A River Runs Through Us
On a languid spring evening in South Seattle, the wind ruffled through a web of fabric strung across the courtyard of Mini Mart City Park. Long, ripped strips of red, black, marigold, and white twisted, braided, and tangled overhead. They were anchored at points along the building’s roof and converged around a pole that rose,…
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Slog AM: The Waterfront Parks are Open, Washington Democrats Support War in Lebanon, and Pacific Northwest Journalists Call for Advertisers to Boycott Their Papers
Lawyers for Suspect in Juniper Blessing Murder Say Their Client is Not Competent to Stand Trial: Christopher Leahy has been in pre-trial detention since surrendering to police after Blessing’s killing, but has yet to enter a plea. He was supposed to be formally arraigned on murder charges yesterday, but this was postponed as the judge…
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God’s Army Is Hiring
This story originally appeared in The Stranger’s 2026 Queer Issue. On April 19, 2026, Russell Johnson, the founder and lead pastor of the right-wing megachurch Pursuit NW, took to Instagram, as he often does, to deliver two important messages to his congregation. He told them the church needed $52 million to purchase a building and…
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Ticket Alert: Gracie Abrams, Bryson Tiller, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week
Ready to click “add to cart” on these concert tix? Daughter from Hell singer-songwriter Gracie Abrams looks at her life on an upcoming tour. Multi-platinum rapper Bryson Tiller presents the Neo Trapsoul Tour with special guests Maijd Jordan and Ty Dolla $ign. Plus, reggae band Stick Figure brings new music to the Gorge next summer.…
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Welcome to The Stranger’s Queer Issue
The Democrats and the mainstream media have pushed me out of the greatest cabinet in Earth’s 4,000-year history, and The Stranger, a publication I have never heard of but was familiar with my excellent track record, asked me to temporarily fill in as its public editor for this “queer” issue. They had read about my…
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New Music You Shouldn’t Miss
SkerikSKERIK 061725(Loosegroove) Seattle saxophonist Skerik (aka Eric Walton) has done seemingly everything a musician can do in his 30-year career. Even a cursory rundown of his activities would exceed my word count, but, real quick: He’s toured with Roger Waters and Les Claypool, guested on Sunn O)))’s Monoliths & Dimensions, and headed over a dozen…
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Slog AM: Trump’s Cabinet Is Full of Suckups, NASA Says Goodbye to Mars Orbiter, Workers at Walrus and the Carpenter Authorize a Strike
Good Morning! It’s still spring in Seattle, so we have another partly cloudy, 60-something degree day ahead of us. It’s farmer’s market weather. It’s weather to take your (or someone else’s) dog on a long, breezy walk. Smoke season comes for us all eventually, so just get outside. But first, the news. Kissing the Ring:…
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‘Wait, Capitol Hill Is Gay?’
This story originally appeared in The Stranger’s 2026 Queer Issue. Happy Anniversary! It’s been one year since Christian supremacists took over a historically queer park in Seattle’s historically queer neighborhood. The event, which you may have read about in last year’s Queer Issue, was part of the Mayday USA tour, an anti-trans, anti-abortion spectacle specifically…
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Pop Loser: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Charli’s Version)
Welcome back to Pop Loser! This week, Charli XCX announced a new album, Joanna Newsom got her own holiday, Jack White debuted his “art,” and not even Milli Vanilli’s Fab Morvan will play at Trump’s Great American State Fair. Madonna shared a special message for Pride Month. Plus, Bob Dylan will be in town this…
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Union Workers at Acclaimed Restaurant the Walrus and the Carpenter Are Ready to Strike
On Tuesday afternoon, unionized workers at the Walrus and the Carpenter held a strike authorization vote in the sweltering Ballard sun minutes before the acclaimed oyster-centric spot opened for service. Eighteen of 20 union members voted to authorize a strike (with two not voting), so leadership will be able to call a work stoppage if…
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Never Stop Dancing
Dear neighbor, I pass by you a couple times a week, me walking my dog, you grooving to what must be awesome tunes in your earbuds and smoking a joint on the sidewalk across from our “smoke-free” apartment campus. You look so happy and in-the-moment, you dance like you feel the music in your bone…
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Read All About It!
This week, the Society for Professional Journalists announced the winners of their Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards. The Stranger won eight awards, including first place in Personal Profile (“The Making of Katie Wilson”), Graphics and Illustration (“Keep Digging”), Photo Essay (“Skateboards Only”), and Editorial and Commentary (“It’s All About the Dick”). This is also (probably)…
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