Girls Own the Void and Art Owns Downtown
The second half of September means Art + Culture Week is upon us. Recall how I previously mentioned September is Art World Prom in NYC? This week feels like a (much-needed) attempt to recalibrate the Seattle art calendar to match some of that energy. Now in its third year, the annual Art + Culture Week…
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Charlie’s Queer Books Is Opening a Second Location
This is the best books news I’ve heard since Roxane Gay and Debbie Millman bought The Rumpus: Charlie’s Queer Books is opening a new location in Seattle’s original gayborhood, Capitol Hill. Next door to Unicorn Bar, across the street from Wildrose, and around the corner from Elliott Bay Book Company, this new space is set…
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Slog AM: Robert Kraft Says He’ll Donate $2 Million to “Humanitarian Aid” After Macklemore Pledges $1 million to Palestine, Downtown Seattle Is Booming, Federal Reserve Increases the Cost of Borrowing
The average price a worker pays to commute in the Seattle area? $10,018 a year, according to a study by Consumer Affairs. And the amount of time a worker spends driving to and from a job? An hour, which is “roughly 10 full days spent [in a car annually].” Altogether, only four metropolitan areas are…
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Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Realities you’ve been oblivious to will soon pop into view. Hints and signals you’ve been unconsciously pushing away will start flocking toward you. A lingering emotional numbness will thaw, and surges of feelings will pour into your awareness. Warning! At first, it may feel like an overload: too much sopping wet…
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Clayton Lee’s Goldberg Variations Fetishizes Professional Wrestling and Vulnerability Without Losing Control
Onstage in front of a crowd of some 200 people, performance artist Clayton Lee lays out his thesis: All of his artistic and sexual fantasies have to do with professional wrestler Bill Goldberg. Lee cues up a pre-game video of Goldberg—a beefy man who looks to be in his late 50s—promising to pummel his opponent.…
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She’s Sporty Every Day
Everyone has a pop culture moment that runs on a loop in their idle mind, right? For me it’s the James Bond–style title sequence to Spice World. In the film, each Spice Girl is introduced with a candy-colored silhouette while singing the sparkly slow jam “Too Much.” The camera pans to a young Melanie C,…
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Please Just Yell at Me!!!
To the person who left me a card with this note: Hi there, I live two floors below you (ground-floor patio). Can you please stop letting water pour off of your balcony and sweeping your dirt over the edge? You’re making a mess on my patio—piles of dirt, puddles of dirty water, and a splash…
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Pop Loser: Genius of Love
Welcome back to Pop Loser! This past weekend saw the return of the Stranger’s Genius Awards, and I’ll fill you in on the highlights. I’ve also got a Macklemore update, I dig into some new music, and say goodbye to fashion icon Bob Mackie. Plus, oh my god, have you seen Orville Peck’s PlayGirl spread!? …
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Slog AM: Seattle Teachers Approve New Contract, Medicare Bots Are Denying Too Many Claims, and Ed Sheeran Is Over
Bots are denying Medicare claims in Washington at a “staggering” rate. The program, which launched in six states in January, is called the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction program, aka WISeR. Ironic! The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) expected it to weed out between 10 percent and 22.5 percent of claims, but in…
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Your Guide to 2026 Fall Festivities Around Seattle
Pumpkin patches are popping off across the Seattle area! From pumpkin-picking and corn mazes to hayrides, apple cider donuts, and the occasional haunted house and zombie encounter, there’s no shortage of adventurous autumn activities to be found around the Puget Sound. Read on for a roundup of the best of the best, ranging from kid-friendly…
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Suite Deal
All summer long, if you walked around Seattle’s Stadium District during the day you probably heard the sounds of the labor movement at work—chants and exclamations from the striking unionized employees at Hilton’s Embassy Suites hotel picketing their employer for better wages and working conditions. Things are quieter now. After an 85-day work stoppage, workers…
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Married People
Dear Readers: I’m on vacation — second and last week — and will be back with new columns next week. Please enjoy this selection of letters from three previously published columns in the meantime. — Dan I was raised in a religious home and didn’t lose my virginity until the embarrassing age of 26. I…
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