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Emilie
In Lauren Gundersons clever and charming 2008 play, we meet Emilie, Voltaires erudite mistress, in a foggy, existential…
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Adam Ekberg
Most good photographers are coy about their lighting sources. Where’s the sun? Hidden in gauzy clouds. How come…
Eat Drink Toke
In a little less than a month, it’ll be Girl Scout cookie
In a little less than a month, it’ll be Girl Scout cookie season again–that delightful time of year…
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Intiman’s Valentine’s Cabaret
Those who saw him in last fall’s A Doctor in Spite of Himself at Intiman, or in Spike…
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Merce Cunningham minEvent Project
When Merce Cunningham first started presenting his work in art galleries, pulling apart dances and scrambling their sections,…
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Cinderella
December may be forever dedicated to holiday shows, but February has its own holiday juggernaut. Valentines Day demands…
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David Levithan
Trying to write about love is ultimately like trying to have a dictionary represent life, says the narrator…
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Seattle U vs. Portland Mens’ Basketball
Seattle vs. Portland conjures memories of classic rivalriesSonics-Blazers, Sounders-Timbers, even (going way back) Rainiers-Beavers. But with our former…
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Karen Abbott
Overbearing mothers skank up their preteen daughters for beauty pageants, while we watch in horror. But is this…
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Super Diamond
Let’s say you’re out on a hot August night, and you bump into a young lady who’s a…
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W. Kamau Bell
Back in 2005, a little-known San Francisco comic made a crack about a little-known Illinois senator, also black.…
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Rock of Ages
Journey. Whitesnake. REO Speedwagon. Styx. Names that don’t get old, brands that never become fashionable, bands that not…
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Showtunes Theatre: The Music of Irving Berlin
Never was musical training more irrelevant than in the case of Irving Berlin. Aside from being the son…
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The Get Up Kids
If you thought you outgrew heart-on-your-sleeve, power chord-laden emo, you probably broke up with The Get Up Kids…
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Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub
Black Dubs music sounds like what youd expect to come of a collaboration between throaty vocalist Trixie Whitley…
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Children’s Film Festival Seattle
Pancakes and cartoonswhat more could you ask for on a Saturday morning? This years Childrens Film Festival begins…
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Lord Huron
For a one-man outfit, Benji Schneider’s lordship at first seems pretty divided: bright calypso beats, yarny folk harmonies…
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My Uncle
Mr. Hulots sister keeps up appearances (and gadgets) and nudges her brother into her husbands plastics factory. The…
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I’m Comin’ Out
Named for the first integrated jazz club in New York, Café Society formed last year as a monthly…
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The Soft Hills
I have a problem with The Soft Hills’ name: it could just as easily name a landscape painting…