Chase Burns
The Stranger
Seattle, WA, United States
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What You Should See at the 2022 Seattle International Film Festival
Here's a big-ass list that keeps getting bigger. → Read More
Sundance Comes Back to Seattle: Here's How to Watch
We love Keke Palmer. She's at Sundance this year. You can catch the films in person at Seattle's Northwest Film Forum next weekend. → Read More
RuPaul's Next Seattle Queen
Say hi to Bosco, Seattle's newest tribute to the Drag Race franchise. → Read More
Here's What You Should Do This Week: Jingle Gayly, Run From SANTACON, Kick All the Way Back
NOW THRU SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18: KITTEN N' LOU PRESENT: JINGLE ALL THE GAY! AT ODDFELLOWS' WEST HALL View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kitten N' Lou (@kitten_and_lou) It's the holiday season and Marie Kondo, the militant queen of joyful minimalism, is on my mind. I think it's because I'm playing a lot of Nintendo's mega-hit game Animal Crossing again, and I can hear Kondo asking, "Does… → Read More
The Brave Little Toaster Is Unstreamable
So is Life-Size. → Read More
Celebrate Video Store Day With These Spooky Unstreamable Films
Unstreamable is a column that finds films and TV shows you can't watch on major streaming services in the United States.* In honor of Scarecrow Video's annual Psychotronic Challenge, which happens every October, we're choosing unstreamable films that check off boxes on the challenge's watch list this month. Here's that watch list. Alsoooo, this week's column is extra special because tomorrow is… → Read More
Beach Parties, Zoo Tunes, and Queer Bikes: Here's What We're Doing Around Seattle This Weekend
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12: SKATEBOARD WITH SKATE LIKE A GIRLIf the can’t-look-away thrills of the Olympic skateboarding teams have inspired any youngsters in your life, now’s the time to take advantage of Skate Like a Girl’s free clinics, starting this Thursday and continuing through August. Open to all genders and designed for everyone age seven and up, these four-hour sessions will get you up and… → Read More
Here's What We're Doing Around Seattle This Weekend
We're visiting Spider-Man, watching boylesque, and heading to Jimi Hendrix Park for Umoja Fest. → Read More
Slog PM: HEEEEEEEEAAAAATTTTT, Giuliani's Uncontroverted Misconduct, and Extended Moratoria
The heatwave predictions keep ticking higher: Hopefully you're not like me, living on a heat island in an apartment without AC.......Major heat wave is almost here. Here are the highlights (or lowlights?):🔥3 straight days of 100° possible (Sat/Sun/Mon)🔥Monday likely to break all-time record high (103) with high temp near 105°🔥Tuesday will be “cooler”—but highs will still top out near 90°—… → Read More
It's the Year 1997 and in The Stranger: Birthday Spankings Are Wanted, Daft Punk's at The Showbox, and Center Stage Presents June Bride
Jump in our time machine and come with us to 1997. → Read More
Pink Floyd: The Wall Is Unstreamable
Unstreamable is a weekly column that finds films and TV shows you can't watch on major streaming services in the United States.* PINK FLOYD: THE WALLUnited Kingdom, 1982, 95 min, Dir. Alan ParkerPink Floyd: The Wall dives headfirst into the self-destructive malaise of being an internationally clamored after rock star—the groupies, the booze and drugs, the godawful arena shows, the unresolved… → Read More
SIFF 2021 Review: THERE IS NOT A SINGLE CHILL MOMENT IN THIS ENTIRE MOVIE!!!
It’s like ordering a quad espresso and injecting it straight into your heart. Taiwanese director I-Fan Wang's first feature film, Get the Hell Out, is based around a group of politicians, legislators, and plebeians who get trapped in a parliament overcome by zombies with "idiot rabies." It's bloody, high-pitched, feverishly paced, and certainly not for everyone. Some of those not-for people… → Read More
Here's What You Should See at the 2021 Seattle International Film Festival
SIFF is back and more accessible than ever. → Read More
Slog PM: WA's Got a New Vaccine Timeline, We Want a Funicular, and the Sun Is Coming Back
Here's your daily evening round-up of the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to The Stranger to keep it comin'!) We've got a new (tentative) vaccine timeline, baby! After vaccinating nearly 50% of the people eligible for the current phase (Phase 1B Tier 1) with at least one dose, the state announced more specific dates for when we… → Read More
Slog PM: Goodbye Anarchist Jurisdiction, Hello Bisexuals, and an Update on Teenage Blood
Here's your daily evening round-up of the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to The Stranger to keep it comin'!) More Americans are self-identifying as LGBT: A new Gallup poll says 5.6% of US adults identify as LGBT, up from 4.5% in Gallup's previous poll based on 2017 data. Some noteworthy bits from the data: Bisexuals run the… → Read More
What Happens When Seattle Shakes?
We should probably talk about all these bricks. → Read More
Slog PM: Tim Eyman's Big-Ass Fine, Stacey Plaskett's Unseen Footage, and Two Masks Are Better Than One
Here's your daily evening round-up of the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to The Stranger to keep it comin'!) Americans' opinions of the GOP are tanking, according to a recent poll: The GOP is apparently determined to make those ratings plummet even further. Today the Senate impeachment trial officially kicked off (yesterday… → Read More
Nothing Will Replace the Charm of R Place on Boylston and Pine
The third floor's tall, old windows could crack open and look down at the street, making the space feel witnessed, or beheld like a jewel box. → Read More
Slog PM: More King County Restaurants Invite You to Go Maskless Indoors, Lauren Halsey Wins Big Art Prize, Dustin Diamond Is Dead
Here's your daily evening round-up of the latest local and national news. (Like our coverage? Please consider making a recurring contribution to The Stranger to keep it comin'!) It's officially Phase 2 in King County: Nevermind that we just passed the pandemic's deadliest month in the United States, restaurants are now allowed to open indoor service to 25% capacity through 11 PM. Indoor fitness… → Read More
It's Sundance Week, Baby!
We usually don't pay too much attention to the Sundance Film Festival on Slog since it's over in Park City and we're in Seattle. But this year is different. Sundance is going digital, partnering with film organizations around the country to create an accessible and safe national event. In Seattle, the fest is working with Northwest Film Forum to put together forum panels and workshops, like Our… → Read More