Rachel Aflleje Is an Undisputable Champion of Comedy
Our series of interviews with this year’s Undisputed Champions of Comedy continues! Today’s comic is Rachel Aflleje, who was born and raised in Tacoma. While Aflleje doesn’t rely on life in the Pacific Northwest quite as much as Scott Losse does for her material, it’s still very Washington-coded. She has jokes that involve Enumclaw’s reputation…
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Ticket Alert: Weezer, Muse, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week
These newly announced shows are coming for your paycheck. Alt rockers Weezer welcome fans to The Gathering, featuring special guests the Shins and Silversun Pickups, this fall. English rock trio Muse sends out the Wow! Signal on their latest tour, which will have support from Portugal. The Man and the Temper Trap. Plus, Irish singer-songwriter…
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Portland and Seattle Magazines Bought up by Michigan Media Company
City magazines Seattle Met and Portland Monthly have been sold off by their parent company, SagaCity, in a receivership deal to pay off the company’s debts. In addition to the Seattle and Portland magazines, the agreement includes Houstonia in Texas, Park City Magazine in Utah, and Aspen Sojourner and Vail Beaver Creek Magazine in Colorado.…
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Guest Rant: Washington Farmworkers Want Union Rights
There is no question about the essential role that agriculture plays in our state. Governor Bob Ferguson proclaimed March “Washington Agriculture Month,” recognizing the farmworkers who help feed our communities and power our economy. Recognition matters, but not enough. We need action and legislative movement in order to ensure farmworkers are fairly compensated for their…
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Welcome to The Stranger’s April Issue
You may have noticed that this issue doesn’t have a theme. It’s not the Spring Arts Issue or the Transit Issue or our issue cataloging every complaint we have about our city. But sometimes an issue makes its own theme. And this time, when we stepped back and looked at the ideas that we explored,…
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Slog AM: Four Astronauts Head to the Moon, Trump Doesn’t Know How He’ll End the War, and Rick Steves Keeps Being a Good Rich Dude
Good morning! You got through April Fools’ Day, hopefully without buying into anything too embarrassing. Let’s start with the good news. For All Mankind: Four NASA astronauts headed to the moon yesterday. Artemis II is the first crewed lunar flyby mission in 50 years. The launch went without a hitch yesterday, and right now, the…
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Danielle Radford Is an Undisputable Champion of Comedy
Not to play favorites, but of all the comedians performing at this year’s Undisputable Champions of Comedy show, the name I was most excited to see on the list was Danielle Radford’s. I’ve followed her career for more than a decade, before she moved to Los Angeles and performed around town at venues like the…
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The Best Things To Do in Seattle This Month: April 2026
The first full month of spring brings a bouquet of entertainment options across genres to our fair Emerald City. Below, we’ve compiled the biggest concerts, food events, theater shows, author talks, and other great things to do, from Mae Martin: The Possum to PinkPantheress and from the U.S. Women’s National Team vs Japan soccer match to the spring edition of Seattle Restaurant…
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Toilet Tantrum
To the smooth-brained bitches who thought it was so fucking funny to flush their tampon waste down the toilet of a decades-old, cash-only bar: Do you not have object permanence?? Do you really need a nasty, crumpled-up, germ-coated sign reading “Please do not flush anything other than toilet paper down these old-ass pipes” to tell…
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You’re Invited: The Stranger’s Open House at Capitol Hill Art Walk
On Thursday, April 9, come on down to The Stranger’s office for our very first Capitol Hill Art Walk event. Climb up to the third floor to see the best original photography that appeared in The Stranger last year. Plus, video installations from our two most recent issues, and you’ll have a chance to see…
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UW Librarians and University Press Staff Walk Out
On the first day of spring quarter at the University of Washington (UW) Seattle campus on Monday, librarians and press staff walked out to demand a fair contract. The workers, represented by SEIU 925, are employees of UW Libraries, UW Press, and the Gallagher Law Library. The proposals exchanged between the two sides reveal a…
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April Things to Do: Performance
Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. The Best Damn Thing Through Apr 18 My introduction to Avril Lavigne was when my friend received a CD copy of Avril’s seminal 2002 album Let Go at her 12th birthday party. It was the turning…
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