Arts & Culture
An Evening With Groucho
Frank Ferrante loves Groucho Marx (1890—1977) just like I do, and this one-man show is the closest recreation…
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First Date
In this gossamer confection of a new musical, Aaron (Eric Ankrim), a successful young Jewish investment banker, meets…
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The Gurs Zyklus
A lot of composers today—practically every one under 40, and plenty over—spend a lot of self-conscious time and…
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Love Battery
The story goes that Love Battery never really fit in with the grunge-era Seattle scene: that their psych-garage…
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Lauren Weedman
Former Seattleite Lauren Weedman’s comedic prowess continues to turn heads in Hollywood. In addition to stealing scenes as…
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Lindsey Buckingham
The legacy of Lindsey Buckingham will obviously always first connote him with his success as the guitarist and…
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Cairo PA Benefit
On a most basic level, possession of a PA, or Public Address system, is what turns an ordinary…
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KEXP Hood to Hood
Another eclectic bill from some of the city’s coolest curators in KEXP pits Wow & Flutter’s jumpy indie…
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7 Horns 7 Eyes
Local heathens 7 Horns 7 Eyes invade El Corazon tonight to support their full-length debut Throes of Absolution,…
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Bike to Work Day
BIke to Work Day? Not already! Not again! And not the usual excuses, either: no air in your…
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Pure Bathing Culture
Last year Brooklynites Daniel Hindman and Sarah Verspille, in between tours with Vetiver, for which he plays guitar…
Music
The Short List: This Week’s Recommended Shows
Ryan Purcell and The Last Round/Friday, May 25 Ryan Purcell writes songs evocative of the places Jason Aldean…
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Children of Paradise
What’s left to be said about Marcel Carné’s towering intimate epic of early 19th-century love and the lives…
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The Washover Fans
This quartet fits snugly into Seattle’s current musical zeitgeist, playing rootsy music with pretty harmonies. The aren’t reinventing…
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Death Cab For Cutie
It’s a rare occasion for Death Cab for Cutie to let outsiders into their music. Guitarist Chris Walla…
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Clybourne Park
Lorraine Hansberry’s iconic 1959 play A Raisin in the Sun ends with the African-American Younger family facing an…
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River Giant
River Giant’s new self-titled release, produced by Chris Early (Gold Leaves, Grand Hallway, Band of Horses), is one…
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Seattle True Independent Film Festival
Tonight’s opening shorts program in the Seattle True Independent Film Festival (aka STIFF) is sold out, and that’s…
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Sleepy Sun
The San Francisco psych-rock quintet recently took some time out from their frequent travels to record their third…
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Delphine Diaw Diallo
Taking pictures of Indians is a touchy business. From Edward S. Curtis on down, nobly posed ahistorical images…