You laughed, loud and hard at me, as I exited my “low-income apartment complex” in Belltown. I heard you and called you out on it. You turned, mumbled some words about how it “wasn’t about you” and “I’m sorry,”...
It’s officially fall! Cozy up with tickets to newly announced shows. Hans Zimmer—who you may know for his Grammy Award-winning scores to Dune and The Lion King—takes it to the next level on tour with his 19-piece band next...
Kelly Bjork’s imagery has always centered around scenes of domesticity and intimacy. Their paintings feel familiar because they document the often-overlooked details of everyday life: the pleasing pattern of repeating tile, the warm grain of wood floorboards, the cozy,...
Editor’s note: A series of unfortunate events—sickness, logistical nightmares, emergencies (we’re fine)—struck the Stranger this week, which made reshuffling the Slog AM schedule necessary. Well, a certain fool editor dropped the fucking cards, and two people wrote Slog AM...
ARIES (March 21-April 19): In the practice of niwaki, Japanese gardeners shape trees so they look both natural and artfully composed. They prune and style the branches to dramatize the tree’s inherent character. Their goal is to collaborate. I...
Fuck, it’s basically Halloween already: Ghostly decorations are going up across Seattle. There’s a zombie in the Senate. And there’s a giant pumpkin in Spokane, the Spokesman-Review reports. A Seattle man grew the pumpkin to 1,006 pounds, carted it...
For the first time, the Seattle City Council formally recognized Denny Blaine Park’s decades of queer history and its importance to gay and trans Seattle. The council passed a formal resolution Wednesday, showing where the city stands after years...
Welcome back to Pop Loser! This week, we’ll honor our lord and savior, Joan Jett, who turned 68 on Tuesday. It was a slow news week, so I’ll dive into that weird time in the ’80s when rock musicians...
Lorax mode: A grassroots conservation organization has successfully saved a fuckload of trees on the Olympic Peninsula. After the Department of Natural Resources sold a 74-acre plot of state forest to Webster Logging, the Elwha Legacy Forests Coalition made...
The Seattle City Council voted Tuesday to limit how companies use personal data to set prices in grocery stores. The move will prohibit large grocery stores from using algorithmic pricing for individual customers in an effort to prevent price...
