Arts & Culture
How I Learned What I Learned, The Seagull, and 42nd Street
HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle Center, 206-443-2222. $10-$30. Opens Thurs., May 22. 7:30…
Arts & Culture
This Week’s Valentine’s Day Reads
The Best You’ll Ever Have: What Every Woman Should Know About Getting and Giving Knock-Your-Socks-Off Sex Shannon Mullen…
Music
CD Reviews
THE CLEAN Getaway (Merge) Way before the Strokes even thought of sounding like VU, there was the Clean.…
News
Transportation, Politics, and Media
Transportation The Elliott Bay waterfront is buzzing about the impending demise of the George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line,…
News
“In case the demonstrators aren’t aware of it, the Cold War is over and capitalism won.”
Because it’s there In the article “Selling danger” [11/23], semiretired trekking guide Scot Macbeth laments that adventure travelers,…
Music
CD Reviews
AIR Talkie Walkie (Astralwerks) Nobody did keyboard fetishism quite like Air did in the late ’90s; every album…
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Down home Inc.Most everyone has seen those homey cans and jars of
Down home Inc.Most everyone has seen those homey cans and jars of Muir Glen Organic tomato products at…
News
News Clips— Linebacker/Wuss
LINEBACKER WUSS A Lacey wood-carver is celebrating his constitutional rights by decorating his property with a 7-foot wooden…
Arts & Culture
This Week’s Arts Picks
THURSDAY LAUNCH PARTY TOUCH ME I’M SICK Charles Peterson is known for capturing the dark, explosive naïveté of…
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The State of Beef
When life hands you a lemon, said a wise man, make lemonade. The American beef industry is hurting…
Film
Brief Re-Encounters
CABARET Egyptian, Fri., Feb. 7-Sat., Feb. 8 All of the excited hordes making Chicago a big hit should…
News
Street Style
Hats off to those who take covering their noggins seriously. And behold—the return of the all-American cowboy, Seattle…
News
Liquor Control, the Law, and a Quote
LIQUOR CONTROL Last summer, Costco Wholesale fired a shot across the broad bow of the Washington State Liquor…
News
Sign Language
Gemini (May 21–June 20) I’ve encountered numerous Geminis recently, all complaining about their bad (and worsening) astrological reps.…
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Cheese, Please
We at Hot Dish love our cheese. We’ve been known to wander into Beecher’s Handmade Cheese or the…
Film
This Week’s Attractions
Connie and Carla Opens Fri., April 16, at Metro and other theaters Or, My Big Fat Drag Musical.…
Arts & Culture
Against the Grain
FRIDAY DANCE Against the Grain George Balanchine may have said that “ballet is woman,” but this festival of…