Zakery Leigh’s latest novel, Echoes from the Isle of Skye, is a gothic romance that grips you from the very beginning. Leigh’s writing sweeps you straight into the mist-shrouded hills and dramatic cliffs of the Scottish Highlands, making the hauntingly...
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Valentine’s Day is often a time to celebrate love. Many, however, share complicated views on it. Pop singer and songwriter Envi Jordan explores this through his newly released single “Somebody to Love” (not to be confused with the song by Queen, a...
Brace yourself, Seattle! This March, drag superstar and comedy powerhouse Sapphira Cristál will bring her sensational new stand-up tour, One Slue over the Cuckoo’s Nest, to the Emerald City. A fan favorite from RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16, Sapphira is ready...
Harry Tanner says that, when he was a teenager, he thought he “was going to hell.” For years, he’d been attracted to men, and he prayed that it would stop. He asked for help from a lay minister, who offered Tanner websites meant to repress his urges, but they...
Seattle’s drag scene is about to ignite as international showgirl, producer, and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 10 sensation Bosco brings back her acclaimed drag revue, Grindhaus, to The Crocodile on February 6–7 for two unforgettable nights. Known for her...
Last Valentine’s Day, I had a bit of fun writing about ten LGBTQIA+ “romances” that I enjoy watching — not just in February but pretty much whenever the opportunity arises. This was a fun, eclectic, and wildly divisive list filled with idiosyncratic choices...
Long before Sophie Lucido Johnson was an award-winning cartoonist for The New Yorker, back before she could ever even imagine herself as a published writer, she was a teacher in the New Orleans public school system, where her love of drawing seemed like more...
While I’m not ready to say I liked 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple more than I did its magnificent predecessor, last summer’s 28 Years Later, I will state that director Nia DaCosta, writer Alex Garland, and producer Danny Boyle deliver one of the more...
At its core, SHe Said, now playing at Intiman Theatre on Capitol Hill, is a love story — not the glossy, fairy-tale version but the kind forged through time, uncertainty, and deep emotional courage. Jen Ayers met Graham during college orientation. Both were...
For baritone Joseph Lattanzi and tenor Andy Acosta, Fellow Travelers is not just another operatic engagement. It is a piece that has grown alongside their own lives and careers. It was composed by Gregory Spears, with a libretto by Greg Pierce, and premiered...