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Beetlejuice
If Tim Burtons later career has proven disappointing, you might beneficially go back to this enjoyable 1988 post-mortem…
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JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys
First, they won’t be playing any Pretenders songs. Second, Chrissie Hynde (59) is apparently NOT boning JP Jones…
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Wedding Belles
Its the summer of 1942 in Eufala Springs, Texas. Four members of the garden club are busy gossiping…
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Yiyun Li
Recently named a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant award winner, Li is a Chinese immigrant who has won national…
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Metropolis
Fritz Langs great 1927 silent Metropolis is probably the most influential sci-fi picture ever made, certainly one of…
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Ken Armstrong & Ken Perry
Ken Armstrong and Nick Perry’s new book, Scoreboard, Baby, is a riveting, exhaustive probe into the cesspool that…
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Big Trouble in Little China
John Carpenter’s Big Trouble in Little China (1986) is an enjoyable mash-up of classic Westerns, Saturday-morning serials, and…
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Stories
Judith Kindler has a thing for rabbits. Also rabbit ears and rabbit cages, though a few white porcelain…
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Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
Resistance is futile. Dont even try not falling for these adorable twin lesbian political-activist farmer/folksinger/comedians from New Zealand.…
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Big Boi
Its not that people who know rap music dont know that Big Boi is a talented emcee. Its…
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Seattle City Table Tennis Championships
The Mortal Kombat of ping pong will pit local stars against top-level athletes at the Seattle City Table…
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Northwest Chocolate Festival
The Northwest Chocolate Festival is a dieters worst nightmare. Featuring chocolatiers from across the country, it offers a…
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Three Tall Women
An elderly matron on her deathbed reflects on the pain and pleasure of livingincluding remembrances of a philandering…
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Yard Waste and Toilet Paper
Im fascinated by history, says Seattle artist Chris Crites, but not its heroes or noble events. Instead, in…
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Rainn Wilson
Growing up in North Seattle, Rainn Wilson recalls being a comedy nerd. Today a star on The Office,…
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Faith Triptych
It took Pat Graney 10 years to develop the individual works in her Faith Triptych, now being revived…
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Food
Pleasure. Sustenance. Family. Culture. Science. These are just some of the topics to be addressed at tonights roundtable…
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Steven Wright
Before Twitter there was Steven Wright, who in the early 80s condensed his Tonight Show jokes into pithy…
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Alan Wilder/Recoil
During Depeche Modes 80s and early 90s heyday, the way the band worked was something like this: Martin…
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Young Frankenstein
Mel Brooks inspired 1974 spoof is probably his best movie, affectionately rooted in the James Whale originals (particularly…