Bollywood

SIFF: Week 1 Picks & Pans

Root Table Takes Us to Bollywood, with a Twist

Dish: Bollywood Yakisoba Place: Root Table, Ballard Price: $12.00 On the plate: Per the menu: "Stir fried Indian yellow curry with fresh egg noodles, chicken (beef or tofu), carrot, pepper, basil, green bean, mushroom and onion." I ordered mine with beef, and in addition to the listed vegetables, ... More >>

The Best of SIFF 2011

Dish: Bollywood Yakisoba Place: Root Table, Ballard Price: $12.00 On the plate: Per the menu: "Stir fried Indian yellow curry with fresh egg noodles, chicken (beef or tofu), carrot, pepper, basil, green bean, mushroom and onion." I ordered mine with beef, and in addition to the listed vegetables, ... More >>

Gandu

Dish: Bollywood Yakisoba Place: Root Table, Ballard Price: $12.00 On the plate: Per the menu: "Stir fried Indian yellow curry with fresh egg noodles, chicken (beef or tofu), carrot, pepper, basil, green bean, mushroom and onion." I ordered mine with beef, and in addition to the listed vegetables, ... More >>

New SIFF Review: Gandu

​Self-consciously striving to avoid every Bollywood trope and trace of Satyajit Ray, this Indian slum fantasia owes more to American gutter-punk tradition. You could call it Last Exit to Bengal. There, in Kolkata, former video and commercials director Q frames his story in stark black-and-whit ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

​Self-consciously striving to avoid every Bollywood trope and trace of Satyajit Ray, this Indian slum fantasia owes more to American gutter-punk tradition. You could call it Last Exit to Bengal. There, in Kolkata, former video and commercials director Q frames his story in stark black-and-whit ... More >>

Zero Bridge: Kashmir Is Complicated

​Self-consciously striving to avoid every Bollywood trope and trace of Satyajit Ray, this Indian slum fantasia owes more to American gutter-punk tradition. You could call it Last Exit to Bengal. There, in Kolkata, former video and commercials director Q frames his story in stark black-and-whit ... More >>

Kim Barker

​Self-consciously striving to avoid every Bollywood trope and trace of Satyajit Ray, this Indian slum fantasia owes more to American gutter-punk tradition. You could call it Last Exit to Bengal. There, in Kolkata, former video and commercials director Q frames his story in stark black-and-whit ... More >>

Danny Boyle Talks About 127 Hours

​Self-consciously striving to avoid every Bollywood trope and trace of Satyajit Ray, this Indian slum fantasia owes more to American gutter-punk tradition. You could call it Last Exit to Bengal. There, in Kolkata, former video and commercials director Q frames his story in stark black-and-whit ... More >>

Five Reasons the Pinkerton Reissue Should Be Weezer's Very Last Release

Laura Musselman​With every new Weezer record, I persuade myself that this could be the one - where Rivers Cuomo makes me forget about every post-Pinkerton release and goes back to an edgier, more personal place (also known as the mid-90s). Trust me, I know it's a terrible habit, one that I'm f ... More >>

Liz Phair Gets Plenty of Satisfaction from Keith Richards's Biography, According to Her Review in the NYTimes

​It makes perfect sense that the New York Times would enlist Liz Phair to review Keith Richards' new autobiography, the oh-so-obviously titled Life. (I digress, but seriously, the man who wrote the guitar riff for "Satisfaction" in his sleep couldn't imagine a better book title than that?) P ... More >>

Halloween Events

​It makes perfect sense that the New York Times would enlist Liz Phair to review Keith Richards' new autobiography, the oh-so-obviously titled Life. (I digress, but seriously, the man who wrote the guitar riff for "Satisfaction" in his sleep couldn't imagine a better book title than that?) P ... More >>

Barack Obama Vists Seattle (PICS), Plus Three More Slideshows

​Seattle Weekly Web Goddess Zibby Wilder plumbed the depths of the internet and came up with four new slideshows of pics to feed your peepers with. First, we've the obligatory documentation of one Barack Obama paying Sea Town a visit. The next set will get your geek glands salivating with a lo ... More >>

Bran Nue Dae: A Bit of Glee From Down Under

​Seattle Weekly Web Goddess Zibby Wilder plumbed the depths of the internet and came up with four new slideshows of pics to feed your peepers with. First, we've the obligatory documentation of one Barack Obama paying Sea Town a visit. The next set will get your geek glands salivating with a lo ... More >>

Cafe Car: Dine on Tacos and Somalian Smoothies on International Blvd.

