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I, Anonymous

Dear neighbor, I pass by you a couple times a week, me walking my dog, you grooving to what must be awesome tunes in your earbuds and smoking a joint on the sidewalk across from our “smoke-free” apartment campus. You look so happy and in-the-moment, you dance like you feel the music in your bone […] The post I, Anonymous appeared first on The Stranger.

Read All About It!

This week, the Society for Professional Journalists announced the winners of their Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards. The Stranger won eight awards, including first place in Personal Profile (“The Making of Katie Wilson”), Graphics and Illustration (“Keep Digging”), Photo Essay (“Skateboards Only”), and Editorial and Commentary (“It’s All About the Dick”).   This is also (probably) […] The post Read All About It! appeared first on The Stranger.

Slog AM: Wilson Introduces New Tax to Support Buses, the Torrent Sign Alex Carpenter, and Someone Drove a Car onto a Light Rail Platform

Phew! We made it through yesterday’s heat wave, and today is much cooler, with a cozy overcast and a high of 69. (Don’t say it.) What else does this morning bring? News! Good news, bad news, and news about pigeon livers. Wilson Wants You to Ride the Bus: Yesterday, Mayor Katie Wilson announced she is […] The post Slog AM: Wilson Introduces New Tax to Support Buses, the Torrent Sign Alex Carpenter, and Someone Drove a Car onto a Light Rail Platform appeared first on The Stranger.

OPINION | To the Class of 2026: Your Actions Can Help Shape Our Future

Art on a Yacht, Art in a Shed, and a New Museum Director for the Frye

On behalf of Seattle, I’d like to take a moment to publicly thank local artist-hero Light Guerrilla for doing the Lord’s work and tagging “TAX THE RICH” in massive light letters across the side of Mark Zuckerberg’s 390-foot supervillain megayacht, Launchpad, which unceremoniously rolled up in our front yard the same day Meta announced 1,400 […] The post Art on a Yacht, Art in a Shed, and a New Museum Director for the Frye appeared first on The Stranger.

Things to Do in June: Food & Drink

Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. The Pastry Project’s Soft Serve Window OpeningJune 4The Pastry Project’s soft-serve window is only open for the summer, and it offers three flavors—purple vanilla, chocolate, and twist. While the ice cream is decadent enough to enjoy […] The post Things to Do in June: Food & Drink appeared first on The Stranger.

Black and Brown Youth in the South End Find Their Voices Through Spoken-Word Poetry

Quickies

1. I’m a woman living with a supportive, caring man. We’ve been together — on and off — for twenty years. The sex is always hot when we get back together. Then, after a year, the sex fades to nothingness. I believe the problem is that hot “reunited” sex only turns me on for a while and […] The post Quickies appeared first on The Stranger.

10 thoughts on Tre Moore's commitment to Washington

What to know about the four-star receiver from Texas.

Slog AM: Washington Green-Lights Menopause Workplace Accommodations, Bird Masturbation Is Normal, Trump to Dismantle Pivotal Ocean Monitoring System

Mazel to the Menopausers: Gov. Bob Ferguson signed an executive order to create workplace accommodations for the nearly 600,000 working women experiencing perimenopause, menopause, or postmenopause. Symptoms include hot flashes, mood swings, and insomnia, and they can be the reasons women leave their jobs. The executive order doesn’t list the specific workplace accommodations, but the […] The post Slog AM: Washington Green-Lights Menopause Workplace Accommodations, Bird Masturbation Is Normal, Trump to Dismantle Pivotal Ocean Monitoring System appeared first on The Stranger.

Things to Do in June: Film

Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Bleak WeekJune 5–11At the heart of Bleak Week, a weeklong film fest that, the Beacon says, “spotlights some of the greatest films from around the world that explore the darkest sides of humanity, as well as […] The post Things to Do in June: Film appeared first on The Stranger.

Things to Do in June: Music

Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Tarteeth, Fleamale, Toxic Tears, Alista Shay, Atrocity GirlJune 4Self-proclaimed as “Seattle’s Seraphic Rapper” and “Egyptian Enigma,” Central District’s own Tarteeth has been busy forming a charitable community organization called New World Orchard, the entity behind this […] The post Things to Do in June: Music appeared first on The Stranger.