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Quebec

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2011

    Vancouver Poutine Festival Strives to Unite Canadians

    ​Canadian legislators have tried to settle the longstanding tensions between Quebec and the nation's English-speaking provinces with laws and elaborate cultural exchanges, but Vancouver resident Alexandre Brabant thinks politicians have underestimated the value of poutine. "It's a really ambi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 2, 2011

    The Drifting States of Denis Cote

    ​Canadian legislators have tried to settle the longstanding tensions between Quebec and the nation's English-speaking provinces with laws and elaborate cultural exchanges, but Vancouver resident Alexandre Brabant thinks politicians have underestimated the value of poutine. "It's a really ambi ... More >>

  • Film

    February 16, 2011

    Barney's Version: Paul Giamatti as Lovable Drunk

    ​Canadian legislators have tried to settle the longstanding tensions between Quebec and the nation's English-speaking provinces with laws and elaborate cultural exchanges, but Vancouver resident Alexandre Brabant thinks politicians have underestimated the value of poutine. "It's a really ambi ... More >>

  • Film

    August 25, 2010

    Mesrine: Killer Instinct: A True-Crime Tale From France

    ​Canadian legislators have tried to settle the longstanding tensions between Quebec and the nation's English-speaking provinces with laws and elaborate cultural exchanges, but Vancouver resident Alexandre Brabant thinks politicians have underestimated the value of poutine. "It's a really ambi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 20, 2010

    Scott Pilgrim Eats Some Poutine, Eh

    "Play 'Stairway'!"​The Dinner: Poutine at Steelhead Diner (95 Pine Street) The Movie: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, at Pacific Place (600 Pine Street) The Screenplate: Canada is a strange place. It's filled with left-handed pacifists who pronounce Dunkin' Donuts as "Tim Horton's" and put grav ... More >>

  • Arts

    June 16, 2010

    Opening Nights: Kooza

    Cirque du Soleil appeals to the Dockers crowd.

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    The Last ISIS Show in Seattle is Tonight!

    Avant-sludge masters ISIS recently announced they were splitting after 13 years together. " It's hard to try to say it in any delicate way, and it is a truth that is best spoken plainly," said the band in a recent press statement announcing the break-up. "This end isn't something that occurred over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2010

    Tonight: Think About Life at the Crocodile (Win Free Tickets!), Black Tusk at the Funhouse

    Yannick Grandmont​Think About Life, with U.S.F., Darwin. Crocodile, 2200 Second Ave., 441-7416. 8 p.m. $12. "Havin' My Baby" - the best track this Quebec four-piece's second full-length, Family - effervescently incorporates a sped-up, chipmunk-style clip of Wham!'s "Everything She wants" over ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Win Tickets to See Think About Life at the Crocodile this Monday!

    Yannick GrandmontCanada's Think About Life are having a funky show at the Crocodile on Monday, March 29.​Quebec's Think About Life is one of my favorite recent discoveries - I've been listening to their record Family on repeat for the past couple weeks. TAL's songs are all funky dance grooves ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 24, 2010

    Think About Life

    Yannick GrandmontCanada's Think About Life are having a funky show at the Crocodile on Monday, March 29.​Quebec's Think About Life is one of my favorite recent discoveries - I've been listening to their record Family on repeat for the past couple weeks. TAL's songs are all funky dance grooves ... More >>

  • Diversions

    March 17, 2010

    The Perks and Downsides to Dating a Younger Man

    Yannick GrandmontCanada's Think About Life are having a funky show at the Crocodile on Monday, March 29.​Quebec's Think About Life is one of my favorite recent discoveries - I've been listening to their record Family on repeat for the past couple weeks. TAL's songs are all funky dance grooves ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Lady Gaga Announces Summer Tour: Tickets Probably Sold Out By The Time You Read This

    ​Lady Gaga will embark on a 31-date summer tour in June, kicking off in Quebec and winding its way across the U.S., including, yes, a Seattle Tacoma date. Gaga, who premiered her latest video, "Telephone," last week, will bring her "pop-electro opera" to the Tacoma Dome on August 21. Check o ... More >>

  • Diversions

    September 30, 2009

    I'm a Mexican-American, and I Hate Canadians!

    ​Lady Gaga will embark on a 31-date summer tour in June, kicking off in Quebec and winding its way across the U.S., including, yes, a Seattle Tacoma date. Gaga, who premiered her latest video, "Telephone," last week, will bring her "pop-electro opera" to the Tacoma Dome on August 21. Check o ... More >>

  • Film

    June 3, 2009

    SIFF Week 3: Picks & Pans

    By Brian Miller and SW Staff

  • Arts

    May 20, 2009

    Visual Arts: Books, Unbound

    A soon-to-be cultural relic is savored, sculpted, and reclaimed.

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    United Loves to Fly, They Just Don't Always Tell You About It

    My cousin had a flight to Spokane from Seattle last night, the last leg of a long journey home from Quebec. With the storm there--a sight colder and snowier than ours--the Spokane airport canceled all incoming flights. When she landed here, around 9:45 p.m. she got onto another flight at the ticket ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    What's Google Doing in Our Basement?

