Arts & Culture
Chicken Run
You lay eggs and then you die, sighs Ginger, a chicken whose attempts to flee a prison-like English…
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Knute Berger
Mossback is back! Our famously bearded, beloved former boss was editor-in-chief during three different tenures at Seattle Weekly…
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Sullivan’s Travels
This 1941 Depression-era picaresque is arguably the best of Preston Sturges string of hit comedies. Joel McCrea plays…
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Black Mountain
Of all the psychedelic stoner rock bands hell-bent on reviving the guitar solo, the Canadian shredders of Black…
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Blue Velvet
On the innocuous surface of David Lynch’s unforgettably freaky 1986 film, Laura Dern and Kyle MacLachlan (Yakimas proud…
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Heather Armstrong
Heather Armstrong is the woman behind www.Dooce.com, touted as the most popular personal blog on the Internet. Since…
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Phillip Levine
How many tens of thousands of U-Dub students have passed by Dancer With Flat Hat while traversing the…
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream
With a dozen or so operas already on his résumé, Benjamin Britten was savvy enough to know you…
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Steven Rinella
For the price of a bullet, you can feed yourself for a year on an entirely organic, healthy,…
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The Weekly Wire: This Week’s Notable Events
WEDNESDAY 3/25 Visual Arts: Desert Daze There’s a peyote-trance clarity to the wildlife and landscapes painted by Linda…
News
Should I Run for Mayor?
Dear Uptight, Ever have one of those days? And then you notice it’s been quite a few of…
Music
The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows
Alice Russell ~ Thursday, March 26 Clearly influenced by music from the heyday of the Motown and Stax…
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Linda Jo Nazarenus
Theres a peyote-trance clarity to the wildlife and landscapes painted by Linda Jo Nazarenus. Southwestern mesas cower beneath…
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Urban Migration
Urban Migration is an apt name for this joint show by Jason Sobottka and Sarah Dillon (yes, who…
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King & Snohomish County Spelling Bee
Its hard to think of any low-tech, old-school American institution less likely to have caught pop-culture attention than…
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When the Messenger Is Hot
In Laura Easons Steppenwolf-forged play (based on the 2004 short stories by Elizabeth Crane), thirtysomething Josie, as aspiring…
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That Night Follows Day
Parents just dont understand, yet they have all the power. But kids turn the tables in That Night…
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Randy Wood
Plenty of folks are already familiar with local artist Randy Woods work, thanks to his comics in the…
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An Evening With Groucho
Actor Frank Ferrante explains his fascination with Groucho Marx thusly: I grew up a follow-the-rules boy in a…