Quick Hits

Thanks for NOTHING, Nordstrom Rack

Created in Partnership with Marshalls—Never Pay Full Price for Fabulous

Normally I Hate Ants... but I Like Ant-Man

Mark Ruffalo's Performance of a Bipolar Adult Needs More Calm Moments in Infinitely Polar Bear

Ian McKellen Shines in Mr. Holmes

Lila & Eve Is Proof That Viola Davis Can Do No Wrong

Insects Wreak Havoc in Stung

Trainwreck Proves Amy Schumer’s Talent and Rescues Judd Apatow from His Narce Spiral

A Quintessentially Average Beauty

Gemma Arterton's Face Is the Only Thing Worth Noticing About Gemma Bovery

1001 Grams Depicts the Beautiful Future We Live in Now

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Is Basically a Live-Action Comic Strip About the Absurdity of Modern Life

It's Hard to Believe That Cartel Land Is a Documentary

Watch the Twilight of a Generation in Rebels of the Neon God

Armchair Psychoanalyst

My Philosophy

New Music from East25, :30, and SMS

This Charming Ass

Punk Trio Charms Talk Spacemen, Talismans, and the End of the World

Data Breaker

Diogenes Brings the Funkiness, Cut Copy DJ Studio 4/4, and wndfrm Creates Minimal Techno

The Homosexual Agenda

Gender Fucking, Disco Yachting, Beer Busting

Penelope Spheeris's The Decline of Western Civilization Trilogy Documents the Long, Slow, Stubborn Death of Rock 'n' Roll

The High List: Recommended Events for Stoners

Male Strippers, Kawaii Faces, and Aural Immersion. Bonus: Slurpee Recipe

Brian Wilson Returns to Benaroya Hall

Even Though He Can't Really Sing Well Anymore, It Was a Triumph

For the Week of July 15

The Slow-Motion Tornado of Orpheus Descending

Intiman's Summer Festival Opens with Tennessee Williams's Small-Town Hell

The River Reclaimed

One Hundred Artists Pay Tribute to Seattle's Essential Waterway in Duwamish Revealed

The Long, Fascinating Road from Successful Pop-Up to Kraken Congee

(There Was a Brief, Arguably Disastrous Reality-TV Detour in the Middle)

I Feel Like We Say "I Feel Like" All the Time

The Origins and Virtues of One of English's Most Popular Qualifiers

The Stranger's Endorsements for the August 2015 Primary Election!

We've Got Districts, Motherfuckers—and Everyone in Seattle Is Running for Office. So Pop Open a Shandy, Tear Open Your Ballot, and Vote How We Tell You to in Races for City Council, Port Commission, and (Kill Us Now) School Board

Last Days: The Week in Review

Eavesdropped Poetry, Islamic Empathy, and Allegedly Vengeful Restaurateurs

I Love TV

Murder, NBC Wrote