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Doug Merlino

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Doug Merlino

As a Seattle eighth-grader in the ’80s, Doug Merlino and a handful of other privileged white boys at…

Trisha Brown Dance Company

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Trisha Brown Dance Company

Trisha Brown grew up as a tomboy in Aberdeen and went on to become one of our preeminent…

Wanxin Zhang

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Wanxin Zhang

China is all about change. Whooshing past Japan’s economic clout, filling most of the container ships at the…

Artists for Japan

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Artists for Japan

Shop for a cause at this weekend event, in which the Murakami family (owners of Higo), will match…

John Cederquist

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John Cederquist

“Furniture” isn’t quite the right word for the woodwork of John Cederquist, who’s based in Capistrano, California. Perched…

April Surgent

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April Surgent

In her room-filling installation Into the Surface, the young Danish-born Seattle artist renders local landscapes and urban scenes…

Foot Village

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Foot Village

It’s hard to imagine how Foot Village is even going to fit inside the tiny back room of…

BOAT

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BOAT

Seattle’s BOAT have always been purveyors of the kind of fuzzed out, sing-along indie pop that hearkens back…

Our 107 Favorite Restaurants, 2011

Eat Drink Toke

Our 107 Favorite Restaurants, 2011

From burgers and pizza to steak and sashimi, the Great Seattle Food Pyramid takes shape.

Acid Mothers Temple

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Acid Mothers Temple

Normally, this blurb would liken the music of Acid Mothers Temple to large natural eruptions, i.e. “earthquakes of…

Gatsbys American Dream

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Gatsbys American Dream

There are plenty of people who would probably thank Seattle indie-punk outfit Gatsbys American Dream for splitting up…

Iron Curtain

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Iron Curtain

An off-Broadway favorite that debuted in 2006, Iron Curtain is a good deal flimsier than iron, but undeniable…

Cloud Nothings

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Cloud Nothings

Cleveland’s Cloud Nothings is the solo project of one Dylan Baldi, who is nineteen and dropped out of…

The Golden Blondes

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The Golden Blondes

The first two tracks on the Golden Blondes’ four-song self-titled EP, the release of which we celebrate tonight,…

Julianna Barwick

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Julianna Barwick

When Julianna Barwick sings, you can’t really understand what she’s saying. But—like with Sigur Ros—the lyrics don’t really…

The Ready Set

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The Ready Set

The Ready Set is just Jordan Witzigreuter, a scrawny, shaggy-haired 21-year-old who, after several years of recording music…

RoboCop

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RoboCop

Paul Verhoeven’s 1987’s satire is set in a ruined, near-future, near-lawless Detroit ruled by street thugs and Fortune…

The Terminator

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The Terminator

Who knew the that the future Republican governor of California once worked in the movies? We had no…

The Most Dangerous Man in America

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The Most Dangerous Man in America

Daniel Ellsberg was an ex-Marine, trusted analyst, and Cold Warrior under Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, who,…

Ted Danson

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Ted Danson

The only thing more obnoxious than wealthy people telling you there’s more to life than money is some…