Dear Uptight, As I look at all the gardens around Seattle, I notice that they’re filled mostly with perennials—subtle, elegant,…
THURSDAY 6/4 Comedy: Mr. Warmth Anybody who can dis Frank Sinatra to his face and live to laugh about it…
David Sanborn ~ Wednesday, June 3 through Sunday, June 7 As much as some jazz snobs like to disparage smooth, crossover,…
At the tender age of 22, recent Harvard grad Simon Rich published his satirical 2007 debut, Ant Farm, a collection…
Berlin-based electroclash artist Peaches (Merrill Nisker) was working the whole sans panties shtick light years before Lady GaGa picked up…
“I think there’s some stigma to poetry readings, that they’re insanely uptight and incredibly boring,” says Joshua Beckman. He should…
The talented but inury-prone lefty Erik Bedard has been great this year (when healthy). But you know what? The trade…
With the John Travolta-Denzel Washington remake arriving in theaters June 12, the giddily thrilling 1974 original recalls a very different…
Thunderbird Motel ~ Wednesday, May 27 Thunderbird Motel plays the kind of blues-inspired, rootsy rock that once monopolized your father’s…
JFK-era nonconformity and revenge in ancient Rome.
THURSDAY 5/28 SIFF: Cut the Red Wire! There’s nothing more cinematic than a ticking bomb and the life-or-death deadline to…
I met Anthony Bourdain at a party following his sold-out engagement at the Moore last year. We exchanged a few…
This testosterone-laced rumination on Roman revenge and its aftermath is one of Shakespeares most unrelentingly dire plays. At less than…
By Brian Miller and SW staff
In the tastefully restrained confines of the Chapel of St. Ignatius at Seattle University, a marble sculpture of Mary next…
Yann Novak creates sound-powered moods using mostly white space. He plays with blank sonic surfaces, and makes much use of…
Fearing a Judd Apatow-like vulgarity extravaganza, I approached Embarrassed! with apprehension. No need! Artattack Theater Ensembles intimate (if tricky to…
This show is less about reading books, and more about reading into them; less about their contents and more about…
Steve Martin’s 1993 one-act ruminates on what might have happened had the most influential men of the 20th century encountered…
Group shows are always a mixed bagtoo many artists with disparate styles competing for space on the gallery wall. For…
