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Along about 100 years ago, a traveling salesman...
By Roger Downey • May 11, 2015 1:22 pm

Along about 100 years ago, a traveling salesman spotted a likely mark among the residents of a Butte, Montana, boarding…

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Clowes in self-portrait.
When Daniel Clowes’ David Boring was published in...
By Roger Downey • April 10, 2015 11:28 am

When Daniel Clowes’ David Boring was published in 2000, it looked for a while as if the graphic novel had…

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Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in the penultimate Hunger Games movie.Murray Close/Lionsgate
Not long ago, a friend told me, he...
By Roger Downey • December 16, 2014 11:57 am

Not long ago, a friend told me, he tried an online-dating service for the first time. His initial encounter with…

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Anna Netrebko and Željko Lucic in the Met’s Macbeth.
The rise of digital streaming has proved a...
By Roger Downey • October 1, 2014 1:15 pm

The rise of digital streaming has proved a bonanza for fans of adventurous, wide-ranging entertainment. But for most of the…

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Ross with a spear carrier, in an undated photograph.
Melinda Bargreen’s new history of Seattle Opera is...
By Roger Downey • August 12, 2014 5:12 pm

Melinda Bargreen’s new history of Seattle Opera is about as good as such institution-published, self-congratulatory commemorations can be. Lots of…

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Robbins in 1999 . . . and on our cover in 1976.
As a general rule, writers shouldn’t write memoirs....
By Roger Downey • June 3, 2014 6:04 pm

As a general rule, writers shouldn’t write memoirs. Action types should write memoirs; they have lives to recall and justify….

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Above: Moss with Jon Hamm in the ’70s-set final season of Mad Men. Right: Moss in detective mode in Top of the Lake.
It used to be easy to watch television....
By Roger Downey • April 1, 2014 5:07 pm

It used to be easy to watch television. Too easy. Everything went down smoothly, predictably, according to decades of familiarity….

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Charles Burns
Charles Burns
By Roger Downey • February 20, 2008 12:00 am

Revisiting teen Seattle in the’70s

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Minimalist chic, maximalist eating.
Scaling Up
By Roger Downey • March 14, 2007 12:00 am

Osteria La Spiga grows in size but gets even better.

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Still Damn Good
Still Damn Good
By Roger Downey • March 6, 2007 12:00 am

Don’t believe the hype about Washington wines topping out.

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Overtures
Overtures
By Roger Downey • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

Thirty years ago in Seattle Weekly.

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Flings and Things
Flings and Things
By Roger Downey • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

‘Liberated marriage,’ circa 1976.

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Wine vs. ‘Wine’
Wine vs. ‘Wine’
By Roger Downey • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

New to the job, and the governor’s got you confronting a wine industry heavyweight. What’s a Liquor Board president to do?

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KING’s Camelot
KING’s Camelot
By Roger Downey • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

Thirty years ago in Seattle Weekly.

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Tequila for dinner!
Tequila for dinner!
By Roger Downey • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

It’s not just for margaritas anymore.

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Of Bumblers and Bumber- shoot
Of Bumblers and Bumber- shoot
By Roger Downey • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

Thirty years ago in Seattle Weekly.

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Flashes in the Pan
Flashes in the Pan
By Roger Downey • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

Thirty years ago in Seattle Weekly.

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Defining Syrah
Defining Syrah
By Roger Downey • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

As the main north-south avenue of travel and trade from northern Europe to the Midi, the Rhône Valley was tamed…

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Time to Deal
Time to Deal
By Roger Downey • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

The cozy relationship between the Liquor Control Board and the people it’s supposed to be monitoring is falling apart—finally.

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Our So-Called Nightlife
Our So-Called Nightlife
By Roger Downey • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

Thirty years ago in Seattle Weekly.

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Splitsville: Jonathan Porretta in Fancy Free.
Fancy That
By Roger Downey • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

From the jazzy Fancy Free to the elegant Theme and Variations, Pacific Northwest Ballet sparkles.

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So Long, Shayn
So Long, Shayn
By Roger Downey • February 12, 2007 12:00 am

Canlis’s head sommelier, Shayn Bjornholm, moves on and his apprentice steps into the role.

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Funny Wine
Funny Wine
By Roger Downey • February 8, 2007 12:00 am

Prominent California winemaker Randall Grahm is coming to Washington—but as Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?

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