Adam Willems

Adam Willems is a Seattle-based reporter covering queer stuff, sports, and books for The Stranger.

Recent Articles

Going Up in Smoke

Our People Brings 2020's BLM Energy Back to the Opera House

A Future for the El Rey and the Fight to Keep Seattle Livable

Can an Arts Collective Save a Building and a Bit of Belltown’s Soul?

Look Her in the Eyes

A New Exhibit at the Frye Explores Surveillance and Dispossession in the Asylee Experience

Writing the Ship

How Nonfiction for No Reason Is Helping Seattle’s Literary Scene Stay Afloat

Opera Aug 2 11:55 AM

Inhumane Clown Posse

Seattle Opera’s Pagliacci Is Still Full of Sad Singing Clowns, but This Time They’re a Little More Feminist

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Books Jul 16 4:47 PM

Into the Soil

How Author Noé Álvarez Uses Music and Memoir to Confront Death in His New Book Accordion Eulogies

Summer Issue 2024 Jul 16 4:00 AM

Your Local Baseball Besties

Why You Should Give a Shit About the Mariners This Summer

Opera Jun 27 12:05 PM

Fandom of the Opera

See Drag Queen Anita Spritzer Perform in One of Seattle’s Gayest Non-Gay Institutions Thursday

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Queer Issue 2024 Jun 6 1:05 PM

Can Seattle Drag Afford to Stay Weird?

Rising Costs, and Fewer Beginner-Friendly Venues, Are Sanitizing Seattle’s Drag Scene

Books May 3 11:49 AM

Time in Tent City

Tony Sparks's New Book Tent City, Seattle Offers Valuable Participatory Research of Life in a Sanctioned Homeless Encampment

Queen of Our World

When Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe Writes, the Revolution’s Coming

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Sports Mar 28 11:00 AM

Icing Out Pride

As the NHL Caves to Homophobia, the Seattle Kraken Steps Up to Support the LGBTQ+ Community

Books Nov 28 2:32 PM

Losing Record

Shaun Scott's New Book Uncovers the Forgotten Wins, Losses, and Stories of Resiliency in Seattle's Sports History

Drag Nov 7 4:33 PM

To the Moon

Some of Seattle’s Best Drag Queens Danced Among the Stars for the Space Needle’s First—and Probably Not Last!—Drag Show

Books Oct 12 10:17 AM

Gears of War

Tom Fucoloro's New Book Explores the Good, the Bad, and the Sometimes Shocking History of Seattle's Bike Culture

Sports Oct 2 12:32 PM

Bring Back the Bullpen Boat!

And Other Moves the Mariners Should Make in the Offseason