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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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The New Hometown Heroes
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Adam Willems
Trans Rights Event to Counter Christian Nationalist Rally
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Going Up in Smoke
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News
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1:44 PM
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
Visual Art
Nov 27
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Look Her in the Eyes
A New Exhibit at the Frye Explores Surveillance and Dispossession in the Asylee Experience
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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
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Opera
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Inhumane Clown Posse
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Books
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Summer Issue 2024
Jul 16
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Opera
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Fandom of the Opera
See Drag Queen Anita Spritzer Perform in One of Seattle’s Gayest Non-Gay Institutions Thursday
Adam Willems
Queer Issue 2024
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Rising Costs, and Fewer Beginner-Friendly Venues, Are Sanitizing Seattle’s Drag Scene
Adam Willems
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Books
May 3
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Tony Sparks's New Book
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Adam Willems
Art and Performance Spring 2024
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Queen of Our World
When Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe Writes, the Revolution’s Coming
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Stranger Suggests
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One Really Great Thing to Do Every Day of the Week
Adam Willems
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Audrey Vann
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Lindsay Costello
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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
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
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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
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