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STAGE Directed by Steve Tomkins, Les Miserables at the Village Theatre is

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STAGE Directed by Steve Tomkins, Les Miserables at the Village Theatre is

STAGE Directed by Steve Tomkins, Les Miserables at the Village Theatre is to the musical what a bonsai…

The 10 Best Films of 2012

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The 10 Best Films of 2012

Critics for Seattle Weekly and the Village Voice have submitted their votes in this year’s film poll. Here…

Pure Crowley, pure theater at Hugo House.

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WEDNESDAY 10/31 Pets/Halloween: Paws & Pints Fall is a tough time for dogs. Weeks ago they were frolicking…

Sherry Markovitz's Coral Bear, at BAM.

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THURSDAY 10/25 Visual Arts: Weaving for Dollars The theme for this year’s BAM Biennial is “High Fiber Diet,” meaning…

Burns' hero Doug tries hard to remember in The Hive.

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WEDNESDAY 10/17 Books/Food: Eating on the Cheap Tracie McMillan‘s exposé of our food system has been repeatedly compared to…

Maar makes a return of sorts to SAM.

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WEDNESDAY 10/10 Books: 9 Against 1 If you’ve already read his Supreme Court dispatches in The New Yorker, from…

Members of Taylor's company dance Brandenburgs.

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WEDNESDAY 10/3 Film: One-Way Street Part of the “Next 50” Wednesday-night screening series at Seattle Center, Charles Ferguson‘s…

Musselman's Spruce in the Trees, at Photolust.

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THURSDAY 9/27 Film: She Done Him Wrong This fall’s noir series at SAM is called Women in the Shadows,…

A scene from last year's Oktoberfest.

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WEDNESDAY 9/19 Stage: Walking Between Stages As Intiman has shown us, theater companies and festivals are not fixed, permanent…

Freiman knows all the faces on Sgt. Pepper.

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THURSDAY 9/13 Film/Music: The Hendersons Will All Be There For a certain kind of baby boomer, identifying all the…

Pendergast's Red Jumper Orphanage, at City Hall Lobby Gallery.

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THURSDAY 9/6 First Thursday: Art for a Cause After the doldrums of August, when galleries trim their hours and…

Nicholson follows a dry lead in Chinatown.

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WEDNESDAY 8/29 Books: On the Road Bainbridge novelist Jonathan Evison owns an old RV which he uses as a…

Radiolab hosts Abumrad (left) and Krulwich.

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THURSDAY 8/23 Film: Open Wide As summer draws to an end, let us revisit the greatest summer movie ever…

Viking swordplay at last year’s Viking Days.

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thurs/8/16 Gaming Game Show “My number-one goal in life is to see a game designer nominated for a…

Contestants at a past Tomato Battle.

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WEDNESDAY 8/8 Stage: In the Spirits Burlesque producers Lily Verlaine and Jasper McCann excel at excess, and their…

Dancer Kaoru Okumura is a member of Laage's butoh troupe.

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WEDNESDAY 8/1 Comedy: In With a Bang Anything but an ordinary TV chat show, IFC’s Comedy Bang! Bang! has…

Children's activities (pictured last year) are part of ARTSfair.

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THURSDAY 7/26 Film: Reel Risks When Christian Bale’s Batman leaps off a parapet in The Dark Knight Rises,…

Saget embraces his inner grump.

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WEDNESDAY 7/18 Film: Travels With Cary Alfred Hitchcock‘s wonderful 1959 chase movie North by Northwest is one of…

Summer belatedly begins at the Olympic Sculpture Park.

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THURSDAY 7/12 Arts: Bees & Bikes Now that warm, sunny weather has finally arrived, SAM’s first summer Get Out!…

The Freedom crew in their patriotic regalia.

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TUESDAY 7/3 Sports/TV: Ride to the Sea Tour de France viewing parties typically mean you, a party of one,…