Pop Loser #28: Someone Crashed Into Golden Oldies… Again
Welcome back to Pop Loser! This week, someone drove their car into Golden Oldies, Neumos Workers United went public, and the Met Gala happened (if you even care). Pop divas Beyoncé and Charli XCX might not be going rock after all. Plus, I attended the Seattle Opera’s Carmen, and I can’t stop thinking about it. …
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SIFF Cinema Workers Union Still Want a Fair Contract
The 52nd Seattle International Film Festival kicks off Thursday with the opening night screening of communist director Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters, a pro-union, anti-capitalist satire about a group of working-class hustlers struggling to survive in the modern American hellscape. Awkwardly, at the same time, the SIFF Cinema Workers Union (SCWU) say that SIFF needs…
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Slog AM: The War in Iran Might Be Ending, ChatGPT Gets Violent, and PWHL Expands to Detroit
Wait! Before you read any further, may I ask a question? What have you done for yourself this morning? I ask because a 2024 study shows that starting your morning with doomscrolling can lead to “greater levels of existential anxiety.” So if that’s all you’ve done this morning, may I suggest you drink some water…
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May Things to Do: Music
Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Harmonia Orchestra and Chorus: The Planets May 8 I am a long-time lover of Gustav Holst’s The Planets, a symphonic journey through space written between 1914 and 1918. My personal favorite is the euphorically triumphant “Jupiter,…
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May Things to Do: Visual Art
Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Seattle Art Book Fair May 9–10 Lovers of art books (and art that comes in the form of books): Arrive rested and ready to immerse in work by more than 85 artists spread across all three…
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May Things to Do: Literature
Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Dynasty Handbag May 13 Called “Pure genius” by Paul Reubens, “One of the last great people” by Miranda July, and “Insane” by Dick Van Dyke, Dynasty Handbag (aka Jibz Cameron) is a legend among legends. The…
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May Things to Do: Performance
Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Jesus Christ Superstar Through May 17 Theater can be a hard sell in a failing economy, so how does director Bill Berry lure people through the door when presenting such a well-worn production like Jesus Christ…
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May Things to Do: Film
Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. The Most Terrible Times in My Life May 8–10 Here are three, no four, things I love about The Most Terrible Time in My Life: (1) It’s a detective/gangster flick, (2) it’s shot in black-and-white, (3)…
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May Things to Do: Food
Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Urban Foraging: Weeds & Wild Foods May 16 Calling all weed heads! If you’ve ever wondered which of those weeds in your yard, in the park, or on the trails could be cooked and eaten, have…
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May Things to Do: This & That
Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Seattle Storm 2026 Home Opener May 8 The Seattle SuperSonics left Seattle for Oklahoma City in 2008, and longtime Seattleites are still pissed about it. Rightfully so, if you ask me—it was a dirty, sneaky deal!…
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New Column: Touch the Art
It’s May, and this Izzy Nestegard piece, debuting at The Factory on May 14, is tone-matching all the explosive color and big pistil-and-stamen energy in the air. Nestegard is one third of a group show (also featuring artists Melody Hirsch and Mint) bringing psychedelic Alice in Wonderland vibes to Capitol Hill Art Walk this month…
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The SIFF Films We’re Still Talking About
All film stills courtesy of SIFF There are more than 100 films screening during this year’s Seattle International Film Festival, May 7–17, and some of them are amazing. Or, at least, that’s what internet hype and mainstream film critics say. Olivia Wilde’s The Invite incited a bidding war after premiering at Sundance, and Boots Riley’s…
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