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Pirates of the Mississippi

The unlikely union of the Heartland Cafe and the Benbow Room.

Heartland Cafe Makes Its Date, Brings Chili, Pirates and Chicken Fried Steak to West Seattle

Staples of the Glorious Midwest​The American Midwest does not have a cuisine, per se. It simply has food. Lots of food. Mountains of food, much of it in casserole-form, all of it taken from culinary traditions as diverse as American Indian, Scandinavian immigrant, Betty Crocker Farm Wife Ameri ... More >>

Your Arts & Aliens Weekend Planner

​The weekend begins with a monster dripping acid from its fangs in a sci-fi classic that had its world premiere at SIFF 30 years ago: Ridley Scott's director's cut of Alien--running through Tuesday--isn't much different than the 1979 original. In truth, Scott confessed of this 117-minute edit ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

​The weekend begins with a monster dripping acid from its fangs in a sci-fi classic that had its world premiere at SIFF 30 years ago: Ridley Scott's director's cut of Alien--running through Tuesday--isn't much different than the 1979 original. In truth, Scott confessed of this 117-minute edit ... More >>

Michael Medved

​The weekend begins with a monster dripping acid from its fangs in a sci-fi classic that had its world premiere at SIFF 30 years ago: Ridley Scott's director's cut of Alien--running through Tuesday--isn't much different than the 1979 original. In truth, Scott confessed of this 117-minute edit ... More >>

Medved Decries Seattle's "Hip Sensibility"

Photo: Rick Dahms Just in time for Thanksgiving, if a little late for Election Day, local conservative writer and occasional film critic Michael Medved has a new book out. In fact, his The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation (Crown, $26.95) is pegged to Th ... More >>

Was Roxanna Brown an Art-World Fraud?

Her questionable death in federal custody means we may never know.

Absurdistan

Duck Soup meets ethnic cleansing on the Caspian.

The New Ralph Nader?

Libertarian presidential candidate Michael Badnarik wants his party to be a player in 2004.

The long road home of The Straight Story

David Lynch discovers a brighter side to America.

Killing corporations

David Lynch discovers a brighter side to America.