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Sea-Tac Fliers Say They Deserve an Egg McMuffin

As reported last week by the Seattle Times, the addition of McDonald's to the restaurant roster at Sea-Tac would solve the airport's "longstanding hamburger problem." But fans of the fast food chain say the dearth of options now available to travelers seeking a breakfast sandwich is equally problema ... More >>

Gainsbourg: The Man Who Loved Women: Serge Is Still Dead, Still Sexy

As reported last week by the Seattle Times, the addition of McDonald's to the restaurant roster at Sea-Tac would solve the airport's "longstanding hamburger problem." But fans of the fast food chain say the dearth of options now available to travelers seeking a breakfast sandwich is equally problema ... More >>

Opening Nights: I Am My Own Wife

Contradictions and shadowy truths in Nick Garrison's flawless performance.

Los Campesinos! Bring Their Anthemic Sadness, Moshing to the Neptune

This is a band that inspires a mosh pit.​Los Campesinos! Saturday, February 4th The Neptune You could hardly ask for a better night to see Los Campesinos! than the literal eve of Superbowl Sunday and the figurative eve of St. Valentine's Day. And not just because their song "You! Me! Dancing! ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

This is a band that inspires a mosh pit.​Los Campesinos! Saturday, February 4th The Neptune You could hardly ask for a better night to see Los Campesinos! than the literal eve of Superbowl Sunday and the figurative eve of St. Valentine's Day. And not just because their song "You! Me! Dancing! ... More >>

Seattle May Have Pro Football All Year Long; Spring League Proposed When Seahawks Are Sidelined

There are reports out today that a new professional football team may be coming to Seattle. That's right, sports fans. According to a "confidential document" published by Deadspin, the Spring Professional Football League, being organized by former XFL and NFL Europe executives, will debut in 2013 wi ... More >>

I Am My Own Wife

There are reports out today that a new professional football team may be coming to Seattle. That's right, sports fans. According to a "confidential document" published by Deadspin, the Spring Professional Football League, being organized by former XFL and NFL Europe executives, will debut in 2013 wi ... More >>

Jane Birkin: Famous Flame

Serge Gainsbourg's longtime girlfriend has always held her own.

The K of D, an Urban Legend

Serge Gainsbourg's longtime girlfriend has always held her own.

Sex and the City 2: Sarah Jessica Parker Refuses to Act Her Age

Serge Gainsbourg's longtime girlfriend has always held her own.

Opening Nights: Sunlight

Academic conflict in the wake of 9/11.

Election '09: One-Vote Victory Margins More Than a Myth In Skykomish

"Had you invited me over, Charlotte, you might have been mayor."​Want to know where the real election-night drama was last night? In Skykomish, the state's most populous county's tiniest town, and whose inclusion in King County will never cease to befuddle those accessing it via Highway 2, whi ... More >>

Fresh Film Reviews

​Ari Gold is back, meaning Jeremy Piven as Jeremy Piven in the curiously named The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, which opens today at the Meridian, Varisity, and other theaters. Vadim Rizov delivers his verdict: Making headline writers' lives everywhere easier: The Goods doesn't deliver. Don R ... More >>

From New York to Seattle, With a Layover in the Hudson

That jet that crashed in the Hudson was on its way to Seattle:"At the airport in Charlotte, where the flight was scheduled to arrive at 5:16 p.m. and then depart for Seattle at 6:10, the arrival board said the plane was still expected to arrive on time late into the afternoon."The flight was downed ... More >>

Lost in Primetime

Only six more weeks to go! On extra-long hiatus until Jan. 21 of next year, ABC's sandy, surreal hit primetime soap opera predictably has a lot of fans scratching their heads. The arrival this Tuesday of an augmented season four box set, which totals about 10 hours of original and supplemental mater ... More >>

Rocket Queen's Opening a Bar in Greenwood

Only six more weeks to go! On extra-long hiatus until Jan. 21 of next year, ABC's sandy, surreal hit primetime soap opera predictably has a lot of fans scratching their heads. The arrival this Tuesday of an augmented season four box set, which totals about 10 hours of original and supplemental mater ... More >>

Fireside Eruption

Multiple voices, perfectly delivered, make for a sublimely spooky small-town tale.

Seattle: Tough on Charities

Multiple voices, perfectly delivered, make for a sublimely spooky small-town tale.

Sex and the City: Not quite like old times

Multiple voices, perfectly delivered, make for a sublimely spooky small-town tale.

I Am My Own Wife

Multiple voices, perfectly delivered, make for a sublimely spooky small-town tale.

Major League IV: Scripting the Sonics Movie

The uncertainty surrounding the city’s oldest pro sports franchise is worthy of a sequel to its cinematic progenitor. Here’s the script.

The Most Interesting Sonics Game is Being Played Off the Court

And in the courts.

Van Halen: One Down, 28 To Go

And in the courts.

Fashion is Not a Luxury

And in the courts.

What's up Friday

Salsa Congress in session, and more!

Sept. 6-13, 2006

Pedro Almodóvar, Bill Murray, and more!

Sonics Moving to Oklahoma?

Pedro Almodóvar, Bill Murray, and more!

Freedom Rings for Julio

An undocumented American is released from the Tacoma immigration prison.

Foiled Again!

An undocumented American is released from the Tacoma immigration prison.

His Case Goes South

An undocumented American is released from the Tacoma immigration prison.

They Could Be Citizens and They Might Be Deported

The government has jailed family-supporting, lifelong U.S. residents who seem as American as the next person—but can't prove it.

Sharks and the City

Sublimely absurdist comic fluff from a troupe at the fringe's leading edge.

Metaphorical Downpour

America's sportswriters compare and contrast Seattle rain with just about everything.

This Week's Reads

Steve Olson, Bret Lott, and Davitt Sigerson.

Brief Encounters

Steve Olson, Bret Lott, and Davitt Sigerson.

Less Than This

Despite its charms and stars, Sofia Coppola's latest looks too intently inwardat herself.

Horoscopes

Despite its charms and stars, Sofia Coppola's latest looks too intently inwardat herself.

Wallpaper, Ballyhoo

Despite its charms and stars, Sofia Coppola's latest looks too intently inwardat herself.

Uneasy streets

Murder in Victorian England and modern D.C.

Shades of gray

Ambiguity, ideas, morality—in a war movie?

Book briefs

A model's life splinters; two horror greats reunite.

Do I hear a waltz?

A Little Night Music isn't dancing.

The collector

Trophy wife pays price for her acquisition.

On the Fringe of reason

Going crazy at the 10th Annual Fringe Festival.

Why vote?

Going crazy at the 10th Annual Fringe Festival.

Bumber beats

Going crazy at the 10th Annual Fringe Festival.

Disco talks

In Stillman's nightclub, the beat is turned down and the chatter turned up.

Call me Madame DJ

Today's thriving female DJs banish the club chick stereotype.