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Xmas Pops Sing-Along

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Xmas Pops Sing-Along

The best pop stars know how to turn on the charm for the holidays. No one does “Santa…

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Cover Night

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Cover Night

Every year, Andrew McKeag, guitarist for Presidents of the United States, puts together a holiday benefit show that…

The Classic Crime

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The Classic Crime

The Classic Crime is a band that straddles an interesting thematic line – their catalog of songs strikes…

The Yes Men

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The Yes Men

The premise of this 2004 film is simple: The emperors of our age—Dubya and the World Trade Organization…

Elf

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Elf

In the surprise 2003 Christmas hit Elf, Will Ferrell embraces the cutesy confection of its plot. Santa Claus…

LAKE

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LAKE

Restraint is a powerful, often overlooked instrument in the musician’s toolkit. It lends possibility, intimacy, and, paradoxically, a…

Should We Fear the Impending Europeanization?

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Should We Fear the Impending Europeanization?

Dear Uptight Seattleite, Oh great arbiter, what’s the proper attitude to take toward belly dancers? Karl in Kent…

Cruisin' the Fossil Freeway

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Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway

The good thing about massive species extinction is all the cool bones left behind, as Denver paleontologist Kirk…

Burn After Reading

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Burn After Reading

The Coen brothers’ 2008 comedy opens with a satellite’s eye view of the Earth (or Google Earth), then…

Kerry Colburn

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Kerry Colburn

The prospect of family visits, shopping, and planning holiday events can be overwhelming this time of the year,…

Gladiators Eat Fire

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Gladiators Eat Fire

Located somewhere along the noisy, experimental continuum that stretches from the Blood Brothers to Future of the Left,…

Auntie Mame

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Auntie Mame

Assuring readers it wasn’t a memoir, Patrick Dennis nevertheless wrote a character named “Patrick Dennis” into his 1955…

One eskimO, Dec. 16 at the Crocodile.

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The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

The Globes ~ Wednesday, December 16 The Globes, from Spokane, are way up there on the list of…

New York Rifles

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New York Rifles

When Portland-based band leader Scott Young was stumped trying to name his new garage rock project, Dandy Warhols…

Beware the Killer Pig at the Burke!

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The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Notable Events

WEDNESDAY 12/16 Books: Messenger in a Bottle Two decades after his death in Port Angeles, Raymond Carver (1938–88)…

Julie Blackmon, Faryn Davis, and Eva Sköld Westerlind

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Julie Blackmon, Faryn Davis, and Eva Sköld Westerlind

These three female artists work in very different yet similarly appealing styles. The bright domestic photographic tableaux of…

Imogen Cunningham

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Imogen Cunningham

Raised in Seattle and educated at the UW, Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) wasn’t just a pioneering female photographer, but…

The There

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The There

This ongoing winter group show seeks to bring the outdoors indoors. Among 10 local artists featured, Patte Loper…

Carol Sklenicka

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Carol Sklenicka

Two decades after his death in Port Angeles, Raymond Carver (1938-1988) is being reassessed with his unabridged, original…