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Married With Urges
Wednesday, July 16Dear Dategirl, I am a 31-year-old married man. Although I still check out other women occasionally, I was with enough of them before I got... More>> -
This Week's Horoscopes
Wednesday, July 16Cancer (June 21–July 22) What started out as an exercise in flexibility may end up somewhere surprising. While playing devil's advocate,... More>>
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Why do Mexicans Join the Border Patrol?
Wednesday, July 16Dear Mexican, Why are there Mexicans in the Border Patrol? What a hypocritical thing to do to our people.Carne Asada Carlos Dear Wab, Not only... More>> -
Teacher: How Should I Feel About This Massage?
Wednesday, July 09Dear Uptight Seattleite, A friend and I stopped by a U. District bar after a hard day of classes. It turns out this place was packed with soccer... More>>
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Now in Theaters: The Dark Knight
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Michelle Obama: “Chris Gregoire and Barack Obama Share the Same Vision”
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Soak It Up: Wayward Coffeehouse
Two Seattle Attorneys By His Side, Bin Laden's Driver is Due in Gitmo Court on Monday
A federal judge yesterday ruled that the first military tribunal for Gitmo’s 265 prisoners – and the first war crimes trial since WWII - should proceed even if the tribunal should later be found to have violated Salim Ahmed Hamdan’s constitutional rights.
By Rick Anderson
Restaurants
Latest Review
Rubbing With the Stars
Local celebrity chefs are packaging their own branded seasonings. Are these salts worth springing for?
By Jonathan Kauffman
Sweden’s Greatest Gift to Humankind
After Abba, IKEA, and Ace of Base, of course.
Search & Distill
By Maggie Dutton
News
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Betting on David Black
Major dailies are shedding employees, hemorrhaging cash, and losing advertisers to the Web. So why is David Black swimming in ink?
By Don Ward
No Resting in Peace
There’s drama in every workplace. Even the King County morgue.
By Rick Anderson
Sage Goes Soft Over New Developer Tax Breaks
An e-mail advisory not to protest.
By Aimee Curl
The Times’ Obsession With a Nameless Man
Nameless, that is, only in the Times.
By Rick Anderson
Revised DUI Law Gets Solid Debut
The “DUI King” could be next.
By Rick Anderson
Big Greg’s Bursting Wallet
Mayor’s reelection funds top $200K.
By Rick Anderson
Taller For Transit
Advocates say density should be increased, and height restrictions lifted, on development around light rail stations.
By Jesse Froehling
Can’t Get an Attorney for Your FBI-Conspiracy Case?
File it yourself.
By Laura Onstot
Music
Open City
An Everett MC claims his hometown is his Achilles’ heel. But Seattle’s hip-hop elite aren’t opposed to giving him a little northern exposure.
Music
By Kevin Capp
Sane in the Membrane
Despite drinking enough cough syrup to kill a small horse, Lil Wayne is actually quite calculated.
Preview
By Ben Westhoff
SP20 Gives the Seattle Scene a Reason to Believe
“Watching the Sub Pop flag fly from the roof of the Space Needle, I felt that civic pride swell in my chest so quickly that my eyes started watering.”
Rocket Queen
By Hannah Levin
Bottoms Up
Before drinking heavily, it's helpful to eat a slice of pizza the size of your head.
A Shot in the Dark
By Brian J Barr
Movies
PICK Alexandra: Meanwhile, the Russian war in Chechnya drags on
By J. Hoberman
PICK Glass: A Portrait of Philip in 12 Parts: The composer keeps his private life private
By Gavin Borchert
PICK The Last Mistress: Asia Argento is too sexy for history
By J. Hoberman
Mamma Mia!: Meryl Streep sings the music of Abba
By Ella Taylor
More >>In Theaters
- Alexandra (Aleksandra)
- Aliens
- Bee Movie
- Before the Rains
- Brick Lane
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
- The Dark Knight
- Deathstalker
- Encounters at the End of the World
- The Fall
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Get Smart
- Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
- Gunnin' for That #1 Spot
- Hancock
- The Happening
- Happily N'Ever After
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
- The Incredible Hulk
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Iron Man
- Journey to the Center of the Earth
- Kit Kittredge: An American Girl
- Kung Fu Panda
- The Last Mistress (Une vieille maitresse)
- Last Year at Marienbad
- The Love Guru
- Mamma Mia!
- Meet Dave
- Mongol
- Planet of the Apes (1968)
- Sex and the City
- Space Chimps
- Tell No One
- Up the Yangtze
- The Visitor
- The Wackness
- WALL-E
- Wanted
- War, Inc.
- You Don't Mess With the Zohan
Fri Jul 18, 7:28 PM
'DARK KNIGHT': RECORD $66.4M FRIDAY
SATURDAY AM: The Dark Knight's Friday opening was even bigger than first thought, according to... More >>
Arts
Bard Beats Bond
Gorgeous pipes and hot bods permeate the Ashland stage.
Longenbaugh on Theater
By John Longenbaugh
Opening Nights: Bare
A boarding-school love that dare not speak its name.
Stage
By Jaime Swindle
Opening Nights: Big River
Roger Miller's Mark Twain musical is ideal summer fare.
Stage
By Kevin Phinney
Opening Nights: The Mikado
Opposites attract in this snappy satire.
Stage
By Gavin Borchert
Opening Nights: The Wind in the Willows
Mr. Toad and his loyal pals, in an outdoor production.
Stage
By Kevin Phinney
Saturday, July 19
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Boss Martians, Dragstrip Riot, Mexican UFO, the Pranks
Getting too much of something over and over again isn't always a bad thing. Sex, for example. Or... More>>
Slim's Last Chance Chili Shack & Watering Hole, Sat., July 19, 9:00pm, $8 -
Pickwick, Hoquiam, Winter's Fall
The last I heard, Hoquiam was inches away from signing with Secretly Canadian. This would make... More>>
Q Cafe, Sat., July 19, 7:30pm, $7 -
Ghostbusters
Who you gonna call? I think we all know the answer: the top-grossing film of 1984, Ghostbusters!... More>>
Fremont Outdoor Cinema, Daily from Sat., July 19 until Sat., September 13, 7:30pm, - 209 more things to do today >>
