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The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

WEDNESDAY 8/11 Film: Tour de Reprise For those going into withdrawal from July’s Tour de France TV coverage,…

Nneka: Erykah Badu without the crazy.

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The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

Hercules & Love Affair / Wednesday, August 11 Hercules & Love Affair, the brainchild of New York DJ…

Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

Unlike the recent Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the 1981 Raiders of the Lost…

Zombieland

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Zombieland

At last—a zombie movie vegans can endorse. The plague in Zombieland (2009) was caused by mad cow disease,…

Eat Drink Toke

The Duke of HazzardRavenna residents needn’t travel far to reach the Himalayas.There’s

The Duke of HazzardRavenna residents needn’t travel far to reach the Himalayas.There’s no shortage of restaurants in Ravenna.…

11/100

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11/100

Sub Pop art director Jeff Kleinsmith and Jesse LeDoux are the duo behind Patent Pending Industries, design shop…

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Gainsbourg’s Death in the Afternoon comprises absinthe and champagne. Been nice knowing

Gainsbourg’s Death in the Afternoon comprises absinthe and champagne. Been nice knowing you.—Mike Seely 8550 Greenwood Ave. N.,…

Stillaguamish Festival of the River

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Stillaguamish Festival of the River

There are many reasons to drive out to Arlington this weekend, but apart from the scenery along the…

The Law

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The Law

The Law (1960) was directed by Hollywood exile Jules Dassin and based on a novel about the primitive…

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Jerry Battista plays guitar in the Dusty 45s, the Davanos, the Lazyboys,

Jerry Battista plays guitar in the Dusty 45s, the Davanos, the Lazyboys, the Jer-Kels, the Battista Brothers, the…

Art in the Park

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Art in the Park

No need to don your Aunt Cordelia’s jewels or fake an upper-crust Oxbridge accent for this garden party—Art…

Doug Benson

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Doug Benson

Doug Benson has two great loves in his life: movies and pot. He has shown his affection, such…

South Lake Union Block Party

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South Lake Union Block Party

If Seafair and the Capitol Hill Block Party weren’t enough to sate your thirst for music, booze, food,…

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

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The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Definition: A tongue-in-cheek musical spelling showdown of the unloved and undeterred spellers of Putnam County, each vying for…

Jennifer Jordan

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Jennifer Jordan

In the literature of mountaineering, there are few stories greater than the 1953 U.S. attempt on K2, when…

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Faux-Twitter accounts went online almost as soon as the site launched. Fake

Faux-Twitter accounts went online almost as soon as the site launched. Fake Sarah Palins, Oprahs, and Steve Jobses…

Dancing in Real Time

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Dancing in Real Time

Let’s just say it and get the jokes over with now: It’s like Dancing With Horses, right? Yes,…

Aja West and Cheeba

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Aja West and Cheeba

You find them at yard sales or in your parents’ dusty attic: hidden treasures not for the scratched…

Sanremo - Italia - wielrennen - cycling - radsport - cyclisme - 100e Milano - Sanremo  - Mark Cavendish (Grootbrittannie/Team Columbia High Road) en Thor Hushovd (Noorwegen / Team Cervélo) - foto Cor Vos ©2009

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Chasing Legends

For those going into withdrawal from July’s Tour de France TV coverage, here’s one last chance to hear…

Vieux Farka Toure

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Vieux Farka Toure

Vieux Farka Touré is known mostly as the son of the late Ali Farka Touré, who is known…