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Seattle Rock Orchestra

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Seattle Rock Orchestra

Arcade Fire, the Beach Boys and David Bowie? Check, check and check. After three critically acclaimed tribute shows,…

Shabazz Palaces

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Shabazz Palaces

Seattle hasn’t even stopped reeling from Shabazz Palaces incendiary debut in 2009 and already their proper full-length debut…

Seattle Soul on Blast

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Seattle Soul on Blast

Though it may have slipped under your radar, Seattle’s swelling pocket of soul vocalists is a force to…

Triumph Of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death

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Triumph Of Lethargy Skinned Alive To Death

Earlier this year, Triumph of Lethargy frontman Spencer Moody told SW, “Triumph is not for listeners. Triumph is…

Justin Townes Earle

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Justin Townes Earle

It seems like just yesterday that No Depression was still a magazine and alt-country was a nascent genre.…

Babs the Dodo

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Babs the Dodo

Michael Mitnick’s play is daring enough at its most conventional—after all, we’re watching a small-screen celebrity deal with…

The Brothers Size

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The Brothers Size

You’ll be scrambling the rest of the season to find a more riveting exploration of fraternal bonds than…

Spring Arts Guide 2011: All About the New Season

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Spring Arts Guide 2011: All About the New Season

The museums have ended their budget-caused winter furloughs. Santa-themed burlesque shows have faded from memory. And maybe, just…

Eat Drink Toke

America might be crazy for bacon, but can we give cheese some

America might be crazy for bacon, but can we give cheese some love, too? Few things are as…

Vanities.

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Spring Arts Calendar: From Norman Rockwell to Sarah Vowell

FEBRUARY Ongoing–Feb. 28 Luke Haynes Alt-quilting. See profile. Ongoing–May 1 Vanities: A New Musical The 1976 play by…

Jonathan Coulton

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Jonathan Coulton

In the tradition of They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Coulton—a former programmer turned musician—began his career by posting…

Kurt Timmermeister

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Kurt Timmermeister

On his Vashon Island daily farm, Kurt Timmermeister produces high-quality cheeses available for sale all over Seattle at…

Modern Luv

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Modern Luv

If the rule of thumb is that you wait three days to call a girl, how long must…

Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

Unlike Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the 1981 Raiders is a movie freed from the responsibility of fatherhood,…

Shaft/Black Dynamite

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Shaft/Black Dynamite

Do not be fooled by the date. While the Blue Moon’s video-screened double-features generally run on Tuesdays, tonight’s…

Cristal Pite

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Cristal Pite

There are all kinds of virtuosity in dance—some of it is dressed in the classical symmetry of ballet,…

Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation

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Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation

This 100-minute shot-for-shot amateur-video remake of the 1981 Spielberg-Lucas adventure flick was created over a span of seven…

Karen Russell

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Karen Russell

Karen Russell wowed readers as a 25-year-old Columbia MFA graduate with her 2006 debut story collection St. Lucy’s…

Jonathan Evison

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Jonathan Evison

In our present age of irony and gimmick lit, Bainbridge Island writer Jonathan Evison has bravely set out…

Big John Hamhock

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Big John Hamhock

The unfortunate by-product of the slow, yet sure death of MySpace is that one day soon we’re going…