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🌷 Our Spring Arts Issue Is Here! 🎨
News
Arts & Culture
Drag RaceÂ
Episode 11: Queen of Camp Darlene Mitchell Goes Unhinged for the Win
And a Toast to Alyssa Edwards
Spotlit in Seattle: kelly langeslay
A Storyteller Who’s Reshaping Dance, One Melting Barbie Cake at a Time
First Times with Lala Lala
Ahead of Her Seattle Tour Date, We Talked to Lala Lala’s Lillie West About Her Earliest Musical Loves
Audrey Vann
I photographed the mob at the Capitol on January 6. What I saw in Minneapolis was scarier.
The Old Rite Aid Building on Broadway Could Be Anything
Where to Scream
Where to Scream
Pop Loser
Immaculate Collection with Esther Rose
I, Anonymous
Shouldering the Blame
Stranger Suggests
Stranger Suggests: Star-Crossed Gay Love, Spring Flowers, and an Indie Synth-Pop Casanova
Dear Hendrix
Dear Hendrix
More Columns
More Columns
I Saw U
Savage Love
Asian Verified
Play Date
Inbox Jukebox
It’s another gorgeous Spring Arts issue of
The Stranger
!Â
Find It at Hundreds of Locations All over the City
Emily Nokes
Spring Arts 2026
Permanent Records
What We Can FixÂ
Dear Hendrix
Where to Scream
Night Moves
A Cut Above
Last Month This Month
What We Can FixÂ
Hanging on by a Thread with the Capitol Hill Tool Library’s Mending Circle
Nathalie Graham
Drag Race
Episode Nine: A Rusical with Voguing Orphans
Plus Our Hometown Hero Gets the Gold
Mike Kohfeld
SLOG AM
Yesterday
9:27 AM
Food & Drink
Yesterday
4:00 PM
Sinaloan-Style Tacos Find A Permanent Home on Capitol Hill
Spring Arts 2026
Yesterday
3:00 PM
Real Cities Have Bodegas
Slog AM
Yesterday
9:27 AM
Slog AM: Where Did Bothell’s Crows Go, SPD Arrest Suspect in Rainier Valley’s Double Homicide, King Charles Is Thinking Twice About Coming to Trump’s America
Drag
Tue
5:05 PM
Drag Race Episode 11: Queen of Camp Darlene Mitchell Goes Unhinged for the Win
Music
Tue
11:00 AM
We Talked to Lala Lala’s Lillie West About Her Earliest Musical Loves
Savage Love
Tue
10:26 AM
Savage Love: Homework
Slog AM
Tue
9:30 AM
Slog AM: Joe Kent Resigns, Trump Says He’ll Have Honor of "Taking" and/or "Freeing" Cuba, SupersSonics Return?
News
Mon
3:30 PM
Two Anti-ICE Bills, One Public Safety Committee Meeting
Spring Arts 2026
Mon
11:00 AM
Did You Know Opera Singers Don't Use Microphones?
Stranger Suggests
Mon
10:00 AM
Stranger Suggests: Star-Crossed Gay Love, Spring Flowers, and an Indie Synth-Pop Casanova
Slog AM
Mon
9:33 AM
Slog AM: We’re Still at War, Mayor Wilson Benches an AI Program, and Anti-Vaxxers Are Still in the Government
I Saw U
Mar 13
2:00 PM
I Saw U: Eating Salad at Skål Beer Hall, Singing on the Twins at the Torrent Game, and Making Eye Contact at Nectar
Music
Mar 2
11:00 AM
Once in a Dead Moon
Toody Cole on Harmonies, Hardship, and Why She’s Back Onstage
Audrey Vann
Drag
Feb 23
4:39 PM
Drag Race
Episode Eight: Truman Capote, Drew Barrymore, and the Pope Walk Into a Bar
This Year's Snatch Game Was the Horniest Yet
Mike Kohfeld
Savage Love
Feb 17
6:10 PM
Third Time
When Parents Want to Open Up the Relationship
Dan Savage
Drag
Feb 16
5:01 PM
Drag Race
Episode Seven: The Rudemption of Myki Meeks
Jane Don’t Says Clown Rights Now
Mike Kohfeld
Film/TV
Feb 13
11:00 AM
Look, I Didn’t Want to Like Emerald Fennell’s
Wuthering Heights
But I Would Absolutely Let Jacob Elordi Be Mean to Me
Audrey Vann
News
Feb 13
3:00 PM
Eddie Lin's District 2 Is Racially Diverse
So Expect It To Be ICE's First Target When They Come to Town
Charles Mudede
I Saw U
Feb 13
1:00 PM
I Saw U: Making Eye Contact at the ICE Protest, Winning a Prize on the Claw Machine, and Looking Like Chad Michael Murray with Kurt Cobain Hair
Anonymous
News
Feb 13
9:12 AM
Local Lawmakers Are Finally Moving Against ICE
Combining the Powers of the City, the County, and the Port
Hannah Murphy Winter
Guest Rant
Feb 12
4:15 PM
Guest Rant: We Can’t Resist Trump Without Revenue
We Must Pass the Millionaire’s Tax
Teresa Mosqueda
Food & Drink
Feb 20
4:20 PM
Our Favorite Bowls of Hot Soup in Seattle
The Seahawks Aren’t the Only SOUPer Bowl Champs in Town, Amirite?
