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Sarah Vowell
When Sarah Vowell goes to Hawaii, you can bet its not to surf or get a tan. Indeed,…
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Thom Anderson Retrospective
Documentary director Thom Anderson will attend and introduce NWFF’s mini-retrospective of his work, which deserves to be much…
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Zoë Keating
It’s only appropriate that Zoë Keating, who uses sound recording and manipulation software to assemble her gothically dense…
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
When Alvin Ailey made Revelations 50 years ago, he was near to the beginning of his career; and…
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Nick Cave
Even if it just leased its upstairs office space to Nordstrom, SAMlike every other cultural institution in townneeds…
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Taxi Driver
Thirty-five years later, Martin Scorsese’s 1976 Taxi Driveris a study in contrasts: new wave grit versus Bernard Herrmann-scored…
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Hood to Coast
For exercise nerds, after a good workout, there is nothing better than talking about that workout. Or after…
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Warpaint
The LA quartet Warpaintguitarists Emily Kokal and Theresa Waynan, bassist Jenny Lee Lindberg and drummer Stella Mozgawareleased their…
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John Atkins
What else can we say about John Atkins? The uniquely affable and talented musician has had one of…
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The Parson Red Heads
Portland, in the words of Will Ferrells Zoolander character Mugatu, is so hot right now! True, the Portlandia…
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Floater
Floater is a poor name choice, and thats probably the only concession the longtime Portland rockers’ fans will…
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Headhunter
Decibel, Seattles world-class annual festival of electronic music, has been having such a busy off-season presenting shows that…
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St. Patrick’s Day
Of all the massive fêtes thrown by Irish pubs in this city on St. Patrick’s Day, how many…
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Max Tundra
This weeks pair of Girl Talk shows at the Showbox SoDo have been sold-out forever, but if youve…
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Destroyer
If you’re looking for the perfect soundtrack to that Miami Vice-themed boat cruise that you’re planning, Destroyer’s newest…
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The Ex
At an all-ages Seattle show at DV8 back in 1999, Fugazi frontman Ian McKaye lavished praise upon opening…
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MEN
With Le Tigre on hiatus, the DJ JD Samson needed another outlet for her ferocious energy and ambitionthus,…
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Paul Bannick
The local photographer exhibits images from his 2009 book The Owl and the Woodpecker. What do the two…
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
For the Coen brothers, this Mississippi-set, Depression-era adaptation of The Odyssey is a joke in their usual nudge-nudge,…
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The Firebugs
Max Frischs lead-handed morality play has a complacent hair-tonic exec help a trio of arsonists burn down his…