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Jan. 23
Print Edition for the week of
Jan. 23 - 29, 2013
Vol. 22, No. 21
Savage Love
Not Getting Married (By Me)
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Deez Nuts Be Saggin’
by Bilbo Baggins
I, Anonymous
Mismatched
by Anonymous
Film/TV
Wagner & Me
: Stephen Fry Wrestles with the Anti-Semitic Composer and His Own Jewish Conscience
by Jen Graves
Kid Flicks for Cineastes (and Kids!)
The Children’s Film Festival Returns to NWFF
by Anna Minard
My Worst Nightmare
: Isabelle Huppert Acting Like a Gorilla
by Charles Mudede
Amour
: Technically Impressive, Beautifully Acted, and Deeply Boring
by Marjorie Skinner
Art House
Vanishing Waves
: Erotic Science Fiction at Its Best
by Charles Mudede
Music
Psych-Blues Septet Rose Windows Open Doors to the Unknown
From Off-the-Grid to Center Stage in Just Over a Year
by Dave Segal
Up & Coming
Lose your krautrock freakazoids every night this week!
by Stranger Staff
What's Crappening?
News, Reviews, and Spit
by Imaginary Girlfriend
Sound Check
Music in Prison
by Trent Moorman
Never Heard of 'Em: King Crimson
by Anna Minard
Underage
The Exquisites, the Trashies, Mega Bog
by Brittnie Fuller
My Philosophy
Mystikal, the Breaklites, and Aesop Rock
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Data Breaker
Blond:ish, Domokos, Deepchild, Teeko
by Dave Segal
The Homosexual Agenda
All About the Monsoon
by Adrian Ryan
Poster of the Week
Poster by Ben Todd
by Aaron Huffman
Theater
Undo
: A Backward Wedding
by Anna Minard
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
: Jerick Hoffer Is an Ascendant Star
by Christopher Frizzelle
Free Will Astrology
For the Week of Jan 23
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
Bobo and the Janky Ocelot
Why We Love Things That Stare Back
by Jen Graves
Books
A Portrait of Muhammad as a Young Man
The First Muslim
Finds the Human in the Sacred
by Paul Constant
Food & Drink
Green Pizza
Pagliacci Goes for the Gold, Environmentally Speaking
by Charles Mudede
News
What Happened to the Neighborhood Blogs?
After a Surge in Popularity, Some Are Vanishing
by Anna Minard
Teacher Revolt
Two New Schools Throw Away the MAP
by Cienna Madrid
Debunking the So-Called Bike Backlash
A New Poll Finds that Seattle Loves Cyclists, Wants Protected Bicycle Lanes, and Thinks Recent Anti-Bike Rhetoric Is a Load of Crap
by Dominic Holden
Vote Yes on the School Levies
Holy Crap, There's Another Fucking Election!?!!
by Stranger Election Control Board
Sources Say
News for the Damned
by Mark Driscoll
Last Days
The Week in Review
by David Schmader
Podcasts
Savage Love Episode 327
by Dan Savage
I Love Television
How Our Gun Control Woes Can Be Solved... with TV!
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Public Editor
A Critical Overview of
The Stranger
by Theodora Bellsworth, Social Media Expert
Suggests
‘Sweet Smell of Success’
by David Schmader
JK Pop!
by Cienna Madrid
Pike Chocofest
by David Schmader
Deborah Aschheim
by Jen Graves
David Shields
by Charles Mudede
Lunar New Year Festival
by Gillian Anderson
Strong Female Leads
by Paul Constant
OM
by Dave Segal
Fiction
Ars Poetica
by Sherman Alexie
The Stranger
’s No-Goddamn-Bullshit Wedding Guide
The Stranger's No-Goddamn-Bullshit Wedding Guide
by Stranger Staff
Veils with Vroom
The Stranger
Asked Six Local Designers to Create Wedding Veils—Look at the Crazy Shit They Made!
by Marti Jonjak
Marry Wear
Advice on Menswear from Someone Who’s Dressed (and Undressed) a Lot of Men
by Mark Mitchell
Everybody Dance Now
A Wedding DJ’s Guide to Getting Your Cousins to Fucking Dance
by Riz Rollins
Eat, Drink, and Be Married
Your Guests Need a Drink Right Away. And Some Snacks. And Maybe Some Marijuana.
by Bethany Jean Clement
A Faggot Attends the Wedding Expo
How Does the Wedding Industry Really Feel About Gay Marriage?
by Dominic Holden
How to Get Married on the Spur of the Moment
You Have No Money? You Don't Want to Make a Big Fuss? And You Love Gummy Bears? Then This Is Easy.
by Emily Nokes
Weddings Gone Wrong
A Few Lessons from Other People's Nuptial Disasters
by Stranger Staff