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Knife Knights emerges from the woods to play its first public live set at Bumbershoot. Photo by Justin Henning

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Bumbershoot 2018 Picks

Music headliners, comedians, and local favorites: These are the acts to seek out at this weekend’s festivities.

Illustration by Taylor Dow

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So This Is the New Year

The Sun pushes us to improve, and Mercury clears things up.

John Cho logs on to find his missing daughter in Searching. Photo by Sebastian Baron

Film

Social (Media) Thriller

While not escapist fare, Searching ‘s story of a father searching for his daughter online does feel authentically…

Foo FIghters is set to rock Safeco Field over Labor Day weekend. Photo by Brantley Gutierrez

Arts & Culture

Pick List: Foo Fighters, ‘WW1 America,’ Kim Brooks

The week’s best entertainment options.

Jessica McKenna and Zach Reino get a touch melodramatic about not needing a script for Off Book: The Improvised Musical podcast. Photo by Robyn Von Swank

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‘Off Book’: Silly Story Singing Sans Script

The Broadway-worthy hijinks of ‘Off Book: The Improvised Musical’ podcast come to Bumbershoot.

Best of Seattle 2018: Out & About

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Best of Seattle 2018: Out & About

Best Park

Best of Seattle 2018: Arts & Entertainment

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Best of Seattle 2018: Arts & Entertainment

Best Musical Act

Best of Seattle 2018

Best of Seattle

Best of Seattle 2018

From local music favs to outdoor getaways to tasty bites, these are your choices for the best our…

Mozart Meets #MeToo in The Core Ensemble’s ‘Don Giovanni’

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Mozart Meets #MeToo in The Core Ensemble’s ‘Don Giovanni’

An ambitious, imaginative, double-cast production in which one sings, the other doesn’t.

The (mostly) reunited Smashing Pumpkins celebrate 30 years of rock at KeyArena. Photo by Olivia Bee

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Pick List: PSA, Arts in Nature Festival, Smashing Pumpkins

The week’s best entertainment options.

Illustration by Taylor Dow

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Wasp Nest

Mars goes direct and Virgo season rolls out a Pisces full Moon.

Regina Hall (center) leads the Double Whammies crew in Support the Girls. Photo courtesy Magnolia Pictures

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Character Meets Cleavage in ‘Support the Girls’

Don’t be fooled by Hooters-esque facade. The Regina Hall-led film is a warm, funny, and communal.

Whitney Ballen Is a ‘Shooting Star’

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Whitney Ballen Is a ‘Shooting Star’

The destinctive-voiced Isaquah singer-songwriter comes into her own on her new album ‘You’re a Shooting Star, I’m a…

Death Cab for Cutie Doesn’t Connect on ‘Thank You For Today’

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Death Cab for Cutie Doesn’t Connect on ‘Thank You For Today’

While it’d be a fine record for most bands, the group’s new album falls short of its own…

Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan, and director Marc Turtletaub put together the pieces on the set of Puzzle. 
Photo by Linda Kallerus/Sony Pictures Classics

Arts & Culture

Can ‘Puzzle’ Fit in the New Oscars Landscape?

The understated indie boasts a fabulous performance by Kelly Macdonald, but does that matter in the Best Popular…

Take a bite outta Jeff Rosenstock. Photo by Hiro Tanaka

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Pick List: Jeff Rosenstock, Seattle Tattoo Expo, Sound Vision Film Festival

The week’s best entertainment options.

Solar Power

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Solar Power

Leo season closes with a calmer sky, and Mercury goes direct.

Eddie Vedder at an earlier 2018 Pearl Jam show. Photo by Raph_PH/Flickr

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Pearl Jam As Rock Archivists

The Home Shows at Safeco Field weren’t about the band’s legacy, but that of the genre as a…

Simply the Bess

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Simply the Bess

Seattle Opera’s ‘Porgy and Bess’ is a must-see production that feels engaged with the cultural conversation.

Photo by Josh Kelety

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City Council Passes Temporary Historic Protection for The Showbox

With a lively crowd on hand, the Council unanimously voted to delay any demolition of the venue by…