Arts

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The Stranger's Summer Book Bingo Guide

Seattle Public Library’s Reading Challenge is the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!

Bust a Move

A Brief History of Dance Styles in Hip-Hop

Save Our VHS Tapes

Magnetic Tapes Hold Decades of Our History, and They’re Disintegrating

Food and Drink

The Women’s Work at Drumlin

This Light ‘n’ Lovely Cocktail Foreshadows the Sunshine

The Hole Story

The Stranger’s Officially Unofficial Ranking of Seattle’s Best Bagels

These Are Some of the Best Black-Owned Restaurants in Seattle

Lil' Brown Girl, Lil Red Takeout and Catering, and More

This Week in Seattle Food News

Turkish-Inspired Barbecue, Vegetarian Vietnamese Food, and Dungeness Crab Doughnuts

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The Don Johnson and the Hot Date at The Oyster Cellar

At the Seafood Bar in the Exchange Building, Bar Manager Parker Knowles’s Cocktail List Runs Hot and Cold

Music

Bust a Move

A Brief History of Dance Styles in Hip-Hop

Sonic Guild Announces Class of 2024 Grant Recipients

A New Batch of Musicians Just Got $10,000 Richer

The Seaside Tale of Khruangbin’s 'A La Sala' Tour

The Band Brought One of the Best Set Designs I’ve Seen to WAMU

The Rock Lottery Hat Is Never Wrong

The Magic of Community, Music, and Creating Something Out of Nothing

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Best New Music of the Week

Horsegirl and Delta IV: Some Slanted Indie Pop and a Song to Launch You Out of this Hellscape

Don't Hang the Bartender

Seattle Bars Must Ban the Rolling Stones and Fleetwood Mac from Playlists

Peak Seattle Music

10 Local Albums Released This Year That Deliver Surplus Pleasure

Shooting Stars

The Stranger’s Intrepid Concert Photographer Picks Her Favorite Performances of the Year

Video Premiere: “Sweetie Pie” by Mikey Moo

Plus: Mikey Moo’s Debut Album, Fresh Idiot, Is Now Available on Vinyl!

Performance

Grief and Ass

Queer Dance Duo Drama Tops Want to Be Your DADS 

Waking Ballet Up from Its 100-Year Nap

Classical Ballet Is Rooted in Rigid Gender Roles. The Sleeping Beauty Showed a More Expansive Approach Is Possible.

Gender Ordeal Is a Trans Power Trio Comedy Tour 

The Gender Reveal podcast tour is a variety show featuring the star power of show-host Tuck Woodstock, cartoonist Mattie Lubchansky, and author Calvin Kasulke. 

Ninety Hands on Deck

We went behind the scenes with the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s costume department as they prepare for the biggest production in the company’s history.     

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Visual Art

Unstable Foundation

Ai Weiwei Remixes Our Globalized Culture in His Largest Retrospective in the US

Watch Where You Step

UW’s Jacob Lawrence Gallery Is Full of Portals

Film/TV

The Return of The Stranger’s SIFF Notes

Flamingo Sex! Cannibals! A Woman Turning into a Chair! We Watched More Than 100 SIFF Films to Bring You the Best, Worst, and Weirdest of This Year’s Festival

Save Our VHS Tapes

Magnetic Tapes Hold Decades of Our History, and They’re Disintegrating

DoesTheBillionaireDie.com

Sometimes you just want to watch someone get eaten by a shark. 

Sea Slug Is Oozing With the Good Kind of Weird

The Pacific Northwest Has Long Been an Animation Hub, Now It's Getting a New Film Festival of Its Own

20 Years of HUMP!

Dan Savage on the Most Shocking, Exciting, and Delightful Moments of His Annual Amateur Porn Festival

The Women of David Lynch

Lynch Made Visceral, Beautiful Films About Women in Danger—and Kept the Harm Onscreen

What if Luigi Got Away?

A Netflix Show Dreamed up a Luigi Mangione Nearly Two Years Before He Killed the CEO

Something in the Water

Getting Chummy at Shark & Whiskey Night

Got Questions About the Golden Bachelor-verse?

So Did We. And the PNW's Faith Martin Has Answers

Books

Put the Pieces Where You May

Lidia Yuknavitch Fills the Craters of Our Hearts

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Remembering the Beloved (and Haunted) Movie Theaters of Seattle’s Past

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Keep Your Eyes Peeled During SIFF Movies to See if You Can Get a BINGO!

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Bust a Move

A Brief History of Dance Styles in Hip-Hop

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Save Our VHS Tapes

Magnetic Tapes Hold Decades of Our History, and They’re Disintegrating

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Get Your Back Up Off the Wall 

And Come to This Show About Dance Styles in Hip-Hop

Sex Apr 28 9:30 AM

The Leather Runway

Last month, we went to Fetish Ball—home of Seattle's best dressed kinksters.