Bob Hope

Overnight: Next Time Take the Train

Walt Wagner: Canlis' Key Player

Photo courtesy of Walt Wagner​He's so good at his job, you might forget he's there. Walt Wagner has a knack for blending into the ambiance of Canlis so well that patrons often forget that someone is actually single-handedly creating the soundtrack for their evening, one tickled ivory at a time ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

Photo courtesy of Walt Wagner​He's so good at his job, you might forget he's there. Walt Wagner has a knack for blending into the ambiance of Canlis so well that patrons often forget that someone is actually single-handedly creating the soundtrack for their evening, one tickled ivory at a time ... More >>

Road to Morocco

Photo courtesy of Walt Wagner​He's so good at his job, you might forget he's there. Walt Wagner has a knack for blending into the ambiance of Canlis so well that patrons often forget that someone is actually single-handedly creating the soundtrack for their evening, one tickled ivory at a time ... More >>

Bing Crosby, Tacoma Native Dead for Three Decades, Mounts a Winning Film Comeback

​Thirty-three years after his death, Tacoma-born and Spokane-raised crooner/actor Bing Crosby has baseball fans and historians excited about his "new" film on The Best Game Ever Played - the 1960 World Series between the New York Yankees and the team he co-owned, the Pittsburgh Pirates. The fi ... More >>

The Ghost Breakers

​Thirty-three years after his death, Tacoma-born and Spokane-raised crooner/actor Bing Crosby has baseball fans and historians excited about his "new" film on The Best Game Ever Played - the 1960 World Series between the New York Yankees and the team he co-owned, the Pittsburgh Pirates. The fi ... More >>

Ebony & Irony at Canlis

The unexpected repertoire of an iconic restaurant’s silver-haired piano men.

Chatting With Bill Cosby

The unexpected repertoire of an iconic restaurant’s silver-haired piano men.

The Muppet Movie

The unexpected repertoire of an iconic restaurant’s silver-haired piano men.

The Lunatic Is on the Drums

Freddy “Right On” Holzman and Lake City’s Rimrock revelation.

He's Not Alan Partridge!

Steve Coogan is haunted by his famous TV creation, plus other new releases.

Scoop

Opens at Seven Gables and others, Fri., July 28. Rated PG-13. 96 minutes.

May 17-24, 2006

John Cassavetes, Preston Sturges, Che Guevara, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and more.

The Frenchman: A Photographic Interview With Fernandel

Photo-book reissue takes us back to the postwar era of unrepentant ass-pinching.

Nov. 16, 2005

Photo-book reissue takes us back to the postwar era of unrepentant ass-pinching.

The Digression Artist

This Equation may not be logical, but it sure is entertaining.

Between Past and Future

Also: Spectrum Dance Theater, David Thomson, Bringing Up Baby, and the Mountain Goats.

SCTV Vol. 1: Network 90

Shout Factory, $89.95

Music Previews

Shout Factory, $89.95

The Road to Morocco

Shout Factory, $89.95

This Week's Reads

Candace Bushnell, Jon Krakauer, and Daniel Hayes.

Bob Hope

In Seattle, the man had heart.

Crippled Home Front

The Department of Veterans Affairs is being targeted for billions in cuts. Evidently, President Bush's support for the troops doesn't include their health care.

Do the right thing

Upright urban attitude confronts nefarious global espionage.

The Culture Bunker

Upright urban attitude confronts nefarious global espionage.

Radio days

Once again, Woody tunes in to a distant wavelength.

Rated A.M.P.A.S.

We would not like to thank the Academy.

Best Sites

Best of Seattle, 2000

The Culture Bunker

Best of Seattle, 2000

The Culture Bunker

Best of Seattle, 2000

Synch or swim

A 1950s Seafair classic gets a Green Lake revival.

Books Quarterly: Getting Skunked in God's Country

Joe Upton's classic 'Alaska Blues' returns to print.

New(s) media

Joe Upton's classic 'Alaska Blues' returns to print.