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SIFF: Week 1 Picks & Pans

Chez Shea to Close Downtown, Scratch Deli Opens in Wallingford, & More

It's been a big week in restaurant openings and closings. First off, in Belltown, Isola Bella, Sicilian Cafe will debut at 2302 1st Ave. next month. The establishment will operate as a bakery and coffee shop by day, and serve meatballs and pizza by-the-slice at night. On Capitol Hill, EVO Tapas Kit ... More >>

The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

It's been a big week in restaurant openings and closings. First off, in Belltown, Isola Bella, Sicilian Cafe will debut at 2302 1st Ave. next month. The establishment will operate as a bakery and coffee shop by day, and serve meatballs and pizza by-the-slice at night. On Capitol Hill, EVO Tapas Kit ... More >>

Pike Place Market Loses Chez Shea, Georgetown Gains Two African Restaurants

Iconic French restaurant Chez Shea at 94 Pike St. is closing after nearly 30 years, according to Seattle PI. Moving into the upstairs space will be Bainbride Island-based roaster and mail-order coffee business Storyville Coffee Company, In other news, Rainier Valley Post reports that two new Africa ... More >>

Delphine Diaw Diallo

Iconic French restaurant Chez Shea at 94 Pike St. is closing after nearly 30 years, according to Seattle PI. Moving into the upstairs space will be Bainbride Island-based roaster and mail-order coffee business Storyville Coffee Company, In other news, Rainier Valley Post reports that two new Africa ... More >>

Malick Sidibé

Iconic French restaurant Chez Shea at 94 Pike St. is closing after nearly 30 years, according to Seattle PI. Moving into the upstairs space will be Bainbride Island-based roaster and mail-order coffee business Storyville Coffee Company, In other news, Rainier Valley Post reports that two new Africa ... More >>

Seeking Restaurant Recommendations From Real People

​There is no shortage of restaurant recommendations online. But in places where there is a shortage of strong Wi-Fi signals, the Internet's wisdom is largely useless, forcing hungry tourists to find great meals by other means. I'm a firm believer in asking food-and-beverage staffers for resta ... More >>

Mike Stern

​There is no shortage of restaurant recommendations online. But in places where there is a shortage of strong Wi-Fi signals, the Internet's wisdom is largely useless, forcing hungry tourists to find great meals by other means. I'm a firm believer in asking food-and-beverage staffers for resta ... More >>

Today Reverb Recommends Supporting a Good Cause at Tonight's "Rock the Village" Benefit Concert

Fox and the Law will play tonight at the Nectar Lounge as part of the "Rock the Village" benefit concert series.​ "Rock the Village" is a series of benefit concerts designed to raise money and awareness for global humanitarian causes like education in Ghana and clean water in India. Mario Abat ... More >>

Le Havre: A Return to Form for Aki Kaurismaki

Fox and the Law will play tonight at the Nectar Lounge as part of the "Rock the Village" benefit concert series.​ "Rock the Village" is a series of benefit concerts designed to raise money and awareness for global humanitarian causes like education in Ghana and clean water in India. Mario Abat ... More >>

African E-mail Scammers Now Demanding Ransom for People's Missing Loved Ones

Patti Kreiger​The African e-mail-scammer industry is not without innovation. Take this latest e-mail pitch developed out of the fraud thinktanks of Ghana.

Too Good To Be True? "Free Marijuana" Signs Spotted in Seattle

​If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. That timeless axiom has never been truer than in the case of a series of blue handbills plastered around the city trumpeting "Free Marijuana" for anyone who dials a 1-800 number and leaves a message.

Bill Foege, Vashon Resident and Former CDC Director, Explains How He Eradicated Smallpox

​One of the ironies of the local anti-vaccine movement, profiled in this week's cover story, is that it has flourished in the very region that has drawn some of the most famous immunologists in the world. That's due largely to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which for years has been fun ... More >>

SIFF for the Food-Minded Set: Momo

​That first "F" in SIFF stands for film, not food, but there's plenty of onscreen eating at the festival to entertain the culinary-minded moviegoer. As a supplement to Seattle Weekly's coverage of the Seattle International Film Festival, Voracious will highlight the program's films of particul ... More >>

SIFF: Week 2 Picks & Pans

​That first "F" in SIFF stands for film, not food, but there's plenty of onscreen eating at the festival to entertain the culinary-minded moviegoer. As a supplement to Seattle Weekly's coverage of the Seattle International Film Festival, Voracious will highlight the program's films of particul ... More >>

Ask a Mexican!

