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Why Gilles Nicault of Long Shadows Vintners Has the Best Job in Washington Wine

As the resident winemaker at Long Shadows Vintners, Gilles Nicault nimbly curates a unique collection of Washington wines: the concept being to bring the best winemakers in the world to Washington to make the best wine with Washington grapes. This assignment may be a lofty one but Nicault wears it w ... More >>

Sign Language

As the resident winemaker at Long Shadows Vintners, Gilles Nicault nimbly curates a unique collection of Washington wines: the concept being to bring the best winemakers in the world to Washington to make the best wine with Washington grapes. This assignment may be a lofty one but Nicault wears it w ... More >>

Andrae Bopp Keeps His Pedal to the Metal as Walla Walla's Most Mobile Restaurateur

This week we're mixing Meet Your Maker up a bit. Sure, Washington's winemakers are talented and interesting and inspirational, but so are some of the other "makers" on the industry's periphery - like Andrae Bopp. Andrae is the visionary behind Andrae's Kitchen, Walla Walla's first - and only - gourm ... More >>

Wilco: Still Loves You, Still Trying to Break Your Heart at the Paramount

Wilco White Denim The Paramount Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Through most of the early 1980's, Fernando Valenzuela was a force of nature, as well as a pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He had an unusually chaotic wind-up, involving his eyes rolling up toward the heavens just before releasing a pit ... More >>

Cocktail Maven Wendy Miller Spills (About) What's in Her Glass

​Attending Tales of the Cocktail, the annual cocktail conference in New Orleans, transformed Seattleite Wendy Miller from a casual sipper to one of the city's greatest cocktail enthusiasts. Inspired by the other cities' chapters of "Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails," ... More >>

Northwest Residents Are Driving Fewer Miles, Pumping Less Gas, But Paying More for Both than Ever Before

​The good news is that Pacific Northwest drivers are spending less time in their cars and buying less gas to fill them. The bad news is that the average family of four still spends $6,200 per year on gas.

The Debt: Helen Mirren Hunts Nazis

​The good news is that Pacific Northwest drivers are spending less time in their cars and buying less gas to fill them. The bad news is that the average family of four still spends $6,200 per year on gas.

Ask a Mexican!

​The good news is that Pacific Northwest drivers are spending less time in their cars and buying less gas to fill them. The bad news is that the average family of four still spends $6,200 per year on gas.

The Top 10 Lines From the Eleventh Chapter of Steven Tyler's Memoir, Does the Noise In My Head Bother You?

Steven Tyler's autobiography, Does the Noise In My Head Bother You? was released on Tuesday via Ecco.​And I quote: I remember the first time I saw (Pamela Anderson) at the MTV Europe Music Awards at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. She was going out with that guy in Poison, Bret Michaels. She ... More >>

Rabbit a la Berlin: An Accidental Cold War Game Preserve

Steven Tyler's autobiography, Does the Noise In My Head Bother You? was released on Tuesday via Ecco.​And I quote: I remember the first time I saw (Pamela Anderson) at the MTV Europe Music Awards at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. She was going out with that guy in Poison, Bret Michaels. She ... More >>

Dr. Strangelove

Steven Tyler's autobiography, Does the Noise In My Head Bother You? was released on Tuesday via Ecco.​And I quote: I remember the first time I saw (Pamela Anderson) at the MTV Europe Music Awards at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. She was going out with that guy in Poison, Bret Michaels. She ... More >>

Nine Nation Animation

Steven Tyler's autobiography, Does the Noise In My Head Bother You? was released on Tuesday via Ecco.​And I quote: I remember the first time I saw (Pamela Anderson) at the MTV Europe Music Awards at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. She was going out with that guy in Poison, Bret Michaels. She ... More >>

Hackers Are Gathering in Seattle This Weekend and It's For Your Own Good

​If you're not a hacker yourself, then the cryptic, geek-speak invite sent out by Random Hacks of Kindness and Geeks Without Bounds about a big event this weekend may seem a tad confusing. But within the endless acronyms and tech jargon, it seems clear that there will be quite the hacker shind ... More >>

Versus: Wurst-Case Scenario

​If you're not a hacker yourself, then the cryptic, geek-speak invite sent out by Random Hacks of Kindness and Geeks Without Bounds about a big event this weekend may seem a tad confusing. But within the endless acronyms and tech jargon, it seems clear that there will be quite the hacker shind ... More >>

