Seattle Hotel Workers Are on the Verge of Striking Ahead of the World Cup
UPDATE: 94 percent of the union voted to authorize a strike. The union could now call a strike at any time. Call it labor unrest summer? Unionized journalists across the Northwest at McClatchy Media went on a one-day strike over AI policy, union employees at acclaimed restaurant the Walrus and the Carpenter are willing to…
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I Saw U: Avoiding COVID at the Movies, Dropping Apples at Trader Joe’s, and Running for the Light Rail in Lynnwood
Covid cautious cutie at the moviesWe both saw a movie solo at southcenter wearing masks. You held the door for me & I should have said hi. Let’s sit together next time? Spilling apples at trader joesYou:looking cute whilst spilling apples Me:pink haired guy trying to find an excuse to talk to you (I didn’t)Lets go…
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Property Owners Around Denny Blaine Took the Stand This Week
The first week of the Denny Blaine Park trial has concluded, and it was spent on neighbors and their lawyers making the case that the nude beach is an out-of-control public nuisance. The trial is existential for a legendary, decades-old queer hangout. If neighbors get their way, the city could be forced to ban nudity…
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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: June 5–7, 2026
The first wave of Pride events goes down this weekend, with celebrations from Gays Eating Garlic Bread in the Park and Seattle Pride in the Park to the White Center Pride Street Festival. We’re also suggesting you make time for Maple Fest, the Kenmore Community Rowing Club’s open house and National Learn to Row Day,…
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A River Runs Through Us
On a languid spring evening in South Seattle, the wind ruffled through a web of fabric strung across the courtyard of Mini Mart City Park. Long, ripped strips of red, black, marigold, and white twisted, braided, and tangled overhead. They were anchored at points along the building’s roof and converged around a pole that rose,…
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Slog AM: The Waterfront Parks are Open, Washington Democrats Support War in Lebanon, and Pacific Northwest Journalists Call for Advertisers to Boycott Their Papers
Lawyers for Suspect in Juniper Blessing Murder Say Their Client is Not Competent to Stand Trial: Christopher Leahy has been in pre-trial detention since surrendering to police after Blessing’s killing, but has yet to enter a plea. He was supposed to be formally arraigned on murder charges yesterday, but this was postponed as the judge…
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God’s Army Is Hiring
This story originally appeared in The Stranger’s 2026 Queer Issue. On April 19, 2026, Russell Johnson, the founder and lead pastor of the right-wing megachurch Pursuit NW, took to Instagram, as he often does, to deliver two important messages to his congregation. He told them the church needed $52 million to purchase a building and…
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Ticket Alert: Gracie Abrams, Bryson Tiller, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week
Ready to click “add to cart” on these concert tix? Daughter from Hell singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams looks at her life on an upcoming tour. Multi-platinum rapper Bryson Tiller presents the Neo Trapsoul Tour with special guests Maijd Jordan and Ty Dolla $ign. Plus, reggae band Stick Figure brings new music to the Gorge next summer.…
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Welcome to The Stranger’s Queer Issue
The Democrats and the mainstream media have pushed me out of the greatest cabinet in Earth’s 4,000-year history, and The Stranger, a publication I have never heard of but was familiar with my excellent track record, asked me to temporarily fill in as its public editor for this “queer” issue. They had read about my…
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New Music You Shouldn’t Miss
SkerikSKERIK 061725(Loosegroove) Seattle saxophonist Skerik (aka Eric Walton) has done seemingly everything a musician can do in his 30-year career. Even a cursory rundown of his activities would exceed my word count, but, real quick: He’s toured with Roger Waters and Les Claypool, guested on Sunn O)))’s Monoliths & Dimensions, and headed over a dozen…
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Slog AM: Trump’s Cabinet Is Full of Suckups, NASA Says Goodbye to Mars Orbiter, Workers at Walrus and the Carpenter Authorize a Strike
Good Morning! It’s still spring in Seattle, so we have another partly cloudy, 60-something degree day ahead of us. It’s farmer’s market weather. It’s weather to take your (or someone else’s) dog on a long, breezy walk. Smoke season comes for us all eventually, so just get outside. But first, the news. Kissing the Ring:…
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‘Wait, Capitol Hill Is Gay?’
This story originally appeared in The Stranger’s 2026 Queer Issue. Happy Anniversary! It’s been one year since Christian supremacists took over a historically queer park in Seattle’s historically queer neighborhood. The event, which you may have read about in last year’s Queer Issue, was part of the Mayday USA tour, an anti-trans, anti-abortion spectacle specifically…
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