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The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Recommended Events

Take the Lead

Opens at Metro and others, Fri., April 7. Rated PG-13. 108 minutes.

Graceful Desperation

Opens at Metro and others, Fri., April 7. Rated PG-13. 108 minutes.

The Ballad of Jack and Rose

Also: Beauty Shop, Los Angeles Plays Itself, Lost Embrace, and Steamboy.

Love and Basketball

A Cinderella must balance Prince Charming with her own career.

She knows why the caged bird sings

A Cinderella must balance Prince Charming with her own career.

Slavery's children

A beloved ghost story comes to the screen.

Fall Arts Preview

A beloved ghost story comes to the screen.

Your Weekend Art-Geek Advisory

Get your geek on tonight at Third Place in Bothell. That's what our Laura Onstot says... FRIDAY: Garth Sundem I was on the college debate team. I spent the last three months' worth of Friday nights, not in a miniskirt and halter top in Belltown, but parked on the couch watching the Sci Fi Channel. ... More >>

Late Review: American Violet

This film just played the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, but the distributor waffled on giving it a release date. Surprise! It's opening today at the Meridian. Our writer Melissa Anderson saw it; here's her review: A docudrama with a good heart but a heavy hand, American Violet isn ... More >>