• Stranger Suggests: A Film That Smells Like Farts, the Return of KEXP's BBQ, and a Big Mart for Smol Art

    One really great thing to do every day of the week.by Julianne BellMONDAY 8/11  
    Rax King Presents ‘Sloppy: Or: Doing It All Wrong’
    (BOOKS) Like many readers, I first fell in love with Rax King’s writing via her insightful, moving pop-culture essay “Love, Peace, and Taco Grease: How I Left My Abusive Husband and Found Guy Fieri,” which details how she overcame her toxic, controlling marriage while finding uninhibited joy in the Mayor of Flavortown's person
  • All Roads Lead to Den Fest

    Den Fest isn’t a garage sale, nor is it a greasy meeting in your weird uncle’s basement.by Brittne LunnissPhotos by Brittne Lunniss
    Kay Redden, Ballard’s unofficial mayor, knows how to gather. Whether she’s rounding up records at Sonic Boom, taking song requests at Hattie’s karaoke, or supporting local bands through her cassette-only record label Den Tapes, Redden does it all—a Gathering Gal, if you will. And on Friday night at a sold-out Sunset Tavern (where,
  • Slog AM: Israel Kills Five Al Jazeera Journalists, Murder Is Down in King County, Trump to Mobilize National Guard in DC

    The Stranger's morning news roundup.by Nathalie GrahamIsrael Deliberately Attacks, Kills Journalists: A targeted Israeli airstrike Sunday night killed five Al Jazeera journalists, including the prolific reporter Anas al-Sharif, 28, who was previously threatened by Israel. They were inside a tent for journalists outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City when the attack occurred. It killed seven people in total. Israel took credit for the strike. In the statement, they claimed al-Sharif "se

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