​That first "F" in SIFF stands for film, not food, but there's plenty of onscreen eating at the festival to entertain the culinary-minded moviegoer. As a supplement to Seattle Weekly's coverage of the Seattle International Film Festival, Voracious will highlight the program's films of particul ... More >>

Biutiful: Javier Bardem Is Having a Bad Day

​That first "F" in SIFF stands for film, not food, but there's plenty of onscreen eating at the festival to entertain the culinary-minded moviegoer. As a supplement to Seattle Weekly's coverage of the Seattle International Film Festival, Voracious will highlight the program's films of particul ... More >>

Ballard Gets Soaked in (More) Beer, Greenwood Romio's Goes Gluten Free, & More

Romio's Pizza & Pasta in Greenwood is dropping out of the Romio's franchise.​Here is your rundown of the week's restaurant news... In Ballard, a new nano-brewery called NW Peaks Brewery is filling pints and growlers at 4912 17th Avenue Northwest. Self-described dive bar Harlow's Saloon is als ... More >>

Afrikando Afrikando Closes in Columbia City, Uptown Espresso No. 8 to Open in Wallingford

Afrikando Afrikando in Columbia City is now closed.​Craving Senegalese cuisine? You could be out of luck. Afrikando Afrikando at 5903 Rainier Avenue South has closed, according to the Rainier Valley Post. Owner Jacques Sarr says he hopes to relocate and reopen the restaurant again soon. In ot ... More >>

Tina Michele Sammons Is The Latest in a String of Accused Canadian Cancer-Fakers

​If there is any surer way to guarantee that karma will come back around to kill you than faking a cancer diagnosis, we'd love to hear it. Or better yet, the four people in one month who have now allegedly faked the Big C in Canada would love to hear it, because they're apparently big fans of ... More >>

Washington Has Nothing On Ghana When It Comes to Taking Other People's Trash

​You've heard of NIMBYs -- those oppositionists whose hostility towards a project amounts to "not in my back yard." Now meet their ideological opposite, the YIMBYs. Foreign Policy says there are five places in the world that are happily accepting that which other people don't want. Including G ... More >>

Tonight: Chromeo at the Showbox, The B-52's Blondie at Chateau Ste Michelle, Nneka at the Crocodile

Angela Boatwright​Chromeo, with Holy Ghost!, Telephoned. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. Sold out. All ages. Hall & Oates are very much alive, but should they perish in a jet skiing accident or fall down a well, the heir to their throne just may be Montreal's Chromeo. ... More >>

Nneka

Angela Boatwright​Chromeo, with Holy Ghost!, Telephoned. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. Sold out. All ages. Hall & Oates are very much alive, but should they perish in a jet skiing accident or fall down a well, the heir to their throne just may be Montreal's Chromeo. ... More >>

Alpha Yaya Diallo

Angela Boatwright​Chromeo, with Holy Ghost!, Telephoned. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. Sold out. All ages. Hall & Oates are very much alive, but should they perish in a jet skiing accident or fall down a well, the heir to their throne just may be Montreal's Chromeo. ... More >>

Our World at War

Angela Boatwright​Chromeo, with Holy Ghost!, Telephoned. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. Sold out. All ages. Hall & Oates are very much alive, but should they perish in a jet skiing accident or fall down a well, the heir to their throne just may be Montreal's Chromeo. ... More >>

World Cup Soccer: USA vs. Ghana

Angela Boatwright​Chromeo, with Holy Ghost!, Telephoned. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. Sold out. All ages. Hall & Oates are very much alive, but should they perish in a jet skiing accident or fall down a well, the heir to their throne just may be Montreal's Chromeo. ... More >>

Living in Emergency: Meet the MDs of Medecins Sans Frontieres

Angela Boatwright​Chromeo, with Holy Ghost!, Telephoned. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. Sold out. All ages. Hall & Oates are very much alive, but should they perish in a jet skiing accident or fall down a well, the heir to their throne just may be Montreal's Chromeo. ... More >>

Pray the Devil Back to Hell

Angela Boatwright​Chromeo, with Holy Ghost!, Telephoned. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. Sold out. All ages. Hall & Oates are very much alive, but should they perish in a jet skiing accident or fall down a well, the heir to their throne just may be Montreal's Chromeo. ... More >>

How Not to Cheer Up a Cancer Patient

Angela Boatwright​Chromeo, with Holy Ghost!, Telephoned. Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Ave., 628-3151. 8 p.m. Sold out. All ages. Hall & Oates are very much alive, but should they perish in a jet skiing accident or fall down a well, the heir to their throne just may be Montreal's Chromeo. ... More >>

The Ugliest Statue in Seattle

Genghis Khan rides again: one of the world's 10 ugliest.​Inspired by a recently-completed, 160-foot Senegalese monument, Foreign Policy decided to countdown The World's 10 Ugliest Statues. As you might imagine, the list is dominated by Soviet-era, propagandistic monoliths. Hell, even America's ... More >>

How Not to Get Selected for Jury Duty, Part II

Where many are called, few citizens actually want to serve.​Last December, our Mike Seely enumerated six ways to get off jury duty. All pretty funny, but maybe not so ethical. Having just dodged the bullet of a five-week criminal trial in King County Superior Court, I can add a a half-dozen mo ... More >>

Toubab Krewe

Where many are called, few citizens actually want to serve.​Last December, our Mike Seely enumerated six ways to get off jury duty. All pretty funny, but maybe not so ethical. Having just dodged the bullet of a five-week criminal trial in King County Superior Court, I can add a a half-dozen mo ... More >>

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Raiders of Lost Art

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Seun Kuti and Egypt 80

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Seattle International Children’s Festival

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Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars

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But it will get you a tour and plenty of tastes.

Franco Say Relax

Escapist CD sets gold standard for Congolese compilations.

Vegetable Soups from Deborah Madison's Kitchen

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