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Town Hall Turns 10 on Sunday

After Seattle Weekly founder David Brewster moved on from this paper in the late 90s, he wanted to continue his civic involvement with the city, which began well before the 1976 birth of SW. So he identified a little-used church just east of downtown, the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist. It lay b ... More >>

Voyage of the Damned

After Seattle Weekly founder David Brewster moved on from this paper in the late 90s, he wanted to continue his civic involvement with the city, which began well before the 1976 birth of SW. So he identified a little-used church just east of downtown, the Fourth Church of Christ, Scientist. It lay b ... More >>

Hill of Beans

Casablanca homage gets stuck in Soderbergh's throat.

My Beautiful Career

How did the newsroom suddenly become so gorgeous?

The Paper Chase

Follow the money? Follow the script? The real point to this fun Hollywood spoof is its prose storm of confusion.

The New Abolitionists

Freeing 'sex slaves' is now at the top of the human rights agenda, thanks to Christian evangelicals, the Bush administration, and two former Washington politicians, Linda Smith and John Miller. How did the anti-trafficking crusade evolve, and is it being overhyped?

Bashing the Bush-Bashers

What's worse than Bush? Those who hate Bush, apparently.

This Week's Reads

D.B., The Dog Walker, and How Soccer Explains the World.

This Week's Reads

Hampton Sides, Paul Roberts, and Bob Woodward.

Panaceas and Primates

Hampton Sides, Paul Roberts, and Bob Woodward.

Survivors of the Fray

While most dot-com media experiments failed, Microsoft-backed Slate thrived—though not as first envisioned.

This Week's Reads

Kevin Phillips, Timothy Egan, Dale Peck, and Andy Greenwald.

Facing Our Losses - Iraq 2006

Washington's toll in Iraq in 2006.

Shattered Glass

Washington's toll in Iraq in 2006.

This Week's Attractions

Washington's toll in Iraq in 2006.

This Week's Reads

Michael Moore, Victor LaValle, Anne Garrels, and Susanna Moore.

Brief Encounters

Balseros, Millenium Actress, and More.

Out of Grasp

At the Telluride film fest, facts are slipping into thin air.

This Week's Reads

James Wood and Lisa Jewell.

At the Movies

James Wood and Lisa Jewell.

Teeth Marks

A review of the reviews of The Autograph Man.

Renewal

An old hand returns with new perspective.

Rant! The Rise of the Critical Critic

Finally, a backlash against lazy literati.

Kelly's world

Finally, a backlash against lazy literati.

5 Easy steps to making Seattle Weekly

Finally, a backlash against lazy literati.

Trite and "True"

Microsoft as utopia, the tech word as dystopia

Local brilliance

The ascension of poet Heather McHugh.

The Tonic of Limitation

Sven Birkerts says it's what we can't have that keeps us human.

The Beltway's Worst Nightmare

A look at Linda Smith

Going nowhere

A look at Linda Smith

Fall Arts Preview - Books

A look at Linda Smith

At Large

Mutt putt - Breaking golf's final barrier.

Journalism Sucks 2

Mutt putt - Breaking golf's final barrier.