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It's in the Cards

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It’s in the Cards

You can proclaim Jayne Muirhead a great Seattle character actress, but you might just as well call her…

Giselle

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Giselle

A new production of Giselle, that mainstay of 19th-century romantic repertory, isn’t necessarily a ground-breaking event; it’s been…

Seattle True Independent Film Festival

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Seattle True Independent Film Festival

Burned out by the sprawl of SIFF? The upstart Seattle True Independent Film Festival (aka STIFF) returns for…

Northwest Folklife

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Northwest Folklife

Gas is expensive, and not everyone wants to drive all the way to the Gorge for Sasquatch!, which…

The Davanos

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The Davanos

Last month, Seattle’s best dive bar, the Rimrock Steakhouse, suddenly went dark—a tragedy on Lake City Way. But…

Barcelona

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Barcelona

When Barcelona enjoyed a fair amount of success between 2007 and 2009, they were dismissed by the Capitol…

Anomie Belle

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Anomie Belle

Piecing her name together from words meaning social unrest and a beautiful and charming woman, Seattle trip-hopper Anomie…

Roman Holiday

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Roman Holiday

Taking a more family-friendly approach, Seattle’s own Roman Holiday trades the “drugs, sex and rock ‘n’ roll” stereotype…

Biffy Clyro

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Biffy Clyro

If Mumford & Sons and Metallica had a baby who grew up in America listening to Weezer, then…

The Doldrums

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The Doldrums

If 21-year-old UW student Tom Eddy has a claim to fame yet, it’s that he’s the perfectly-pitched vocalist…

4 Generations of Miles

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4 Generations of Miles

It’s a great idea, a musical freak show, or both: A band composed of members from four wildly…

Tedeschi Trucks Band

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Tedeschi Trucks Band

They’ve have toured together, appeared on each others’ albums, and made babies together for a decade, but Grammy-winning…

Slow Skate

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Slow Skate

Add Seattle band Slow Skate to the lineage of hazy, glacially-moving, female-led bands that includes Mazzy Star, Cowboy…

Partman Parthorse

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Partman Parthorse

Spitting distance (possibly literally) from the annual free-for-all folk/world/filthy hippie festival that is Folklife—“gunfire free since 2009!”—venerable Seattle…

Lykke Li

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Lykke Li

Lykke Li is kind of the Angelina Jolie of Swedish pop stars—dark, moody, sexy in a dangerously, devilishly…

Damon and Naomi

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Damon and Naomi

Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang have been making music together as Damon and Naomi since 1991, but the…

Pretty in Pink

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Pretty in Pink

The late John Hughes wrote the 1986 teen hit Pretty in Pink for his leading lady, Molly Ringwald.…

Foreign Parts

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Foreign Parts

No more than a stone’s throw away from the New York Mets’ new, heavily commercialized Citi Field stands…

Craig Ferguson

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Craig Ferguson

Holy Crackers! Craig Ferguson, hilarious host of the Emmy-nominated Late Late Show, is coming to town. He might…

Awesome '80s Prom

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Awesome ’80s Prom

With the exception of the prom king and queen, how many students actually enjoyed their senior prom? Looking…