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:20 Funny Festival
Few artforms are as hit or miss as standup comedy. And by hit or miss, we mean mostly…
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PNB School Performance & Next Step
The standard line we get nowadays is that people should be lifelong learners, but thats been true in…
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Sound of Noise
”I really dislike music,” says a cop ironically named Amadeus, and this ingenious Swedish comedy soon makes it…
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Gandu
Self-consciously striving to avoid every Bollywood trope and trace of Satyajit Ray, this Indian slum fantasia owes more…
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Northwest Coffee Festival
Even before this weekend’s Northwest Coffee Festival (which features demos, tastings, and live music), caffeine addicts are getting…
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Set the Table for SAM/Party in the Park
Once a summer, when the cyclone fencing goes up at the Olympic Sculpture Park, and you hear the…
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Fremont Fair
Ah, the Fremont Fair. That weekend when hippies run free, painted naked people mount bicycles, parade-goers park their…
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Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen’s classic novel is a cautionary tale of the dangers of oversusceptibility to sentiment. Two sisters, self-possessed…
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Aesop Rock and Kimya Dawson
Kimya Dawson is a freak folkie who has, with the Moldy Peaches, flirted with rap; Aesop Rock is…
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Orange Goblin
If ever there was a reason to make the trek down to SoDo for a show at Studio…
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Beauty Sleep
Even given a theme, most group shows don’t hang together. Though there are other good pieces to see…
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Tabloid
After veering into politics for his last couple documentaries (Standard Operating Procedure, The Fog of War), Errol Morris…
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Brett Dennen
Halfway through his new record, Loverboy, Brett Dennen declares: Im gonna make you fall in love with me.…
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The Builders and The Butchers
It seems that any conversation about the Builders and the Butchers invariably starts with the Decemberists. And indeed,…
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Pharaohe Monch
Straight up: few rappers can hold a candle to Pharoahe Monch when it comes to the art of…
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Jack & Cash
Just over a year ago a UW student going by the name of Jack The Ripper dropped his…
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Cage The Elephant
Riding on the success of its 2008 self-titled album, Cage The Elephant spent two years in England formulating…
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The Muppet Movie
From 1979, Jim Hensons The Muppet Movie is the first and still the best Muppet adventure, with Kermit…
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Ramona Falls
Brent Knopf is obviously a talented guy. Until recently, he comprised one-third of Portland band Menomena, but hes…
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Maybe the summer sequel season has got you down: Johnny Depp’s pirate swagger has grown creaky; nobody really…