Thursday, June 4, 2026

Seattle

The History of the Broadway Theater

Why did we do this? Read our case for making the marquee a landmark. The building itself, a wood-frame of average quality, is not special. But its green and cream interiors trimmed with silver must have seemed so to...

The Old Broadway TheaterMarquee Should Be a Landmark

In February, news broke that McDonald’s had filed for a permit to spend $750,000 to turn the old Broadway Theater (once our most fashionable Rite Aid) into a fast food restaurant. We groaned a collective groan. McDonald’s doesn’t just move...

Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, May 18–24

MONDAY 5/18 Dry Cleaning (MUSIC) British band Dry Cleaning is known for frontperson Florence Shaw’s talk-sung vocals, plodding rhythms, and commentary on the mundanity of daily life. After crashing onto the post-punk scene with two critically acclaimed albums in 2021 and...

Slog AM: Another Dead Whale in Washington, the Christians Take DC, and Is the War on?

How are those US-Iran negotiations going? They’re stalled. After a Sunday call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump posted on social media: “For Iran, the Clock is Ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there...

Our Regional Homelessness Authority Is in Deep Trouble

When an independent audit last month found that the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) was running a $45 million deficit, including $13 million in funds unaccounted for or overspent, the public outrage was palpable.  The forensic evaluation was damning,...

Meditations in an Emergency

Just when you think you know an artist, they throw something like this at you. It’s not just that Joe Rudko (metaphorically) tossed his photographs and X-Acto knife; it’s that he (literally) took oil pastels—the fancy cousin of crayons—and...

Community Grief and Healing Event Planned After Stabbing of Juniper Blessing, a 19-Year-Old Trans UW Student

All week, I’ve been trying to find the words for what happened to a transgender University of Washington student in off-campus student housing Sunday night, and hoping it was not what it looked like. We don’t know all the details....

The Cheesy Marty at Bar Bayonne

Bad news, guys. I wasted three years of my life not going to Bar Bayonne when I could’ve been. I can never get them back. I can only start compensating today for the deleterious loss. At 14th and Jefferson, L’Oursin...

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: May 15–17, 2026

Ready to get the weekend started? We’re right there with ya, suggesting cheap and easy things to do from 17th of May Seattle to the U District Street Fair and from the Pike Pine Social to the ​Classic Workboat...

Slog AM: Suspects in Seattle Killings Appear in Court, Kash Patel’s VIP Snorkel, An Iowa Shark Attack

UW Stabbing Suspect in Court: The 31-year-old Bellevue man suspected of killing a 19-year-old trans woman in an off-campus University of Washington student housing complex appeared in court Thursday. The judge ” found probable cause to hold him for...
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News Wrap: Ukraine strikes oil depot deep inside Russia

In our news wrap on Wednesday, Ukraine says it struck an oil depot in Russia's St. Petersburg with drones...
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