Promising drugs being developed at the UW could expand HIV treatment—if we get out of our own way. by Vivian McCall As Sidney Adjetey laid on an exam table at Harborview Medical Center with h...
One of the officers captured on video repeatedly hitting a man with a baton has a history of complaints and lawsuits for excessive force. by Ashley Nerbovig The Stranger identified the two Seat...
The Stranger's morning news roundup. by Ashley Nerbovig GOOD MORNING! The weather today should be a mix of a little drizzly in the morning and then sunny the rest of the day, according to the ...
There is no best burger in Seattle; the best burger lives in your heart. by Megan Seling I suppose it's my own fault. A few weeks ago, in Slack, I asked my colleagues for their favorite burger ...
The five trans people sent us five moving letters concerning the body, the spirit, and what joy awaited them in their futures. by Vivian McCall A lot of weirdos want cis people to believe that ...
https://www.thestranger.com/queer-issue-2024/2024/06/05/79544860/letters-to-our-younger-trans-selves
Memories are more than just tears in the rain. by Charles Mudede The key to Netflix's new and limited series Eric should entirely be its time (1985) and location (Manhattan). But this key—wh...
https://www.thestranger.com/film/2024/06/10/79548820/eric-hates-beatboxing
Every jurisdiction in Washington State must take a hard look at their comprehensive plan and recognize its potential to address housing shortages. by Girmay Zahilay If you're a resident of King...
Basket tosses! Basket tosses! Basket tosses! by Nathalie Graham Sometimes on a Sunday night you find yourself holding a woman up by the soles of her feet. I gripped Stevie Escobedo, 33, by he...
https://www.thestranger.com/queer-issue-2024/2024/06/05/79544762/getting-high-with-seattle-cheer
Some Washingtonians could get the chance to replace their war hawk representatives in Congress with progressive challengers running in the name of a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. by Hannah Krieg ...
https://www.thestranger.com/news/2024/06/10/79552806/the-pro-palestine-challengers
Cavetown/Mother Mother, The Stranger's Burger Week, and More by EverOut Staff It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new week...and we're feeling good. Go forth and enjoy yourself at events fr...
https://everout.com/seattle/articles/the-top-36-events-in-seattle-this-week-june-10-16-2024/c5496/
The Stranger's morning news roundup. by Nathalie Graham FIRE IN THE ID: A vacant two-story building on the 1000 block of South Jackson Street caught fire late Sunday night. It's been burning ...
Jollibee, Pierogi, and Japanese-American Comfort Food by EverOut Staff Picnic weather is here, and two new fried chicken spots have arrived for your outdoor repast: Shaq's Big Chicken in Shoreli...
TRANSlations’ in-person screenings are June 7-8 with online screenings June 6-9. by Vivian McCall Seattle’s TRANSlations, one of only nine trans film festivals in the world, begins screenin...
https://www.thestranger.com/film/2024/06/07/79548934/get-lost-in-translations
The best new music to hit Dave Segal's inbox this week. by Dave Segal J.R.C.G., “DOGEAR” (SUB POP) It's always heart-warming when Sub Pop, Seattle's most famous record label, signs an up-...
Sure, the view is beautiful, but it’s gonna kill us all. by Stranger Staff If you love nature, you’ll love Seattle. We have 6,480 acres of parks, 4,563 miles of trails, more than 4 million ...
https://www.thestranger.com/how-to-seattle-2024/2024/05/22/79525155/how-to-seattle-outdoors
Seattle Dragon Boat Festival, Indigenous People Festival, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15 by EverOut Staff This weekend's forecast is sunny with a sprinkling of festivals—read on to se...
The Stranger's morning news roundup. by Nathalie Graham 17-YEAR-OLD DEAD AFTER SHOOTING OUTSIDE GARFIELD: A lunchtime shooting in the Garfield High School parking lot struck a student multiple ...
See someone? Say something! by Anonymous BEAUTIFUL MAN AT LCD SOUNDSYSTEM SHOW at the end of the 5/17 LCD Soundsystem show you made your way through the crowd, before leaving you touched my s...
Plus, Bob the Drag Queen and More Event Updates for June 6 by EverOut Staff Flamboyant singer and cultural icon CYNDI LAUPER ’s first tour in a decade will also be her final. Nepo baby GRACIE...
Artistic experimentation feels riskier when rent’s rising. by Adam Willems In the fall of 2022, Seattle drag queen and then-newcomer This Girl encountered a dancing dialectic in the Kremwerk ...
When I picture the kind of community I want to grow old in—the kind of community I want my kid to inherit—this is what I think about. by Anna Zivarts Nearly a third of us can’t drive. ...
Marination, Frelard Tamales, and More by EverOut Staff Happy Pride Month! It's a great time to think about how you can put some of your hard-earned dollars toward supporting local LGBTQ-owned bus...
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The Stranger's morning news roundup. by Hannah Krieg WEATHER: Good morning. Thanks for being here. Let me tell you a little bit about the weather before we get too rowdy, okay? Okay. So, accord...
Please continue going to movies and having a good time, but be aware that literally no one else in the theater cares what you have to say. by Anonymous What is with Seattle movie-goers not know...
https://www.thestranger.com/i-anonymous/2024/06/05/79544636/movie-madness
One really great thing to do every day of the week. by Audrey Vann WEDNESDAY 6/5 TRAVIS THOMPSON (MUSIC) There is little difference between Travis Thompson’s character on Season 2 of ...
