Homepage - The Stranger

Fare Share

Fare Share

Is Pidgin Cooperative’s Worker-Owned Model the Future of Seattle’s Restaurant Industry?

by Meg van Huygen

Block-Rockin’ Feats

Belltown Blast Celebrates the Neighborhood’s Artsy Tenacity

Hang on Snoopy

It’s Entirely Possible This is a Fake-Ass Rage Bait Question

Columbia Funeral Home Greeted Visitors With the Dead for More Than a Century

Death

Columbia Funeral Home Greeted Visitors With the Dead for More Than a Century

Now It’s Rising From the Ashes

Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, August 10–August 16

Suggests

Stranger Suggests: Your Agenda This Week, August 10–August 16

LATEST COLUMNS

I Saw U: Pushing a Float at the Solstice Parade, Watching Mexico vs. England Outside Merchant’s Cafe, and Almost Hitting Me With Your Prius

I Saw U

I Saw U: Pushing a Float at the Solstice Parade, Watching Mexico vs. England Outside Merchant’s Cafe, and Almost Hitting Me With Your Prius

Free Will Astrology

Free Will Astrology

Free Will Astrology

Big Beanie Baby

Big Beanie Baby

Pop Loser: Give Yourself Over to Absolute Pleasure

Pop Loser

Pop Loser: Give Yourself Over to Absolute Pleasure

Quickies!

Sex

Quickies!

MORE COLUMNS

Asian Verified

•

Play Date

•

Super Seattle Sonics

The Stranger in Print

What Happens When We Go?

What Happens When We Go?

Welcome to The Stranger’s August Issue

by Hannah Murphy Winter

August 2026 Issue

Fare Share

Exposure Therapy

Columbia Funeral Home Greeted Visitors With the Dead for More Than a Century

Things to Do in August: Literature

Things to Do in August: Film

Things to Do in August: Visual Art

Things to Do in August: Music

Things to Do in August: Performance

Read More

Come Visit Us This Thursday!

Come Visit Us This Thursday!

Capitol Hill Art Walk at The Stranger’s HQ

by Amanda Manitach

New Bill Would Junk Landlord “Junk” Fees

New Bill Would Junk Landlord “Junk” Fees

It’s All Part of Mayor Wilson’s and Council’s Plan to Get Housing Costs Under Control

by Guy Oron

Slog AM

Slog AM: Washington Doesn’t Have Enough Places to Live, Military Morale Is Collapsing, and a Madman Threatens to Detonate a Nuke in the Earth’s Core

August 11, 2026 9:30 amAugust 11, 2026 9:39 am

Fashion

What You’re Not Wearing

August 10, 2026 2:55 pmAugust 10, 2026 3:33 pm

Things to Do

The Stranger’s Calendar

The Stranger’s Calendar

Arts

Exposure Therapy

August 10, 2026 1:00 pmAugust 10, 2026 9:38 pm

Friday’s Ballot Drop Is Here

August 7, 2026 5:21 pmAugust 7, 2026 5:51 pm

Everything We See at the Capitol Hill Block Party

Music

Everything We See at the Capitol Hill Block Party

August 7, 2026 4:24 pmAugust 9, 2026 4:36 pm

Arts

Things to Do in August: Literature

August 7, 2026 12:20 pmAugust 7, 2026 2:57 pm

Arts

Things to Do in August: Film

August 7, 2026 12:20 pmAugust 7, 2026 2:56 pm

Art

Things to Do in August: Visual Art

August 7, 2026 12:16 pmAugust 7, 2026 2:58 pm

Things to Do in August: Music

August 7, 2026 12:16 pmAugust 7, 2026 2:53 pm

Things to Do in August: Performance

Arts

Things to Do in August: Performance

August 7, 2026 12:16 pmAugust 7, 2026 3:01 pm

Slog AM: Earth Burns, Earth Shakes, Biden’s Cancer Has Spread

Slog AM

Slog AM: Earth Burns, Earth Shakes, Biden’s Cancer Has Spread

by Vivian McCall August 10, 2026 9:30 am

Things to Do in August: Food & Drink

Things to Do in August: Food & Drink

by Meg van Huygen and Julianne Bell August 7, 2026 12:15 pmAugust 7, 2026 3:00 pm

Things to Do in August: This & That

Things to Do in August: This & That

by Audrey Vann August 7, 2026 12:14 pmAugust 7, 2026 3:01 pm

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Aug 7–9, 2026

EverOut

The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: Aug 7–9, 2026

Seahawks Football Fest, Hot Jimothy Summer, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $20

by EverOut Staff August 7, 2026 11:00 am

Seattle Should Build a Model of Itself in The Pit and Let It Decay

City

Seattle Should Build a Model of Itself in The Pit and Let It Decay

This Is an Honest-to-God Proposal

by Charles Mudede August 7, 2026 10:16 amAugust 7, 2026 10:49 am

Slog AM: The Farm Workers Are Coming for Their Republican Legislators, a Spokane Local Wins Poker’s Biggest Game as the City Burns, and Democrats in Montana Invent Yet Another Way to Lose an Election

Slog AM

Slog AM: The Farm Workers Are Coming for Their Republican Legislators, a Spokane Local Wins Poker’s Biggest Game as the City Burns, and Democrats in Montana Invent Yet Another Way to Lose an Election

by Hunter Pauli August 7, 2026 9:30 amAugust 7, 2026 9:31 am

Thursday’s Ballot Drop Is Here

Thursday’s Ballot Drop Is Here

Same Shit, Different Day

by Stranger Election Control Board August 6, 2026 4:59 pmAugust 6, 2026 5:00 pm

Ticket Alert: Skrillex, Lord Huron, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

EverOut

Ticket Alert: Skrillex, Lord Huron, and More Seattle Events Going On Sale This Week

Plus, Cat Clyde & Dean Johnson and More Event Updates for August 6

by EverOut Staff August 6, 2026 2:31 pmAugust 6, 2026 2:31 pm

Good Grief

Good Grief

Living With Loss in Seattle

Photos and Words by Madison Kirkman August 6, 2026 11:31 amAugust 6, 2026 4:09 pm

Slog AM: Wyoming Trans Woman Charged for Pulling Gun on (Alleged) Douchebags, It’s Smoky as Hell, and the Mariners Go Furry

Slog AM

Slog AM: Wyoming Trans Woman Charged for Pulling Gun on (Alleged) Douchebags, It’s Smoky as Hell, and the Mariners Go Furry

by Megan Seling, Nathalie Graham and Vivian McCall August 6, 2026 9:55 amAugust 6, 2026 9:57 am

Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.