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2017
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Dec. 6
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 6 - 20, 2017
Vol. 27, No. 9
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Savage Love
What Happened
by Dan Savage
Film/TV
Competing Reviews of Woody Allen's
Wonder Wheel
by Katie Herzog and Sean Nelson
The Moral of South Korean Film
On the Beach at Night Alone
: "Men Are All Idiots"
by Kathy Fennessy
Psychic Overload in Joachim Trier’s
Thelma
by Robert Ham
The Radical Politics of
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
by Charles Mudede
Get Ready to Lose Your Damn Mind Over
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
by Andrew Wright
I, Anonymous
I, Anonymous: Your Kid Gets an "A+" for Privilege
by Anonymous
Music
A Tribute to Mary J. Blige at the Royal Room
Seattle Afro-punk singer Om Johari organizes another good idea.
by Charles Mudede
The Band Industrial Revelation Is Covering Björk's
Homogenic
Live at the Neptune
by Dave Segal
Valerie June Does the Damn Thing
Talking subatomic cosmic blues with the Brooklyn singer-songwriter.
by Santi Elijah Holley
The 5 Best Places to Buy Vinyl in Seattle
The Stranger's music critic recommends the five best shops to buy records in the city.
by Dave Segal
Chasms Recover After Tragedy
The Los Angeles electro-pop duo reflects on the anniversary of the Ghost Ship fire.
by Robert Ham
Cam Forges Her Own Path Through Country Music
by Robert Ham
Free Will Astrology
December 6–12
by Rob Brezsny
Theater
The Humans
Is a Wrenching Play That Tries Hard to Say Something About the Death of the American Dream (and Succeeds)
A review of Stephen Karam's hit at Seattle Rep.
by Sean Nelson
John Mulaney: Just a Humble Yarn Boy
by Suzette Smith
Visual Art
Dirk Staschke Makes Art About Death
Are these pieces at Winston Wachter sculptures or paintings? Is existence just totally meaningless?
by Katie Kurtz
Books
The #MeToo Movement Changes the Way We Read Hillary Clinton's
What Happened
The shocking things in her book that she didn't talk about in her campaign.
by Christopher Frizzelle
Food & Drink
The Only Way to Survive Winter Is to Drink Cask Ale
It's a mess to make but a delight to drink.
by Lester Black
Features
My Name Is Dave, I Collect Vinyl Records, and I Have a Problem
My record collection and I got priced out of my apartment.
by Dave Segal
Talking with Mayor Durkan About Sexual Harassment, Police Reform, and Seattle's Activist Left
The Stranger's Q&A with Jenny Durkan on her first full day of work.
by Steven Hsieh
Top 20 Books of 2017
These writers rose above the clamor to engage, challenge, and delight us.
by Amber Cortes, Christopher Frizzelle, Charles Mudede, Sean Nelson, Dave Segal and Rich Smith
Crossword Solution
Crossword Solution: "Pick Six"
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Weed
Blunt Talk: Holiday Gifts for the Stoners in Your Life
by Lester Black
Conjugal Visit
Conjugal Visit: Burning Lust
by Anonymous
Art and Performance Winter 2017
Most Beatles-Related Art Sucks, but Mark Morris Dance Group’s Pepperland Is Not Like Most Beatles-Related Art
by Sean Nelson
The Most Important Seattle Photographer You've Never Heard Of
Al Smith's eye-opening, boundary-hopping photos at the Museum of History & Industry are a must-see.
by Julia Raban
The Unlikely Story of Vince Guaraldi's
A
Charlie Brown Christmas
—and Where to See It Performed Live
Four different Seattle venues are producing versions of it this December.
by Charles Mudede
The First 4-D Book of Poetry: Tyehimba Jess Has Done the Unimaginable with
Olio
by Rich Smith
Crossword Solution: "Blue's Clues"
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
The Best Things to Do in Seattle This Winter
Picks from
Seattle Art and Performance
for December 6, 2017-March 18, 2018
by Stranger Things To Do Staff
The Backstory of a Wintery, Death-Struck Painting by Andrew Wyeth
What you don't see is the artist's father's horrible death on the other side of that hill.
by Christopher Frizzelle