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Pick List: Laurie Anderson, Calidore String Quartet, ‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’

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Pick List: Laurie Anderson, Calidore String Quartet, ‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’

Seattle’s best entertainment events of the week.

<em>Peggy Platt (left) and Lisa Koch send up country kitsch as The Spudds. Photo by Joe Iano </em>

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Pick List: Frankie Cosmos, Lindy West, Film Festivals Galore

Seattle’s best entertainment events of the week.

Ricky, Bubbles, and Julian, Nova Scotia’s cultural ambassadors, class up the Paramount on Thursday. Courtesy swearnet.com

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Pick List: Michael Spafford, Trailer Park Boys, Jonathan Evison

Seattle’s best entertainment events this week.

John Luther Adams. Courtesy Seattle Symphony

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Seattle Symphony’s ‘Become Desert’ Exceeds the Hype

John Luther Adams’ follow-up to ‘Become Ocean’ delivers a stunning surround-sound experience.

Pick List: Become Desert, Ernest & Célestine, Alice Gosti

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Pick List: Become Desert, Ernest & Célestine, Alice Gosti

Seattle’s best entertainment events this week.

When your face gets stenciled on a wall in Lisbon, you know you’ve made it: John Cleese, in a <em>Fawlty Towers</em> image. Photo via Wikimedia Commons

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Pick List: Betroffenheit, Burt Bacharach, John Cleese

Seattle’s best entertainment events this week.

Pick List: Moisture Festival, Seattle Youth Symphony, Nirvana at MoPop

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Pick List: Moisture Festival, Seattle Youth Symphony, Nirvana at MoPop

Seattle’s best entertainment events this week.

Pick List: Lorde, Jason McCue, Melissa Kagerer

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Pick List: Lorde, Jason McCue, Melissa Kagerer

Seattle’s best entertainment events this week.

<em>Klara Glosova honors soccer moms at Linda Hodges Gallery, March 1–31.</em>

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Pick List: Bully, Spekulation, Sounders Opener

The week’s best entertainment events.

Alek Shrader and Daniela Mack as Berlioz’s titular sparring lovers. Photo by Jacob Lucas

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The Merry War of ‘Beatrice and Benedict’ Shines Thanks to Clever Doctoring

Seattle Opera goes back to Shakespeare and enriches a slender but sparkling composition.

On Monday, Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards turns the Showbox into a arty dance party. Photo by Thilo Parg

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Pick List: Tune-Yards, Brown Derby Series, ‘Béatrice et Bénédict’

The week’s best entertainment events.

Paula Madrigal teaches young Latinx musicians via her Young String Project Outreach. Photo by Ted Zee

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Ballard Civic Orchestra Gives Seattle a Latinx Orchestral Voice

Led by immigrant Paula Madrigal’s strong vision, the group reaches audiences both young and old.

Pick List: ‘Pepperland,’ Noir City, Fran Lebowitz

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Pick List: ‘Pepperland,’ Noir City, Fran Lebowitz

The week’s best events.

Pick List: ‘PYLON III,’ Diet Cig, ‘Susanna’s Secret’

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Pick List: ‘PYLON III,’ Diet Cig, ‘Susanna’s Secret’

This week’s best events.

Pick List: Crosscut Festival, ‘Mamma Mia!,’ and First Thursday

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Pick List: Crosscut Festival, ‘Mamma Mia!,’ and First Thursday

The week’s best events.

Seattle Symphony Gets a Thrilling Taste of Its Future Music Director

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Seattle Symphony Gets a Thrilling Taste of Its Future Music Director

There’s reason to be excited after Thomas Dausgaard’s presentation of Brahms.

A scene from the documentary <em>Purple </em><em>Dreams</em>, one of the Children’s Film Festival’s most acclaimed offerings. It screens on Sun., Jan. 28 at 3 p.m.

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Pick List: Children’s Film Festival Seattle, International Holocaust Remembrance Day Concert, Creme Tangerine

This week’s best events.

Isobella Bloom ­plays Zuzanna, one of your guides through the world of <em>Bohemia</em>. Photo by John Cornicello

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Bohemia, Straight White Men, and Spontaneous Combustion

The week’s best events.

Tuomas Katajala, Ginger Costa-Jackson, Marina Costa-Jackson, Craig Verm, and Laura Tatulescu (left to right) in <em>Così fan tutte</em>. Photo by Philip Newton

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Seattle Opera’s Latest Take on Mozart Trades Cheap Laughs for Real Depth

A lust for cheap laughs leaves the master composer’s depths unplumbed.

Nordic Lights Film Fest, the Drama of Whiteness, and Your MLK Day Planned

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Nordic Lights Film Fest, the Drama of Whiteness, and Your MLK Day Planned

The week’s best events.