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Two Poets Demonstrate Very Different Approaches to Funny Poems

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Two Poets Demonstrate Very Different Approaches to Funny Poems

Cody Walker picks at our political present while Jason Whitmarsh picks at the everyday.

Cherdonna is really, really into Ibsen. Photo by Jeff Carpenter

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Cherdonna Shinatra Invades a Classic

Washington Ensemble’s take on “A Doll’s House” gets a meta drag interloper.

For This Year’s Seattle Reads, the Library Is Taking Seattle to Detroit

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For This Year’s Seattle Reads, the Library Is Taking Seattle to Detroit

SPL will try to get as many Seattleites as possible to read ‘The Turner House’ and meet its…

Drowntown

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Drowntown

Eventually, you get used to living underwater.

The Best Local Records We Heard This April

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The Best Local Records We Heard This April

This month’s best were messy masterpieces for messy times.

Illustration by Taylor Dow

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The Great Fling Forward

With Mercury retrograde finally ending, mercifully, it’s time to make a move.

Meet the Woman Who Cast All the Locals for the New ‘Twin Peaks’

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Meet the Woman Who Cast All the Locals for the New ‘Twin Peaks’

What is David Lynch looking for? Heidi Walker knows.

Art by Robyn Jordan

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A Guide to Seattle’s New Left

Welcome to the bold new movements, organizers and leaders challenging Seattle’s liberal establishment.

Illustration by Taylor Dow

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Sowing the Seeds

After a long line of retrogrades, a new moon has us looking to future.

Skating Polly Learns Some New Tricks

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Skating Polly Learns Some New Tricks

The band stretches their skills with some help from Veruca Salt on their new EP.

Here Lies Love’s Disco Dictatorship

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Here Lies Love’s Disco Dictatorship

David Byrne’s spectacle-driven musical engages with the political history of the Philippines.

A Filmic Stand to the Travel Ban

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A Filmic Stand to the Travel Ban

The Seventh Art Stand, a free film festival featuring Islamic works, will take over Seattle next month.

Seattle Independent Bookstore Day Is Upon Us

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Seattle Independent Bookstore Day Is Upon Us

Wander to all 23 participating stores in a lit marathon, or simply check out a few of the…

Cheaper barcode stickers for the taking at Mejor Vida Corp.

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Minerva Cuevas Wants to Make Your Life Easier

Mejor Vida Corp, an exhibition at Hedreen Gallery, offers products and services for free.

Pleather’s New EP Deconstructs Pop and Contemporary Seattle

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Pleather’s New EP Deconstructs Pop and Contemporary Seattle

On ‘Tether,’ the mutant pop duo tackles the service industry, Frappuccinos, and a commodified Seattle.

The Top 15 Things to Do This Week

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The Top 15 Things to Do This Week

Be sad with The Weeknd, see ‘Alice in Wonderland’ adapted as burlesque dance, and much more.

Kshama Sillies!

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Kshama Sillies!

Three wacky adventures with Seattle’s favorite socialist.

Illustration by Robyn Jordan

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A Marxist Critiques Identity Politics

A Q&A with Asad Haider, founding editor of Viewpoint Magazine, on an ideology fracturing the left.

Seattle Symphony Conductor Ludovic Morlot Announces He’ll Step Down in 2019

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Seattle Symphony Conductor Ludovic Morlot Announces He’ll Step Down in 2019

Seems like he just got here. In an announcement posted on the Seattle Symphony’s website this morning, music…

BAD BOY COMIX: BAD BOY BOOTS

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BAD BOY COMIX: BAD BOY BOOTS

The well-cultured man owns a single pair of boots.