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Furry 5K

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Furry 5K

Join the fun this morning with thousands of panting owners and jogging dogs—or vice versa depending on the…

Thor Hanson

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Thor Hanson

What do our puffy Patagonia parkas and plumed Vegas showgirls have in common? Northwest writer Thor Hanson explains…

Northwest New Works Festival

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Northwest New Works Festival

Each year greets new artists performing in the Northwest New Works Festival (which spans two weekends with 16…

Artificial Paradises

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Artificial Paradises

The emergence of yet another talented young Mexican filmmaker, Yulene Olaizola’s first feature Artificial Paradises sketches a platonic…

Letters From the Big Man

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Letters From the Big Man

We in the Northwest feel protective of the Bigfoot legend; whether you believe in the Sasquatch or not,…

Reservoir Dolls

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Reservoir Dolls

An estrogen-powered retelling of Quentin Tarantino’s 1992 debut, Reservoir Dolls is still the perfect heist gone wayyyyy wrong,…

Hail Caesar!

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Hail Caesar!

An outrageous historical time-shift forward for Cleopatra, that ancient, imperious Queen of the Nile, Teatro ZinZanni’s new summer…

Glasvegas

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Glasvegas

Pop music has a lot of ways to obscure or ameliorate lyrics that don’t quite rise to the…

Friendly Fires

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Friendly Fires

The British trio Friendly Fires took three years to create a follow-up to their eponymous 2008 debut, which…

Bruno Mars and Janelle Monaé

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Bruno Mars and Janelle Monaé

The last time funky little Janelle Monaé was in town, she opened for and completely stole the show…

Adele

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Adele

Adele’s 21 is a near perfect effort. It showcases the singer’s wise-beyond-her-years songwriting and a voice unparalleled by…

The Carly Henley Project

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The Carly Henley Project

The abrupt passing of bubbly student and singer/songwriter Carly Henley rocked more than just the UW community—the fierce…

The Skatalites

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The Skatalites

Though ska more often conjures up images of high-school music students attempting to start a punk band than…

The Wombats

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The Wombats

Three years ago, The Wombats were the plucky indie-pop trio with a garage-rock energy that propelled them into…

Mount Eerie

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Mount Eerie

Phil Elverum and Nick Krgovich have to be two of Cascadia’s more distinctive singer/songwriterly voices, and both have…

Brownie Points

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Brownie Points

If difficult, awkward conversations are the medicine necessary to heal a racially wounded society, at least make them…

Arms and the Man

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Arms and the Man

Shana Bestock directs this crisp rendering of George Bernard Shaw’s classic 1894 parlor comedy, set in provincial Bulgaria…

Deborah Schwartzkopf

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Deborah Schwartzkopf

Like the sweet ending to a much-enjoyed meal, Deborah Schwartzkopf is celebrating the conclusion to her residency at…

Music From Winter's Bone

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Music From Winter’s Bone

If you saw last year’s Oscar-nominated Southern saga of meth and poverty, Winter’s Bone, you’ll remember it being…

Oskar's Kitchen Hapy Hour

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Oskar’s Kitchen Hapy Hour

If one were to guess which of the bars in Lower Queen Anne belonged to former Sonic superstar…