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Jun. 5
Print Edition for the week of
Jun. 5 - 18, 2019
Vol. 28, No. 21
Orhun Uygur
Savage Love
Baby Soft
by Dan Savage
Film/TV
The
Matrix
Trilogy Is Not About Human Liberation, but About How Machines Cannot Liberate Themselves from Their Masters
by Charles Mudede
I, Anonymous
Please Shove Your "Hortata" Where the Sun Don't Shine
by Anonymous
Music
Kishi Bashi's New Album Glitters with Hope Despite Its Bleak Inspiration
by Leilani Polk
Ben Zaidi's Independence Day
The Seattle native has a new record out with producer Budo.
by Jas Keimig
Free Will Astrology
June 5–11
by Rob Brezsny
Theater
The Winner of This Live Drag Competition at R Place Gets $5,000
It's called So You Think You Can Drag, and your vote counts.
by Chase Burns
Visual Art
Cecilia Vicuña's Art Requires a Different Kind of Looking
The Chilean artist contemplates the "about to happen" in her first major solo exhibition in the United States.
by Jas Keimig
Books
Out of the Ashes of
Thick as Thieves
Comes the New Comics Quarterly
Hair Flip
You can pick up the inaugural issue at a cafe, bar, or DIY space near you.
by Rich Smith
Food & Drink
Mutsuko Soma Opens Hannyatou, a Sake Bar in Fremont
It's right next door to her soba restaurant Kamonegi.
by Lester Black
Features
Seattle's Beer Industry Is Sexist
What it's like being a woman in the beer world.
by Anna Coumou
Seattle Is One of the Most Difficult and Least Lucrative Cities to Be a Stripper
The statewide ban on alcohol sales in strip clubs needs to change, exotic dancers say.
by Katie Herzog
I Went to Three Rooftop Bars in One Night and Didn't Throw Up
A perspective on bars with perspective in downtown Seattle.
by Nathalie Graham
Does Seattle Need a Night Mayor?
Actually, we kind of already have one. Meet Scott Plusquellec.
by Gregory Scruggs
No Collusion, Just Russian-American Fusion... in a Lake City Cocktail Lounge
I know what you're thinking: A cocktail bar in Lake City? But Korochka Tavern is aces.
by Meg van Huygen
In Defense of Karaoke
To sing karaoke is to embrace the moment your love of song transcends your love of self.
by Rich Smith
No Joke, Here Are Five Great Places to See Comedy in Seattle
These Seattle spots deliver the most bang for your yucks.
by Dave Segal
These Are the Freaks That Come Out at Night
Seattle's other party animals: raccoons, opossums, and coyotes.
by Charles Mudede
A Seattle Nightlife Legend Lives on Through the Alex Calderwood Fund
The legacy of the cofounder of ARO.space, Rudy's Barbershop, and Ace Hotel will be to support young artists and entrepreneurs.
by Christopher Frizzelle
The Party Starter of Seattle
Nightlife impresario Kevin Kauer, aka Nark, celebrates 10 years of crazy and queer debauchery.
by Christopher Frizzelle
The Stranger’s Seattle Art and Performance Quarterly
DoNormaal's Not-So-Normal Hip-Hop
The hottest rapper in Seattle doesn't sound like any of the others.
by Charles Mudede
High Fashion in Old Hollywood in This Summer Film Series
SIFF puts the spotlight on the costumers behind classics like
Singin' in the Rain
and
The Women
.
by Chase Burns
Herbie Hancock and Kamasi Washington Offer a Profusion of Fantastic Fusion in a Redmond Park
by Dave Segal
A Seattle Civil Rights Icon and the Art He Inspired
Artists pay tribute to Edwin T. Pratt in a show organized by Pratt Fine Arts Center and Northwest African American Museum.
by Jas Keimig
There's a New THING at Fort Worden
A festival in Port Townsend from the guy who started Sasquatch!
by Leilani Polk
Another Subversive Play by One of the Most Exciting Playwrights in the Country
A conversation with Yussef El Guindi about
People of the Book
, which makes its world debut at ACT this September.
by Christopher Frizzelle
Editor's Note
We've decided to start spelling "hip-hop" correctly.
Columns
Who Gives a Fuck About an Oxford Kamala?
by Senator Harris
Crossword Solution
Crossword Solution: Quiet Change
by Brendan Emmett Quigley
Weed
Want Cannabis Cafes?
Washington State lawmakers say fat chance.
by Katie Herzog
Art and Performance Summer 2019
The Mothership of the Apollo 11 Moon Landing Is in Seattle Until September
This is the first time it's been outside Washington, DC, since the 1970s.
by Christopher Frizzelle