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Concerts at the Mural
Piss off hipsters using the transitive property. If A, The Dodos’ most well-known song, “Fools,” was used in…
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Z
The left-wing leader assassinated in Costa-Gavrass 1969 thriller célèbre Z dies not from a sharp-shooters bullet, but from…
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If you’re looking for a green lunch—the eco kind of green, that
If you’re looking for a green lunch—the eco kind of green, that is—Homegrown should top your list. The…
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Cry-Baby
What was Johnny Depp like back in 1990 before he became an Oscar-nominated pirate genius? Possibly still a…
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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
As a lighter-fare alternative to Shakespeare in the park, Theater Schmeater has put Goethe in the park. Mary…
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Jasper Johns
Artistic obsessions can run too far (see: Henry Darger, children) or just far enough (Monet, water lilies). The…
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14/48 Festival
Seven teams, a gaggle of actors, a teeming band, sleep deprivation, one theme per show, Go! Last Saturdays…
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Imogen Cunningham
Raised in Seattle and educated at the UW, Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976) wasnt just a pioneering female photographer, but…
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Revenge and Sorrow in Thebes
The House of Cadmus is a mess. Few believe that Dionysus is Zeus’s son, so the spurned god…
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Selena’s Salsa Night
Selena’s Guadalajara is a small Mexican restaurant thats easy to overlook as you’re driving past on 45th Street.…
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Scott Rosenberg
These days, everyones got a blog. The Washington State Department of Transportation has one. I know an eight-year-old…
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Ballard SeafoodFest
Norsemen, come one and all! Gather your pillage and plunder, spears and weird hats, to celebrate Scandinavian history…
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Twin Peaks Festival
This years Twin Peaks Festival will be a smaller, scaled-down celebration. No visits from the Log Lady or…
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Back to the Garden
Driving across the Cascades on a 1988 road trip, Ballard filmmaker Kevin Tomlinson discovered a very idealistic enclave.…
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Movies at the Mural
Friday: Of Kung Fu Panda, Ella Taylor writes, “By all means, gather up the little ones and take…
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Boys Don’t Cry
Ripped from the headlines, and previously a documentary, heres the 1999 fictionalized account of the extraordinary life of…
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Dazed and Confused
Its 1976 all over again in Richard Linklaters 1993 pot-hazed high-school confidential. Yet beneath the cannabis clouds theres…
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Artsfair
Artsfair has been taking place in Bellevue since 1947, and this year it features 90 new exhibitors among…
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Opening Nights: Prudery vs. Sensual Abandon
Also: Cold War paranoia and Victorian imperialism get sent up, and cartoon wizards come to life.