Music
The Short List: The Weeks Recommended Shows
Open Mike Eagle / Wednesday, April 28 Rapper Open Mike Eagle has a slow, conversational flow that’s all…
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The Speakeasy Series
Ladies, don your garters. Men, your fedoras. Programmed by SIFF, the Tuesday-night “Speakeasy Series” promises glamour and sophistication…
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Bicycle Sunday
When does summer officially begin? By some calendars, when the city initiates its weekly Bicycle Sunday program, which…
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May Day Concert at Town Hall
Inspired by the new-music marathons of NYC echt-downtowny ensemble Bang on a Can, Paul Taub has gathered a…
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Lauren Weedman
Most solo performers present their emotional introspection on stage. Lauren Weedman instead performs superhuman, self-exploratory surgery. Since graduating…
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Storm vs. Phoenix Mercury
The Seattle Storm are the Boston Celtics of the WNBA: A recent champion looking to surround a trio…
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Henry Winkler
The Fonz he was, and eer The Fonz he shall be. Richie now directs movies. Mr. & Mrs.…
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Don Carlo
In William Bergers tasty book Verdi With a Vengeance, an info-packed overview of the composers operas, his summary…
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Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson
As expected, Hunter S. Thompson’s 2005 suicide has been trailed by a glut of unauthorized bios and half-baked…
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Atul Gawande
As the battle for health-care reform drags on interminably, the physician and New Yorker staff writer weighs in…
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Deer Tick
Rhode Islands Deer Tick plays Americana music in the vein of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers rootsy,…
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Happy Birthday
When Sub Pop signed Happy Birthday last year, the Vermont trio was less than a year old and…
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Flight To Mars
In 2002, Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready went public with his two-decade struggle with Crohns disease an…
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And The Wiremen
NYC-based And The Wiremens take on sleepy, warm, indie jazz manages to mesh 1920s Berlin, the East Village…
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His Name Is Alive
Over the years, theres been no pinning down Warren Defever, the prolific mainstay of His Name Is Alive.…
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Kids and Animals
If there’s a poster-band for the all ages scene in Seattle, Kids & Animals is it. They have…
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David Grisman Quintet
When a player is as obscenely skilled as mandolinist David Grisman, the risk is that the music will…
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The Weekly Wire: The Weeks Recommended Events
THURSDAY 4/22 Theater: Twat Talk Coochie, twat, vajayjay, honeypot. If you’re uncomfortable reading the terms, you might really…
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Steel Pulse
In the late ’70s, a young reggae band from an inner-city district of Birmingham (England’s Detroit), was losing…
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The Song Show
The second episode of the quarterly Song Show (hosted by City Arts editor Mark Baumgarten) features a swath…