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  • Arts

    May 2, 2012

    Opening Nights: The Pitmen Painters

    Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.

  • Calendar

    May 2, 2012

    The Pitmen Painters

    Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2012

    Coffee Resolution Meets Revolutions Espresso. Loses.

    I love New Year's resolutions. Not the act of making them myself, mind you, but watching everybody else make them is a lot of fun. For example: I am at coffee today with my roommate, whose New Year's resolution was to give up caffeine. We are (both) drinking (regular, caffeinated) mochas, and watchi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Noise, Novelty, And That Time Everybody Was A Sprinkler, Last Night At The Sunset

    Todd HammSchew Aquarium​ Jodie Watts, Schew Aquarium, Will Wakefield Thursday, October 27th The Sunset Tavern A buddy called me last night at 6:51 and asked if I wanted to hit the Sunset for a show at nine. Sure, I said. I'm a sucker for the mere possibility of a pleasant surprise: sign me u ... More >>

  • Music

    October 19, 2011

    This Week's Recommended Shows

    From Avram Fefer to Mariachi El Bronx.

  • Calendar

    October 19, 2011

    Mariachi El Bronx

    From Avram Fefer to Mariachi El Bronx.

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Walt Wagner's Remix Cocktail at Canlis: Best Shaken to Metallica's Seek & Destroy

    Photo courtesy of James MacWilliams​By now, everyone's probably heard of Walt Wagner -- or at least heard him play. He's the longtime piano man at Canlis where he's been wrangling the ivories for 16 years. It's a job he was offered just after the Canlis family decided to give their restaurant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Tony Overman, Olympian Photojournalist, Disciplined for Lying About Giving Anarchist Crime Photos to Police

    ​Last month we told you about a group of anarchists who vandalized the house and vehicle of veteran Olympian photojournalist Tony Overman. The as-yet-unidentified vandals spray-painted the word "snitch" on the photog's truck, sprayed an anarchist symbol on his garage, and slashed his truck's t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Comment of the Week: Don't "Do Research," Just Assume Vaccines Are Evil

    ​This week's exhaustively-reported cover story "The Refusers," by Nina Shapiro, examines the growing anti-vaccine movement that's taken hold across the country--nowhere more than in Washington State. As Shapiro's reporting shows, many vaccine opponents rely on debunked science and baseless c ... More >>

  • News

    June 15, 2011

    The Anti-Vaccine Epidemic

    Why Washington hosts the nation's fastest growing population of so-called "refusers."

  • Calendar

    March 30, 2011

    The Coolout 20th Anniversary

    Why Washington hosts the nation's fastest growing population of so-called "refusers."

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2011

    Sasquatch! Day-By-Day Schedule Unveiled: Foo Fighters (Friday), Death Cab (Saturday), Modest Mouse (Sunday), Wilco (Monday)

    Sasquatch 2011 Lineup from World Famous on Vimeo. Seriously? Monday had to be the best day???? It's going to be much harder to sneak out of the festival early this year than last (sorry, Ween), what with Wilco, Sharon Jones, Black Mountain, and Chromeo closing things out just a few hours before you ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2011

    Sasquatch 2011: Wilco, Death Cab, Modest Mouse, Flaming Lips, Bright Eyes, the Decemberists, and the Rest of the Lineup Announced at the Festival Launch Party

    Wilco's Jeff Tweedy will need his cowboy hat when the sun sets on his band's set at the Gorge for Sasquatch! 2011.​Update: 11:41 p.m. Live Nation and Adam Zacks went to their speed dial to book Sasquatch! 2011, the first year the 10-year-old festival has stretched to four days. Save for the p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2011

    The Debunked Autism-Vaccine Connection and What It Might Mean for Washington

    ​Yesterday the British Medical Journal hammered home the final proverbial nail in Andrew Wakefield's coffin. Wakefield is the former doctor whose infamous 1998 study linking childhood vaccines to autism sparked international concerns about immunizations and gave rise to the phenomenon that is ... More >>

  • Diversions

    August 11, 2010

    How Do Mexicans Like Their Coffee?

    ​Yesterday the British Medical Journal hammered home the final proverbial nail in Andrew Wakefield's coffin. Wakefield is the former doctor whose infamous 1998 study linking childhood vaccines to autism sparked international concerns about immunizations and gave rise to the phenomenon that is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Magical Classified Ad Reunites Another Mother With Her Long-Lost Kid

    ​Last month we brought you the story of Patti Langdon, a Tacoma woman who'd taken out the same classified ad for 43 years straight in hopes it'd one day bring her back the son she'd given up for adoption. Patti's story ended happily after her son saw her ad and tracked her down. Now, thanks to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    This Week's Cover Story: The Pirate of Pin-zance

    ​From the Canadian-born Arnold Issacs, who transformed himself into Scassi by reversing his last name, and became designer-of-choice for First Ladies and other celebs...to the Bronx-born immigrant's son Ralph Rueben Lifshitz, who later recast himself as the embodiment of WASP-y Old Money under ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 11, 2009

    New Italian Cinema Festival

    ​From the Canadian-born Arnold Issacs, who transformed himself into Scassi by reversing his last name, and became designer-of-choice for First Ladies and other celebs...to the Bronx-born immigrant's son Ralph Rueben Lifshitz, who later recast himself as the embodiment of WASP-y Old Money under ... More >>

  • Music

    September 16, 2009

    Rocket Queen: This Photo Should Be Your Life

    The Halligans’ punk lenses and the Drones’ drive to be heard.

