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Most associate Wire with a trilogy of albums (1977’s Pink Flag, 1978’s Chair Missing, 1979’s 154) that, as…

Mountain Patrol: Kekexili

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Mountain Patrol: Kekexili

Director Lu Chuan (The Missing Gun) unfolds this blunt, clear-eyed 2004 crime tale in the high plateau region…

Ani DiFranco

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Ani DiFranco

It’s no surprise that Ani DiFranco’s show this evening sold out weeks ago. The Buffalo-hailing singer-songwriter and feminist…

The City of Lost Children

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The City of Lost Children

This futuristic 1995 phantasmagoria is a gorgeous amalgam of 19th- and 20th-century fantasy. A mad scientist, Krank (Daniel…

J*DaVeY

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J*DaVeY

As of late, the intersection of electro-funk and new-wave soul has seen an exciting re-awakening—and few encapsulate that…

Hugo

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Hugo

The Thai-British musician Hugo Chakrabongse (he goes by his first name only) is the sole country and folk-influenced…

Nipsey Hussle

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Nipsey Hussle

The latest in a legendary line of South Central LA-bred gangsta rappers, Nipsey Hussle sets himself apart from…

Sick

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Sick

Elizabeth Kenny’s one-woman play about her experiences with psychopharmaceuticals is punctuated by a bell, controlled by her onstage…

The Red Shoes

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The Red Shoes

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s dance classic The Red Shoes (1948) feverishly explores the demands of art at…

My Time With the Lady

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My Time With the Lady

As squeaky clean and PC as Seattle is today, it’s easy to forget we were once a haven…

Red Tiger Tales

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Red Tiger Tales

Vashon Island’s UMO Ensemble is best known for combining rigorous physical theater techniques—such as clowning, aerial work, and…

O Lovely Glowworm

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O Lovely Glowworm

It’s easy to understand why the adventurous artists at New Century Theatre Company were drawn to Glen Berger’s…

David Koechner

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David Koechner

Native Missourian David Koechner is proof that Middle Americans have plenty of edge. Okay, maybe not in the…

Lacey Jane Roberts

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Lacey Jane Roberts

Like a burr in a cashmere sweater, there’s one work that catches you—literally halts your progress—in The Mysterious…

Donovan Hohn

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Donovan Hohn

For his long, very entertaining and digressive pop-science book, Donovan Hohn supplies a suitably expansive title: Moby Duck:…

Chaplin Fest

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Chaplin Fest

Charlie Chaplin’s 1931 silent comedy City Lights begins SIFF’s week-long retrospective of his films (not all of them…

Rye Barcott

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Rye Barcott

There’s a twofold sense of mission to Rye Barcott’s do-gooder memoir since, after college and before joining the…

Deep Dark Robot feat. Linda Perry

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Deep Dark Robot feat. Linda Perry

Linda Perry playing the High Dive? And I said hey, yeah, yeah, yeah-ha, hey-yeah-ha, what’s goin’ on? Christ,…

Snackhole

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Snackhole

Jackie Hell has a problem, a dreaded affliction that plagues the homeless and south Capitol Hillbillies who look…

Cut Copy

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Cut Copy

Cut Copy’s sophomore album In Ghost Colours was an unexpected masterpiece. The Australian band’s debut was a small-scale…