Kay Redden is a modern-day Andy Warhol of sorts, gathering the coolest-of-cool artists in Seattle for her cassette-only label Den Tapes, releasing over 100 albums since it launched nearly 11 years ago. Each year, Redden organizes Den Fest, which...
Saw This One Coming: Mayor Katie Wilson reportedly fired Police Chief Shon Barnes last night, according to Publicola. He was reportedly seen leaving Wilson’s seventh floor office in City Hall after a long meeting. Multiple sources, including a recently...
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries artist Vincent van Gogh lived in Arles, France, for 15 months in 1888 and 1889. It was the most prolific time of his career. His buoyant genius overflowed, pouring out over 200 paintings, including...
It isn’t often that a movie review in a literary journal likethe London Review of Books goes viral—let alone a 4,234-word movie review—but that’s what happened this week when the LRB published translator Emily Wilson’s review, titled “An Uncomplicated...
Jacob Schear is a library worker writing on behalf of the Executive Board of AFSCME Local 2083, Seattle Public Library Employees Union. He does not speak for The Seattle Public Library.
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Welcome back to Pop Loser! It’s been a heavy week in Seattle, and with music news also looking bleak, I think it’s a good time to deep dive into a subject that brings me joy: Cher’s ass tattoo. Plus,...
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson and members of the Seattle City Council have squashed the beef over school meals, reaching an agreement to pay for universal free meals during school days and vouchers for the neediest kids on weekends and...
Uno Reverse: After a struggle over whether to fund universal free school meals or targeted food assistance for the neediest students in the district, the Seattle City Council voted to pay for both. The first year, funding will come...
In a fourth press conference this week, Mayor Katie Wilson and Seattle Police Department Chief Shon Barnes confirmed that one of the victims of Sunday’s Bite of Seattle shooting was involved in the shooting. Barnes also responded to controversy...
I’m a late-thirties hetero married man. I’m also a flirt. I’ve known this about myself for a long time, and while my spouse knows this generally, she probably doesn’t know that I can lean into a bit at times when...
