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Nelson Mandela

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    Let's Head South, Where It's Warm, To Drink Herding Cats

    Ilustration by Andrew Saeger, tHE ARTdept.​Hey fellow lushes! Are you sick of Snowpocolypse yet? I've been holed up for days and I cannot help myself from gorging on the incessant TV coverage of Snowmaggedeon. Make it stop!! That's why The Wino's flying south -- in an armchair travel kind of ... More >>

  • News

    January 5, 2011

    Ryan Leaf's Longest Yarn

    The infamous ex-Wazzu quarterback's autobiography will be longer than Gandhi's.

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2010

    Ryan Leaf's Three Volume Autobiography: Longer Than Gandhi's!

    ​Earlier this year, a football agent confessed to Sports Illustrated that he'd once showered Washington State's Ryan Leaf with money, girls and lavish trips in hopes the Cougar's stud quarterback would return the favor by picking him as his representative. Now, with the news that Leaf has sign ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Bill Gates Voted Fifth "Most Admired" Man in World in Gallup Poll, and Rightfully So

    ​Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton grabbed the majority of the headlines yesterday when Gallup released the results of its yearly "most admired" people poll. But only a few spots down from Big O on the men's list was Seattle's own dean of donations, Bill Gates.

  • Film

    December 9, 2009

    Invictus: No, Matt Damon Doesn’t Play Nelson Mandela

    ​Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton grabbed the majority of the headlines yesterday when Gallup released the results of its yearly "most admired" people poll. But only a few spots down from Big O on the men's list was Seattle's own dean of donations, Bill Gates.

  • Music

    September 30, 2009

    The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

    ​Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton grabbed the majority of the headlines yesterday when Gallup released the results of its yearly "most admired" people poll. But only a few spots down from Big O on the men's list was Seattle's own dean of donations, Bill Gates.

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2009

    Rain Machine

    ​Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton grabbed the majority of the headlines yesterday when Gallup released the results of its yearly "most admired" people poll. But only a few spots down from Big O on the men's list was Seattle's own dean of donations, Bill Gates.

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2009

    Calvin Trillin

    ​Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton grabbed the majority of the headlines yesterday when Gallup released the results of its yearly "most admired" people poll. But only a few spots down from Big O on the men's list was Seattle's own dean of donations, Bill Gates.

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2008

    Clint Eastwood Interviewed

    With his new Gran Torino (review) earning nice notices and scheduled to expand into more Seattle theaters next month, our colleague Scott Foundas recently sat down with the iconic, Oscar-winning actor and director. Here's what he had to say:"You've made the first movie of the Obama generation!" exc ... More >>

  • Arts

    July 12, 2006

    The Syringa Tree

    Playwright novelizes her ACT triumph, keeping melodrama to a tasteful minimum.

  • Diversions

    October 12, 2005

    Starstruck

    Playwright novelizes her ACT triumph, keeping melodrama to a tasteful minimum.

  • Diversions

    September 28, 2005

    Oprahfied

    Playwright novelizes her ACT triumph, keeping melodrama to a tasteful minimum.

  • Film

    March 23, 2005

    Dot the I

    Also: Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine, In My Country, Marrying the Mafia, The Nomi Song, Paper Clips, and Walk on Water.

  • News

    November 3, 2004

    What Next?

    Two writer/activists discuss strategies for coping with the postelection world and the importance of activism.

  • Diversions

    September 8, 2004

    Elephant Men

    Two writer/activists discuss strategies for coping with the postelection world and the importance of activism.

  • Music

    June 23, 2004

    Seven Nights

    Two writer/activists discuss strategies for coping with the postelection world and the importance of activism.

  • Diversions

    July 23, 2003

    This Just In . . .

    Two writer/activists discuss strategies for coping with the postelection world and the importance of activism.

  • Diversions

    February 26, 2003

    Eyes on the Prize

    Two writer/activists discuss strategies for coping with the postelection world and the importance of activism.

  • Music

    January 8, 2003

    Up in Heaven

    Joe Strummer: 1952-2002.

  • Music

    October 30, 2002

    Subversive Sounds

    Genteel children's troubadour or firebrand political activist? Finally, Raffi revealed.

  • News

    January 19, 2000

    "Epistemology is a major part of the essence of your trade; is it possible that you don't know what a lie is, or are you lying?"

    Genteel children's troubadour or firebrand political activist? Finally, Raffi revealed.

  • News

    December 29, 1999

    1999: Year of the Liar

    Meet the people who helped make this the year of the whopper: Would you like lies with that?

  • News

    December 1, 1999

    WTO finale

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

  • Music

    September 1, 1999

    Attack with ideas

    Brazil's Olodum drums up a heady mix of politics and music.

  • News

    July 28, 1999

    Rhode warrior

    Leader of some of apartheid's most elite and notorious army units training Washington's cops.

  • Film

    October 14, 1998

    Slavery's children

    A beloved ghost story comes to the screen.

  • News

    August 19, 1998

    Didn't get paid, didn't get laid

    The president's mistress, the secret showers, the Secret Service hunk—the true confessions of a(nother) White House intern.

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