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Cuba

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Tell Me About That Album: Area 52 by Rodrigo y Gabriela

    Rodrigo y Gabriela have one of the great success stories in recent memory. After growing frustrated with the Mexican metal scene, the guitar-shredding duo abandoned their metal sound -- and their country -- for the more-musician friendly city of Dublin, where they cultivated a hearty following in th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    BigWings, BigSandwiches, and a Kid's Meal at BigFood

    The Yeti​The Truck: BigFood The Fare: Mythological fusion (with a distinct Indian lean). The Stop: My first encounter of the BigFood kind was outside of Havana in the Pike/Pine corridor late on a Thursday night for the nightclub's hipsterific Sophisticated Mama soul dance night. The weather ... More >>

  • Music

    August 31, 2011

    The Month Ahead: DJ/Electronic

    Recommended shows from Bumbershoot After Dark to Identity Festival.

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    Where to Go Dancing Without Breaking Your Hip This Week

    In this week's music section, I take a swing at trend-piecing what I'm calling (with apologies to Nick Hornby) "Dance Music for Old People": Many of the year's best dance records--acts like Nicolas Jaar, Motor City Drum Ensemble, the 6th Borough Project, Wolf Lamb, and Soul Clap--have been expl ... More >>

  • Arts

    May 25, 2011

    Opening Nights: Guys and Dolls

    Yet again, a 5th Avenue production is a safe bet.

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Havana Nights Now Feature Trivia

    Siiri Sampson, 2011.​ The Bar: If you consider your level of familiarity with Capitol Hill watering holes somewhere between expert and clinically worrisome, but have yet to hear of Havana Social Club, you aren't alone. Havana's entrance is hidden in a parking lot that most Pike Street idlers u ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 5, 2011

    The Tighten Up

    Siiri Sampson, 2011.​ The Bar: If you consider your level of familiarity with Capitol Hill watering holes somewhere between expert and clinically worrisome, but have yet to hear of Havana Social Club, you aren't alone. Havana's entrance is hidden in a parking lot that most Pike Street idlers u ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 25, 2010

    Through @ 2: Champagne Champagne and a Bag of Marshmallows

    Go see Champagne Champagne at least one of these three times -- the 28th at Neumos, or the 31st at the Comet and later that night at Havana.​The situation: It's Tuesday night and I'm sitting at the bar at Capitol Hill's Via Tribunali with Pearl Dragon and Mark Gajadhar -- aka DJ Gajamagic -- o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 1, 2010

    The Alfredo Rodriguez Trio

    Go see Champagne Champagne at least one of these three times -- the 28th at Neumos, or the 31st at the Comet and later that night at Havana.​The situation: It's Tuesday night and I'm sitting at the bar at Capitol Hill's Via Tribunali with Pearl Dragon and Mark Gajadhar -- aka DJ Gajamagic -- o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Joule Urban BBQ Update: Because the 'Cue News Never Ends...

    ​A couple days back, Joule announced that it'd chosen a date for the start of its 2010 Urban BBQ series and promised more details (like dates and inspirations) to come. Good as their word, the crew came through today with a full spread of information on their "world culinary tour." This is str ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Tequila Tuesdays: Trading Limes & Salt for Lemons & Coffee on Capitol Hill

    ​On the last Tequila Tuesday of the month, I usually booze around Capitol Hill's drinking trifecta: Moe Bar, Cha Cha and Unicorn. This area is always packed with skipsters--skinny hipsters--and their Tortilla Gold-based drinking philosophy fits with my budget any day. At Moe Bar, I'm going f ... More >>

  • Food

    April 7, 2010

    First Call: Still Liquor's Bartender Favors Bushmills for a Bender

    ​On the last Tequila Tuesday of the month, I usually booze around Capitol Hill's drinking trifecta: Moe Bar, Cha Cha and Unicorn. This area is always packed with skipsters--skinny hipsters--and their Tortilla Gold-based drinking philosophy fits with my budget any day. At Moe Bar, I'm going f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    First Call: Straight Up at Still Liquor

    First Call is a weekly Voracious feature in which we walk into a bar and ask the bartender to make us his or her favorite drink.​The Watering Hole: Still Liquor, 1524 Minor Ave., Capitol Hill, 467-4075 The Atmosphere: While the two-month-old cocktail bar bills itself as a place in "the spirit ... More >>

  • Food

    November 11, 2009

    Seattle’s Wide World of Sandwiches

    Our city’s universe of bread/meat combos is ever-expanding. This week: Venezuelan and Swedish varieties.

