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Grimes
The Canadian vocalist/keyboardist Grimes—alias 23-year-old Claire Boucher—came through Seattle a couple times last year while touring as a…
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Breakfast at Tiffany’s
A certain kind of classic for a certain kind of viewer. Audrey Hepburn stars in the 1961 adaptation…
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Painting Seattle
Kamekichi Tokita and Kenjiro Nomura ran a sign shop in Japantown, the neighborhood destroyed by WWII and the…
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The Dish and the Spoon
In premise, plotting, and style, Alison Bagnall’s The Dish and the Spoon would seem like just another mumble-stumble…
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Jeffrey Ross
Is it Jeff or Jeffrey? With his regular celebrity roasts on Comedy Central, we’ve known the comic as…
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Spaceneedles
If all the 2011 grunge anniversary nonsense made you a little sick to your stomach, who can blame…
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The Fresh and Onlys
The Fresh and Onlys are part of a closely connected faction of rock bands burning bright in San…
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Run Lola Run
True to its title, this 1999 German movie by Tom Tykwer is a high-octane pulse-pounder driven by style,…
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Anvil
I’m not a big sports fan, but when I find myself watching the game, I often root for…
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Big Head Todd & the Monsters
Big Head Todd recently released a Robert Johnson tribute album, but it’s another Johnson—Jack—who owes the bulk of…
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Damien Jurado
When it comes to mastering the brooding, moody stillness of the Pacific Northwest, few artists capture the piercing…
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Hot Coffee
Remember that little old lady driver from Albuquerque who sued McDonald’s after spilling its coffee in her lap?…
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Buck 65
Nova Scotian Richard Terfry is an unlikely figure in hip hop. He was raised in a rural setting…
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Abbas Kiarostami’s Koker Trilogy
Nothing, it seems, is black-and-white in Iran, and the ambiguities launch out of the films like bottle rockets.…
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The Grizzled Mighty
The Grizzled Mighty is a blues-rock duo with a female drummer (Whitney Petty, formerly of Deerhunter) who plays…
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Peggy Orenstein
“Girl power” has never looked more different and … well, more pink than it does today. Building on…
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Jean François Porchez
Look very carefully, and you may be able to discern that this sentence is printed in a traditional…
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Valentine’s Day at Salty’s
If you need to impress someone from out of town, or are from out of town yourself, Salty’s…
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Valentine’s Day at Copperleaf
Copperleaf is a massively earth-friendly undertaking–a 34-seat restaurant (not counting the patio) that incorporates composting, water reclamation and…
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Valentine’s Day at Sip
The interior is exactly what you’re looking for when trying to escape February’s alternating snow/sleet/freezing wind. For a…