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New Works Festival
Aiko Kinoshita and Aaron Swartzman arent necessarily newthe pair have been dancing in Seattle for several years, both…
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I.D.: Individual Demographics
Japanese photographer Kohei Yoshiyuki caused an uproar in the 70s with his voyeuristic photographs of people having sex…
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The Ambulances-vs.-Bicycles Dichotomy
Dear Uptight, As I look at all the gardens around Seattle, I notice that they’re filled mostly with…
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The Wire: This Weeks Notable Events
THURSDAY 6/4 Comedy: Mr. Warmth Anybody who can dis Frank Sinatra to his face and live to laugh…
Music
The Short List: This Weeks Recommended Shows
David Sanborn ~ Wednesday, June 3 through Sunday, June 7 As much as some jazz snobs like to disparage…
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
With the John Travolta-Denzel Washington remake arriving in theaters June 12, the giddily thrilling 1974 original recalls a…
Music
The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows
Thunderbird Motel ~ Wednesday, May 27 Thunderbird Motel plays the kind of blues-inspired, rootsy rock that once monopolized…
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Opening Nights: Dysfunctional Families, Comic and Otherwise
JFK-era nonconformity and revenge in ancient Rome.
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The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Notable Events
THURSDAY 5/28 SIFF: Cut the Red Wire! There’s nothing more cinematic than a ticking bomb and the life-or-death…
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Anthony Bourdain & Mario Batali
I met Anthony Bourdain at a party following his sold-out engagement at the Moore last year. We exchanged…
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Titus
This testosterone-laced rumination on Roman revenge and its aftermath is one of Shakespeares most unrelentingly dire plays. At…
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Simon Rich
At the tender age of 22, recent Harvard grad Simon Rich published his satirical 2007 debut, Ant Farm,…
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Peaches
Berlin-based electroclash artist Peaches (Merrill Nisker) was working the whole sans panties shtick light years before Lady GaGa…
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Joshua Beckman & Joel Felix
“I think there’s some stigma to poetry readings, that they’re insanely uptight and incredibly boring,” says Joshua Beckman.…
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Mariners Vs. Baltimore
The talented but inury-prone lefty Erik Bedard has been great this year (when healthy). But you know what?…
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The Book Borrowers
This show is less about reading books, and more about reading into them; less about their contents and…
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Yann Novak
Yann Novak creates sound-powered moods using mostly white space. He plays with blank sonic surfaces, and makes much…
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Embarrassed!
Fearing a Judd Apatow-like vulgarity extravaganza, I approached Embarrassed! with apprehension. No need! Artattack Theater Ensembles intimate (if…