Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Otherworldly "Xenossiah" by Local...
Former Grave Babies member goes far off the beaten path with his new experimental global-music project Astrament. Watch him perform tonight at Fred Wildlife Refuge.by Dave SegalThis is your mind on...
View ArticleHorror Movie Mandy Will Satisfy Your Hunger for Loony Nicolas Cage
Chain-saw duel!by Joule ZelmanAbout one hour into Panos Cosmatos’s horror-fantasy-thriller Mandy, I thought: “Nicolas Cage is surprisingly… subdued.” Playing a gruff logger deeply in love with the...
View ArticleAP Explains: How storm surges build up, destroy and kill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Behold the awesome power of water. Already the ocean is swallowing beaches, roads and anything else in the way of Hurricane Florence’s monstrous storm surge. Storm surges aren’t walls...
View ArticleA Real-Life Kid Kingpin in White Boy Rick
by Ned LannamannThere are enough worthwhile things in White Boy Rick that you could almost convince yourself it’s a good movie. Its setting of snowy, blighted Detroit in the 1980s is immersive and...
View Article‘We’re on a long journey’: Washington’s 2018 state test scores still show...
Students in Washington showed slight improvement on English exams but still performed poorly in math.
View ArticleTommy Le's Death Shows Us Why Cops Can't Investigate Themselves
The county's only investigation so far into the police shooting of Tommy Le, who was unarmed and holding a pen at the time, leaves us with plenty of questions. The biggest one being why are the cops...
View ArticleJohn Cameron Mitchell Dishes on Shrill, Anthem, and Working It to Pay His...
by Suzette SmithNote: This is a preview of a show John Cameron Mitchell is doing down in Portland. So if you feel like heading down south to see a show… "My joke was I used to be a Tour de Force. Now...
View ArticleWeekday Trumpdate: Does This Mop Even Know Where Puerto Rico Is?
Probably not.by Katie HerzogExcellent for running a nation and mopping up spilled milk.mscornelius/Getty Weekday Trumpdate gives you the latest on the ongoing catastrophe in the White House. Surprise!...
View ArticleMountain goat relocation begins in Olympic National Park
The goats are being moved to the Cascade Mountains, their native habitat. The state expects to relocate halfthe estimated 700 goats on the Olympic Peninsula. The remainder will be killed.
View ArticleWhy Linda Derschang's "Damned Shoes" Are Relevant
by Charles Mudede Charles Mudede The opening paragraphs of my profile on local entrepreneur and designer Linda Derschang: Linda Derschang is sitting on a patio at the corner of First Avenue and...
View Article12 Places to Get Affogato In Seattle
by Stranger Things To Do StaffAt D’ambrosio Gelato in Ballard, you can select from a new menu with five different affogato options or opt for any flavor of your choice, like this swoon-worthy pistachio...
View ArticleWhere to Go for Affogato
Places to find the Italian caffeine-laced ice cream treat around town.by Stranger Things To Do StaffSeattleites love their ice cream and their coffee, so it's only natural to combine the two. Affogato,...
View ArticleBoss revenge, self-colonoscopy studies win 2018 Ig Nobels
BOSTON (AP) — Anyone who’s ever been so furious with their boss that they feel like exacting revenge really needs to listen to Lindie Liang. Liang and her colleagues found that abusing a virtual voodoo...
View ArticleBurger King, Pizza Hut agree to stop using ‘no-poaching’ pacts
The agreements now ban enforcement nationwide of no-poaching agreements among most of the major fast-food companies that have a presence in Washington, said state attorney general Bob Ferguson.
View ArticleAs hurricane blows, dive bar toasts ‘Here’s to Wilmington!’
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — As Hurricane Florence blew into Wilmington, about two dozen locals gathered behind the boarded-up windows of a bar that’s survived its share of squalls and tempests. There they...
View Article29 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: Sept 13–16, 2018
by Stranger Things To Do StaffPick of the Litter shows it's hard to be a working dog! This weekend in Seattle cinemas is especially colorful, from the beloved anime Spirited Away to the bloody...
View ArticleTwo killed in crash of small experimental airplane in Thurston County
The identities of the two men who died Friday afternoon in an airplane crash in Thurston County will be released after an investigation by the coroner's office.
View ArticleThe Gay Community Already Has a Flag, Thanks
Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage Please consider this idea. It sounds batshit crazy, I know, but let's make racism so gay the racists can't stand it anymore. I'm tired of the Confederate...
View ArticleJapanese supply run to space station delayed again
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Japanese supply run to the International Space Station has been delayed again. The countdown was halted Saturday local time in Japan, with only a few hours remaining...
View ArticleLast-Minute Plans: 91 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do In Seattle This...
by Stranger Things To Do StaffCelebrate the many Latin American countries that celebrate their independence in September at Seattle Fiestas Patrias. Bill Edgar Panicking because you haven't yet made...
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