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Arts & Culture
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Our Women’s Soccer History Didn’t Start with the Reign
Forty Years Ago, the First-Ever US Women’s Soccer Team Sprang out of Seattle
Grace Madigan
Millions of grocery-store pumpkin pies are sold every year—are any worth buying? A Stranger investigation.
Are We Watching the Death of Centrism in American Politics?
I, Anonymous
Pickle Dick
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Savage Love
Three Options
I Saw U
I Saw U: On Your Laptop in the Theater, Riding the Psychadelic Salamander Scrambler, and Dancing in the Fred Meyer Parking Lot
Dear Hendrix
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Introducing: The Stranger's November Issue
Stranger Staff
November 2025
Our Women’s Soccer History Didn’t Start with the Reign
The Beat Goes On
Love Is a Public Force
Polling Shows Seattleites Actually Like Seattle
What is Stranger Polling, Anyway?
Good Things Take Time
Mythic Currents
Trisha Ready Wastes No Words
Mayor-elect Wilson Joins Starbucks Workers at Strike Rally
Forty Stores Nationwide on Strike Over Unfair Labor Practices
Micah Yip
There Was Nothing Unusual About Seattle’s Election, or the ResultsÂ
This Is a Message for Mayor Bruce Harrell and SPOG President Mike Solan
Nathalie Graham
SLOG AM
Today
9:02 AM
Arts
Today
11:00 AM
It Took Me Two Years to Ditch My Awful Couch, and for What?
Food & Drink
Today
10:53 AM
The Virginia Inn Has New Owners—the Stolen Historic Sign Is Back Up, Too
November 2025
Today
10:17 AM
15 Gifts You Can Make, Buy Locally, or Find in a Drawer, So You Don’t Have to Give Money to Billionaires This Holiday Season
Savage Love
Today
9:10 AM
Savage Love: Feasible Doesn’t Mean Frictionless
Slog AM
Today
9:02 AM
Slog AM: Bear Gulch Fire Contained, UN Approves US Plan for Gaza, Most Detainees in Chicago ICE Blitz Had no Criminal Record
Sports
Yesterday
3:25 PM
Forty Years Ago, the First-Ever US Women’s Soccer Team Sprang out of Seattle
Stranger Suggests
Yesterday
2:50 PM
Stranger Suggests: Selfie Paradise, Taiyaki Stuffed With Tater Tots, and a Soft-Spoken Troubadour's Homecoming Show
Slog AM
Yesterday
9:55 AM
Slog AM: All Seattle Elections Have Been Called, Trump Flip-Flops on Epstein, and the Pentagon Is Pulling Feds Out of Chicago and Portland
I Saw U
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.
Books
Thu
4:15 PM
Trisha Ready Wastes No Words
Her Debut Novel,
Nobuko
, Strings 108 Vignettes Into a Narrative Philosophy
Matt Briggs
Music
Nov 12
3:25 PM
The Beat Goes On
Heart’s Ann and Nancy Wilson Reflect on Five Decades of Enduring Magic
Audrey Vann
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
I, Anonymous
Nov 12
12:00 PM
Pickle Dick
Anonymous
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
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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
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We’ve Got a Dead Heat in the County Executive Race
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Micah Yip
Music
Nov 12
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
News
Thu
3:44 PM
Seattle Starbucks Workers on the Picket Kick Off Nationwide Strike
Starbucks Says It’s Having a “Great Day”
Micah Yip
Music
Nov 7
11:21 AM
New Music You Shouldn't Miss
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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
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Eva Walker
Film/TV
Nov 1
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Bugonia
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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
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Charles Mudede
News
Thu
3:00 PM
Harrell Concedes the Mayor’s Race, and Wilson Takes Her Victory Lap
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Hannah Murphy Winter
Arts
Thu
3:00 PM
Mythic Currents
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Amanda Manitach
Food & Drink
Nov 12
4:00 AM
November Things to Do: Food
The Best Food & Drink Events Happening This Month
Julianne Bell
News
Nov 13
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Starbucks Union Announces Nationwide Strike
Pickets Start in University District, Queen Anne This Morning
Micah Yip
General Election 2025
Nov 12
4:29 PM
Katie Wilson Is Seattle’s Next Mayor
Don’t Fuck It Up
Stranger Election Control Board
Theater
Nov 12
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
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Marcus Harrison Green
&
Hannah Murphy Winter