It’s your friendly weekly digest that breaks down the stories that ran in the paper this week! (Plus a look at the most-read stories on the Slog last week.)
This week’s feature tells the story of J2 or “Granny,” the oldest orca known to science who went missing last autumn. Christopher Frizzelle tells us what Granny’s story means for Puget Sound’s resident orca population. (Don’t miss Levi Hastings’ gorgeous comic about Granny’s life and disappearance!)
In Open City, a local pleads with the public in I, Anonymous to stop hacking up yer gotdam loogies onto the sidewalk; Rich Smith goes on a date with a roomful of classical musicians; and the Ministry of Coins releases its Donald J. Trump commemorative ruble. In Books, Leilani Polk gives us a peak into local author Isaac Marion’s zombie novel The Burning World and tells us how he successfully trolled Trump.
For News, Heidi Groover maps out which areas of Washington will be hurt most by Trumpcare. She tries her damnedest to get all of our congressional representatives on the record about how they will vote.
In Visual Art, Katie Kurz tells the story of Jim Woodring’s massive work, The Pig Went Down to the Harbor at Sunset and Wept. The Film section is busting at the seams—Sean Nelson reminisces about Trainspotting sequel T2, Rich Smith explores the Jewish Film Festival and the definitions of Zionist propaganda in On the Map, Suzette Smith tells us about how The Lure mixes sexy mermaids and Polish horror, Robert Ham explores explosive filmmaking in Land of Mine, Marc Mohan reviews Woody Harrelson in Wilson, Ben Coleman explains the comedy of humiliation in Donald Cried, and Megan Burbank struggles with The Last Word. Phew!
This week’s Music section features Ben Salmon’s chronicling of Teenage Fanclub and their latest album Here, Nelson waxes about Mount Eerie’s exquisite rendering of desolation on A Crow Looked at Me, Dave Segal convinces us to give a fuck about James Chance and the Contortions and why Chance will never get old, and Robert Ham tells us about art-rapper Mike Eagle.
I talked to Troy Osaki, this week’s Person of Interest, about why he chooses to celebrate his Asian American heritage through poetry while Naomi Tomky put nine Seattle banh mis to the (taste) test in Food & Drink.
And, of course, this week’s Free Will Astrology and Dan Savage’s answers from Toronto’s Curious Minds Weekend for Savage Love.
MOST READ STORIES ON SLOG FOR THIS WEEK:
1) Trump Doesn’t Give Two Shits About His Supporters (And Neither Should You)
2) Why Is the Girl With the Blue Green Hair Walking Around Our Block 100 Times Today?
3) Texas Teacher Smiles For Mugshot
4) Never Forget: Dave Reichert Voted for Trumpcare
5) What Does It Take to Be Seattle’s Best Banh Mi?
6) Make Sure Your MAGA-Hat Wearing Relatives Watch This
7) These Are the Shows the 5th Avenue Theatre Is Doing Next Season—No Other Media Outlets Have This Yet
8) What Seattle Voters Can Learn From the Racism of Washington’s Pro-Trump Rural Voters
9) Rep. Jim Himes: Trump Will Attack Anyone and Everyone—Except One Particular Someone
10) For Decades, Granny Was the Leader of a Pack of Endangered Orcas. Then One Day, She Disappeared.