    My cousin had a flight to Spokane from Seattle last night, the last leg of a long journey home from Quebec. With the storm there--a sight colder and snowier than ours--the Spokane airport canceled all incoming flights. When she landed here, around 9:45 p.m. she got onto another flight at the ticket ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2008

    Reclaiming Chum, American Beer, and Beaver Ribs (plus Other Food News)

    My cousin had a flight to Spokane from Seattle last night, the last leg of a long journey home from Quebec. With the storm there--a sight colder and snowier than ours--the Spokane airport canceled all incoming flights. When she landed here, around 9:45 p.m. she got onto another flight at the ticket ... More >>

  • Film

    June 25, 2008

    PICK Up the Yangtze: Progress has its way with the hapless peasants of China

    My cousin had a flight to Spokane from Seattle last night, the last leg of a long journey home from Quebec. With the storm there--a sight colder and snowier than ours--the Spokane airport canceled all incoming flights. When she landed here, around 9:45 p.m. she got onto another flight at the ticket ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2008

    Walk It Out: Hop, Skip and a Jump from Ballard to Beach

    My cousin had a flight to Spokane from Seattle last night, the last leg of a long journey home from Quebec. With the storm there--a sight colder and snowier than ours--the Spokane airport canceled all incoming flights. When she landed here, around 9:45 p.m. she got onto another flight at the ticket ... More >>

  • Film

    May 21, 2008

    Week 1 Picks & Pans

    My cousin had a flight to Spokane from Seattle last night, the last leg of a long journey home from Quebec. With the storm there--a sight colder and snowier than ours--the Spokane airport canceled all incoming flights. When she landed here, around 9:45 p.m. she got onto another flight at the ticket ... More >>

  • News

    December 26, 2007

    Dategirl in Hardcover: How Not to Date

    Yes, you can avoid meeting—and being—a dating catastrophe! Our Judy tells you how!

  • Music

    November 7, 2007

    New Music From Ween, Black Dice

    Yes, you can avoid meeting—and being—a dating catastrophe! Our Judy tells you how!

  • Arts

    May 16, 2007

    Children's Festival Looks Beyond Raffi and Rogers

    Brian Faker has demonstrated with his past programming how good kid shows can be.

  • Music

    February 28, 2007

    Voulez-vous, uh, you know?

    Who's afraid of a little French-language pop?

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2007

    Drop it like its hot

    Who's afraid of a little French-language pop?

  • Arts

    December 27, 2006

    Suffering Gaels

    SATURDAY: An excuse to visit Lake Forest Park, and a hot, hot slideshow.

  • Music

    November 1, 2006

    Notable Shows

    SATURDAY: An excuse to visit Lake Forest Park, and a hot, hot slideshow.

  • News

    October 4, 2006

    Packing It In

    A great Northwest pastime—backpacking—is getting a little too gray.

  • Food

    April 5, 2006

    Beertown U.S.A.

    Next week, Seattle will be awash in great suds and sudsmakers. Here's how to dive in.

  • Music

    February 1, 2006

    The Soft Bulletin

    Montreal's Stars set their little corner of the world on fire.

  • News

    November 30, 2005

    War on the War on Drugs

    Nov. 30-Dec. 6, 2005

  • News

    November 23, 2005

    Enter the Cemetery

    Nov. 23-29, 2005

  • Music

    November 23, 2005

    The High Dials

    Nov. 23-29, 2005

  • Film

    August 18, 2004

    We Don't Live Here Anymore

    Plus: The Clay Bird, Father and Son, My Sister Maria, Seducing Dr. Lewis, and Without a Paddle.

  • Arts

    December 10, 2003

    Weekly Arts Picks

    Plus: The Clay Bird, Father and Son, My Sister Maria, Seducing Dr. Lewis, and Without a Paddle.

  • Food

    November 12, 2003

    That Special Bottle

    Plus: The Clay Bird, Father and Son, My Sister Maria, Seducing Dr. Lewis, and Without a Paddle.

  • Arts

    September 3, 2003

    The White Stripes, Brian McKnight, David Murray

    From over-saturated hipsters to Latin big-band.

  • Music

    August 27, 2003

    Top-Selling Records at Local Record Stores

    From over-saturated hipsters to Latin big-band.

  • Music

    August 20, 2003

    Top-Selling Records at Local Record Stores

    From over-saturated hipsters to Latin big-band.

  • Arts

    September 4, 2002

    Sickness unto Celebrity

    Something's very wrong with Lauren Weedman, and she'd like to tell you about it.

  • News

    August 29, 2001

    Tapping into her potential

    Sandy Silva does a little of everything.

  • News

    May 9, 2001

    Indy rocked

    The FBI targets Seattle's Independent Media Center.

  • News

    April 4, 2001

    News Clips— Photo of the Week

    The FBI targets Seattle's Independent Media Center.

  • Music

    April 4, 2001

    Take off! A celebration of Canadian Music Week

    The FBI targets Seattle's Independent Media Center.

  • Music

    February 21, 2001

    The Culture Bunker

    The FBI targets Seattle's Independent Media Center.

  • News

    May 24, 2000

    The big three

    It takes some worldly visitors to make a "world class city."

  • Film

    March 8, 2000

    March badness

    During the worst of film months, the Jewish Film Festival saves us.

  • News

    December 29, 1999

    Beam me up

    The Space Needle's flashy light show gets panned by environmentalists and astronomers.

  • News

    October 21, 1998

    Cops & Angels

    The Mounties think the bikers are at the center of British Columbia's billion-dollar drug trade. So how come they can't bust them?

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