Venezuela

The Wages of Fear

Why Mimes Are Not the Answer to Seattle's Traffic Woes (No Matter What South America Says)

​In many South American countries, the traffic is horrible. People don't follow speed limits, stop signs are laughed at, and parking tickets are fried into tostada-like lunch items. Enforcing traffic laws in such areas is apparently nearly impossible, so local governments there are now turning ... More >>

Gluten Free with Latin Flair at Capitol Hill's Meza

www.seattleite.com​There is something inexplicably lovely about a place that appears warm when it is cold outside, feels like the weekend on a Monday night, and instantly hushes the hectic world into intimate conversations. A lonely barstool with a view of a tiny open kitchen, where you can wa ... More >>

Grilled Cheese, Please In Time for National Grilled Cheese Month

​I have a motto to live by, and it's this: "The only thing better than cheese is hot cheese." I think author and cheese expert Laura Werlin, feels the same way. Her book Cheese Essentials is a must-have resource for cheese lovers. And Werlin has written not one, but TWO books on grilled cheese ... More >>

Thai Food and Porn Stars: A Tasty Combination

Samuel Goldwyn FilmsGugino explains the birds and the bees.​The Dinner: Massaman Beef Curry at Tup Tim Thai (18 W. Mercer St.). The Movie: Elektra Luxx at Pacific Place (600 Pine St.). The Screenplate: When was the last time you rented a dirty movie? (Or downloaded it or streamed it or whate ... More >>

¡Ask a Mexican!

Samuel Goldwyn FilmsGugino explains the birds and the bees.​The Dinner: Massaman Beef Curry at Tup Tim Thai (18 W. Mercer St.). The Movie: Elektra Luxx at Pacific Place (600 Pine St.). The Screenplate: When was the last time you rented a dirty movie? (Or downloaded it or streamed it or whate ... More >>

Tutor Perini, Winning Bidder for SR 99 Tunnel Project, Has Long History of Fraud, Lawsuits and Cost Overruns

​Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and anyone else who opposes the deep-bore tunnel project for SR 99 likely got plenty of new ammunition for their fight from reading a new, in-depth article by the Lower Hudson Journal News on Monday. The story concerns California contracting giant Tutor Perini, one o ... More >>

South of the Border: Oliver Stone’s Mash Note to Dictators

​Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and anyone else who opposes the deep-bore tunnel project for SR 99 likely got plenty of new ammunition for their fight from reading a new, in-depth article by the Lower Hudson Journal News on Monday. The story concerns California contracting giant Tutor Perini, one o ... More >>

Tonight: Iron Maiden at the White River Amphitheatre, the Radar Brothers at the Sunset

​Iron Maiden. White River Amphitheatre, 40601 Auburn-Enumclaw Rd., Auburn, 360-802-1469. 7:30 p.m. $31-$81. All ages. Iron Maiden have been a band for 35 years and have played over 2,000 concerts, including dates in Venezuela and Columbia where attendees were so desperate to see the band that ... More >>

Iron Maiden

​Iron Maiden. White River Amphitheatre, 40601 Auburn-Enumclaw Rd., Auburn, 360-802-1469. 7:30 p.m. $31-$81. All ages. Iron Maiden have been a band for 35 years and have played over 2,000 concerts, including dates in Venezuela and Columbia where attendees were so desperate to see the band that ... More >>

Secrets of the Tribe: Anthropology Goes Bad at SIFF

​Iron Maiden. White River Amphitheatre, 40601 Auburn-Enumclaw Rd., Auburn, 360-802-1469. 7:30 p.m. $31-$81. All ages. Iron Maiden have been a band for 35 years and have played over 2,000 concerts, including dates in Venezuela and Columbia where attendees were so desperate to see the band that ... More >>

Seattle’s Wide World of Sandwiches

Our city’s universe of bread/meat combos is ever-expanding. This week: Venezuelan and Swedish varieties.

Araya

Our city’s universe of bread/meat combos is ever-expanding. This week: Venezuelan and Swedish varieties.

The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

Our city’s universe of bread/meat combos is ever-expanding. This week: Venezuelan and Swedish varieties.