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2009

    Let's Talk About Townhouses

    Little known fact: Salt n' Pepa's early 90s classic was originally about urban planningIf you live in Seattle, you know that townhouses are often ugly. You also know that they keep getting built. And if you're a new homeowner, there's a decent chance you own one. So what's the problem with them? T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    Capitol Hill Sonic Boom Moving...To Capitol Hill

    In a press release sent last evening, Jason Hughes reports that the Capitol Hill member of his two-store chain (the mothership's in Ballard) is just moving down the road: "Yes, the rumors are true. We are closing our location on 15th and moving it to the lower Pike/Pine corridor into a space double ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2009

    Camp Lo

    Friday, June 12

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    Formerly Beloved Block of Pike/Pine Still Vacant...But Will Host a Garage Sale

    View Larger Map It looks the same now, minus the cars. Dunno how we missed this one. Remember the northwest corner of Pine and Belmont? The block that once contained Bimbo's, Kincora Pub, et. al., but that is now just a pile of gravel? The one that can't be used as a parking lot because of zoning? ... More >>

  • Film

    April 22, 2009

    PICK At Home in Utopia: Just One of the Treats at the Seattle Jewish Film Festival

    View Larger Map It looks the same now, minus the cars. Dunno how we missed this one. Remember the northwest corner of Pine and Belmont? The block that once contained Bimbo's, Kincora Pub, et. al., but that is now just a pile of gravel? The one that can't be used as a parking lot because of zoning? ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 31, 2008

    Nami Mun

    View Larger Map It looks the same now, minus the cars. Dunno how we missed this one. Remember the northwest corner of Pine and Belmont? The block that once contained Bimbo's, Kincora Pub, et. al., but that is now just a pile of gravel? The one that can't be used as a parking lot because of zoning? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2008

    Reminder: Earshot Fest Starts Saturday

    View Larger Map It looks the same now, minus the cars. Dunno how we missed this one. Remember the northwest corner of Pine and Belmont? The block that once contained Bimbo's, Kincora Pub, et. al., but that is now just a pile of gravel? The one that can't be used as a parking lot because of zoning? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2008

    Desperate Arson 2.0

    View Larger Map It looks the same now, minus the cars. Dunno how we missed this one. Remember the northwest corner of Pine and Belmont? The block that once contained Bimbo's, Kincora Pub, et. al., but that is now just a pile of gravel? The one that can't be used as a parking lot because of zoning? ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 2, 2008

    Now Serving Cheesecake

    View Larger Map It looks the same now, minus the cars. Dunno how we missed this one. Remember the northwest corner of Pine and Belmont? The block that once contained Bimbo's, Kincora Pub, et. al., but that is now just a pile of gravel? The one that can't be used as a parking lot because of zoning? ... More >>

  • Film

    April 2, 2008

    Bomb It: Waging a Jihad With Spray-Paint

    View Larger Map It looks the same now, minus the cars. Dunno how we missed this one. Remember the northwest corner of Pine and Belmont? The block that once contained Bimbo's, Kincora Pub, et. al., but that is now just a pile of gravel? The one that can't be used as a parking lot because of zoning? ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2008

    Doubt, A Parable

    View Larger Map It looks the same now, minus the cars. Dunno how we missed this one. Remember the northwest corner of Pine and Belmont? The block that once contained Bimbo's, Kincora Pub, et. al., but that is now just a pile of gravel? The one that can't be used as a parking lot because of zoning? ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 16, 2008

    Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band

    Latin jazz with a dark heart

  • Arts

    March 21, 2007

    Rehashing Bashing

    SPT makes insightful work of a gay love story/crime drama.

  • Arts

    October 4, 2006

    No Doubt

    Playwright John Patrick Shanley and director Warner Shook give Seattle Rep a sure hit.

  • Music

    June 14, 2006

    Brave New World

    Amadou & Mariam's modern inspirations.

  • Arts

    May 3, 2006

    A Death in Belmont

    Junger the reporter in this true-crime tale.

  • Music

    July 20, 2005

    That Real '70s Show

    Peter Shapiro's Turn the Beat Around.

  • Arts

    May 4, 2005

    Beats, Rhymes, and Life

    Jeff Chang chronicles the hip-hop generation, while Peter Shapiro dissects its records.

  • Arts

    June 16, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    Jeff Chang chronicles the hip-hop generation, while Peter Shapiro dissects its records.

  • Music

    June 9, 2004

    Grime Pays

    A U.K. garage and hip-hop roundup.

  • Food

    October 1, 2003

    MARKET FRESH

    A U.K. garage and hip-hop roundup.

  • News

    October 23, 2002

    The new faces of AIDS

    Disproportionately infected, blacks confront the reality that it's no longer a white, gay disease.

  • Diversions

    July 24, 2002

    Clown or Pirate?

    You make the call!

  • Food

    July 24, 2002

    Hot Dish

    You make the call!

  • Food

    May 29, 2002

    The Hot Sheet

    What's in, what's fresh, what's cooking.

  • News

    May 22, 2002

    Heartless

    In the wake of a controversial surgeon's departure, Children's Hospital has drastically cut its heart surgery services.

  • News

    July 26, 2000

    SW Field Guide

    Identify and understand your quarry.

  • News

    July 19, 2000
  • Arts

    June 28, 2000
  • Food

    December 2, 1998

    Doing right bayou

    High-octane Creole eating at Green Lake.

  • News

    August 12, 1998

    Oh, brave new U District

    Citizen planners struggle to hash out the Ave of the future, and a future for neighborhood planning in Seattle.

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