 am

I, Anonymous

Bike Trail Flail

Readers’ Rants and Confessions

by Anonymous August 19, 2026 3:00 pm

News

Hunger Strike Over Poor Food Quality at NWDC Concludes

More than 140 Immigrants Participated, Winning Concessions From ICE and GEO Group

by Guy Oron August 19, 2026 12:20 pmAugust 19, 2026 12:20 pm

Pop Loser

Pop Loser: Courtney Love Update, New Shabazz Palaces Single, and Three Blood Brothers Return as Evil Island

All the Music News and Events for Your Week

by Dave Segal August 19, 2026 11:00 amAugust 19, 2026 6:05 pm

Slog AM

Slog AM: Trump Declares Oman and Iran’s Strait of Hormuz is Ours, Mariners Humiliated Before Tens of Thousands, Washington Judge Rules Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness Now Apply to Data Center Power Lines

by Charles Mudede and Vivian McCall August 19, 2026 9:30 amAugust 19, 2026 12:39 pm

Death

Mildred’s Death Day

And Three More Stories About Dying, Loss, and Grief

by Evanne Hall, Charles Mudede, Amanda Manitach and Emily Nokes August 18, 2026 11:12 amAugust 18, 2026 10:43 pm

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