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Tai Chi legend helps celebrate local academy’s historic anniversary

“One life, one thing: Tai Chi.”

I, Anonymous: Not Your NPCs

To every bar owner, club promoter, and weekend warrior who treats Pioneer Square like it’s a consequence-free entertainment district: People actually fucking live here. We aren’t NPCs in the background of your Saturday night. We aren’t just the lights in the apartment windows above the bars. Those are our homes. Every weekend it’s the same […] The post I, Anonymous: Not Your NPCs appeared first on The Stranger.

Joyale changes closure plans, will remain open on weekends after community outcry

Joyale Seafood Restaurant will remain open on weekends after owner Vincent Zhao changed plans to close the Chinatown-International District (CID) restaurant following a strong reaction from the community.

Brewed Awakening

I have no thesis for this piece other than that I just really like Espresso Martinis right now.  Yes, they’ve been around forever (since the early ’80s when London bartender Dick Bradsell allegedly invented them after a supermodel asked for “something to wake me up, then fuck me up”). They go in and out of […] The post Brewed Awakening appeared first on The Stranger.

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: July 10–12, 2026

We’re here to help you make the most out of your weekend, offering cheap ‘n’ easy suggestions from Ballard Music & Seafoodfest to the Hot Off the Press Book Fair and from the West Seattle Summer Fest to the West Seattle Saunter. For more ideas, check out our top picks of the week. FRIDAY LIVE […] The post The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: July 10–12, 2026 appeared first on The Stranger.

Slog AM: Another Bad Day for Boeing, the Hobbit Inn near Lake Chelan Is Now Ash, Madison Square Garden’s Big Gay Security Dossier  

Standard Ryanair Flight: A Ryanair flight from Thessaloniki, Greece to Memmingen, Germany had to make an emergency landing after a piece of the engine broke off, flew at a window, and dislodged it, nearly sucking a passenger out of the plane right after takeoff. His head and shoulders were out the window, according to Greece’s […] The post Slog AM: Another Bad Day for Boeing, the Hobbit Inn near Lake Chelan Is Now Ash, Madison Square Garden’s Big Gay Security Dossier   appeared first on The Stranger.

ShibShib and Sushi Yoin Open and More Food News

Plus more restaurants to look forward to, including Gohan, Max's Burgers, and a Donna's sibling.

COLUMN | Seattle Had No Homicides in June. Don't Use It to Justify More Policing.

After Seattle's first homicide-free June in 56 years, Marcus Harrison Green asks who gets credit for safety — and who keeps getting cut.

China’s ballistic missile launch was a message for the US

When China launched a ballistic missile into the South Pacific Ocean on Monday, it was a rare test of a nuclear-capable weapons system that drew international rebuke.

REVIEW | In Hillman City, a Menu that Spotlights Northern Mexico Includes a Surprise: Hot Dogs

New Music You Shouldn’t Miss

This story was originally published in The Stranger’s July 2026 Issue. Terror/CactusColapso(Share It Music)Terror/Cactus’s Impulsos was one of the most interesting PNW albums of 2018, a spicy fusion of cumbia, wonky electronic music, and surf rock. And while I’ve caught a few amazing Terror/Cactus performances since, I’d not realized that the project’s catalyst, Argentina-born multi-instrumentalist […] The post New Music You Shouldn’t Miss appeared first on The Stranger.

Slog AM: Graham Platner Suspends Senate Campaign After Rape Allegation, Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Is Over, Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Goes Bananas

Platner Out: Graham Platner suspended his campaign for Senate in Maine. He once again proved that when a man is publicly accused of rape, people will fall over themselves to wave away that accusation. Novelly, he also proved that same man can have a Totenkopf tattoo—the Nazi skull and crossbones those familiar with the obscure […] The post Slog AM: Graham Platner Suspends Senate Campaign After Rape Allegation, Trump Says Iran Ceasefire Is Over, Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Goes Bananas appeared first on The Stranger.