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The Drowsy Chaperone

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The Drowsy Chaperone

From its humble beginnings as a short 40-minute musical wedding gift, The Drowsy Chaperone is now a Broadway…

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Judging Judges

Appoint? Elect? Readers weigh in.

Is There a Graceful Way to Adjust Your Package?

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Is There a Graceful Way to Adjust Your Package?

Dear Uptight Seattleite, I saw a guy on a bike pulling an infant in a Burley behind him,…

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Bright Ideas

Never has preschool been so terrifying. The new Artattack Theater Ensemble presents Eric Coble’s Bright Ideas, poking fun…

Aimee Bender

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Aimee Bender

But enough about Matt Ruff (see Wednesday). Let’s talk about Aimee Bender (Willful Creatures), visiting from California to…

Bird Studies

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Bird Studies

A regular contributor to Seattle Weekly, photographer Annie Marie Musselman is good at evoking sympathy, even if her…

Richard Farr

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Richard Farr

The local author discusses his Emperors of the Ice: A True Story of Disaster and Survival in the…

Thread Show

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Thread Show

Five years ago, California-based British siblings Alex and Lara Matthews came up with something straight out of my…

Short Stories Live

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Short Stories Live

In this Halloween-themed staged reading event, with stage talent and direction from ACT, local actor Peter Crook reads…

Corn on Macabre

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Corn on Macabre

This collection of eight short plays written and performed by WARP (Writers and Actors Reading and Performing) starts…

KUBE 93 FM Haunted House

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KUBE 93 FM Haunted House

According to the Historic Morgue Society, the Georgetown Morgue opened in 1924. Four decades later, during an earthquake,…

Dark Nights

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Dark Nights

Through November 6, SIFF is grave-robbing a dozen old corpses from the Hollywood cemetery, and fine pickings they…

Greg Melville

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Greg Melville

The key to a great (translation: wildly bestselling) work of nonfiction is death. And author Greg Melville has…

Earshot Jazz Films

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Earshot Jazz Films

Charles Mingus, Pat Martino, Benny Carter, Sammy Davis Jr., and Don Ellis are among the musicians and performers…

Pumpkin Bash

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Pumpkin Bash

Teen Halloween pranks like smashing your neighbors’ jack-o’-lanterns or egging your school principal’s house are pretty tame compared…

High Anxiety

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High Anxiety

Mel Brooks’ send-up of several Hitchcock movies (The Birds, Marnie, etc.) is fitfully funny at best. But it’s…

Charles Phoenix

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Charles Phoenix

It’s funny how a couple decades can transform the mundane and everyday into the exotic and precious, as…

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The Moon Is a Dead World

I’m not entirely sure why Mike Daisey chose the Cold War as the background for his new play—possibly…

Yuriko Miyamoto: Crossing Boundaries

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Yuriko Miyamoto: Crossing Boundaries

Japanese artist Yuriko Miyamoto (now based in Seattle) grew up accosted by images of Hello Kitty and Godzilla,…

Young Mr. Lincoln

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Young Mr. Lincoln

Henry Fonda stars in this 1939 chestnut from John Ford. It’s a paradigmatic Hollywood biopic about a paradigmatic…