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Plentiful Grace

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Plentiful Grace

In the tastefully restrained confines of the Chapel of St. Ignatius at Seattle University, a marble sculpture of…

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Arts & Culture

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Steve Martin’s 1993 one-act ruminates on what might have happened had the most influential men of the 20th…

Open House

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Open House

Group shows are always a mixed bag—too many artists with disparate styles competing for space on the gallery…

Casablanca

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Casablanca

We all know the story of this 1942 Michael Curtiz perennial: a classic love triangle set against the…

Claude Zervas

Arts & Culture

Claude Zervas

It’s a mouthful, Motonic Simulacra, Evolved Diatomoton and the other wall-mounted sculptures, but the wall-size LED array by…

Cliff Mass

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Cliff Mass

Everybody talks about the weather, but how many of us are actually doing something about it? UW professor…

Beth Campbell

Arts & Culture

Beth Campbell

Dangling pendant sculptures by Beth Campbell resemble giant wire earrings or inverted flow charts. And, indeed, she’s created…

Jim Henson's Fantastic World

Arts & Culture

Jim Henson’s Fantastic World

While Kermit and his fuzzy cohorts are recognized the world over, few know that Jim Henson (1936-1990) also…

Aleksandar Hemon

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Aleksandar Hemon

Like the protagonist of Aleksandar Hemon’s 2008 The Lazarus Project and, indeed, like Hemon himself, a Bosnian-born writer…

Tom Robbins

Arts & Culture

Tom Robbins

Like a lot of men, Tom Robbins loves beer and women. Unlike a lot of men, he’s capable…

Dino Wine-Oh

Arts & Culture

Dino Wine-Oh

Maybe it’s time you learn to pronounce Gewürztraminer. As the quality and popularity of Washington State wines continue…

Maria/Stuart

Arts & Culture

Maria/Stuart

What will audiences make of a play that tries to fit comic-book superheroes, handless train-wreck victims, and changelings…

Deep Listening Band

Arts & Culture

Deep Listening Band

The goals of the concept and teaching of Deep Listening, as musician/philosopher Pauline Oliveros defines it, are to…

Sasquatch Time Management

Music

Sasquatch Time Management

It’s time to make some tough decisions.

Why Can't Seattleites Use the Turn Signal?

News

Why Can’t Seattleites Use the Turn Signal?

Dear Uptight Seattleite, Since moving here from Philadelphia last year, I’ve noticed that Seattle drivers don’t use their…

Lady Sovereign’s pop grime comes to the Crocodile.

Music

The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows

Miniature Tigers ~ Thursday, May 21 Fake blood, haunted pyramids, baby dinosaurs, and cannibal queens: These are just…

Nina Hoss in a double-cross at the Grand Illusion.

Arts & Culture

The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Notable Events

WEDNESDAY 5/20 Visual Arts: Bodies in Motion It’s a mouthful, Motonic Simulacra, Evolved Diatomoton and the other wall-mounted…

At the Village Theatre: Kathryn Van Meter and Greg McCormick Allen, showboating.

Arts & Culture

Opening Nights: Period Pieces

Reliving the ’50s and the ’80s—the 1880s.

Bike to Work Day

Arts & Culture

Bike to Work Day

May is National Bike Month, and today Starbucks is sponsoring Bike to Work Day. There will be free…

Jamie Ford

Arts & Culture

Jamie Ford

David Guterson and his bestselling Snow Falling on Cedars aren’t the last word on our illegal World War…