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A Free and Fair Vote Gives Power to the People
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The Recline of Western Civilization
Wednesday, August 13I have just married the sweetest man alive. I have also stashed my gorgeous chocolate-brown velvet sofa with the clean lines in a room off the... More>> -
This Week's Horoscopes
Wednesday, August 13Leo (July 23–Aug. 22) Talk about barking up the wrong tree. Persistence won't help you here; it doesn't matter how determined you are if... More>>
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Since When Did the Garage Become a Social Habitat for Mexicans?
Wednesday, August 13Dear Mexican, As a Mexican, I'm always ashamed of the fact that a lot of Mexican women just come to the U.S. to have babies and to utilize this... More>> -
When a Driver Does Something Nice, What Gesture Should I Use?
Wednesday, August 06Dear Uptight Seattleite, Should one tip one's colon hydrotherapist?No Catchy Pen Name, Please Invent One for Me Dear No Catchy Pen Name, I... More>>
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Preliminary REVERBfest Line-Up Announced
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Photos: Hempfest 2008
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A Free and Fair Vote Gives Power to the People
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COVER STORY: The Bright Spot in an Awful Season
Preliminary REVERBfest Line-Up Announced
Seattle Weekly's annual celebration of local music returns to Ballard on October 4.
By Hannah Levin

Beloved Local Guitarist Joe Shikany Dies in Tragic Accident
The Rimrock will be staging the wake to end all wakes tonight in the Stirrup Room, which will feature live music from Shikany's local bands.
By Mike Seely
Restaurants
Latest Review
Lighting Up the Pan-
A heap of Caribbean flavors makes for some healthy, and sociable, dining in Columbia City.
By Jonathan Kauffman
Don't Apothecary Yourself
Some things should not be tried at home without a pre-funk with an expert.
Search & Distill
By Maggie Dutton
News
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The Bright Spot in an Awful Season
The Mariners Brandon Morrow is the subject of great debate.
By Jesse Froehling
Detainees Refute Northwest ICEs Denials of Abuse
A report alleges inadequate medical care, lack of due process, and physical abuse at the Tacoma facility.
By Nina Shapiro
As Scientology Expands, So Do Its Naysayers
Masked protesters are taking to Seattle streets as the church eyes new facilities downtown and in lower Queen Anne.
By Brian Miller
Pacman's Hit Man
How a Renton kid got tied up with jail, Vegas, and the NFL.
By Rick Anderson
If Youre Reading This, Youre at Least a 4 on the Glasgow Coma Scale
Its a little thing that makes a big difference in court.
By Laura Onstot
Popeye and Chief Seattle Challenge Bremertons Waterfront Development
Boardwalk and park projects are in jeopardy.
By Chris Kornelis
Letters to the Editor
Letters & Comments
More love for Roderick, and some "Best Of Seattle" courrections.
Music
How a 26-Year-Old Classical Composer Became an Indie-Rock Darling
And learned to hate Sasha Frere-Jones.
Music
By Brian J Barr
Movies
The Edge of Heaven: A pomo, post-colonial, polyglot soap opera
By Nick Pinkerton
Frozen River: Melissa Leo and her awful hairdo seek an Oscar
By Ella Taylor
Happily Ever After: Domestic discontent in Japan
By Brian Miller
Henry Poole Is Here: Luke Wilson wants to die
By Tim Grierson
Tropic Thunder: A little something to like from Tom Cruise
By Robert Wilonsky
More >>In Theaters
- America the Beautiful
- American Teen
- Being There
- Black Narcissus (1947)
- Bottle Shock
- Boy A
- Breathless (A Bout De Souffle)
- Brideshead Revisited
- Cirque Du Soleil - Journey of Man
- The Dark Knight
- The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite)
- Elegy
- Encounters at the End of the World
- Fly Me to The Moon 3-D
- Frozen River
- Hancock
- Happily Ever After
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- Henry Poole Is Here
- Iron Man
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
- Mamma Mia!
- Man on Wire
- Medium Cool
- Mirrors
- Mongol
- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
- The Neverending Story
- Pierrot le Fou
- Pineapple Express
- The Rocker
- Sex and the City
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
- Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars
- Step Brothers
- Summer '68
- Swing Vote
- To the Limit (Am Limit)
- Tropic Thunder
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- Vivre Sa Vie
- The Wackness
- WALL-E
- You Don't Mess With the Zohan

Tue Aug 19, 5:11 PM
Is Ryan Seacrest Now In Play? His Agent About To Become His Production Partner
EXCLUSIVE: I have huge news for the Hollywood tenpercentery world. Network sources tell me... More >>
Arts

Shrek Mate
Sutton Foster, Broadway's ingenue of choice, becomes the new Princess Fiona.
Longenbaugh on Theater
By John Longenbaugh
Wednesday, August 20
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Deborah Butterfield
Sculptor Deborah Butterfield attributes her love of horses to being born on the day of the 75th... More>>
Greg Kucera Gallery, Wed., August 20, 10:30am, -
Hal Ashby Retrospective
Concluding this series is the political satire Being There (1979), based on the Jerzy Kosinski... More>>
Northwest Film Forum, Wed., August 20, 7:00pmWed., August 20, 9:30pm, $5-$8.50 -
Last Hurrah of the Clementines
Remember when absurdity was something you watched on a stage and not on CNN? Leaving behind the... More>>
Theater Off Jackson, Wed., August 20, 8:00pm, $8-$10 - 143 more things to do today >>





