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ADVERTISEMENT: The 50th anniversary of Bumbershoot is a return to its origin story – a community driven arts festival th...
02/24/2023

ADVERTISEMENT: The 50th anniversary of Bumbershoot is a return to its origin story – a community driven arts festival that celebrates the dreamers, makers, and performers that call the Pacific Northwest home. Limited $50 50th Anniversary tickets are on sale today!

HUMP Film Festival starts TONIGHT! There is nothing better than watching a bunch of p**n with an audience of respectful-...
02/23/2023
HUMP! Starts This Weekend… What Are You Waiting For?

HUMP Film Festival starts TONIGHT!

There is nothing better than watching a bunch of p**n with an audience of respectful-yet-curious strangers.

Here are some of the highlights you'll be seeing at On the Boards. Clown s*x! Tighty whities! Intergalactic s*x dreams!

HUMP! starts tonight! Here are some of the delicious, raunchy, and delightfully strange p**nos you can expect to see.

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02/23/2023

Spotted: Missing you, Lavender Country 💜💜💜
Is this your sticker? Let me know! Email [email protected].

Comedian Andy Iwancio's new EP 'Hard Trans' is hilarious, humanizing, and a vital listen as politicians and certain memb...
02/23/2023
Seattle Comic Andy Iwancio's 'Hard Trans' EP Humanizes With Humor

Comedian Andy Iwancio's new EP 'Hard Trans' is hilarious, humanizing, and a vital listen as politicians and certain members of the far-right media strive to dehumanize and oppress trans folks.

The comedian's latest release has peaked at #2 on the iTunes comedy chart.

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02/23/2023

ADVERTISEMENT: The updated COVID booster is designed to maximize your protection from Omicron and reduce the spread of COVID this winter 💉 💪 🚀 If it’s been over 2 months since your last booster or dose of COVID-19 vaccine, book your appointment now.

Emerald City Comic Con is next weekend! The pop culture convention continues to be welcoming to everyone, including (and...
02/22/2023
Here Are Your Queer-Friendly, Can't-Miss Highlights at Next Week's Emerald City Comic Con

Emerald City Comic Con is next weekend! The pop culture convention continues to be welcoming to everyone, including (and especially) LGBTQ+ attendees.

Matt Baume has rounded up some of the highlights, from the most interesting panels to celebrity guests (hi, Mara Wilson!).

As always, ECCC will be a welcoming enclave for everyone who wants to enjoy pop culture together, including (and especially) LGBTQ+ attendees.

Breaking: Seattle City Council Member Dan Strauss is running for reelection. That makes him the last of the council incu...
02/22/2023
Dan Strauss Is Running for Reelection

Breaking: Seattle City Council Member Dan Strauss is running for reelection.

That makes him the last of the council incumbents to announce his plans, with three defending and four moving on to other things.

So far, looks like his most serious challenger Fremont Chamber of Commerce Executive Pete Hanning, who announced his run this morning.

A Third and Final Incumbent Decides to Defend

A new batch of Stranger Suggests just dropped! Today's recommended event goes all day long, with more than 75 restaurant...
02/22/2023
Stranger Suggests: Bleak Beauty, Co***ne Bear, NW Black Restaurant Week, Kremwerk's Anniversary, Bob James Quartet

A new batch of Stranger Suggests just dropped!

Today's recommended event goes all day long, with more than 75 restaurants raising money for earthquake relief efforts in Turkey and Syria. Go eat something delicious for a good cause!

Here are just some of the participants: Rachel's Bagels & Burritos, Ciudad, Hamdi, Full Tilt Ice Cream, Monsoon Seattle, The Whale Wins, Homer and Milk Drunk, Spinasse, Post Alley Pizza, and Taku. Yum!

One really great thing to do every day of the week.

ADVERTISEMENT: The 50th anniversary of Bumbershoot is a return to its origin story – a community driven arts festival th...
02/22/2023

ADVERTISEMENT: The 50th anniversary of Bumbershoot is a return to its origin story – a community driven arts festival that celebrates the dreamers, makers, and performers that call the Pacific Northwest home. Limited $50 50th Anniversary tickets are on sale this Friday! https://bumbershoot.com/

Bumbershoot is back! The music and arts fest will return to the Seattle Center September 2-3 and today they've announced...
02/21/2023
Bumbershoot Returns September 2-3, $50 Early Bird Tickets on Sale Friday

Bumbershoot is back! The music and arts fest will return to the Seattle Center September 2-3 and today they've announced their arts lineup—wrestling! witches! pole dancing!