Getting to Know You: Kohlrabi

flickr user annia316​ A few years ago, while wandering through the produce section, a strange Sputnik-like vegetable caught my eye: kohlrabi. Intrigued, I took it home with me and discovered that, on the subject of kohlrabi, my cookbooks were noticeably silent. I turned to the internet, where ... More >>

The Great Pretenders

Krist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. He writes about the music he's been listening to every Friday.​While rummaging through the vinyl bins the other day, I came across a gem from one of my favorite bands. I thought I had all the Pretenders releases but w ... More >>

Thomas Ruff

Krist Novoselic's column on music and politics runs every Tuesday on Reverb. He writes about the music he's been listening to every Friday.​While rummaging through the vinyl bins the other day, I came across a gem from one of my favorite bands. I thought I had all the Pretenders releases but w ... More >>

Visual Arts Review: Western Bridge

Art that makes you think about its surroundings.

The Key to Securing a Grant From the Gates Foundation: Be as Sci-Fi as Possible

ucla.eduCritics say Gates should be funding clean water before Ozcan's disease-detecting cell phone.​At the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Germany, Carlos Alberto Guzman is working on a way to administer vaccines using particles that enter the body through hair follicles and burst ... More >>

Today and Tonight: Kids and Animals at Hard Rock, And The Wiremen at the Comet

Rain Peasley​Kids and Animals. Hard Rock Cafe, 116 Pike St., 204-2233. 2 p.m. $5. All ages. If there's a poster-band for the all ages scene in Seattle, Kids & Animals is it. They have a Modest Mouse-meets-Okkervil River sound and have already self-released an album last year that found heavy r ... More >>

Ring in Valentine's Day with Paul van Dyk and a Hangover

Happy Valentine's Day... or not.​Who's the wise guy who booked Paul van Dyk to perform at Showbox SoDo on February 13? Germany's impeccably dressed DJ is known for transforming otherwise tame venues into rampant raves, his hypnotic trance music inspiring listeners to engage in copious amounts ... More >>

Ask the Bartender: Tipping at an Event

It's that time of week when we answer the questions you're too drunk or shy to ask...This question comes from Stephanie: Who do I tip when I'm going to a wedding? We got in an argument at a wedding last week that I tipped too much. It was a downtown hotel, and I was raised to tip for service. I kn ... More >>

Neko Case Is Also Skipping Seattle On Her Next Tour

Neko Case at Bumbershoot 2008. Photo by Renee McMahonI have to admit, this is something like poetic justic for me: After being flippant about Death Cab for Cutie not playing a show in Seattle as part of their next tour the other day, I just found out that Neko Case's tour in support of her upcoming ... More >>

This Week's Horoscopes

Neko Case at Bumbershoot 2008. Photo by Renee McMahonI have to admit, this is something like poetic justic for me: After being flippant about Death Cab for Cutie not playing a show in Seattle as part of their next tour the other day, I just found out that Neko Case's tour in support of her upcoming ... More >>

Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback: Obscure Band Has Local Connection

Neko Case at Bumbershoot 2008. Photo by Renee McMahonI have to admit, this is something like poetic justic for me: After being flippant about Death Cab for Cutie not playing a show in Seattle as part of their next tour the other day, I just found out that Neko Case's tour in support of her upcoming ... More >>

Broken Disco XII with Boys Noize

Friday, March 14

Black, Not Blaxploitation

SAM screens four classics of African-American cinema

Life Is a Cabaret

A play’s characters perform—literally—as if their lives depended on it.

Pierced Arrows' First Meet-Up

A play’s characters perform—literally—as if their lives depended on it.

Best German Beer Enthusiast: Chris Navarra

A play’s characters perform—literally—as if their lives depended on it.

Rafael Anton Irisarri

Slow Music

See What It All Means

Slow Music

The Power Out

Slow Music

Vogue

Slow Music

Red Orchestra

Runs Fri., Oct. 7–Thurs., Oct. 13, at Grand Illusion.

Não Wave and The Sexual Life of the Savages

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Stickies

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CD Reviews

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This Week's Attractions

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Hot Dish

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Keep Your Eyes on Your Own Paper

A quick test of your queer IQ.

SIFF 2002 Golden Space Needle Awards

A quick test of your queer IQ.

Curatorial Communist

Maria Medina is looking to create "a comfortable experimental atmosphere."

Merry Everything!

What people are celebrating everywhere else.

Against the wall

Germany's Nobel Prize winner presents a new challenge.

The BIG buffet

The Washington Wine Commission throws the mother of all spreads.

New music order

At century's end, techno takes a leap toward the mainstream.

Same old, same old

A promising story takes a turn for the familiar.