• The Best Things To Do in Seattle This Month: April 2025

    Kylie Minogue, Sakura-Con, and Moreby EverOut StaffThe first full month of spring brings a bouquet of entertainment options across genres to our fair Emerald City. Below, we've compiled the biggest concerts, food events, theater shows, author talks, and other great things to do, from Kylie Minogue to Sakura-Con and from Live Wire Radio to KUOW Presents: The Splendid Table Live.
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    Mo Amer: El Oso Palestino Tour
    Palestinian American comic Mo Amer has found a unique way to blend difficult real
  • Ricci Armani Is an Undisputable Champion of Comedy

    The Stranger Presents: The 2025 Undisputable Champions of Comedy!, Saturday, April 5.by Megan SelingOn Saturday, April 5, some of Seattle’s funniest comedians will take the stage as part of The Stranger’s annual Undisputable Champions of Comedy showcase. It’ll be hilarious! The lineup was curated with help from everyone’s comedy bestie, Emmett Montgomery, co-host of Joketellers Union at Clock-Out Lounge and purveyor of all things delightfully weird. And thi
  • The 2025 Campaign Season Has Begun 

    The filing deadlines are in early May, so there’s still time for some surprises, but even now, the election is shaping up to be an interesting one.by Stranger Election Control BoardWe blinked, and suddenly, we’re on the cusp of another local election season.
    In case you haven’t been following the election so far (and with totalitarian takeover on our heels, we’d understand), here’s your chance to catch up. The filing deadlines are in early May, so there’s stil
  • Dear Hendrix: Don’t Smoke Weed...With Losers

    There is no drug more important than spending time with good people, people you love. There’s no drug worth risking a stranger’s actions. There is no drug worth risking something important to you. No drug worth getting caught up in a damn robbery. And there’s DEFINITELY no drug worth your life. But like a person living in the real world, I know you may consider cannabis at some point. So remember: WWJD. Don’t smoke weed…with losers.by Eva WalkerEva Walker is a writ
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  • Slog AM: A School District Tattles on Washington State, Layoffs at HHS, and We Have a New County Executive

    The Stranger's Only News Roundupby Hannah Murphy WinterGood morning! It’s April Fools Day, a day that has a storied history of tricking journalists into reporting stupid fictional shit—from predator trout to the first human-powered flight machine. Stay sharp and keep your parents away from the internet until midnight. IRL, the rain’s only sticking around til 10 a.m., and it’s kindly staying away til the sun goes down, so get out there and enjoy the grey. Until then, grab
  • "Chinga La Migra"

    Last weekend, hundreds of migrant advocates and union members rallied in front of NWDC for the release of Alfredo “Lelo” Juarez Zeferino, a farmworker activist in Skagit County; and Lewlyn Dixon, a lab technician at UW Medicine—and the release of the 1,500 other detainees at the facility. Photographer Jake Nelson went to Tacoma to capture the day for The Stranger.by Jake NelsonIntroduction and captions by Hannah Murphy Winter. Photography is by Jake Nelson.
    Last month, Imm
  • Zahnae Aquino Is an Undisputable Champion of Comedy

    Zahnae Aquino Is an Undisputable Champion of Comedy
    The Stranger Presents: The 2025 Undisputable Champions of Comedy!, Saturday, April 5, at Washington Hall.by Megan SelingOn Saturday, April 5, some of Seattle’s funniest comedians will take the stage as part of The Stranger’s annual Undisputable Champions of Comedy showcase. It’ll be hilarious! The lineup was curated with help from everyone’s comedy bestie, Emmett Montgomery, co-host of Joketellers Union at Clock-Out Lounge and purveyor of all things delightfully weird. An

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