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For the past five years, it feels like I’ve written the exact

For the past five years, it feels like I’ve written the exact same sentence about the outdoor Heaven…

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Sometimes it’s nice to be freed from the burden of authorship and

Sometimes it’s nice to be freed from the burden of authorship and provenance, deciding how this artist ranks…

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Seattle museumgoers generally treat the Tacoma Art Museum as an afterthought—someplace you

Seattle museumgoers generally treat the Tacoma Art Museum as an afterthought—someplace you drive past en route to Portland.…

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Seattle’s breakout novelist during the past year is clearly Maria Semple. But

Seattle’s breakout novelist during the past year is clearly Maria Semple. But among the nonfiction crowd, who mine…

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Women’s soccer doesn’t quite get the blue-and-green love that the Sounders inspire,


Women’s soccer doesn’t quite get the blue-and-green love that the Sounders inspire, but it’s a growing sport. And…

Linda (Seyfried) becomes famous for all the wrong reasons.Dale Robinette/Radius-TWC

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Lovelace Opens Fri., Aug. 9 at Pacific Place. Rated R. 92 minutes.

Lovelace Opens Fri., Aug. 9 at Pacific Place. Rated R. 92 minutes. Released in 1972, Deep Throat is…

Copley also appears in Elysium this week.Magnolia Pictures

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Europa Report Opens Fri., Aug. 9 at Varsity. Rated PG-13. 90 minutes.

Europa Report Opens Fri., Aug. 9 at Varsity. 
Rated PG-13. 90 minutes. Again, space is having its moment.…

Before the fall: Baldwin and Blanchett.Jessica Miglio/Gravier Prods./Sony Pictures Classics

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Blue Jasmine Opens Fri., Aug. 9 at Harvard Exit and Sundance Cinemas.

Blue Jasmine Opens Fri., Aug. 9 at Harvard Exit and Sundance Cinemas. Rated PG-13.
98 minutes. Woody Allen is…

Gregory pictured in 1965.Cinema Guild

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Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner Runs Fri., Aug. 9–Thurs., Aug. 15

Andre Gregory: 
Before and After Dinner Runs Fri., Aug. 9–Thurs., Aug. 15 at Northwest Film Forum. Not rated.
101…

A 2008 dress inspired by shredded newspaper (actually made of polyester), by Mintdesigns.

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Summer is a time for relaxed fashion standards. People wear shorts to

Summer is a time for relaxed fashion standards. People wear shorts to work—well, I do anyway—and tourists bring…

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Fantagraphics recently suffered the loss of its co-publisher, Kim Thompson, to cancer.

Fantagraphics recently suffered the loss of its co-publisher, Kim Thompson, to cancer. In a dark irony, the 37-year-old…

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Outside the city, new multiplexes rise amid seas of concrete, preferably located

Outside the city, new multiplexes rise amid seas of concrete, preferably located near a freeway off-ramp. But in…

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Locally raised and trained at the UW, Eirik Johnson recently returned home

Locally raised and trained at the UW, Eirik Johnson recently returned home from Boston to teach photography at…

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I fully expect that by Best of Seattle2014, SAM’s Kimerly Rorschach will

I fully expect that by Best of Seattle2014, SAM’s Kimerly Rorschach will have announced plans to modernize the…

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Did you know the First Thursday Art Walk is over 30 years

Did you know the First Thursday Art Walk is over 30 years old? And that it bills itself…

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We’re going to cheat a little on this category, having so recently

We’re going to cheat a little on this category, having so recently praised Seattle Storefronts and King County’s…

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Each new iPhone upgrade, each new product cycle, your mom and dad’s

Each new iPhone upgrade, each new product cycle, your mom and dad’s old Magnavox console TV, the dot-matrix…

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Late at night, to soothe his sleepless, libertarian, Ayn Rand–reading soul, I

Late at night, to soothe his sleepless, libertarian, Ayn Rand–reading soul, I wonder if Jeff Bezos doesn’t turn…

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“The shopping mall is dead, bricks-and-mortar retail is over, Amazon has killed

“The shopping mall is dead, bricks-and-mortar retail is over, Amazon has killed the shopping mall.” So goes the…

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If you have out-of-town relatives or guests to entertain, just accept the

If you have out-of-town relatives or guests to entertain, just accept the inevitable and drive to Seattle Center.…