Fish fry: The first-of-its-kind light rail floating bridge is zapping the fish in Lake Washington. Sound Transit revealed its operations along I-90 have killed around 2,000 fish since the bridge opened in March—mostly perch and bass, but a few...
Seattle may not be the first city people name when they talk about the movie industry, but there is an incredible amount of weird and wonderful film culture humming along here anyway: theaters held together by volunteers and sheer...
Picture it. 1991. Dollywood. A little queer boy.
It was one of the best days of the 11-year-old’s life, until it was his worst.
His grandparents liked to take the cousins in the van for a week. This time they loaded...
The Stranger’s Genius Awards began in 2003 as an attempt to recognize our favorite artists, and, crucially, to give them money. The awards changed shape over the years, then disappeared altogether after 2016. A decade later, we wanted them...
We’re a music city, baby! But the talent runs way deeper than the excellent indie/rock/punk canon you may already know and love. Whether reimagining hip-hop, composing for film, pushing electronic music into places no synth has gone before, or...
Our city’s grown up a lot in the past 10 years, and with it, our visual art scene. As with the other categories, it’s hard to try to narrow it down, so here are just a handful of the...
Gloria Steinem died. She was 92. I can’t adequately summarize in 100-or-so words at 7:45 a.m. on a Thursday morning how Gloria forever changed me, journalism, womankind, humankind, and the entire fucking world. So take a moment to read...
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Most of us are surprisingly clueless about the inner workings of our own bodies. Do you know where your gallbladder and spleen actually live or what jobs they perform on your behalf? Can you trace...
Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food & Drink, and This & That.
Bat TalkSept 4The perfect way to spend a late summer evening is to gather at Green Lake at dusk...
Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food & Drink, and This & That.
Cocina BarelasMultiple datesWhen former Shins guitarist Dave Hernandez moved to the Northwest after the band was signed to Sub...