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2009

    Afghan Star

    Our city’s universe of bread/meat combos is ever-expanding. This week: Venezuelan and Swedish varieties.

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2009

    Throwback Tuesdays: Afro Cuban Allstars -- "Amor Verdadero"

    Whenever musicologists study the colorful sounds of the Cuban diaspora, it's nearly impossible for them not to mention the modern day contributions of composer Juan de Marcos and his Afro-Cuban All-Stars. The revolving group of musicians first made their mark on American audiences in 1994, at a tim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2008

    The Year in Food

    It's wrapup season! It's time to give food writers a week off chance to look deep, deep within ourselves, to examine what we've been eating this year and what we might eat in the coming 12 months. A few of the first wrapups to appear:Chow's Year in Food, generally a good read, includes a great "Over ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 3, 2008

    Michael Vermillion

    Wednesday, December 3

  • Music

    August 27, 2008

    The Rum Also Rises

    Wednesday, December 3

  • Calendar

    July 30, 2008

    Metro Classics

    Wednesday, December 3

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2008
  • Calendar

    April 16, 2008

    Crossing the Water

    Wednesday, December 3

  • Calendar

    October 10, 2007

    Havan’ a Ball

    Better than Barry Manilow imagined

  • Calendar

    August 29, 2007

    Under my Bum-ber-ella

    Someone had to make that joke

  • Calendar

    July 4, 2007
  • Blogs

    March 15, 2007

    CUPCAKES

    Nightlife

  • Food

    August 16, 2006
  • Diversions

    August 2, 2006

    Yuniesky Betancourt

    Best-Bet Mariner

  • Film

    January 4, 2006

    Jan. 4-11, 2006

    This week's specialty screenings and venues.

  • Music

    May 18, 2005

    Converge

    Also: Fannypack, Monika Force, Camping, Manuel Guajiro, Fabric 19, FabricLive 20, and Drop The Lime.

  • Food

    July 7, 2004

    Fusion With a View

    Buena Vista at the Lakeside offers Latin for lovers.

  • Arts

    March 24, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    Buena Vista at the Lakeside offers Latin for lovers.

  • Music

    October 29, 2003

    Mass Appeal

    Exploring Cuban hip-hop.

  • Film

    October 15, 2003

    Brief Encounters

    Balseros, Millenium Actress, and More.

  • Food

    September 24, 2003

    ¡Cuba, Si!

    Mamey's offers great food, great folks, great mojitos.

  • Food

    June 11, 2003

    Gypsy Magic

    It's home cookingjust not the home you're thinking of.

  • News

    April 9, 2003

    Oh, Please, Not France

    It's home cookingjust not the home you're thinking of.

  • News

    December 18, 2002

    Embargo in Cyberspace

    When a Cuba activist lists a sister-city event on his Web site, the feds move in.

  • Music

    November 20, 2002

    CD Reviews

    When a Cuba activist lists a sister-city event on his Web site, the feds move in.

  • News

    May 22, 2002

    Who Said It?

    When a Cuba activist lists a sister-city event on his Web site, the feds move in.

  • Arts

    December 12, 2001

    To Cuba With Love and Hate

    Imaginative short works of home and exile.

  • News

    September 19, 2001

    Lifestyles of the rich and heinous

    Flipping through the fall fashion magazines.

  • News

    August 29, 2001

    Visual arts picks

    Flipping through the fall fashion magazines.

  • Arts

    June 13, 2001

    Book Shorts

    Flipping through the fall fashion magazines.

  • Diversions

    February 7, 2001

    Errol Morris' 'Hip-Hop'

    And other PBS music documentaries we'd like to see.

  • Arts

    December 22, 1999

    Moving forward

    A Sonics rookie trades his homeland for the NBA.

  • Arts

    December 15, 1999

    Picture This

    Mapping the history of the Pacific Northwest—and other visual offerings.

  • News

    December 1, 1999

    WTO finale

    For you party animals who just can't get enough activism.

  • Music

    June 16, 1999

    Havana wonderful time

    Wim Wenders' commercial for Buena Vista Social Club.

  • Music

    March 31, 1999

    The Sound of Son

    ¡Cubanismo! carries old-time Afro-Cuban rhythms to a modern audience.

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