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Bottle Shock

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Bottle Shock

Tickets to this special outdoor screening include 15 wine tastings, cheese, and chocolate. This mellow comedic celebration of…

Seattle Percussion Collective

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Seattle Percussion Collective

Allen Otte, percussion guru and driving force behind pioneering ensembles Blackearth Percussion Group and Percussion Group Cincinnati, once…

1 Dutchess and the Duke

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1 Dutchess and the Duke

Thursday, August 13

Two-Lane Blacktop

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Two-Lane Blacktop

Months before completion, this 1971 story of an existential cross-country drag race was hailed “an instant classic” by…

William T. Vollmann

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William T. Vollmann

It’s a good thing that William T. Vollmann will explain his latest book tonight, so you don’t have…

Criminal Hearts

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Criminal Hearts

Thelma and Louise meet on opposite ends of the barrel in Criminal Hearts, a remarkable collision between a…

Catch Me If You Can

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Catch Me If You Can

Conceptually ambitious and exhilarating in execution, this more-than-you-can-eat pop-art buffet is based on the same events burnished in…

Northwest Emerging Artists

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Northwest Emerging Artists

Seattle City Light’s Portable Works Collection here displays new acquisitions from two dozen Northwest Emerging Artists, as the…

Last year’s Longacres Mile winner Wasserman (No. 4) is back to defend his title.

Arts & Culture

The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

THURSDAY 8/13 Books: Desert Prophet It’s a good thing that William T. Vollmann will explain his latest book…

Six Organs of Admittance: Luminous Night

Music

CD Reviews: Six Organs of Admittance and Throw Me the Statue

Six Organs of Admittance Luminous Night (Drag City) Ben Chasny, the guitarist known as Six Organs of Admittance,…

YACHT au naturel.

Music

The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

Jega  ~ Wednesday, August 12 Now that we’re a decade removed from the ’90s electronica boom, electronic artists…

Haven't I Earned a Nine-Dollar Pretzel?

News

Haven’t I Earned a Nine-Dollar Pretzel?

Dear Uptight Seattleite, My husband and I are getting our Bumbershoot plans together, and I’m already dreading our…

GreenStage: Shakespeare in the Park

Arts & Culture

GreenStage: Shakespeare in the Park

Director Teresa Thurman does well to ham up the early scenes of, King John, Shakespeare’s obscure play about…

The Ring Cycle

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The Ring Cycle

One of the pleasant shocks of Seattle Opera’s 2000 production of Wagner’s Ring was the first appearance of…

Metro Classics

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Metro Classics

Screening at 7 p.m., Gone With the Wind (1939) is arguably the best-attended, most-seen movie of all time.…

Movies at Marymoor

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Movies at Marymoor

In the 2006 Night at the Museum, Ben Stiller is a divorced dad in need of a gig,…

South Lake Union Block Party

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South Lake Union Block Party

There’s nothing like hot, sweaty people gathering together on a summer day to celebrate their neighborhood. Hence the…

Eddy Radar

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Eddy Radar

The built environment goes abstract in Eddy Radar’s acrylic-on-canvas paintings displayed in Manmade Landscapes. A runway, perhaps in…

Business as Usual: New Video From China

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Business as Usual: New Video From China

A woman in fishnet stockings, styled with bangs that suggest Anna Karina, lounges around a Shanghai apartment. Men…

SAM Remix

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SAM Remix

Who hasn’t wanted to party in between the giant Oldenburg typewriter eraser and the Calder eagle? That’s exactly…