It's The Stranger's 2024 Queer Issue! by Vivian McCall The first time I imagined the future, I was a seven-year-old boy sitting on an airplane, thumbing through the pages of a kid’s science m...
https://www.thestranger.com/queer-issue-2024/2024/06/05/79544889/50-years-of-queers
SPD policy allows officers to use force, such as hitting, punching, knee strikes, and batons in order to arrest someone as long as officers use necessary and proportional force. Officers may not ...
The Stranger's morning news roundup. by Vivian McCall SEEMS A LITTLE COZY: In private group chats with Seattle Police Department leaders, Federal Monitor Antonio Oftelie (the person in charge o...
Hunts’s shop is a brightly colored bibliophile’s paradise. by Lindsey Anderson When Charlie’s Queer Books opened its bright pink doors for the first time in November 2023, the Fremont sho...
https://www.thestranger.com/queer-issue-2024/2024/06/05/79544637/the-books-of-love
SassyBlack will host a reading of her new musical, Emerald Jett, on August 9 at Northwest Film Forum. by Catherine "SassyBlack" Harris-White When I moved to Seattle from the Big Island, Hawaii,...
https://www.thestranger.com/queer-issue-2024/2024/06/05/79544735/out-of-this-world
Big gay cities like ours change, and so do their gayborhoods. by Rich Smith Seattle’s gayborhood, located on Capitol Hill spiritually if increasingly less so demographically, certainly isn’...
https://www.thestranger.com/queer-issue-2024/2024/06/05/79545073/the-futures-of-seattles-gayborhood
Upthegrove faces stiff competition in the upcoming August primary, including a timber industry willing to pay to put a chainsaw in office. by Rich Smith After speaking on behalf of south King C...
That Stranger article gives an incomplete impression of who I am in large part because of how I represented who I was when Herzog interviewed me. by Ky Schevers Originally published in Reclaimi...
The trouble started in November when the Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation announced its plan to build a privately funded, nature-themed children’s “play area” at the historically ...
https://www.thestranger.com/queer-issue-2024/2024/06/05/79545114/whats-next-for-denny-blaine
Not Every Queer Politician Is an “Ally” by Hannah Krieg The Stranger will go on the record saying we love gay people. We love being gay people, being friends with gay people, dating gay peo...
Festivals, Parties, and More All Throughout June by Audrey Vann The last weekend of June is Pride Weekend in Seattle, when the SEATTLE PRIDE PARADE sashays through the streets and there are a ...
https://everout.com/seattle/articles/the-biggest-pride-month-2024-events-in-seattle/c5482/
Looking for a Copy of This Year’s Queer Issue? You Can Find One at the Following Locations. by Stranger Staff
On the Magnum: Comedian Jared Goldstein by The Stranger Dan takes on a couple of heavy calls this week. A woman learned that her ex-boyfriend of eight years was convicted on child pornography c...
https://www.thestranger.com/sex/2024/06/04/79544620/the-plight-of-the-long-haired-homo
The police were repeatedly informed of a potential serial killer for years, but the department did next to nothing with the information. by Charles Mudede And so this is how Robert Pickton's li...
https://www.thestranger.com/crime/2024/06/04/79544371/serial-killer-robert-pickton-is-dead
3 Inches of Blood are back with catchy metal anthems with unapologetically nerdy lyrics straight out of a Dungeons and Dragons campaign. by Kevin Diers Twenty-one years ago, a 12-year-old kid f...
https://www.thestranger.com/music/2024/06/04/79544372/long-live-heavy-metal
Oftelie’s apparently casual response to a longtime SPD detective raising concerns about possible systemic racism in the department raises questions about how critically he’s monitoring the de...
Lewis Powell’s oligarchic legal attack machine continues to target Washington schools with manufactured legal battles. by Austin Field Last month marked the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board...
The Stranger's morning news roundup. by Ashley Nerbovig HEYOO, GOOD MORNING. Damn, the National Weather Service says maybe some thunderstorms today with a high near 63 degrees, with winds r...
This chaotic situation marks only the latest episode of instability and uncertainty for the 200 migrants. by Hannah Krieg Kent police officers delivered a 48-hour eviction notice Sunday afterno...
From punk shows at roller rinks to trivia nights hosted by Jeopardy! champs. by Stranger Staff Seattle has long been known for its fruitful music scene. But we’re more than grunge. Today’s ...
Hannah Gadsby, The Black Trans Comedy Showcase, and More Top Picks by EverOut Staff Welcome to the first full week of June! Spend some time at tip-top events from Hannah Gadsby: Woof! to to Jo...
https://everout.com/seattle/articles/the-top-47-events-in-seattle-this-week-june-3-9-2024/c5487/
Just Go With Me on This One by Rich Smith Yeah, okay, sure, on one level, George Balanchine's Coppélia , which runs at McCaw Hall through June 9, is ultimately one of those goofy 19th-century ...
Eight Weeks Are Up, but Hours Are Still Down by Hannah Krieg The Seattle Public Library (SPL) did not bounce back after its planned eight weeks of rolling closures from April 12 to June 2. With...
The Stranger's morning news roundup. by Nathalie Graham DID YOU HAVE A NICE ATMOSPHERIC RIVER? Sunday's rain broke June rainfall records in Seattle, Olympia, and Hoquiam, but the system isn't...
A New Yakitori Joint Opens, Bar Bayonne Is Named One of America's Best Bars, and Brouwer's Cafe Says Goodbye by EverOut Staff This week, we're scoping out skewered meats and sushi at the new spot...