Arts & Culture
Pearl S. Buck
Pearl S. Buck (18921973) was a bestselling author at a time when popular literature was very much a…
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The Muppet Movie
Parents who were kids during the TV shows original run, and at the release of this 1979 big…
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The Transitional Orson Welles: Late Works and Adaptations
Old and fat, with Citizen Kane behind him and those humiliating Gallo commercials looming in the near future,…
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Umojafest
In a summer of constant music-slash-arts festivals, only a handful cost nothing to attend. Of those, fewer are…
Music
New Music: Nas, CSS, and The War on Drugs
The War on Drugs Wagonwheel Blues (Secretly Canadian) We’re only halfway through 2008, but Philadelphia’s The War on…
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Greater Tuna
Only three years after its 1991 debut in Austin, Texas, Greater Tuna became the most-produced show in the…
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The K of D, an Urban Legend
What is it about a summer campfire that makes it feel perfect for a ghost story? If youd…
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Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past,
Perhaps the idea of visiting the ongoing, not-so-new Impressionism exhibit (through Sept. 21) makes you stifle a yawn,…
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Rick Bass
Its no surprise that Rick Bass has cobbled together some of his old journalism and essays to constitute…
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Deuce 7
Street artist Deuce 7who declines to give his real namecame to New York for the first time in…
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Seafair Torchlight Run
So what exactly does the Torchlight Run involve, you ask? The running part is pretty straightforward: Either a…
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Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Based on their program notes, it seems that the directors of both current Angels productions were plagued by…
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Ballard SeafoodFest
Norwegians, seafarers, fishermen, and regular folk alike will be heading to the Ballard SeafoodFest this weekend to feast…
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Roq La Rue Anniversary Show
Happy Birthday, Roq! Belltowns popular gallery celebrated its 10th anniversary earlier this month, thanks to owner/curator Kirsten Anderson.…
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The K of D
What is it about a summer campfire that makes it feel perfect for a ghost story? If youd…
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Nine Inch Nails
There comes a point in most suburban teenagers lives when they get really, really pissed at their parents.…
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Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Oh, I know youre tired. And that its early on a Saturday morning. I hear your complaints, you…
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Nikkatsu Film Series
What with your Ozus and your Kurosawas and your Mizoguchis, discovering Japanese cinema during the 60s could be…
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Matisyahu
When Matisyahu and his fellow worshipers at Brooklyns Karliner synagogue talk to God, they belt it out. They…