Bait Shop Is Looking For a New Place
The popular Broadway bar Bait Shop is officially looking for a new home. There has been some talk about this possibility for a while because, over two years ago, the owners, Mike Leifur and Jonah Bergman, were informed by their landlord, Redside Properties, that the century-old building they’ve called home for over a decade would…
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The Reveal
Are there rules to revealing a cheating ex on social media? Three weeks ago, I confronted my boyfriend about his repeated requests that we “find a time to talk.” These requests were never followed by any actual talk. We’d been together for three years by then. After his third futile attempt (“We still need to have…
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Slog AM: Japan Back in the Weapons Business, Idaho Could Re-Legalize Abortion, Alex Jones Takes Shirt Off
Alaska Air Cancels Flights After Wartime Fuel Shortage: If you plan on flying out of Seattle this summer you might want to start looking into doing literally anything else. Citing spiking fuel costs related to “recent geopolitical factors” (today’s crude euphemism for the unprovoked US-Israeli invasion of Iran), Alaska Air has begun canceling flights scheduled…
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We Make Music for Heads
“We make music for heads” is something TV Star just started saying one day, until it became their tagline. “The phrase just kind of materialized, not even from a specific thing or person,” says guitarist Che Hise-Gattone. “Heads,” of course, refers to the band’s abundance of musical references, ranging from ’90s psych rock and Britpop…
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Stranger Suggests: The People’s Princess of Ireland, A ’90s Rock Memoir, and the Seattle Torrent’s Pride Night
MONDAY 4/20 The Children’s Hour (FILM) Based on the 1934 play of the same name by Lillian Hellman, this 1961 film directed by William Wyler follows two former college classmates, Karen (Audrey Hepburn) and Martha (Shirley MacLaine), who open a private boarding school for girls. When one of their students misconstrues an overheard conversation, a…
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Slog AM: US Seizes Iranian Cargo Ship, Pickup Hits Two People on One Lime Bike, Ribbon Cut at Black Panther Park
The US seized an Iranian-flagged cargo ship on Sunday after it tried to evade our blockade near the Strait of Hormuz. While it does not break the fragile ceasefire that expires Wednesday, the Iranian military called it an act of piracy, which is not going to help peace negotiations. On Sunday, President Donald Trump said…
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Love Notes, Letters, and Trolls: April 1-April 17, 2026
You may have noticed that The Stranger’s comment section is gone. Some of you hated the comment section. You hated the trolls and chaos, the mean-spirited snark. And some of you loved it, probably for a lot of those same reasons. (One of you told us, “it’s hardly worth reading Slog AM without them.”) We get…
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WATCH: Seattle-Based Photographer Nate Gowdy on Documenting ICE in Minneapolis
Seattle-based photographer Nate Gowdy went to Minneapolis twice this year, to document the Department of Homeland Security’s Operation Metro Surge and photographed the civilian efforts to protect their communities from the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement. “When I arrived in Minneapolis, I expected to find overarmed agents, tear gas clouds, traumatized civilians, and I did. I…
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The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Apr 17–19, 2026
Weekends are for funmaxxing, and we’ve got plenty of ideas for you. Read on for details on cheap and easy events from Grow and Gather: A Spring Gardening Festival to El Centro de la Raza Clean Air Fair and from Record Store Day to Global Groove’s 5th Anniversary. Check out our Record Store Day guide…
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Slog AM: Hormuz Is (Mostly) Open; Pedestrian Deaths Are Up in Seattle; and No, You’re Not Imagining Things, Your Seasonal Allergies Really Are Getting Worse
Spring/Sprung/Etc: We’re gonna hit the 70s this weekend, maybe! Tomorrow will be partially cloudy with a high of 69 (don’t say it) and on Sunday we might even get into the low 70s. GO OUTSIDE!!!!!! Ceasefires for Everyone: Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire. According to the Lebenese Health Ministry, “more than…
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Stop Putting Soap in the Fountain in Waterfront Park
Someone keeps dumping soap in the fountain outside the Seattle ferry terminal. It’s turning the water all sudsy and making a mess of things. The fountain was created by Japanese-American artist George Tsutakawa and named after Joshua S. Green, Sr., a Seattle philanthropist and one-time champion of the Mosquito Fleet. Like all of Tsutakawa’s fountain…
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Ticket Alert: Sombr, The Strokes, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week
Coachella content got you feeling FOMO? Not to worry, artists from this year’s lineup are heading our way. Sombr wrapped up his first headlining tour just one month ago, but he’s already plotting his next roadtrip—he returns to Seattle this October. Garage rock revivalists The Strokes will support their forthcoming seventh album, Reality Awaits, at…
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