$50 early bird tickets go on sale Friday.

We've got all the details:

Bumbershoot returns this Labor Day weekend and announces $50 early bird tickets.

Tomorrow Shout Your Abortion will open the first Shout Shop. The West Seattle storefront will carry SYA merchandise and ...
02/18/2023
Shout Your Abortion Opens Shout Shop This Weekend

Tomorrow Shout Your Abortion will open the first Shout Shop. The West Seattle storefront will carry SYA merchandise and also host craft events—T-shirt decorating! Button making!—to help spread their pro-abortion message.

Bring a T-shirt or tote bag to paint!

Happy Sticker Patrol Day! This week, Jesus comes back to punch everyone.
02/17/2023
Seattle Sticker Patrol: WWJD?

Happy Sticker Patrol Day!

This week, Jesus comes back to punch everyone.

He is risen...to dole out some punches!

GUEST RANT: "Let's protect people like me and set a powerful precedent for outlawing caste discrimination nationally and...
02/17/2023
Seattle Must Ban Caste Discrimination

GUEST RANT: "Let's protect people like me and set a powerful precedent for outlawing caste discrimination nationally and internationally."

Let's help protect people like me and set a powerful precedent for outlawing caste discrimination nationally and internationally.

Jeremiah Green of Modest Mouse and Red Stars Theory passed away on December 31, 2022. Here, his longtime friend Gavin Fl...
02/16/2023
Remembering Jeremiah Green of Modest Mouse

Jeremiah Green of Modest Mouse and Red Stars Theory passed away on December 31, 2022. Here, his longtime friend Gavin Fleek shares the obituary he wrote on behalf of Jeremiah's friends and family.

It was wonderful to be in Jeremiah's world. It is both quieter and louder without him.

Another candidate hops in the race to replace Kshama Sawant in Seattle's District 3. Meet Efrain Hudnell, a deputy prose...
02/16/2023
Prosecutor Efrain Hudnell Jumps into District 3 Council Race

Another candidate hops in the race to replace Kshama Sawant in Seattle's District 3.

Meet Efrain Hudnell, a deputy prosecutor who has been on quite the journey...

From Fed Soc Member to abolitionist-adjacent prosecutor, Hudnell really has been on a journey.

The Chinatown-ID organizer who led the charge against a shelter expansion is challenging Tammy Morales for her seat on c...
02/16/2023
Night Watch Organizer Tanya Woo Announces Seattle City Council Bid for District 2

The Chinatown-ID organizer who led the charge against a shelter expansion is challenging Tammy Morales for her seat on council.

Tanya Woo wants everything, but she has no idea how to pay for any of it, and she doesn't want to raise taxes.

Tanya Woo wants everything, has no idea how to pay for any of it, and doesn't want to raise taxes.

Spotted: Post-Valentine’s Day blues…take this as a sign if you needed one.   Is this your sticker? Let me know! Email jk...
02/15/2023

Spotted: Post-Valentine’s Day blues…take this as a sign if you needed one.
Is this your sticker? Let me know! Email [email protected].

Here's a new batch of Stranger Suggests so you can have the best week ever! GO DO AND SEE ALL THESE THINGS:🎵 Black Belt ...
02/15/2023
Stranger Suggests: Black Belt Eagle Scout, Yo La Tengo, 'Killer of Sheep,' 'Midnights/子夜,' Gorditx Plus Size Swap & Sell Market

Here's a new batch of Stranger Suggests so you can have the best week ever!

GO DO AND SEE ALL THESE THINGS:

🎵 Black Belt Eagle Scout at Neumos!

🎸 Yo La Tengo at Neptune Theatre!

🎭 The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window at Erickson Theatre Off Broadway!

🎨 Midnights/子夜 at Specialist!

📽 Killer of Sheep at Grand Illusion Cinema!

👗 Gorditx Plus Size Swap & Sell Market💘 at The Cherry Pit!

🎶 The Roots at Showbox S**o!

