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Animal House
John Belushi stars in the 1978 raunch-out comedy Animal House (screened outdoors). Its wildly uneven, a period film…
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Re-Find Your Center and Start Again
Dear Uptight Seattleite, What are your thoughts on a large dog in the small-and-shy area of the dog…
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A Taste of Iceland!
Just when you get jaded by the endless summer parade of obscure ethnic and national festivals, along comes…
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Gov’t Mule
Gritty, soulful vocals; heavy blues thump; loose, lanky funk; swirling psychedlia thats Govt Mule. Never a band…
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Paula Becker and Alan Stein
Before Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, or even Boeing, there was the Klondike Gold Rush that began in 1897. And…
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T.R. Reid
Public option? Single payer? Insurance co-ops? Mandatory health insurance? Forty million uninsured! Preexisting conditions? Socialized medicine? Tax credits?…
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Milestones
One of the greatest radical filmmakers of the ’60s and ’70s, Robert Kramer mixed fiction with documentary, paying…
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exhausted
How can a poor lizard keep up with the pace of development in Bellevue? As fast as the…
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Triple Door Karaoke Night
Tuesday karaoke nights at the Triple Doors swanky Musiquarium Lounge are daunting. The candlelit bar is full of…
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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Not long ago, the definition of a circusthe touring show arriving annually at a sports arena near youwas…
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Jurassic Park
The late writer Michael Crichton, who famously tutored President Bush on the fallacy of global warming, was no…
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Thomas Frank
It might be hard to believe, but sometimes politicians don’t have our best interests at heart. Though this…
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
From 2001, J.K. Rowlings Harry Potter series opener is full of CGI enchantments and admirable sentiments about friendship,…
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Bumbershoot 2009
Now in its 39th year, the annual Bumbershoot festival is operating on a tidy three-day schedule with a…
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Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Bonnie Raitt has been palling around with Harlem-bred bluesman Taj Mahal since…
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UW Huskies Vs. LSU Tigers
When the team youve assume the reins of is coming off an historically crappy zero-win season, theres really…
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The Weekly Wire: The Weeks Recommended Events
WEDNESDAY 9/2 Visual Arts: Scarce Resources At first glance, trash appears to have been strewn in the front…
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I Like Pot and Organic Veggies Too, But Come On!
Dear Uptight Seattleite, I signed up for one of those services where you pay a flat fee and…
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Bumbershoot: Mondays Recommended Shows
Vampires & Robots Quick: In a battle between the mechanical and the eternal, who would prevail? Vampires have…
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Bumbershoot: Lost Alright
The creators and writers of ABCs twistiest drama will appear to answer questions. Weve got a few.