Jibz Cameron Becomes Dynasty Handbag
The clearest way to explain Dynasty Handbag’s act might be to quote the artist herself. “I am not a wretched performance artist, or merely a comedian, or the ghastly clown, or simply an actor,” Jibz Cameron writes in her new memoir, Hell in a Handbag. “I perform as this alter ego. I do songs sorta and stand-up…
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Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, May 11–May 17
MONDAY 5/11 Ann Wilson: In My Voice (MUSIC) Last year, when I interviewed Heart for our November issue, I asked Ann Wilson what it was like revisiting old footage for the then-forthcoming documentary In My Voice. “Very surreal!” she said. “Recently … I was looking at some slides from my teenage years. It’s so wonderful to…
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A DJ Isn’t a Mirror
Even though I’ve heard his voice on the air since I was a child, KEXP DJ Kevin Cole has done almost too good a job at championing artists and public radio, because I knew nothing about his own legacy before watching his documentary. RADIOHEART: The Drive & Times of Kevin Cole takes you on his…
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Slog AM: Trump Heads to China This Week, Shaky Ceasefire in Iran, Let’s Go Washington Wants to Repeal the Millionaire’s Tax
New Seattle Teacher’s Union President Under Investigation: Ibijoke Idowu, the special education teacher at Beacon Hill’s Rising Star Elementary leading the race to become the next president of the Seattle Education Association, was placed on paid leave in December 2025 after the parents of an autistic, partially verbal third grader with a speech delay accused…
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Love Notes, Letters, and Trolls: May 2-May 8
This week, The Stranger’s comment section was all about one thing: the Laurelhurst Community Council’s agreement with Seattle Children’s Hospital to limit how many helicopters can land on the hospital’s roof, carrying sick and injured children. We heard from everyone: protestors, medical professionals, parents, and residents of Laurelhurst who were also pissed about this arrangement.…
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This Is Not Inevitable
Valerie Veatch’s work will make you feel all kinds of things: dismayed, icky, but also empowered with the knowledge that we are not, in fact, actually doomed to a future of AI overlords. Across her career, the Seattle-born filmmaker has made numerous documentaries about the impact of technology on our personal and collective lives. Me…
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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: May 8–10, 2026
We’ve got the ingredients to a wonderful weekend, with cheap and easy things to do from Linda From Work, Dining Dead, Understater to West Seattle Community Garage Sale Day to a World Migratory Bird Day Celebration to Tilth Alliance’s May Edible Plant Sale. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week. LIVE…
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The Best Pizza, Pork, and Lumpia Spots
I can’t be the only person with a family member who is a liability with customer service—be it checking in to a hotel or sending a dish back at a restaurant. For me, that person happens to be my beloved mom. My Filipino mother Shellani is a self-described picky lady: choosy about what she wears…
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Laurelhurst Community Council Will Support Ending Policy that Reduces Helicopter Landings at Seattle Children’s Hospital
For more than 30 years, Seattle Children’s Hospital has abided by a voluntary agreement with the Laurelhurst Community Council (LCC) and the city to restrict which medevac helicopter flights carrying sick children can land directly at the hospital to the most serious cases. A Reddit post last week brought this long-standing agreement to the public’s…
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Slog AM: Your Bad Dad Can’t Leave the Country, We Can Finally Send Handguns in the Mail, and Are World Cup Fans Ghosting Seattle?
Roadwork Nightmare Weekend: Roadwork will be paused during the FIFA World Cup, so crews must kick it into high gear this weekend. Closures will typically start late Friday night and extend until early Monday morning. The impacted roads are: Save the Trains: Sound Transit is in a $38 million hole and is trying to scrap…
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More Balloon Bullshit
[Editor’s Note: This letter was submitted shortly after the I, Anonymous letter from a mom who was mad that someone stole all her balloons… related? You decide!] I was having a bad day, so I decided to take a quick stroll through the park, and what do I find? Someone had apparently had a party or picnic and decided to decorate…
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Ticket Alert: Kacey Musgraves, Foster The People, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week
Wake up babe, a new batch of tickets just dropped. Country queen Kacey Musgraves heads to Seattle from the Middle of Nowhere this October. Indie pop band Foster The People brings their Good Mourning Sunshine Tour and opener Goth Babe to WaMu Theater in September. Plus, prolific singer-songwriter and musician LP celebrates their fourth album…
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