The Undeniable Return of Mr. Scott McCaughey
by Sean NelsonEvery Wednesday in April at Portland's LaurelThirst. Last November, Scott McCaughey had a stroke.Last night, he played a rock show.It was a glorious thing to behold.For those who don't...
View ArticleWatch, listen as 47-bell carillon rings out for first time across UW campus
The University of Washington’s new carillon, a 47-bell musical instrument, sounded out across the Seattle campus Thursday. The $1.1 million gift comes from Gordon Stuart Peek, a former UW history...
View ArticleFilastine Plays Final U.S. Show on Friday, Sells House to Buy Indonesian...
"What I do was always a strange fit here, and even more so now that Seattle is such a rich person’s city."by Greg ScruggsNova and Grey Filastine, aka Filastine. Miguel Edwards Artists priced out of...
View ArticleScott Pruitt Is A Giddy, Wasteful Goon
And a paranoid, skittish grifter.by Rich SmithThis chonch is pushing out staffers who are trying to prevent him from misusing our tax dollars. Chip Somodevilla / GETTYClimate change denier, evolution...
View ArticleScenes from the 5.3 Earthquake That Rattled Southern California This Afternoon
by Charles Mudede USGSAt 12:29 p.m. today, an earthquake hit Southern California. Its epicenter was in the Pacific Ocean, and about 85 miles west of Los Angeles. So far, no injuries or deaths. And also...
View ArticleBuy Your Tickets to These 28 Newly Announced Seattle Events Before They Sell Out
Counting Crows, MC50, Bill Clinton, and More Events on Sale Between April 3–9by Stranger Things To Do StaffWe all know that many of the biggest Seattle events often sell out well in advance. But it's...
View ArticleBuy Your Tickets To These Newly Announced Events ASAP
Events On Sale Between April 3–9by Stranger Things To Do StaffWe all know that many of the biggest Seattle events often sell out well in advance. But it's not a lost cause—if you plan ahead, you can...
View ArticleRedmond woman held for investigation in wife’s death
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office has not yet released the 26-year-old victim’s name and cause of death. Police in Georgia are still trying to track down the woman’s parents to notify them of...
View ArticleScientists find signs of new brain cells in adults as old as 79
In a report published in Cell Stem Cell, scientists from Columbia University present new evidence that human brains continue to make hundreds of new neurons a day, even after we reach our 70s, in a...
View ArticleUnder Trump, an office meant to help refugees enters the abortion wars
The Office of Refugee Resettlement has become a flash point in the debate over the administration’s embrace of socially conservative policy. The office’s director spends much of his time trying to stop...
View ArticleSeattle law-school grad’s bright future outshines her rough past, state high...
The state Supreme Court, in a moving and powerful decision issued Thursday, has laid out its thinking in allowing a woman with a troubled history of drugs and crime to become a lawyer.
View ArticleIsao Takahata, director and Studio Ghibli co-founder, dies at 82
Isao Takahata started Ghibli with Oscar-winning animator Hayao Miyazaki in 1985, hoping to create Japan’s Disney,
View ArticleWhere to Go for National Beer Day
Saturday, April 7by Stranger Things To Do StaffOn April 7, 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act, which legalized the sale of beer with an alcohol content of 3.2%, went into effect. Famously, Franklin D....
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Lesbians Get Gold Stars, Too
by Dan Savage I am a 36-year-old cisgendered gold star lesbian from Texas. My 30-year-old girlfriend of a little more than a year does not label herself as easily as I do. She broke all my rules and I...
View ArticleSeattle-based airline tops list of best in U.S.
WalletHub ranked the major carriers (and a couple big regionals) in the U.S and found a Seattle-based carrier to be the all around best.
View ArticleLast-Minute Plans: 106 Free, Cheap & Easy Things To Do In Seattle This...
by Stranger Things To Do StaffCheck out "books" made from food and inspired by works of literature at Saturday's Edible Book Festival, which Angela Garbes once called "the most wonderful and delicious...
View Article‘Sentinel’ dolphins die in a Brazilian bay. Some worry a way of life has, too.
Emaciated carcasses of dolphins, sometimes five a day, are bobbing up to the surface at a once pristine bay. Is this the price of progress?
View ArticleThe mystery of the mummy’s head: How the FBI helped crack a 4,000-year-old case
It’s a boy! It’s a girl! FBI breaks down mummy’s DNA to find this answer and many more.
View ArticleAutopsy: Slain Redmond woman died by strangulation
The King County Medical Examiner released the identification and cause of death Friday of the Redmond woman killed in her home Sunday.
View ArticleDivers risk drowning and sharks to poach abalone worth $200 a pound
One of the world’s most expensive abalone species, Haliotis midae, occurs only on the southern and western shores of South Africa, where its high value, set amid sweeping poverty, has fueled a poaching...
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