Tonight: Kid 606, The Flashbulb and More at Chop Suey

Kid 606 ​Sooner or later, we all knew some promoter would throw a costume party with a Where the Wild Things Are theme. After all, the forces of darkness are aligned against those of us praying for sanity: Halloween is almost here, the movie is garnering raves, and its director, Spike Jonze, i ... More >>

Crossing the (Belltown) Border

Everyone claims to love salsa in Seattle’s hottest dance clubs. So why don’t Hispanics feel welcome there?

Sarah Palin: The GOP Taps Their Inner Chavez

Everyone claims to love salsa in Seattle’s hottest dance clubs. So why don’t Hispanics feel welcome there?

McCain Might Have Picked the Right Runningmate

Everyone claims to love salsa in Seattle’s hottest dance clubs. So why don’t Hispanics feel welcome there?

The Bright Spot in an Awful Season

The Mariners’ Brandon Morrow is the subject of great debate.

Freedom from Deserts

The Mariners’ Brandon Morrow is the subject of great debate.

SIFF Pick of the Day: Postcards from Leningrad

The Mariners’ Brandon Morrow is the subject of great debate.

SIFF: Week 3 Picks & Pans

Slovenly gays resist gentrification. Iranian trannies overcome Islamic strictures. Cannibalism in the Andes. The first mumblecore horror film. See our SIFF Guide 2008 for more.

Live Music Tonight: Los Amigos Invisibles

Slovenly gays resist gentrification. Iranian trannies overcome Islamic strictures. Cannibalism in the Andes. The first mumblecore horror film. See our SIFF Guide 2008 for more.

Los Amigos Invisibles

Wednesday, February 13

South of the Border

Latin-American folk music while u eat

USS Mariner: Surprise! People Do Actually Read Blogs

Even major league coaches.

Cara cara mia

Even major league coaches.

Dance Who You Are

Four international companies gather and collaborate in Seattle.

Nov. 1-8, 2006

A week of calamities: The Cold War, the Iraq War, and Katrina all over again.

88 Keys

Fight over wings and burgers at this self-proclaimed "dueling piano and sports bar."

April 19-26, 2006

Specialty venues and film events.

April 12-19, 2006

Local film events and specialty venues.

The Sheriff and the Serial Killer

"... I don't think there's any perfect manual on how to obtain data from a crazy criminal psyche. ..."

When Presidents Lie

"... I don't think there's any perfect manual on how to obtain data from a crazy criminal psyche. ..."

Is Rum the New Vodka?

"... I don't think there's any perfect manual on how to obtain data from a crazy criminal psyche. ..."

The Downloadable Self

Oct. 5-11, 2005

Over a Barrel

Oct. 5-11, 2005

Disturbance in the Force

July 27-Aug. 2, 2005

Media Follies!

July 27-Aug. 2, 2005

Where to Draw the Lines

Dec. 8-14, 2004

Is This What Failure Looks Like?

Five years after the Battle in Seattle, results are mixed. Third World delegates have gridlocked the WTO but in the U.S. anti-globalization organizers have struggled to convert street heat into policy.

This Week's Attractions

Five years after the Battle in Seattle, results are mixed. Third World delegates have gridlocked the WTO but in the U.S. anti-globalization organizers have struggled to convert street heat into policy.

Movies A-E: From Abouna to the Eye

Five years after the Battle in Seattle, results are mixed. Third World delegates have gridlocked the WTO but in the U.S. anti-globalization organizers have struggled to convert street heat into policy.

Letters to the Editor

'... One can legitimately oppose on moral grounds a war against Iraq, but to then desire the humiliation of the U.S. when such a punishing lesson can only be accomplished through the death and maiming of Americans is hypocritical. ...'

The Ask Master

'... One can legitimately oppose on moral grounds a war against Iraq, but to then desire the humiliation of the U.S. when such a punishing lesson can only be accomplished through the death and maiming of Americans is hypocritical. ...'

Freeing the spirits

Omar Sosa's global sound has African roots and many flowers.

Trusty mechanic?

A desperate airplane mechanic is accused of creating potentially deadly problems.

Classical events

A desperate airplane mechanic is accused of creating potentially deadly problems.

Observations from the new millennium's first gee-whiz fair.

A desperate airplane mechanic is accused of creating potentially deadly problems.

Trading hearts and minds

Free trade foes and fanatics face off in, of all places, the public schools.