Welcome to the 2025 SIFF Issue!

Our May Issue Marks the Return of The Stranger's Exhaustive SIFF Notes

EverOut

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: May 9–11, 2025

Seattle Art Book Fair, Pierogi Fest, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15

More From EverOut

Savage Love

Quickies

The Last Word

The Women’s Work at Drumlin

Play Date

Did You Get Your Invitation to the Jellicle Ball?

Real Piece of Work

Are We Finally Ready for Andrea Dworkin?

Inbox Jukebox

New Music You Shouldn't Miss

News May 2 1:50 PM

Seattle Showed up for May Day

Let’s Do It Again. And Again. 

Arts Mar 11 11:16 AM

Our Favorite Cosplay From Emerald City Comic Con 2025

From Luigi to Wolverine to Those Muppets That Go "Yip Yip Yip Yip Yip"

Race Mar 11 2:47 PM

When Will Seattle Reckon with Its Own Racism? 

Resisting Trump Does Not absolve Us of the Racism Embedded in our Policing, Housing, and Institutions

Comedy Apr 1 12:45 PM

Ricci Armani Is an Undisputable Champion of Comedy

See All the Hilarious Champs This Saturday at Washington Hall

Guest Rant Mar 12 5:00 PM

No Cuts, No Furloughs—Tax the Rich!

Workers Must Fight Back Against Trump’s Attacks and Democratic Betrayals

Music Mar 6 11:45 AM

The Rock Lottery Hat Is Never Wrong

The Magic of Community, Music, and Creating Something Out of Nothing

The Last Word Apr 3 2:00 PM

The Women’s Work at Drumlin

This Light ‘n’ Lovely Cocktail Foreshadows the Sunshine

Music Mar 14 11:50 AM

Album Preview Revue

All the Local Releases to Spin This Spring

News Apr 16 5:11 PM

A Decade of Debate Ends in Silence

Hookah lounge regulations tore communities apart in 2015. This week, they passed 6-0 in a nearly empty room

News May 1 10:50 AM

Wisconsin Judge’s Arrest Couldn’t Have Happened in Washington

Every Courthouse Should be Legally Prohibited From Snitching to ICE

News Mar 12 10:25 AM

Katie Wilson Wants to Be Your Mayor

The Long-Time Progressive Organizer Says Harrell Dropped the Ball, and She’s Ready to Pick It Up

Girly Pop Mar 20 5:20 PM

Baby Gloom

Anti-Abortion Policies Are Making People Reexamine Their Plans Around Pregnancy

Comedy Apr 1 3:35 PM

Mary Lou Gamba Is an Undisputable Champion of Comedy

See All the Hilarious Champs This Saturday at Washington Hall 

Music Mar 31 12:22 PM

Desert Power

Saharan Rock Stars Etran de L’Aïr Tap Into the Infinite

Comedy Apr 2 10:22 AM

Emma Schmuckler Is an Undisputable Champion of Comedy

See All the Hilarious Champs This Saturday at Washington Hall  

News Apr 4 1:43 PM

Protect Immigrants, Tax the Rich

We Need to Stop Talking and Start Funding Immigrant Support

News May 2 10:25 AM

What Jamie Tompkins Says Really Happened at SPD

A Demand Letter and Stranger-Obtained Documents Lay Out a Year and a Half of Alleged Stalking, Harassment, and Retaliation Inside Seattle’s Police Department

News May 2 4:25 PM

The Downfall of the Climate Savior Who Never Was

Elon Musk Was Created by the Government He's Trying to Destroy

News May 5 10:48 AM

Seattle Police Trespassed a Trans Woman for Being Naked at a Queer Nude Beach

This Is Part of a Recent Pattern, Beachgoers Say 

Music May 5 11:11 AM

Get Your Back Up Off the Wall 

And Come to This Show About Dance Styles in Hip-Hop

Arts May 6 5:27 PM

Save Our VHS Tapes

Magnetic Tapes Hold Decades of Our History, and They’re Disintegrating

Housekeeping Apr 16 5:00 PM

Nathalie Graham Is BACK, Baby!

We're Thrilled to (Re)introduce Our Newest Staff Writer

Film/TV Mar 12 12:30 PM

A Film About Beating the Shit Out of a Billionaire

Now Is a Good Time to Talk About Swept Away