Every year, The Stranger gives the five best artists in
Seattle a cheap QFC sheet cake, a $5,000 check, and a crazy-big
party thrown in their honor. This year’s winners: Lynn
Shelton (film), Paul Mullin (theater), Sherman Alexie (literature), Wynne Greenwood (visual art), and Implied
Violence (organization, loosely defined). The location: the
gorgeous, crumbling, 100-year-old Moore Theatre, where you’ll be
able to wander with your drink up to the dark corners of the highest
balcony. The entertainment: dancing with the Emerald City Soul
Club, live music by Dyme Def, Daedelus, and James
Pants. And oh yeah—it’s free. (Moore Theatre, 1932
Second Ave, www.thestranger.com/genius. 9
pm, free, 21+.)

Christopher Frizzelle was The Stranger's print editor, and first joined the staff in 2003. He was the editor-in-chief from 2007 to 2016, and edited the story by Eli Sanders that won a 2012 Pulitzer...