It’s Election Day: Have you voted? You have until 8 pm tonight to get your ballot into a ballot box. Don’t forget to come back to the blog this evening for our dispatches on the election parties happening around...
To prepare for the Stranger Election Control Board process, I slip a couple of fun questions up my sleeve to shake out in a moment of tension—people cry, they tangle their fingers, they stare into space as their campaign...
The August primary is upon us. Tomorrow at 8 pm is the deadline to cast your vote and have a say in myriad state legislative races, state Supreme Court races, a levy to fund the libraries (that, somehow, the...
MONDAY 8/3
Coconut Sticky Rice Oolong from Atulea
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(FOOD) I’ve been a vocal devotee of the tea shop Atulea, which has locations in Greenwood and Capitol Hill, for years. Since the beginning...
Three wildfires ravaged Spokane this weekend, burning hundreds of structures and forcing 60,000 people to evacuate their homes. The Autumn Lane, Fairview, and Market fires began Saturday, during hot, dry, and windy weather the National Weather Service described as...
Photography by Ryder Collins
On July 24, Erika Kirk’s Make Heaven Crowded tour stopped in the Pacific Northwest, at the Kirkland branch of the Pursuit NW church.
You’ve heard us talk about Pursuit before. They’re part of a Christian supremacist movement...
In the words of pop diva Zara Larsson, “Summer isn’t over yet.” There’s plenty of sun-soaked fun still to be had, and the August events calendar is bringing the heat. We’ve compiled the biggest events in live music, performance,...
Kshama Sawant, Seattle’s former socialist councilwoman running for the District 9 congressional seat Adam Smith has held for nearly 30 years, is not at all happy about the fake posters and mudslinging stickers popping up around town.
“I call them...
Welcome to Noise Complaint, The Stranger‘s new audio and video music podcast featuring live performances right here at The Stranger HQ. Streamed live and released every other Friday, we invite a great band, musician, or wonderfully weird act to perform....
Four Washington legislators who went on a 2025 tour of Israel paid for by the Israeli foreign ministry last September amid the Gaza genocide have in recent years pushed legislation in Olympia benefitting the Israeli government, including bills to...
Since mid-2025, GeoComply has been quietly beta testing its latest innovation.
The Vancouver-based digital identity platform describes this month’s launch,...
