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Mark Twain

  • Arts

    May 16, 2012

    Opening Nights: An Evening With Groucho

    A comedy legend reminisces.

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2012

    Cleveland Will Rock: It's Always Been About the Songs

    I have a mishmash of topics that I thought should be discussed among ourselves here. We love books here-- that has become very evident. Sports? Well, some of you can get on board. There's also a happening in Cleveland this weekend. Let's start at the top: Baseball! Optimism! Hey, Seattle! Check ou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2012

    Marijuana DUI Law Impact Remains Unclear Despite Analysis of Arrest Statistics

    After Nevada enacted a strict "per se" law restricting the amount of THC motorists are allowed to have in their blood, drugged driving arrests increased a whopping 76 percent statewide. But when a similar policy took effect in Ohio, arrests there decreased by a modest 4.8 percent. Such is the confli ... More >>

  • News

    July 13, 2011

    Who's Fooling Mike McGinn?

    When it comes to sex trafficking, the mayor is getting duped.

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    McGinn Is Being Gamed on the Issue of Sex Trafficking, But Not by Seattle Weekly

    ​On Friday at 4:54 p.m., Mayor Mike McGinn sent the following e-mail to his communications director, Beth Hester: "I want you to have all the departments suspend their advertising in the Seattle Weekly. They are still playing games with the numbers and underreporting the problem. I might chang ... More >>

  • Music

    May 4, 2011

    This Week's Recommended Shows

    From Battles and Beach Fossils to Joan of Arc and The Cars.

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2011

    Joan of Arc

    From Battles and Beach Fossils to Joan of Arc and The Cars.

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2011

    Yeast Breads, Rare Sharks, and Baking Gluten-Free

    http://www.elasmodiver.com/It's a Basking Shark, and yes, there's a connection.​Once upon a time, I thought about going to cooking school, until I realized I would have to take chemistry. A musician, an artist, and a writer, I am not by any stretch of the imagination competent when it comes to ... More >>

  • Film

    December 22, 2010

    True Grit: The Coen Brothers Improve on the 1969 Western

    http://www.elasmodiver.com/It's a Basking Shark, and yes, there's a connection.​Once upon a time, I thought about going to cooking school, until I realized I would have to take chemistry. A musician, an artist, and a writer, I am not by any stretch of the imagination competent when it comes to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Tonight: Kinky Friedman at the Triple Door, Maylene & the Sons of Disaster at Studio Seven

    Michael O'Brian​Kinky Friedman, with Little Jewford, Rat Malone. Triple Door, 216 Union St., 838-4333. 7:30 p.m. $30. All ages. Kinky Friedman's career is not like yours. It doesn't matter who you are, because you're not a satirical, smartass Jew from Texas known as the Lone Star State's Mark ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Kinky Friedman on Barack Obama, the Girl He Knew In Seattle and Why It's Only Natural for a Jew to Be Against the Death Penalty

    ​Kinky Friedman is not like you. You are not like Kinky Friedman. Which is part of the reason why you should go see him play at the Triple Door tonight -- his first visit to Seattle in he-forgets-how-many decades. Because Friedman actually lives up to that cliche you hear bandied about all the ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 21, 2010

    Kinky Friedman

    ​Kinky Friedman is not like you. You are not like Kinky Friedman. Which is part of the reason why you should go see him play at the Triple Door tonight -- his first visit to Seattle in he-forgets-how-many decades. Because Friedman actually lives up to that cliche you hear bandied about all the ... More >>

  • Music

    July 21, 2010

    The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

    ​Kinky Friedman is not like you. You are not like Kinky Friedman. Which is part of the reason why you should go see him play at the Triple Door tonight -- his first visit to Seattle in he-forgets-how-many decades. Because Friedman actually lives up to that cliche you hear bandied about all the ... More >>

  • Film

    June 3, 2009

    SIFF Week 3: Picks & Pans

    By Brian Miller and SW Staff

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    CD Review: Bob Dylan's Together Through Life

