Seattle Group Finalizing Deal to Reopen the Egyptian Theater
Twenty-three years ago, I found myself next to a hospital bed. My mother was on it and on life support. The doctor entered the room and painted a bleak picture; and I said to him: I know, I know, it’s serious. After hours of sitting by the bed, watching my mother and the machine that…
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Remembering Timothy White Eagle
My reaction to meeting Timothy White Eagle for the first time was probably similar to that of every person who ever met him: awestruck. For me, it was an evening in 2016 on the Bellevue Arts Museum plaza, where, amid a swarm of mere mortals, I was introduced to White Eagle: barrel-chested and statuesque, with…
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The Lunch Lawyer
Photos by Billie Winter If you work in the restaurant industry and your boss shorts your paycheck, you have limited options. You could quit, with or without sending your boss a nasty message, and start looking for a new gig. You could file a complaint with the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries or…
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Slog AM: El Niño Is Getting Stronger, Sen. Patty Murray Is Going After Trump, and Trump’s Bribing Americans to Vote Republican
Sen. Patty Murray’s pissed at Trump. In an effort to encourage “traditional” families, the Trump administration wants to pay married, stay-at-home parents with money from the Child Care and Development Fund, which was established in 1990 as a way to help parents—both single and married—pay for childcare so they could go back to work. “It’s…
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Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Cheetahs are the fastest land animals, but they can maintain top tempo for only about 20-30 seconds before overheating. When they’re hunting, they usually get just one speedy dash to catch their prey. They must spend far more time stalking and positioning than running. The velocity is sensational, but their patient…
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Bring Back My Bike
To the guy who stole my bike off a bus bike rack in Ballard: “Fuck you” doesn’t really cut it. I loved that bike. It got me through the woods camping and safely home, to and from the grocery store, and after injuring my knee, it became essential for me to do anything involving leaving…
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Pop Loser: Get In Losers, We’re Stanning Macklemore
Welcome back to Pop Loser! This week, I’ll catch up on some news that transpired while I was on vacation for the last three weeks. (I’m so glad nothing major happened, like the passing of Dolly Parton or the arrest of Tupac’s killer.) Miley Cyrus—now rebranding as just Miley—wants the kids back on the dance…
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Slog AM: Boycott Against Illegal Israeli Settlements Grows, Beth’s Is Open 24 Hours a Day Again, Hitler Returns
Forest rangers help ICE abduct campers in Snoqualmie National Forest midnight raid: The rangers pretended there was a “garbage issue” in order to approach five families and photograph IDs for potential citations, KING 5 reports. Around midnight, the rangers returned with ICE agents who arrested 5 men, who are now held in Tacoma’s notorious immigration…
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What Does the “Mamdani Moment” Look Like in Seattle?
Seattle’s media and political classes have inundated readers for months now with dubious stories about what the election of socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and a slate of aligned New York legislators means for left-wing politics in Seattle. What none of these analyses have done is talk to the local affiliate of the…
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We Avoided a Strike, Now the Real Fight Begins
As we celebrated Labor Day, we had the chance to reflect on how deeply strange it was to find ourselves, as Seattle School Board Directors, on the employer side of a potential strike from educators last week. Both of us are lifelong supporters of organized labor. Joe spent 19 years working in the labor movement…
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Dear Hendrix
Dear Hendrix, I don’t know the exact number by heart, but it’s pretty safe to say that I’ve played around 10,070 rock shows in my life—give or take a dozen—with my band the Black Tones. And while your father and I will be happy with whatever career you choose, with a first name like Hendrix,…
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Welcome to The Stranger’s September 2026 Issue
I was going to write this whole bit about the Genius Awards from the perspective of a Costco sheet cake, but then fucking Dolly Parton died, so fuck jokes. She was 80 years old. Older than old enough to die, yet I’m somehow shocked and devastated. The great, especially the great who are good, remain…
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