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Opera Fixes Monorail

What's next, the viaduct? Plus: Lawrimore's project unveiled.

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Best Beats

Best downtown dives In an ever-gentrifying Seattle once rich in bar history, it’s increasingly difficult to find a…

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Countdown

Top-selling records at local record stores 10. DEATH CAB Transatlanticism (Barsuk) 9. THE CURE Join the Dots: B-Sides…

CD Reviews

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CD Reviews

SHIPPING NEWS, Very Soon, and in Pleasant Company (Quarterstick) First take: This is subdued, mildly interesting background music,…

Beth Orton

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Weekly Notable Shows

Highlights—and otherwise—of the week's calendar.

Jan. 4-10, 2006

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Jan. 4-10, 2006

Illustration by Pat Moriarity.

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May 14-20, 2003

Were talking about four more years of Bush-appointed judges deciding cases brought by John Ashcrofts Justice Department. .…

Seattle City Council president Peter Steinbrueck (center) and others celebrate the housing levy victory Tuesday night.

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Women and Taxes

In Seattle, the housing levy wins; statewide, voters support female judicial candidates

Eat Drink Toke

Aug. 17, 2005

NEWS Year-old Capitol Hill comfort-food hangout Local is no more. Owner Matt Bertles, tired of his Bainbridge commute,…

Read reads with Matt Bernstein Sycamore.

Arts & Culture

This Week’s Reads

Kirk Read and Mark Haddon.

High-minded hoo-ha: Mayberry and Perry drown their sorrows.

Arts & Culture

Opening Nights

THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE Seattle Repertory Theatre; ends Sat., March 6 Man, does Tina Landau mean business…

Hot Water Music

Music

Wednesday, Oct. 20″Awesome”SEE FEATURE, P. 49. Rendezvous, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 20″Awesome”SEE FEATURE, P. 49. Rendezvous, 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. $5. Also Fri., Oct. 22, at…

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“I have lived in Seattle for 15 years and don’t know anyone who is upset about the move. . . .”

Boring & self-serving With the exception of “Bombs away” by Geov Parrish, I found Seattle Weekly‘s coverage of…

Kinski

Music

Wednesday, July 20Indigo GirlsThey’ve just issued a rarities disc, and with their

Wednesday, July 20Indigo GirlsThey’ve just issued a rarities disc, and with their usual acuity and, um, imagination, it’s…

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Phinney Ridge / Greenwood

The long-jogging business district from just north of the Woodland Park Zoo to the car-choked intersection at North…

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Letters to the Editor

We are becoming a second-class higher education system. . . . The bill on a decade of tax…

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Lunch Box

The Spanish Table If paella is the national dish of Spain, then gazpacho—a concoction of ripe tomatoes, bell…

Não Wave and The Sexual Life of the Savages

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Não Wave and The Sexual Life of the Savages

Also: The Capes.

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Letters

"Apartment buildings are bad places to have band practice, elevators are bad places to fart, and crowded cities…

Music

Top-Selling Records at Local Record Stores10.DECEMBERISTS Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)9.DAVE MATTHEWS BAND

Top-Selling Records at Local Record Stores10.DECEMBERISTS Picaresque (Kill Rock Stars)9.DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Stand Up (RCA)8.M.I.A. Arular (XL/Beggars Group)7.MOUNTAIN…