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The Stranger's Summer Book Bingo Guide
Seattle Public Library’s Reading Challenge is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Tears for Diers: Remembering Seattle’s Voice, and Our Friend, Kevin Diers
(He’d Have Laughed at this Headline)
Food and Drink
These Are Some of the Best Black-Owned Restaurants in Seattle
Lil' Brown Girl, Lil Red Takeout and Catering, and More
This Week in Seattle Food News
Turkish-Inspired Barbecue, Vegetarian Vietnamese Food, and Dungeness Crab Doughnuts
The Don Johnson and the Hot Date at The Oyster Cellar
At the Seafood Bar in the Exchange Building, Bar Manager Parker Knowles’s Cocktail List Runs Hot and Cold
Music
Sonic Guild Announces Class of 2024 Grant Recipients
A New Batch of Musicians Just Got $10,000 Richer
The Seaside Tale of Khruangbin’s 'A La Sala' Tour
The Band Brought One of the Best Set Designs I’ve Seen to WAMU
Bumbershoot 2025 Music Lineup Features Bright Eyes, Janelle Monaé, Car Seat Headrest, and Weezer
Plus: A Cat Circus, Witches, and Pole-Dancing
The Rock Lottery Hat Is Never Wrong
The Magic of Community, Music, and Creating Something Out of Nothing
Best New Music of the Week
Horsegirl and Delta IV: Some Slanted Indie Pop and a Song to Launch You Out of this Hellscape
Shooting Stars
The Stranger’s Intrepid Concert Photographer Picks Her Favorite Performances of the Year
Video Premiere: “Sweetie Pie” by Mikey Moo
Plus: Mikey Moo’s Debut Album, Fresh Idiot, Is Now Available on Vinyl!
Performance
Waking Ballet Up from Its 100-Year Nap
Classical Ballet Is Rooted in Rigid Gender Roles. The Sleeping Beauty Showed a More Expansive Approach Is Possible.
Gender Ordeal Is a Trans Power Trio Comedy Tour
The Gender Reveal podcast tour is a variety show featuring the star power of show-host Tuck Woodstock, cartoonist Mattie Lubchansky, and author Calvin Kasulke.
Ninety Hands on Deck
We went behind the scenes with the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s costume department as they prepare for the biggest production in the company’s history.
Visual Art
Film/TV
The Return of The Stranger’s SIFF Notes
Flamingo Sex! Cannibals! A Woman Turning into a Chair! We Watched More Than 100 SIFF Films to Bring You the Best, Worst, and Weirdest of This Year’s Festival
Sea Slug Is Oozing With the Good Kind of Weird
The Pacific Northwest Has Long Been an Animation Hub, Now It's Getting a New Film Festival of Its Own
20 Years of HUMP!
Dan Savage on the Most Shocking, Exciting, and Delightful Moments of His Annual Amateur Porn Festival
The Women of David Lynch
Lynch Made Visceral, Beautiful Films About Women in Danger—and Kept the Harm Onscreen
What if Luigi Got Away?
A Netflix Show Dreamed up a Luigi Mangione Nearly Two Years Before He Killed the CEO
Books
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Hex Education
Post-Punk Weirdos Casual Hex Hold a Black Mirror to Society with Zig Zag Lady Illusion II
Post-Punk Weirdos Casual Hex Hold a Black Mirror to Society with Zig Zag Lady Illusion II
The Stranger's Summer Book Bingo Guide
Seattle Public Library’s Reading Challenge is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Seattle Public Library’s Reading Challenge is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!
Peep Show
A Queer Eye Spy
A Queer Eye Spy
Stranger Suggests: Two Dozen Burgers, a Swole Person, and an Art Show that Makes You Turn Off Your Phone
One Really Good Thing to Do Every Day of the Week
One Really Good Thing to Do Every Day of the Week
Music & Nightlife
From Punk Shows at Roller Rinks to Trivia Nights Hosted By Jeopardy! Champs
From Punk Shows at Roller Rinks to Trivia Nights Hosted By Jeopardy! Champs
Arts & Culture
Where to Find Pop Surrealism, Experimental Dance, and the Best Popcorn You’ll Ever Eat at a Movie Theater
Where to Find Pop Surrealism, Experimental Dance, and the Best Popcorn You’ll Ever Eat at a Movie Theater
The Screens We’ve Loved and Lost
Remembering the Beloved (and Haunted) Movie Theaters of Seattle’s Past
Remembering the Beloved (and Haunted) Movie Theaters of Seattle’s Past
SIFF 2025 Shorts Programs
More than 120 Short Films Show in 14 Feature-Length Packages
More than 120 Short Films Show in 14 Feature-Length Packages
Let's Play SIFF Bingo!
Keep Your Eyes Peeled During SIFF Movies to See if You Can Get a BINGO!
Keep Your Eyes Peeled During SIFF Movies to See if You Can Get a BINGO!
Galaxie 500 Are Never, Ever, Ever Getting Back Together
Dean Wareham Talks New Album, Current Tour, and Why Reunion Tours Aren’t a Good Idea
Dean Wareham Talks New Album, Current Tour, and Why Reunion Tours Aren’t a Good Idea
Seattle Vice ’76: The Saga of Sin
Strippergate Mob Boss Sings and Dances in a New Seattle Cabaret
Strippergate Mob Boss Sings and Dances in a New Seattle Cabaret
Tears for Diers: Remembering Seattle’s Voice, and Our Friend, Kevin Diers
(He’d Have Laughed at this Headline)
(He’d Have Laughed at this Headline)
The Return of The Stranger’s SIFF Notes
Flamingo Sex! Cannibals! A Woman Turning into a Chair! We Watched More Than 100 SIFF Films to Bring You the Best, Worst, and Weirdest of This Year’s Festival
Flamingo Sex! Cannibals! A Woman Turning into a Chair! We Watched More Than 100 SIFF Films to Bring You the Best, Worst, and Weirdest of This Year’s Festival
Bust a Move
A Brief History of Dance Styles in Hip-Hop
A Brief History of Dance Styles in Hip-Hop
Bumbershoot 2025 Music Lineup Features Bright Eyes, Janelle Monaé, Car Seat Headrest, and Weezer
Plus: A Cat Circus, Witches, and Pole-Dancing
Plus: A Cat Circus, Witches, and Pole-Dancing
Save Our VHS Tapes
Magnetic Tapes Hold Decades of Our History, and They’re Disintegrating
Magnetic Tapes Hold Decades of Our History, and They’re Disintegrating
Get Your Back Up Off the Wall
And Come to This Show About Dance Styles in Hip-Hop
And Come to This Show About Dance Styles in Hip-Hop
The Leather Runway
Last month, we went to Fetish Ball—home of Seattle's best dressed kinksters.
Last month, we went to Fetish Ball—home of Seattle's best dressed kinksters.
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