When Aimee Lee’s face pops up on my Zoom screen for our interview, her head is framed by something I can’t quite comprehend. It appears to be a tapestry of bricks. The bricks—persimmon-colored, cream, ...
He issued a proclamation of emergency for major floods in the county less than two weeks after he was sworn in. And, most recently, to celebrate 100 days in office—and also to accomplish a smaller ...
After that 24-hour debate in the House this week, the Washington Senate gave the millionaires’ tax its final stamp of approval and sent it to Gov. Bob Ferguson for signature. He’s expected to sign.
After weeks of delay, City Council unanimously passed a one year moratorium on new detention centers this week, one of half a dozen anti-ICE bills that have been working through the legislative body ...
Submit an I, Anonymous and we'll illustrate it! Send your unsigned rant, love letter, confession, or accusation to ianonymous@thestranger.com. Please remember to change the names of the innocent and ...
If you’ve been to Pacific Northwest Ballet any time in the last 20 years, you’ve likely seen Lucien Postlewaite. He’s now in his 18th year as a principal dancer with the company—among the longest ...
For the last few years, I’ve carried around a primitive mobile device called the Light Phone II, otherwise known as a “dumbphone.” It’s a tiny hunk of gray plastic approximately the size of a credit ...
The ANTiPODE website states that the space exists “to use the immigrant experience to create an ‘art bridge’ between Seattle and other cities. We are interested in cities because, unlike countries, ...
Tax the Rich $$$: Last night, the state House approved the millionaires’ tax after more than 24 hours of debate. The final vote in the Senate could happen today. As News Editor Vivian mentioned in ...
My prayers were answered: we got another Mini-Challenge this week. In the spirit of Paris is Burning, RuPaul threw open the library doors and gave the queens a chance to read each other for filth.
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In November 2024, cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun paid $6.24 million at Sotheby’s to purchase Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian—the iconic banana duct-taped to a wall. Nine days later he ate said ...
The new Society Theatre, a photo playhouse, opens at Broadway and John next Friday night, with four reels of new films … music will be furnished by a three-piece orchestra.” (Next to an ad for 15-cent ...