Photos by Matthew Piel​A weekly column in which we ride the light rail to random stops, hop off, and wander around until something strikes our culinary fancy, treating the train like our own personal café car. The Stop: Tukwila International Boulevard The Vibe: "Well we could eat at McDonal ... More >>

Four Records I Want to Buy This Summer (And Will the Next Time I'm Record Shopping)

​It might be too early to judge, but Summer 2010 has seen some stunning new releases (Menomema's Mines, LCD Soundsystem's This is Happening, and local band The Head and The Heart's self-titled EP are just a few examples). But I've already heard, read the reviews of, or acquired those three rec ... More >>

Listen to Liz Phair's New Bollywood-Rap Single (??)

​Liz Phair released a new record on her website on Saturday -- the album is called Funstyle and you can purchase it at www.lizphair.com. But before you go rushing to buy what you hope is the next Exile In Guyville, you might want to listen to the album's first single, "Bollywood." It's a Boll ... More >>

Russell Peters

​Liz Phair released a new record on her website on Saturday -- the album is called Funstyle and you can purchase it at www.lizphair.com. But before you go rushing to buy what you hope is the next Exile In Guyville, you might want to listen to the album's first single, "Bollywood." It's a Boll ... More >>

SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

​Liz Phair released a new record on her website on Saturday -- the album is called Funstyle and you can purchase it at www.lizphair.com. But before you go rushing to buy what you hope is the next Exile In Guyville, you might want to listen to the album's first single, "Bollywood." It's a Boll ... More >>

Tonight: Super Diamond Spreads the Good Word of Neil at The Showbox, LA Guns, DJ Suketu

​Super Diamond, with Notorious Sensation. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. $23. Neil Diamond should have his own late night show. He could wear his sequined blouses and talk about the 60s and how he's an expert fencer and have guests like Barbra Streisand and Brian Wils ... More >>

DJ Suketu

​Super Diamond, with Notorious Sensation. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. $23. Neil Diamond should have his own late night show. He could wear his sequined blouses and talk about the 60s and how he's an expert fencer and have guests like Barbra Streisand and Brian Wils ... More >>

The Short List: The Week's Recommended Shows

​Super Diamond, with Notorious Sensation. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. $23. Neil Diamond should have his own late night show. He could wear his sequined blouses and talk about the 60s and how he's an expert fencer and have guests like Barbra Streisand and Brian Wils ... More >>

Angelique Kidjo

​Super Diamond, with Notorious Sensation. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. $23. Neil Diamond should have his own late night show. He could wear his sequined blouses and talk about the 60s and how he's an expert fencer and have guests like Barbra Streisand and Brian Wils ... More >>

Tonight: Swollen Members, Moon Duo, and Darude

​ Swollen Members, With Cool Nutz, Jay Barz. Neumos, 925 Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. Free. Canadian hip-hop trio Swollen Members (Prevail, Mad Child, Rob the Viking) kick off their tour tonight in our fair city. With six albums and countless live shows under their belts, these vets have earned ... More >>

Swollen Members

​ Swollen Members, With Cool Nutz, Jay Barz. Neumos, 925 Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. Free. Canadian hip-hop trio Swollen Members (Prevail, Mad Child, Rob the Viking) kick off their tour tonight in our fair city. With six albums and countless live shows under their belts, these vets have earned ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

​ Swollen Members, With Cool Nutz, Jay Barz. Neumos, 925 Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. Free. Canadian hip-hop trio Swollen Members (Prevail, Mad Child, Rob the Viking) kick off their tour tonight in our fair city. With six albums and countless live shows under their belts, these vets have earned ... More >>

Kronos Quartet

​ Swollen Members, With Cool Nutz, Jay Barz. Neumos, 925 Pike St., 709-9467. 8 p.m. Free. Canadian hip-hop trio Swollen Members (Prevail, Mad Child, Rob the Viking) kick off their tour tonight in our fair city. With six albums and countless live shows under their belts, these vets have earned ... More >>

Kailash Kher

Sunday, September 27

Beyond Bulgogi: Korean Pig Is What’s Worth Eating

Leave the beef to barbecue neophytes.

Sita Sings the Blues

Leave the beef to barbecue neophytes.

Danny Boyle

The Slumdog Millionaire director on Mumbai before the terror.

BollyGrooves

Saturday, April 12

Bhangra Bash

Pop production numbers, Indian style

DJ Rekha

Friday, March 21

Bollygrooves

South Asian bhangers for the dance floor

Skin Deep Dance Studios Grand Opening Party

Learn a steamy dance for free

Big Ideas, Small World

Dengue Fever's incurable grooves.

Mirabeau Room

Dengue Fever's incurable grooves.

Cheese 'n' Peas, Please!

Lower Queen Anne's Roti is a spicy sanctuary from the cold.

Tsunami Relief in Restaurants and Clubs

Lower Queen Anne's Roti is a spicy sanctuary from the cold.

Opening Nights

Diana Moves and Vetala.

Food Events Around Town

Diana Moves and Vetala.

Food Events Around Town

Diana Moves and Vetala.

Food Events Around town

Diana Moves and Vetala.

Restaurants M-S

From Matt's in the Market to Salumi.