On Chesil Beach: Top-Shelf Nicholas Sparks or Bottom-Shelf Keira Knightley?
by Elinor JonesIn On Chesil Beach, romance isn’t romantic As a scholar of the rom-com genre, there’s nothing I love more than a whimsical courtship. But as a cynical human, I always wish every movie...
View ArticleMany animals are shifting from day to night to avoid people
Fear of people is driving many animals around the globe to shift their activities from day to night
View ArticleOregon woman dies from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
Health officials say an Oregon woman died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a disease transmitted through rodent droppings.
View ArticleLet's Fight: Reading Indoors vs. Reading Outdoors
by Rich Smith PAIGE VICKERS This story is presented as part of The Stranger's Art + Performance Quarterly, Summer 2018 Edition. In this piece, Charles Mudede and Rich Smith share their opposing views...
View ArticleComedian Emily Heller Is Taping Her "No Men Allowed—Kinda!!!" June 16...
You can be a part of comedian Emily Heller's live taping in Seattle.by Dave Segal"I don't really understand people who stay friends with their exes after a breakup. Why would you want to stay friends...
View ArticleDid the City Council Violate the Law Before Voting to Kill the Head Tax?
It's maybe not over!by Steven HsiehSally Bagshaw and Bruce Harrell during Tuesday's special meeting to repeal the head tax. SH Three lawyers filed a lawsuit against the City of Seattle on Thursday...
View ArticleReader Advice Round-up: Big Dick Volkswagen Enthusiasts, Incels, Diaper...
by Dan Savage Recent Savage Love Letters of the Day: How dangerous is it to leave a tied up person alone? A husband cheated on his wife with a MTF sex worker, but is it inevitable that he will cheat...
View ArticleYour Complete Guide to Pride Month 2018 in Seattle
Our Calendar Has All the Queer Events in Juneby Stranger Things To Do Staff
View Article25 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: June 7–10, 2018
by Stranger Things To Do StaffIncredibles 2 is funnier and more beautiful than the first movie. It's a great weekend for indie, world, and popular movies, and we've compiled the best ones below....
View ArticleThe Doc Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf Is Beautiful Because...
by Charles Mudede Here is a correspondence that caught me by surprise: The films of Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky, and the gardens of Dutch landscape designer Piet Oudolf. What brings the two...
View ArticleSavage Love: Retroactive Blessings
by Dan Savage Joe NewtonWithout snooping, I came across texts between my wife "Mary" and a guy "Jeremy" of a very sexual nature. While I would be okay if she were doing this and I knew about it, this...
View ArticleThe Long Odds of Poe Ballantine’s Whirlaway Pay Off
A weird, wonderful yarn about horse races, record collectors, and telepathic dogs.by Ned LannamannNebraska-based author Poe Ballantine has given his new novel the subtitle The Great American Loony Bin,...
View ArticleMissed These Films at SIFF? Now You Can See Them Again at Best of SIFF 2018
My Name is Myeisha, The Guilty, and more highlights of the Seattle International Film Festival playing June 15–21.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe 44th annual Seattle International Film Festival ended...
View ArticleBest of SIFF 2018 Films
My Name is Myeisha, The Guilty, and more highlights of the Seattle International Film Festival playing June 15–21.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe 44th annual Seattle International Film Festival ended...
View ArticlePaul Manafort Is Going to Jail
by Dan SavageNYT: A federal judge revoked Paul Manafort’s bail and sent him to jail on Friday to await trial, citing new charges that Mr. Manafort had tried to influence the testimony of two of the...
View ArticleNASA’s record-breaking spacewoman retires as astronaut
NASA's record-breaking astronaut, Peggy Whitson, is retiring; has spent more time off the planet than any other American
View ArticleIdaho nuclear research lab looking to downsize workforce
Officials at an eastern Idaho nuclear research lab say they want to eliminate 99 employees and hope they will take a voluntary separation agreement
View ArticleWhat Can You Do to Halt the Trump Administration’s Policy of Separating...
Blabbermouth Podcast Episode 153by The StrangerEpisode 153 talks to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal about her experience inside a federal detention facility, where migrant women seeking asylum are being...
View ArticleWhat Can You Do to Halt the Trump Administration’s Policy of Separating...
Blabbermouth Podcast Episode 153by The StrangerEpisode 153 talks to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal about her experience inside a federal detention facility, where migrant women seeking asylum are being...
View ArticleMy First Father’s Day Without Dad Is Gonna Be Rough, But I Have a Few Ideas...
by Kara TiernanMe and dad, circa 1986. He's the one with the awesome 'stache. My dad passed away on a sunny morning last July. Our family and friends had spent the previous 72 hours camped out in the...
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