Friday, August 7, 2026

Seattle

The View From the Cheap Seats

We have looked forward for years to the World Cup coming to Seattle, and it finally swept through the city this summer. Much of Seattle’s effort to become “game ready” felt like putting makeup on a pig—a spectacle more than...

Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, July 20–July 26

MONDAY 7/20 Vanishing Seattle +  Collide-o-Scope (FILM) Two beloved institutions team up at Clock-Out Lounge for a celebration of Seattle’s weird and wonderful past. Pop-culture conservators/video wizards Shane Wahlund and Michael Anderson of Collide-O-Scope are back with Vanishing Seattle curator/documentarian Cynthia...

Slog AM: Spain Wins the World Cup, the Iran War Keeps Escalating, and Diarrhea Lettuce Mystery Continues

Good Morning! After another weekend of perfect weather, the late summer nonsense is officially upon us this week: Temps will be in the 80s and 90s at least until Thursday, and we’re expecting a blanket of wildfire smoke from...

I Saw U: After the US Lost a World Cup Game, Making Out on Light Rail, and Reading ‘The Colour of Magic’

lesbianism at metier during usa v. aus matchwe sat next to each other at the bar. you: rapinoe jersey, me: with my black lab. you wished me a happy pride on your way out. drinks sometime? Gas Stations GlancesNorth Bend...

SIFF Cinema Workers Union Walk Out of SIFF Downtown Ahead of 70mm ‘The Odyssey’ Screening

Members of the SIFF Cinema Workers Union (SCWU) walked out of the 570-seat SIFF Cinema Downtown Friday before the sold out 3 pm 70mm screening of Christopher Nolan’s fantasy epic The Odyssey. The union said the action was authorized...

The Stranger’s Noise Complaint: Episode Two

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....

Sunshine, Tears, and Disco

Anne Tong and Bryce Barsten of Chinese American Bear (华裔美国熊) started making music for fun, and three albums later, it’s clear that joy is still their top priority. Since 2019, the Seattle-based couple has made bouncy bilingual pop, sung...

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: July 17–19, 2026

Cheer on your favorite team during the World Cup‘s third-place and final matches at this weekend’s World Soccer Fan Celebration in the U District. There’s more cheap fun to get up to at the Alki Art Fair, the Indian Days...

Slog AM: Trump Spews Election Misinformation in Bad Speech, Fires in Canada, Poop Parasite in Your Crunchwrap Supreme

Trump Lies: Well, President Donald Trump’s speech on Thursday was a real doozy. He attacked elections. Citing heavily redacted intelligence documents out of context, Trump claimed that China interfered in the 2020 election by stealing millions of voter files...

The Seattle City Council Didn’t Totally Screw Up Mayor Katie Wilson’s Biggest-Ever Seattle Transit Measure to Expand Bus Service in the City 

It took over three hours of debate in the Seattle City Council’s Select Committee on Seattle Transportation Benefit District, a slew of dumb amendments, a few good amendments, and sitting through Committee Chair Rob Saka’s tortured pronunciation of the...
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