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May. 9
Print Edition for the week of
May. 9 - 22, 2018
Vol. 27, No. 20
Savage Love
Pedestrian AF
by Dan Savage
I, Anonymous
I, Anonymous: Me, My Son, and Your Kind Words to Carry Us Along
by Anonymous
Music
Alela Diane’s
Cusp
Is a Radical Portrait of Motherhood
The Portland singer/songwriter discusses giving life and nearly losing her own.
by Ciara Dolan
Electro-Goth Diva Fever Ray Takes a Plunge into Queerness
The new album of Swedish icon Fever Ray explores her kinky side.
by Dave Segal
Theater
I've Never Seen a Play Before Where the Characters Talk Like This
The marvelous language and characters in
Familiar
remind me of my family.
by Charles Mudede
Free Will Astrology
May 9–15
by Rob Brezsny
Visual Art
Demian DinéYazhi' Mines a Toxic History
The queer, indigenous artist's exhibition at the Henry addresses uranium mines, gender, and ceremony.
by Emily Pothast
Books
"On the one hand, the joy of children. On the other hand, the misery of them."
That's the dilemma facing the narrator of Sheila Heti's novel
Motherhood.
by Christopher Frizzelle
Food & Drink
The Most Important Development for Seattle Craft Brewing in Decades
Skagit Valley Malting might be the biggest thing in the local craft beer scene since Redhook.
by Lester Black
Features
The 32 Films You Must See at the Seattle International Film Festival 2018
The Stranger
's Picks for SIFF, Which Runs from May 17–June 10
by Stranger Staff and Charles Mudede
Crossword Solution
Crossword Solution: "Antisocial Network"
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Weed
Talking Weed Laws with Crispin Blunt
The British want to know how it's done here.
by Lester Black
Conjugal Visit
Conjugal Visit: I’m Not a Prostitute, but I’d Fuck Him for Free and Go Away Afterward Just the Same
by Anonymous