😋 All the cannoli at Kelly Cannoli!

One really great thing to do every day of the week.

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Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale…a tale of a Wild, Terrifying, Fantastic trip! Get ready to set sail on the ultimate WTF cruise with films that ooze with slime and grime, like THE PASSENGER (La Pasajera), FLUX GOURMET, and HATCHING. Watch out for what’s wacky and weird at siff.info/wtffb. 😵‍💫

Thank you to The Stranger for being as strange as WTF, and for supporting the 48th Seattle International Film Festival!
heading out to my show tonight at Pour Decisions , Seattle 7-9 , glad to be back in Seattle.
"NO COVER CHARGE or TICKET NEEDED" (Tips appreciated) hope to see you there. This show should be pretty full so please get there early for a good seat. Kyyle Cort The Stranger Washington Beer Blog Seattle Events Seattle Event Music SeattleLives
"Though there's no I in 'team,' Kyle Davis stole the show the night I saw it. He moved with nearly insane speed and precision, projecting the boundless energy pent up in the constantly-morphing choreography itself." - Rich Smith in The Stranger

Did you miss your chance to cheer from the sidelines for Plot Points? The digital version runs March 31 - April 4, tickets available here >> https://bit.ly/PlotPointsPNB

Read the review >> https://bit.ly/SlogReview
“Following the Amazon drama, Seattle Pride will now institute new minimum standards for Pride sponsors. They say those requirements will cover issues that range from political activity to coverage for gender-affirming health care.” - Matt Baume, The Stranger
🌊 "Our Blue Planet: Global Visions of Water" is now on view at SAM and Crosscut, KUOW Public Radio, and Seattle Met Magazine all covered the opening! Also in art news this week: 🎙️ The Stranger spoke with Emily Zimmerman as she leaves her position as director of the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, and 🏢 The Seattle Times on the effort by Seattle artists to purchase Inscape Arts. Find it all now on ! samblog.seattleartmuseum.org/2022/03/sam-news-mar-21/
The Stranger’s Jas Keimig conducted an exit interview with Emily Zimmerman, the gallery’s outgoing Director + Curator!
Have you heard of HUMP Film Festival !? An indie erotic film festival curated by Dan Savage , love and s*x advice columnist for the The Stranger and Portland Mercury and host of the podcast Savage Love? Well, Annette and her guest Liberty attended this year's festival and have reviewed it for you. If you haven't been to it yet...still have time. You can even stream it online!
🎨 Lauren Halsey's solo exhibition is one of the The Stranger's top picks of the week, 🎤 The Daily interviews SAM Curator Natalia Di Pietrantonio about "Embodied Change: South Asian Art Across Time" at the Seattle Asian Art Museum, and 🎉 Seattle magazine announces Joël Barraquiel Tan as the new executive director of the Wing Luke Museum. Read these stories and more in Muse/News now on ! samblog.seattleartmuseum.org/2022/03/sam-news-mar-14/
The Stranger // EverOut Seattle recommend checking out Todd Day Wait & Kristina Murray with Dean Johnson tonight and King Youngblood, Jaiden Grayson, Lara Lavi tomorrow!
Thanks to Chase Burns of The Stranger for highlighting our current performance, A Thousand Ways (Part 3): An Assembly, by 600 HIGHWAYMEN!

Your last chance to experience this unique performance is TODAY (Friday) at 5:30pm, with just a few seats left.

Get your tickets here: https://www.ontheboards.org/performances/a-thousand-ways-part-two-600-highwaymen
Join us in welcoming Guy Oron as the new staff reporter. Guy (he/they) is a writer and journalist. Raised in Seattle, he studied International Studies and Political Science at the University of Washington. Guy’s writing has been featured in multiple publications, including The Nation, The Stranger and the South Seattle Emerald. Outside of work, Guy likes to spend their time organizing for justice, rock climbing and playing chess.
This just in: Muse/News is all new! 🎨 SAM Curator Natalia Di Pietrantonio spoke to Northwest Asian Weekly about "Embodied Change: South Asian Art Across Time," 👮‍♀️ NPR introduces the security guards moonlighting as curators at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and 🚶‍♂️ The Stranger on the people of Third and Pine. Read it now on ! samblog.seattleartmuseum.org/2022/03/sam-news-mar-7/