Arts & Culture
Radiation City
The Showbox curated a lineup of Northwest pop bands for its New Year’s Eve blowout; the first band…
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MOHAI Reopening
This weekend’s MOHAI Reopening celebrates its $60 million renovation and move to the 70-year-old Naval Reserve Armory, whose…
Arts & Culture
A(n Improvised) Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens’ holiday perennial gets the Mad Libs treatment, with the Unexpected Productions improv team taking your audience…
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A Christmas Carol
ACT’s 37th revival of A Christmas Carol delivers a satisfying, traditional take on Ebeneezer Scrooge’s redemption. While everyone…
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Nutcracker
Nutcracker is set in a mid-19th century family party, but it’s really only been a part of American…
News
Violent creeps, pedophiles and morons, here are 25 people who made our
Violent creeps, pedophiles and morons, here are 25 people who made our worst list this year. By Pete…
Arts & Culture
Karl Blau
It’s been three years since Karl Blau released his last proper album on K Records, 2009’s Afro-centric Zebra,…
Arts & Culture
The Seduction of Color
The small sampling of photos in The Seduction of Color is essentially a teaser for the eponymous book…
News
A hardy crowd of Seattleites rang in the new year in chilly
A hardy crowd of Seattleites rang in the new year in chilly fashion yesterday: Taking a dip into…
Film
Most of the blathering this year about the death of film and
Most of the blathering this year about the death of film and film culture has already evaporated from…
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Mario Lemafa
Raised in a part-Polynesian military family, young local photographer Mario Lemafa grew up all over the place: Hawaii,…
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Dog Shredder
Did you know that one of the most exciting, and explosive progressive metal acts in the business happens…
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Our roving photographer Catherine Anstett checked out the “Tranny vs. Party Schmarty”
Our roving photographer Catherine Anstett checked out the “Tranny vs. Party Schmarty” at Neumos, Kerry Park on Queen…
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Land of the Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker
Lily Verlaine and Jasper McCann have created a thoroughly grown-up affair (the late show is 21+). Land of…
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Paper Machete
First off: Great band name, right? Secondly: Singer/guitarist/keyboardist Nate Stone and bassist/drummer Guthrie Scarr have a genuinely interesting…
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It’s a Wonderful Life
Times are tough in Frank Capra’s 1946 It’s a Wonderful Life. Banks are failing. People are losing their…
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Messiah Sing- and Play-Along
In the chorus “For Unto Us a Child is Born” in his Messiah, Handel sets the syllable “born”…
Eat Drink Toke
Coat Storage Warts
Restaurants are supposed to be refuges from the world outside, but eaters in many of Seattle’s finer dining…
Arts & Culture
Seahawks vs. 49ers
Even without their magnetic young quarterbacks, today’s 49ers – Seahawks matchup would be the game to watch: Two…
Arts & Culture
Elf
In the surprise 2003 Christmas hit Elf, Will Ferrell embraces the cutesy confection of its plot. Santa Claus…