    Bob Dylan Together Through Life (Columbia) In 2000, Bob Dylan won an Academy Award for "Things Have Changed", a pop-blues number he wrote for the Wonder Boys soundtrack. Ever since then, the little golden Oscar statue has joined him onstage, perched atop his amplifier. When I first noticed the O ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    SW Interview: Eugene Mirman

    Eugene Mirman reads from and signs his new advice book, The Will To Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life, UW Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 p.m., Thurs., Feb. 19. FREE!A commenter on the Onion's AV Club website said "(Eugene) looks like the kind of guy who knows the ins and outs of relat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2008

    Street Value of a Picture of the Obama Cover: 30 Cents

    Eugene Mirman reads from and signs his new advice book, The Will To Whatevs: A Guide to Modern Life, UW Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE, 634-3400, 7 p.m., Thurs., Feb. 19. FREE!A commenter on the Onion's AV Club website said "(Eugene) looks like the kind of guy who knows the ins and outs of relat ... More >>

  • Arts

    July 16, 2008

    Opening Nights: Big River

    Roger Miller's Mark Twain musical is ideal summer fare.

  • Food

    March 26, 2008

    A Guide to Recognizing Your Herbsaint

    Continuing our series on the dusty bottles of the back bar.

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2006

    My 'Stache

    Continuing our series on the dusty bottles of the back bar.

  • Film

    March 22, 2006

    C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America

    Opens at Guild 45, Fri., March 24. Not rated. 89 minutes.

  • News

    March 22, 2006

    Courtney's Family Curse

    Kurt Cobain's wild widow comes from a long line of misbehaving mamas.

  • Arts

    December 7, 2005

    Marvelous Assortment

    Absent a single hero, this epic tale of wartime destruction unfolds through scores of stories from victors and vanquished along the way.

  • Arts

    December 7, 2005

    Marvelous Assortment

    Absent a single hero, this epic tale of wartime destruction unfolds through scores of stories from victors and vanquished along the way.

  • Arts

    November 16, 2005

    Stateless in Seattle

    Jonathan Raban has become the Northwest's premier man of letters. He's more at home inside his head than anywhere else, yet with an immigrant's fresh eyes he's able to shed light on his adopted home and country, as in his new book, My Holy War.

  • News

    February 2, 2005

    Politics, Activism, and Media

    Jonathan Raban has become the Northwest's premier man of letters. He's more at home inside his head than anywhere else, yet with an immigrant's fresh eyes he's able to shed light on his adopted home and country, as in his new book, My Holy War.

  • Arts

    January 19, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    Marilynne Robinson and Malcolm Gladwell.

  • Film

    December 1, 2004

    The Machinist

    Also: Overnight, Sex is Comedy.

  • Arts

    October 20, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    Joy Williams, John Leland, and Nadine Cohodas.

  • Arts

    June 9, 2004

    Arts Picks

    Joy Williams, John Leland, and Nadine Cohodas.

  • Diversions

    August 28, 2002

    Outdoorsman

    Putt-ering

  • Music

    April 17, 2002

    The evolution of Les Claypool

    From Primus to the Frog Brigade.

  • Food

    March 27, 2002

    April foods' day

    Fool 'em with meanballs and other dastardly dishes.

  • Film

    February 13, 2002

    A few good men

    WWII P.O.W.s triumph over racism, Nazis.

  • News

    May 2, 2001

    10 Seattle Weekly screwups

    WWII P.O.W.s triumph over racism, Nazis.

  • News

    April 4, 2001

    Home alone

    WWII P.O.W.s triumph over racism, Nazis.

  • Diversions

    January 24, 2001

    The Pet Lady

    WWII P.O.W.s triumph over racism, Nazis.

  • Arts

    December 6, 2000

    Bested by the Bests

    Best American collections are a treasure for readers, but the Net is diminishing their worth.

  • Arts

    October 18, 2000

    Best of the Fest

    Best American collections are a treasure for readers, but the Net is diminishing their worth.

  • Arts

    September 20, 2000

    Book briefs

    The desire to know, and the desire to know oneself.

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