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Film

In Colossal, Anne Hathaway Accidentally Summons a Giant Monster in South Korea

The premise may be goofy, but the film ends up being much more than a quirky Kaiju flick.

Grogo Runs for City Council

Comix

Grogo Runs for City Council

Grogo’s innovative policy platform is exactly what Seattle needs.

Illustration by Taylor Dow

Arts & Culture

Final Love Lessons

Venus is moving out of retrograde, finally, but that doesn’t mean it’s over quite yet.

Scourge of the Earth

Comix

Scourge of the Earth

Dang kids ruin everything these days.

Apollo 420

Comix

Apollo 420

One small toke for man, one giant rip for mankind.

Illustration by Taylor Dow

Arts & Culture

A Month of Retrogrades

April has us looking back before looking ahead.

The Top 15 Things to Do This Week

Arts & Culture

The Top 15 Things to Do This Week

Catch local music at the Laserdome, welcome Reggie Watts back to Seattle and more.

C.M. Ruiz’s Last Art Show in the Lusty Lady? An Ode to Kirby

Arts & Culture

C.M. Ruiz’s Last Art Show in the Lusty Lady? An Ode to Kirby

“C.M. Dreamland” pays homage to the surreal Nintendo character through painting and installation.

Courtesy Saban Films

Film

Walter Hill’s “The Assignment” Is Unapologetically Deranged

This action flick with an unwanted gender-reassignment surgery at its center is lurid and clunky.

The Fierce Urgency of ‘What We Do Now’

Arts & Culture

The Fierce Urgency of ‘What We Do Now’

The lastest book in our Post-Trump reading club is a multifarious look at our political situation.

ZAPP Gets Zapped, But Its Zines Live on at the Library

Arts & Culture

ZAPP Gets Zapped, But Its Zines Live on at the Library

The Zine Archive and Publishing Project is calling it quits after a contractual kerfuffle.

Breaking Up With the U.S.A.

Music

Breaking Up With the U.S.A.

Customs founder Allen Huang is moving to Taipei, but for other locals, leaving the U.S. is complicated.

Robert Lashley Crams Mythology, the Bible, and Dozens of Dead Poets Into a Single Book

Arts & Culture

Robert Lashley Crams Mythology, the Bible, and Dozens of Dead Poets Into a Single Book

“Up South” takes on trauma, anger, and the literary canon without ever feeling showy.

Chilled Out GIFs From UW’s Cherry Blossom Festival

Arts & Culture

Chilled Out GIFs From UW’s Cherry Blossom Festival

It may still be grey outside, but spring has sprung in Seattle regardless—these trees are proof.

Short Run’s Dash Grant is Now Open—Apply, and Join Their New Mini-Comics Club While You’re At It

Arts & Culture

Short Run’s Dash Grant is Now Open—Apply, and Join Their New Mini-Comics Club While You’re At It

Get $250 to develop your own comic, or pay $120 to get local comics delivered to your door.

Justice & Dragons

Comix

Justice & Dragons

A thrilling SJW RPG, starring a real social justice warrior.

Illustration by Taylor Dow

Arts & Culture

Let the Right One In

There is a lot happening in the skies above, and you have some decisions to make.

Sango. Photo by Canh Solo

Music

The Best Local Records We Heard This March

Sango, somesurprises and Simic helped us not think about death this month.

Cherdonna. courtesy Yellow Fish // Epic Durational Festival

Arts & Culture

It’s Time for the Only Time-Based Art Festival in the World

The Yellow Fish // Epic Durational Performance Festival is testing temporal limits once again.

Tinariwen. Courtesy ANTI Records

Arts & Culture

The Top 15 Things to Do This Week

Learn about the miraculous properties of mushrooms, see Saharan rock at the Symphony, and much more.