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Adam Willems
Adam Willems is a Seattle-based reporter covering queer stuff, sports, and books for
The Stranger
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Recent Articles
Going Up in Smoke
Our People
Brings 2020's BLM Energy Back to the Opera House
Adam Willems
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?
Adam Willems
Look Her in the Eyes
A New Exhibit at the Frye Explores Surveillance and Dispossession in the Asylee Experience
Adam Willems
Art and Performance Fall 2024
Sep 26
9:30 AM
Writing the Ship
How Nonfiction for No Reason Is Helping Seattle’s Literary Scene Stay Afloat
Adam Willems
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
Adam Willems
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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
Adam Willems
Summer Issue 2024
Jul 16
4:00 AM
Your Local Baseball Besties
Why You Should Give a Shit About the Mariners This Summer
Adam Willems
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
Adam Willems
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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
Adam Willems
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
Adam Willems
Art and Performance Spring 2024
Apr 11
12:45 PM
Queen of Our World
When Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe Writes, the Revolution’s Coming
Adam Willems
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Stranger Suggests
Apr 10
1:40 PM
Stranger Suggests: Eliza McLamb, Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe, Pizza Week, Tina Fey & Amy Poehler: Restless Leg Tour,
DREAM TEMPLE (for Octavia)
One Really Great Thing to Do Every Day of the Week
Adam Willems
,
Audrey Vann
,
Lindsay Costello
&
Megan Seling
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
Adam Willems
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
Adam Willems
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
Adam Willems
Stranger Suggests
Nov 1
12:35 PM
Stranger Suggests: Freakout Festival, Queens of the Cosmos, Short Run Comix & Arts Fest,
Macbeth: A Rock Musical
, and VOTE!!!!
One Really Great Thing to Do Every Day of the Week
Adam Willems
,
Audrey Vann
,
Charles Mudede
&
Lindsay Costello
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
Adam Willems
Sports
Oct 2
12:32 PM
Bring Back the Bullpen Boat!
And Other Moves the Mariners Should Make in the Offseason
Adam Willems
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