Get ready to rumble with tickets to these newly announced shows. Groovy genre-bending bassist Thundercat will come through Seattle to support his recent release, Distracted. Pop-rock singer-songwriter Michelle Branch has announced a new album and cross-country tour for the...
My friend group and I attend drag shows and brunches year-round. For the most part, these shows are beautiful displays of queer art and joy, and are valued spaces for the Seattle queer community. In the past month, I...
This story was originally published in The Stranger’s July 2026 print issue.
Multidisciplinary artist and designer Shiloh Davies is looking to “bring a little more play into the everyday.” Their textile works—which include soft sculptures, costume designs, and installations—are fantastical,...
It’s time for the Seattle Art Fair, taking place July 23–26 at the Lumen Field Event Center.
I probably don’t have to explain art fairs to anyone, but art fairs are the glitzy cousin of trade fairs, usually housed in...
The Naked and Infamous: Denny Blaine Park, Seattle’s favorite hangout for nude gays, will stay open and partially naked, a judge ruled yesterday. The unsightly anti-masturbation fence will stay up, and the city will have to staff the beach...
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In honor of the intensive homecoming phase of your astrological cycle, I have homework for you. 1. Make a prediction about how old you will be when you know precisely who you are. 2. Forecast...
King County Superior Court Judge Samuel Chung has ordered Denny Blaine Park to remain open and naked (on the lower half of the park), with conditions.
The anti-masturbation fence—the City’s response to Chung’s court-ordered abatement plan to curb masturbation and...
Welcome back to Pop Loser! This week in music news, the Black & Loud Fest lineup dropped, Peppa Pig shaded Clairo (sigh), and Lorde deemed AI glasses “not sexy.” Power ballad queen Bonnie Tyler died unexpectedly at 75. And...
This morning, the federal judges for the US District Court for the Western District of Washington unanimously appointed veteran local attorney Roger Rogoff as our US attorney, and he was sworn in by Chief Judge David Estudillo. At 8:30...
Tax the Rich Already! Gov. Bob Ferguson has joined the campaign to fight Initiative 645, which would repeal the Millionaires Tax that Ferguson signed into law in March. I-645 is Trump-loving millionaire Brian Heywood’s attempt to repeal the tax...
