5+ hour, 16+ min ago  (274+ words) This story was originally published in The Stranger's 2026 Queer Issue. In honor of Pride month'and in honor of highly complex queer dynamics that are at least one thing we can count on, from our relationships with each other to our…...

6+ hour, 16+ min ago  (383+ words) Ever Out is The Stranger's new website devoted to things to do in Seattle and across the Pacific Northwest. It has all the same things you're used to seeing from Stranger Ever Out Staff, just in a new spot! You'll…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1113+ words) This story originally appeared in The Stranger's 2026 Queer Issue. Looking up at the menagerie of hair, Sam Pierce shakes their head. "I put all these shelves up," they say. "When we first got here, all these wigs were just in…...

23+ hour, 6+ min ago  (450+ words) Ever Out is The Stranger's new website devoted to things to do in Seattle and across the Pacific Northwest. It has all the same things you're used to seeing from Stranger Ever Out Staff, just in a new spot! You'll…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (250+ words) This story originally appeared in The Stranger's 2026 Queer Issue. At the Northwest Cider Symposium back in March, I spotted someone on the vendor floor wearing a plush upholstered animal tail. They didn't have a fursuit or mask on, just street…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (210+ words) The World Cup Finally Starts With a Yawn: The big game kicked off in Seattle yesterday the way soccer usually does: a low-scoring tie between two teams you have never heard of (Belgium and Egypt). At least the US team…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (587+ words) This story originally appeared in The Stranger's 2026 Queer Issue. It's easy to glamorize the life of a record store owner. Just look at High Fidelity (both the original and the remake). Shooting the shit all day with your similarly music-obsessed…...

4+ day, 13+ min ago  (197+ words) Almost exactly a year ago, the Phinney Ridge restaurant and bar Sophon was hosting a James Beard Foundation event showcasing Khmer cuisine and culture. Since its opening in 2024, Sophon had become one of Seattle's most celebrated restaurants and a demonstration…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago  (1091+ words) Charles Mudede'who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger'was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory of this birth, but he does…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (250+ words) Let's do the news." So'Gas Prices? Don't get too excited. Oil barrel prices did immediately drop when Trump announced the ceasefire, but getting oil moving reliably through the strait could take weeks or months, and that's only if this ceasefire…...