It’s press day here at The Stranger, which means I’m short on time for meandering art thoughts, so I’ll just include this photo of recent work by Genius short-lister Baso Fibonacci, who posted earlier this week about a “new...
Don’t say we didn’t warn you—tickets for these newly announced shows are about to go on sale! Indie pop singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine has dropped dates for a world tour supporting her recently released fourth album, Angel. Get your fill...
Welcome to October! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, when I mitigate my seasonal depression by going all in on gothic literature and horror films. The good people at the world’s best video store, Scarecrow Video, have...
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Orchids may lure pollinating insects with ingenious illusions rather than nectar. Some mimic the look or fragrance of other flowers. Others resemble female insects so convincingly that hopeful males unknowingly assist with pollination. From this,...
More than 10,000 refugees, asylum-seekers, and other lawful immigrants in Washington are losing their healthcare, starting today, thanks to language in Donald Trump’s House Resolution 1 (aka that monstrous “One Big Beautiful Bill”), in which people with certain immigration...
Lovers of weird, eclectic, and thoughtfully-programmed cinema rejoice! The Northwest Film Forum (NWFF), Seattle’s nonprofit independent art house cinema, is making a big expansion: starting Monday, they’ll be open for all seven days of the week.
This is the first...
Welcome back to Pop Loser! Spiritually, I’m in a place of the 2001 VMAs when Britney Spears debuted “I’m a Slave 4 U,” and apparently I’m not alone—the track is having a moment with Gen Z. I’ll dive into...
Seattle just can’t stop dying. The 2026 Global Cities Index by Oxford Economics clearly shows it has one foot in the grave. How else to explain the city being rated fourth in the whole fucking world when it comes...
I’m a 37-year-old (mostly) straight man who has been in and out of a series of committed, monogamous relationships for most of my adult life. I’m now at a point where I am feeling torn in two, and it...
There’s a draft of an open letter to Mayor Katie Wilson and the Seattle City Council that’s been making the rounds on social media and racking up signatures over the past few days. The request: divert $8 million from...
