• The Screens We’ve Loved and Lost

    Please, silence your cell phones… and don’t piss on the floor.by Megan SelingWhile we were putting together this issue of The Stranger, and contemplating all the ways in which we could cover the upcoming Seattle International Film Festival now that we’re back in print, we started to think back to the old days, when The Stranger would pilfer the SIFF offices for weeks on end, grabbing all the VHS tapes and DVDs we could get our greedy hands on.
    I worked at The Stranger through
  • Petty Lane

    by AnonymousSo you got in the wrong lane at a light, but you need to turn left? Too bad. Everyone behind you is going straight because we’re in the lane that goes straight—you’re going to have to go around the block. You don’t stop in the lane that proceeds through the intersection in order to try to make your left turn as the light turns yellow. That’s what that left turn lane—the lane you missed—is for.Are you in the left turn lane, and you actually wa
  • Slog AM: Kristi Noem Wants Migrants to Compete on a Reality Show, Pierce County Libraries Got Cyber Bullied, SIFF Season Has Begun 

    The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Hannah Murphy WinterGood Morning! We’re still in the drizzly phase. It’ll be damp until Sunday, in the mid-50s. It’s not hang-out-oustide weather, but you won’t totally hate waiting for the bus.
    Wanna start with a headline that’ll make you want to smash things? Here’s one: “Kristi Noem Wants Migrants to Compete for Citizenship on New Reality Show.” This is a real headline in the Daily Beast, followed by a real
  • The Best Bang for Your Buck Events in Seattle This Weekend: May 16–18, 2025

    U District Street Fair, Gays Eating Garlic Bread in the Park, and More Cheap & Easy Events Under $15by EverOut StaffPinching pennies this month? We got you! There's still plenty to do this weekend on the cheap, from the U District Street Fair to Gays Eating Garlic Bread in the Park, and from the 17th of May in Ballard to Seattle Mineral Market. For more suggestions, check out our top event picks of the week.
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