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OK, Who Emptied the Brita?!?!
Dear Uptight Seattleite, I’d taken a day off from my job and was waiting in line at the…
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Trailer Park Boys
To give a truer picture of contemporary Canada, the Winter Olympics opening ceremonies should have ditched those kilt-stomping…
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David Shields
Jonathan Raban may be the citys most esteemed author, and Garth Stein its most commercially successful, but David…
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Seattle Chamber Players
Though the Seattle Symphonys done a decent job as American-music advocates, youd be forgiven for thinking, after a…
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Unnatural Helpers
When Sub Pop sales manager Dean Whitmore isnt helping proliferate Jonathan Ponemans stable of bands, he holds down…
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Lunch, Brunch, and Our New Favorite Sweetener
Dear Uptight Seattleite, Maybe if you drove places you’d have time to write your own column. Diego (via…
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Port O’Brien
Man has always been fascinated with the sea, and as long as there have been instruments, the sea…
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Young Fresh Fellows
Considered by many a pioneering force behind the Seattle Sound, the Young Fresh Fellows formed in the early…
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In the Northern Lands: Nordic Myths
Within the classroom, the characters of Greek and Roman mythology seem always to have trumped Odin, Thor, Loki,…
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Chilly Hilly
In our presently El Niño-impacted winter, this years Chilly Hilly may be a misnomer. Hilly, yes. Chilly, not…
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The Spits
The glorious, debauched spectacle that is a live show by local punk veterans the Spits is always a…
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Unmistaken Child
Though the Dalai Lama does make a late appearance, this 2009 documentary refrains from politics or idealizing the…
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Peter Hessler
A fluent Mandarin speaker, The New Yorkers Peter Hessler has lived for over a decade among Beijings booming…
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The Usual Suspects
From 1995, The Usual Suspects is cunning entertainment. The story of five felons who become a top-flight crew…
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Chamber vs. Chamber
Culinary maverick Michael Hebbs knack for artistic cross-pollination is currently manifesting itself in the form of Chamber v.…
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Moon Duo
A worthy counterpart to guitarist Erik Ripley Johnsons work in Wooden Shjips, his collaboration with Sanae Yamada mines…
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Tete-a-tete
Laminated menus, like in a point-to-eat sushi joint, are necessary to cope with the 19th-century buffet that is…
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Swollen Members
Canadian hip-hop trio Swollen Members (Prevail, Mad Child, Rob the Viking) kick off their tour tonight in our…
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Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond has adapted his 2005 book Collapse into a forthcoming National Geographic TV documentary, and tonight hell…
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A Glimmer of Hope or Skin or Light
Ever wish you could custom-order your dance performance like a double skinny latte with no foam? KT Niehoff…