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Why Doesn't Seattle Have an NBA D-League Team?

Image source​Former Washington Husky Justin Dentmon is dominating the NBA's Developmental League right now. In 34 games, the point guard is averaging just over 19 points, 4 assists, and 3.7 rebounds per game for the Texas Legends, the Dallas Mavericks' B-team based in the bustling metropolis o ... More >>

Today in Sex: It's National Coming Out Day

​The last few months have been fairly horrifying for humanity. Politicians seem to have given up on kissing babies to garner votes and are instead busting out homophobic hate speech to curry favor. It seems like we lose another young gay kid to suicide every week. And the recent spate of unspe ... More >>

SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

​The last few months have been fairly horrifying for humanity. Politicians seem to have given up on kissing babies to garner votes and are instead busting out homophobic hate speech to curry favor. It seems like we lose another young gay kid to suicide every week. And the recent spate of unspe ... More >>

Wolf Parade Announce New Album, Expo 86 European/North American Summer Tour

​Montreal's Wolf Parade's first album, 2005's Apologies to the Queen Mary, was a gem of quirky indie-pop. The band then avoided and moved way beyond the dreaded sophomore slump with 2008's expansive and exhilarating At Mount Zoomer. So I've got high hopes for the just-announced third record, E ... More >>

My Trip To California: Part 4. Great Party!

Having A Great Time!​Darbury and I went to a dinner in Sacramento for the Croatian Scholarship Fund. This is just another endeavor of the Croatian diaspora. This community is located in Northern California and the peeps in Sacramento have built a fine club house. The food was great as was the ... More >>

Prodigal Sons: Sibling Rivalry Assumes a New Gender Dynamic

Having A Great Time!​Darbury and I went to a dinner in Sacramento for the Croatian Scholarship Fund. This is just another endeavor of the Croatian diaspora. This community is located in Northern California and the peeps in Sacramento have built a fine club house. The food was great as was the ... More >>

Music: The Great Messenger

There's much to admire about the rapper M.I.A. She's a working mom, a dynamite performer, and a writer of songs, like "Bucky Done Gun," that command you to give the volume knob a twist. And with her outspoken political views and heart for her homeland, Mathangi Arulpragasa reflects the global consci ... More >>

Washington's Movin' on up

 If "movin' on up" means joining the ranks of Oregon, Wyoming (whose population is smaller than Seattle's), and ten states whose infant mortality rates rank between Croatia's and Latvia's.The beige states in the picture above have no general assistance-unemployable programs--i.e. programs that ... More >>

Was I An Anchor Baby?

 If "movin' on up" means joining the ranks of Oregon, Wyoming (whose population is smaller than Seattle's), and ten states whose infant mortality rates rank between Croatia's and Latvia's.The beige states in the picture above have no general assistance-unemployable programs--i.e. programs that ... More >>

War-Torn Croatia Shaped My World View

 If "movin' on up" means joining the ranks of Oregon, Wyoming (whose population is smaller than Seattle's), and ten states whose infant mortality rates rank between Croatia's and Latvia's.The beige states in the picture above have no general assistance-unemployable programs--i.e. programs that ... More >>

The Violet Hour

 If "movin' on up" means joining the ranks of Oregon, Wyoming (whose population is smaller than Seattle's), and ten states whose infant mortality rates rank between Croatia's and Latvia's.The beige states in the picture above have no general assistance-unemployable programs--i.e. programs that ... More >>

Why Jim McDermott Thinks Global, Disdains Local

Seattle's nine-term representative in the House seems more like an appointed ambassador of leftist good will than the elected representative of a Pacific Northwest city.

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Seattle's nine-term representative in the House seems more like an appointed ambassador of leftist good will than the elected representative of a Pacific Northwest city.

Aug. 3-9, 2005

Seattle's nine-term representative in the House seems more like an appointed ambassador of leftist good will than the elected representative of a Pacific Northwest city.

Belles of the Jump Ball

March. 23-29, 2005

One to the Bee in D.C.

March 16-22, 2005.

Birds, Leeches, and Cats

Feb. 9-15, 2005

Vela Luka Croatian Dance Ensemble, Saint Helens String Quartet

Feb. 9-15, 2005

Oct. 6-12, 2004

Feb. 9-15, 2005

SIFF 2002 Films: R-Z

Feb. 9-15, 2005

Side Dish

Oiling up

The Films: F-MI

Oiling up

The Westlake Serbs

Oiling up