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Don’t You Dare Love Me
Keri Healeys new work is a collision of developing romances among forward but misdirected men and passively disinterested…
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A Stoppard Duo
After Magritte, the first half of Stone Soups Tom Stoppard double feature, is one of the most quintessentially…
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Henry IV
“When you cut Shakespeare, he bleeds,” my high-school drama teacher used to say, but Ive always found that…
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The man who set himself on fire in the middle of Red
The man who set himself on fire in the middle of Red Square at the University of Washington…
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Charlie Haden
Charlie Hadens bass is a political instrument in all settings. His Midwestern, melancholic, ruminative playing has such a…
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The Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists
SAMs new mega-show, SabadebThe Gifts: Pacific Coast Salish Art and Artists, may sound like some kind of dull…
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Richard Ellis
Author and marine conservationist Richard Ellis is in awe of the majestic bluefin tuna, and fears for the…
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Lykke Li
The latest Swedish indie-pop act to attempt a stateside crossover comes in the form of a pint-sized 22-year-old…
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Iron Jawed Angels
Growing up with sorta-hippie parents, we kids had two car-trip soundtracks: old Prairie Home Companion episodes and the…
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Rosemarys Baby
No. They cannot be doing a remake of Roman Polanskis 1968 Rosemarys Baby. But its true, and it…
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Paranormal Pub Crawl
No, you are not possessed. And no, that is not ectoplasm that you just threw up. Although on…
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Michael Pollan
You say you cant get enough of Michael Pollan? Youve devoured this plainspoken hero’s books, one after the…
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Love Person
In a play that delves deep into the origins of both love and language, the audience may often…
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Second City Comedy Tour
Their names dont boast the recognizability of, say, Tina Fey, Bill Murray, Steven Colbert, or Mike Myers .…
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Bill Cosby
Speaking with Bill Cosby via phone last week was like having a chat with a grandpa. Mr. Cosby…
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Haunted Brew House Tour
Old factory buildings, redolent of rusted machinery and children working 14-hour days, are inevitably creepy. And one of…
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Department of Forensic Morphology Annex
You have to kick aside the fallen leaves to find a small marker identifying the Department of Forensic…
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Guardian-NYRB Author Tour
With the election only five days away, regime change at home will be among the subjects discussed at…
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Hot Grits
Jude Hills original work about an all-female, Seattle-based, black punk-rock group proved a distressing dichotomy: great music and…
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Music of Remembrance
[It] seemed to me like a ballet . . . It was like writing music to an existing…