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WEDNESDAY 9/8 Classical: Shouldn't It Be Beer? I miss the "Day of Music" performance marathons the Seattle Symphony used to begin their seasons with, but they've… More >>

By Brian Miller

We Seattleites are accustomed to recycling every damn carton and container we use, but bottle caps present a problem. The city's recycling program doesn't want them, because they gum up… More >>

By Mike Seely

The Hammer is a 2007 film written by and starring Adam Carolla. It is the story of a Los Angeles construction worker who achieves success in the boxing ring through… More >>

WEDNESDAY 9/1 Books: The Upside of Flooding We've had our fill of environmental-disaster movies (The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, etc.), but now scholars are seriously starting… More >>

By Brian Miller

Well ahead of the Picasso show opening at SAM on Oct. 8, First Thursday art-walkers can encounter the great man himself, glowering at the center of a mural painted on… More >>

WEDNESDAY 8/25 Opera: Jealous Much? Verdi was all but retired when librettist Arrigo Boito gave him a pared-down, fat-free version of Shakespeare's Othello (Boito even trimmed… More >>

By Margaret Friedman

Nebunele Theatre is a company dedicated to the idea of collective creation, and their second production gives further evidence that they're onto something good. Nine collaborators culled through scads of… More >>

By Margaret Friedman

In Greek mythology, Zeus wooed and "won" Leda in the form of a swan. In Elizabeth Egloff's 1989 absurdist mishmash, another swan—known as Bill (Martyn G. Krouse)—crashes into a woman's… More >>

By Brian Miller

Since the old reservoir was covered five years ago and acclaimed new Cal Anderson Park built atop it, the oasis has become central to Capitol Hill—a great place to stroll,… More >>