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Staff Picks
Photographers often complain about how boring it is to document weddings and other family celebrations. Many do it…
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John Grade
John Grade is an artist who likes to work with scale, texture, and time. His sculpture tends to…
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The Blackberry Bushes String Band
Multi-instrumentalist and K Records solo artist Kendl Winter’s quick picking and warm vocals leads this five-piece string band…
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THEESatisfaction
To celebrate the release of their highly anticipated Sub Pop debut awE naturalE, local duo THEESatisfaction headline a…
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Anais Mitchell Presents Hadestown
Singer/songwriter Anais Mitchell’s Hadestown is a folk-opera retelling the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice; tonight’s production features…
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Kithkin
In the space of a year, the youthful local quartet Kithkin went from being one of the many…
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The Matrix
This 1999 cyber fantasy starring Laurence Fishburne and man-boy Keanu Reeves is an impressive visual trip. Directors Larry…
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The Big Lebowski Quote-Along
It’s got its own festival, action figures, costume contests, and about 20 different flavors of DVD box sets.…
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Young Jeezy
This is Jeezy’s second trip through town in the last six months (he appeared at Showbox at the…
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Paul Kelly
If Bob Dylan were to play Australia, he’d fill any-sized venue he desired. But when Paul Kelly tours…
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Black Milk
Detroit producer Black Milk has continually raised the bar in his field. Weaving progressive rhythms while retaining the…
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Mamma Mia!
Why is Mamma Mia! still with us? How can a dumb show packaged out of Top-40 pop tunes…
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Boost Dance Festival
“Boost” may also be the name of your favorite energy drink, but it’s more importantly the title of…
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Sharon Van Etten
The Brooklyn songwriter Sharon Van Etten is like a tamer version of Fiona Apple–she doesn’t come off quite…
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The Odd Couple
This favorite, familiar tale of two men—one a laid-back slob and the other a compulsively tidy neurotic—living under…
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Red
In 1958, the moody, already-huge abstract painter Mark Rothko was commissioned to paint four large canvases for NYC’s…
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Malick Sidibé
It takes courage to open a gallery these days, when so many have closed since the recession hit.…
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Veteran director Kinji Fukasaku is kind of like the Sam Peckinpah of
Veteran director Kinji Fukasaku is kind of like the Sam Peckinpah of Japan, only here we have ninth…
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Bahamas
While the name Bahamas may conjure up a mental image of a tropical paradise, Afie Jurvanan’s project is…
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Pacific Northwest Ballet: New Works
Dance audiences are like vampires—they demand fresh blood. New works are an exception to the repertory rule in…