Saturday, July 18, 2026

Seattle

I Saw U: Avoiding COVID at the Movies, Dropping Apples at Trader Joe’s, and Running for the Light Rail in Lynnwood

Covid cautious cutie at the moviesWe both saw a movie solo at southcenter wearing masks. You held the door for me & I should have said hi. Let’s sit together next time? Spilling apples at trader joesYou:looking cute whilst spilling...

I Saw U: Avoiding COVID at the Movies, Dropping Apples at Trader Joe’s, and Running for the Light Rail in Lynnwood

Covid cautious cutie at the moviesWe both saw a movie solo at southcenter wearing masks. You held the door for me & I should have said hi. Let’s sit together next time? Spilling apples at trader joesYou:looking cute whilst spilling...

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: June 5–7, 2026

The first wave of Pride events goes down this weekend, with celebrations from Gays Eating Garlic Bread in the Park and Seattle Pride in the Park to the White Center Pride Street Festival. We’re also suggesting you make time...

A River Runs Through Us

On a languid spring evening in South Seattle, the wind ruffled through a web of fabric strung across the courtyard of Mini Mart City Park. Long, ripped strips of red, black, marigold, and white twisted, braided, and tangled overhead....

God’s Army Is Hiring

This story originally appeared in The Stranger’s 2026 Queer Issue. On April 19, 2026, Russell Johnson, the founder and lead pastor of the right-wing megachurch Pursuit NW, took to Instagram, as he often does, to deliver two important messages to...

Ticket Alert: Gracie Abrams, Bryson Tiller, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

Ready to click “add to cart” on these concert tix? Daughter from Hell singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams looks at her life on an upcoming tour. Multi-platinum rapper Bryson Tiller presents the Neo Trapsoul Tour with special guests Maijd Jordan and...

Welcome to The Stranger’s Queer Issue

The Democrats and the mainstream media have pushed me out of the greatest cabinet in Earth’s 4,000-year history, and The Stranger, a publication I have never heard of but was familiar with my excellent track record, asked me to...

New Music You Shouldn’t Miss

SkerikSKERIK 061725(Loosegroove) Seattle saxophonist Skerik (aka Eric Walton) has done seemingly everything a musician can do in his 30-year career. Even a cursory rundown of his activities would exceed my word count, but, real quick: He’s toured with Roger Waters...

Slog AM: Trump’s Cabinet Is Full of Suckups, NASA Says Goodbye to Mars Orbiter, Workers at Walrus and the Carpenter Authorize a Strike

Good Morning! It’s still spring in Seattle, so we have another partly cloudy, 60-something degree day ahead of us. It’s farmer’s market weather. It’s weather to take your (or someone else’s) dog on a long, breezy walk. Smoke season...

‘Wait, Capitol Hill Is Gay?’ 

This story originally appeared in The Stranger’s 2026 Queer Issue. Happy Anniversary! It’s been one year since Christian supremacists took over a historically queer park in Seattle’s historically queer neighborhood. The event, which you may have read about in last...
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Fine, electric mountain bikes don’t suck

You don’t need a $10,000 Amflow PX Carbon Pro, but it doesn’t hurt. | Photo by Thomas Ricker /...
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