Film
Bollywood, The Trip, and More
BOLLYWOOD/HOLLYWOOD Opens Fri., Sept. 5, at Seven Gables It took some work to wring such a mirthless send-up…
Arts & Culture
Wonderful Wonderful
The 5th Avenue Theatre's Wonderful Town is hokey but hilarious. Plus: Trio Miediaeval, Mark Haim.
Arts & Culture
Sandra Bernhard, West Seattle New Dance Festival, and Seattle Symphony
Sandra Bernhard Is it too much to hope that Bernhard has already prepared some choice words about the…
Arts & Culture
The Two of Us, Harry Potter, and Brandi Carlile
Fri – Film Director Claude Berri plumbed his own childhood experiences as a Jew hiding in the French…
News
Company for the People
In Good company I just wanted to tell you how wonderful I thought Nina Shapiro’s article on Costco…
News
Message to the media
Did we get the story right? Last week I sat on a panel cosponsored by the Seattle Weekly…
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Sambar
SAMBAR In quintessential New Ballard fashion, Le Gourmand’s new bar is both classy and hip. The elegance is…
News
22 Key decisions
The 1976 interlocal agreement authorizing the last link of INTERSTATE 90: Once upon a time, Boston motorists could…
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Thoa Nguyen goes against the current with her new restaurant, the Islander.
CAN THOA NIX THE JINX? Restaurateur Thoa Nguyen (pronounced “twah nwin”) has scored success after success since opening…
Arts & Culture
Book briefs
A novel that should've stayed a short story; a murder that keeps generating print.
News
News Clips— Celebrated/Obscure
CELEBRATED OBSCURE Credit the Seattle Police MARDI GRAS TASK FORCE with charges filed against some 41 defendants, due…
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Happy Hour!
ToST Lounge You’ll have to navigate around the jam-band-loving hippies and college kids that flock to this Fremont…
News
News Clips— Saints/Sinners
INDEPENDENT CLINGY Jimi Hendrix collectors rejoice: The guitar icon’s boyhood home is for sale on eBay (lot not…
Arts & Culture
Performance Picks
Carmona Flamenco Dance and music usually have a close relationship, but in flamenco that partnership is especially tight,…
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Happy Hour!
Dragonfish In deference to the plastic-surgery craze, Dragonfish decided to get a face-lift. New light fixtures, new red…
Music
WedLive MusicCatwalk Cross Pollination: at 8 p.m.Central Saloon Defloura, Sergio Starbird, Martian
WedLive MusicCatwalk Cross Pollination: at 8 p.m.Central Saloon Defloura, Sergio Starbird, Martian at 8 p.m. $5lChop Suey The…