Charles Mudede

I wrote this in The Stranger nearly 20 years ago : “…Seattle has three buildings by famous contemporary architects: Seattle Art Museum (Robert

I wrote this in The Stranger nearly 20 years ago: “…Seattle has three buildings by famous contemporary architects: Seattle Art Museum (Robert Venturi), Experience Music Project (Frank Gehry), and Seattle Central Library (Rem Koolhaas). In 2011, this small list will be increased by one with the completion of a skyscraper at 601 Fourth Avenue… [Its […]

For decades, Columbia Funeral Home & Crematory greeted drivers, passengers, pedestrians as they entered Columbia City. The neon sign, “Columbia Funeral Home,” fixed on the side of the roof faced Rainier Avenue, stood out against the old building, built in 1906, which was by all standards unremarkable: barrel tiles, dormers, veranda, clapboard siding. The sign, […]

One of our fav teriyaki joints, Kyoto Teriyaki, was done dirty by, of course, Uber. According to a report filed by Fox 13, between November 2025 and July 2025, the little corner joint handed the tech giant something like 1,500 meals at the value of $40,000 and received not even a farthing. Uber claimed the […]

The man the Seattle Times tasked with the job of compressing cultural and political developments into tokens that the reader can share during a dinner party, or in a pub, or with the person next to them on a flight, Danny Westneat, has determined that the recent primaries in the state of Washington were spared […]

Let’s begin with this question: Why is the social media platform that’s so obviously filled with lies called “Truth Social”? And the top name attached to this platform, Trump, presently runs an administration that lies continuously. Think of Karoline Leavitt, the president’s departing press secretary. She spent the past two years of her life lying […]

On December 9, 2019, my grandma—wearing her favorite dress, with her hair set and makeup applied—sat in her favorite recliner, surrounded by family

KEY:⭐ Don’t Miss📍 Local! 📍 American FlatsIf you need a break from all the modern music pummeling your eardrums, catch local American Flats, who describe themselves as “a rock and roll band with Americana and punk influences.” It’s not revelatory, it’s not perfect, but it’s a warm hug if you’re longing for those days of […]

KEY: ⭐ Don't Miss 📍 Local! ⭐ 📍 ANTHERS This comparison will only resonate with maybe six people, but I'm gonna say it anyway: If

This morning, I have no bad news concerning the departure of a beloved pop culture icon from this world to wherever next is or might be or might not be. Now, there’s a powerful Ghanaian novel by Ayi Kwei Armah called The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born. It was published in 1968, near the […]