Arts & Culture
Viva VHS!
As Blu-ray, VOD, your TiVo, Hulu, and YouTube-streaming iPhones push old technologies further into obsolescence, now may be…
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Alan J. Stein & Paula Becker
Before Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, or even Boeing, there was the Klondike Gold Rush that began in 1897. And…
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Kung Fu Panda
By all means, gather up the little ones and take them to this perfectly pleasant, very good-looking, modestly…
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Chris Mooney
Remember in 2006, when Pluto was robbed of its planethood by the International Astronomical Union? People were aghast…
Music
The Short List: This Weeks Recommended Shows
Softly Now ~ Wednesday, August 5 After McLeod Residence closed, Levi Fuller (the man who brings you Ball…
News
The Proper Etiquette for Kale, Ultilikilts, and iPhones on the Can
Dear Uptight Seattleite, I know it’s rude to talk on the phone while sitting on the toilet, but…
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Nice Jewish Girls Gone Bad
Most people think Jewish comedienne, and Sarah Silverman comes to mind. And thats unfortunate, because Sarah Silverman is…
Music
The Short List: This Weeks Recommended Shows
Feral Children ~ Wednesday, July 29 Whoever made the call to pair Feral Children with See Me River…
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Inside-Out
It’s easy to walk right through this small gallery sampling–about two dozen portraits–from the Henry’s permanent photography collection…
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How to Be Cool
Eugene Wright seems to be the archetype of everything that isnt cool. But of course cool is all…
News
Why Don’t You Answer OUR Questions?
Dear Uptight: How come you answer everyone else’s questions, but ignore the ones from Seattle Weekly staff? Weekly…
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Opening Nights: Gender-Bending in the Park and at Julias
Plus: role-modeling coolness and down-home values.
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Karen Fisher
Northwest author Karen Fisher’s 2005 debut is literary fiction based loosely on old family documentsnot a historical novel,…
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Smoke on the Mountain Homecoming
Being a jaded 20-something Seattleite, I couldnt get over my innate suspicion of the simple, honest joy and…
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The Weekly Wire: This Weeks Recommended Events
WEDNESDAY 7/29 Photography: Changing Her Paths Raised in Seattle and educated at the UW, Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976) wasn’t…
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Bradd Skubinna
Bradd Skubinnas Gabe Liked Jazz is a pile of trash on the floor that looks like a wedding…
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On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Its a shame the whole George Lazenby thing didnt work out. Today a 007 footnote, he bridged the…
News
Why the tube-shaped lunch took off in the mid-’90s is still baffling.
Why the tube-shaped lunch took off in the mid-’90s is still baffling. There’s the obvious Freudian interpretation, but…
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Das Barbecü
The four operas that compose Wagners Ring cycle last about 15 hours. Its countrified adaptation, Das Barbecu (book…
News
Downtown’s Italian chain eatery Il Fornaio isn’t on most people’s list of
Downtown’s Italian chain eatery Il Fornaio isn’t on most people’s list of cheap eats. Except during happy hour,…