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The Big Sleep
Could Howard Hawks’ 1946 detective thriller be the greatest Hollywood movie ever made? Quite possibly so. “You don’t…
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New Voices
If the idea seemed unlikely a decade ago, it’s now inarguable: The Northwest is booming musical theater territory.…
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Twin Shadow
In this tech-crazy era of computerized graphic design, musicians posing for their album covers isn’t cool anymore. That’s…
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Festival of the River
Waxing (whining, really) nostalgic about the days when Bumbershoot didn’t cost a penny has grown tiresome. Not because…
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Amélie
The eponymous heroine of this sweetly whimsical 2001 comedy by Jean-Pierre Jeunet won’t take no for an answer.…
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Akimbo
Akimbo have been around LITERALLY forever. They started the band as actual babies (don’t believe me, just look…
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Tomato Battle
In case you missed out on lunchroom food fights in grade school, there’s still a chance to experience…
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Onra
Onra is the stage name of Arnaud Bernard, a Paris-based DJ/producer works in the sample-heavy esoteric beat-world of…
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Nicki Minaj
It’s interesting that the same fans who are decrying Nicki Minaj’s newer music as “not hip-hop” anymore were…
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14/48 Kamikaze Festival
August is generally a dead month in the arts, so it’s a good time to launch the 14/48…
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Burlesco DiVino
Burlesque producers Lily Verlaine and Jasper McCann excel at excess, and their newest cabaret show, Burlesco DiVino: Wine…
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Black Stax
The names of MCs Silas Blak and Jace Ecaj pop up in the annals of Seattle-area rap going…
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South Lake Union Block Party
Who says Jeff Bezos never did anything nice? Not only has the notoriously stingy, Ayn Rand-worshipping retail magnate…
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Lebowski Fest
You know what they’ll be drinking at our satellite celebration of Lebowski Fest, a national phenomenon now in…
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Funny Ha Ha
It isn’t funny ha-ha, but it is strangely, meanderingly enjoyable. This 2005 feature by then 27-year-old Andrew Bujalski…
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The Sting
It was the year after Watergate, midway through the Vietnam War, and Americans were fed up with corruption…
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White Denim
This capricious Austin, Texas four-piece blends garage rock with psych and punk. Tue., Aug. 7, 9 p.m., 2012
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Dirty Dancing
“That was the summer of 1963—when everybody called me Baby, and it didn’t occur to me to mind.…
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Phosphorescent
Matthew Houck’s folk-rock project specializes in spacious Americana. T. BOND Mon., Aug. 6, 9 p.m., 2012
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Colors of the Oasis: Central Asian Ikats
Dig those crazy striped bathrobes! Oh, wait, they’re ikats, the traditional garment of Uzbekistan. Far the tourist-clogged SAM…