Rich Smith
The Stranger
Seattle, WA, United States
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Past articles by Rich:
Stranger Suggests: Jackson's Catfish Corner, Linda From Work, 'Giselle,' 'Punch-Drunk Love,' Silent Film Mondays
One really great thing to do every day of the week. → Read More
Watch Ghosts Dance Men to Death in Pacific Northwest Ballet's 'Giselle'
We're dancing men to death, folks. → Read More
Seattle City Council Member Tammy Morales Announces Reelection Campaign
So Far, She's One of Only Two Incumbents Who Want to Keep Her Job → Read More
Vito's Is on the Hunt for Stolen Cougar Taxidermy
The restaurant is offering a $1,000 reward for the stuffed animal's return, or $2,000 for information leading to the arrest of the suspected thieves. → Read More
Six Takeaways from the 2022 Midterm Elections
Fearmongering failed. → Read More
The Stranger's Shopping List for the 2022 Short Run Comix and Arts Festival
Don't miss these tables at the festival! → Read More
Fire Damage Shutters Glo's Indefinitely
The fire comes as the restaurant continues its attempts to raise money to finance higher-than-expected moving costs. → Read More
This New Website Rules!
Take the tour! → Read More
Seattle Public Schools Bus Drama Explodes Again
The school board is set to make a decision on whether to approve the contract on May 18. It'll be a tough one. → Read More
Afterwords at The 5th Ave Theatre: A Great Set and Two Good Songs
I need pure camp or over-the-top earnestness. Afterwords lands somewhere in-between. → Read More
Washington State Democrats' Calls to Codify Roe Ring Hollow
Realistically, Washington's congressional Democrats can't do anything about the forthcoming decision on Roe except ask for more money. → Read More
Sen. Patty Murray Sees a Path to Finally Letting Pot Shops Use Banks
She's one of 13 lawmakers in DC who could make this happen in relatively short order. → Read More
City Attorney's Office Will Decline to Prosecute Nearly 2,000 Cases to Help Clear Pandemic-Related Backlog
Ann Davison, abolitionist. → Read More
KOMO Journalist Blasts Out Proud Boys Propaganda — UPDATE: He's Out
A KOMO employee says the outlet's photographers don't want to work with this guy anymore. → Read More
Washington State Drops Major Coin on Affordable Housing
People are calling these investments "historic" and "unprecedented." → Read More
Only One Member of Congress from Washington Wants to Fix the Supreme Court
The Court is broken. Seattle Rep. Pramila Jayapal is the only Democrat in Washington who supports a bill to fix it. → Read More
Inslee Moves Up Date to Lift Indoor Mask Mandate to March 12, Joining Other West Coast States
[Eds note: This post was originally published at 11 am today. I'm re-upping it following the governor's 1 pm press conference, which added a little more context to this decision.] The governors of Washington, Oregon, and California announced a plan to lift indoor mask mandates on March 12, which is a little more than a week earlier than WA had originally planned. (California still plans to lift… → Read More
Washington Is Leaving Its Large Arts Institutions on the Hook for Eye-Popping COVID Mitigation Costs
The Omicron outbreak stuck Washington's premier art houses with massive COVID mitigation bills, and the state isn't exactly rushing in to help. → Read More
A Big List of Bills That Are Dying, Dead, Alive, or Hacked to Bits
A pulse-check on Washington's 2022 Legislative Session. → Read More
Boy I Sure Hope Lawmakers Don't Weaken Another Bill to Protect Renters
If they're not even going to *consider* rent stabilization bills, the least they could do is give renters a heads up before an economic eviction. → Read More