Julianne Bell
,
Nathalie Graham
,
Emily Nokes
,
Megan Seling
,
Audrey Vann
,
Hannah Murphy Winter
&
Micah Yip
I Saw U
Feb 20
1:00 PM
I Saw U: Reading the Paper on the 1 Line, Wearing Glasses at the Steve Forbert Show, and Drinking Absinthe at the Bohemia Cabaret
Anonymous
News
Feb 27
3:30 PM
Erasing Gates
Seattle’s Favorite Philanthropist Faces Campus Reality Check from UW Student
Marcus Harrison Green
News
Feb 19
3:38 PM
The 2 Line in Seattle Is Just a Simulation, for Now
But Let’s Welcome It Anyway
Charles Mudede
Guest Rant
Feb 19
3:30 PM
Guest Rant: The Millionaires’ Tax Gives Corporations a (Tax) Break
At This Weekend’s Town Halls, Tell Lawmakers You Expect Better
Fatema Boxwala
,
Oliver Miska
&
Hannah Sabio-Howell
Pop Loser
Feb 19
1:00 PM
Pop Loser #17: Opera Singer J’Nai Bridges Shares Her Go-To Karaoke Songs
PLUS: All the Music News and Events for Your Week
Audrey Vann
I, Anonymous
Feb 18
4:52 PM
Loser Behavior, tbh
Anonymous
Obits
Feb 18
3:59 PM
Jesse Jackson Helped Me Unlearn the Church
In 1988, Jackson’s words disrupted more than a campaign. They interrupted a culture of sanctified cruelty.
Marcus Harrison Green
News
Feb 18
12:43 PM
Think You Are the King of the Bus?
This New Game Will Humble You
Nathalie Graham
News
Feb 27
3:00 PM
Councilmember Kettle Insists Surveillance Tech Is Safe
Don’t Worry, Seattle—He Has Anecdotal Evidence
Micah Yip
News
Mar 2
12:00 PM
Community Organizer Jaelynn Scott Is Running to Represent the 37th Legislative District
She Wants to Bring Community-Centric Solutions to the State Level
Micah Yip
Pop Loser
Feb 27
5:35 PM
Pop Loser: This Week in Music News
Local Lineups Dropped, Éliane Radigue Passed, and Bad Bunny Represents the US Better Than Trump
Audrey Vann
Music
Feb 28
10:17 AM
Immaculate Collection with Esther Rose
Ahead of her PNW tour dates, we talked to Esther Rose about her vintage leather collection.
Audrey Vann
Where to Scream
Mar 2
2:30 PM
Where to Scream
Protests, Rallies, and Other Ways to Get Involved in March
Megan Seling
News
Mar 3
1:00 PM
Vote on Seattle’s Detention Moratorium Delayed
Every Other Local Jurisdiction Has More Hustle, but the Bill Is Still Alive
Hannah Murphy Winter
Dear Hendrix
Mar 3
11:28 AM
Dear Hendrix
Go Stare at a Wall
Eva Walker