Memory is episodic. I recently and reluctantly ended an important friendship; when that happens, what come instantly to mind are…
Wednesday, August 7 Ken Stringfellow has worked with bands like R.E.M., the Posies, and Big Star. He’ll be backed by…
The T-Town music scene spurts in ebbs and flows. At times the gritty city to the south is chock-full of…
Looking for a pair of vintage ropers? An authentic airbrushed “spirit animal” T? A great floor-length ’70s sundress? Look no…
It requires a special touch for a designer, when creating a collection, to balance a thought-provoking message with accessibility. Michael…
Best Chef: Charles Walpole In an age that’s all about the celebrity chef, Charles Walpole is a chef all about…
Seattle politics are so goddamn boring. With a few notable exceptions, our municipal elections amount to geriatric sausage-fests. The sausages…
Best Philanthropist, New-School: Nick Hanauer Already a successful local businessman with his family’s Pacific Coast Feather Company (what could be…
Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner runs Fri., Aug. 9–Thurs., Aug. 15 at Northwest Film Forum. Not rated. 101 minutes. Running…
For a band that claims to have been “influenced more by Cocteau Twins than DNA” yet sounds like a double-stranded…
It’s been a tough decade for live theater, in Seattle and beyond. The great recession, Netflix, and more never-leave-the-house entertainment…
Still Mine Opens Fri., Aug. 2 at Harvard Exit. Rated PG-13. 103 minutes. You could call this Canadian melodrama of octogenarians…
The Act of Killing Opens Fri., Aug. 2 at Varsity. Not rated. 122 minutes. “It was like we were killing . . . happily.”…
Openings & Events Joan Backes She shows new paintings in The Natural and the Artificial. Also on view, work by…
Stage Openings & EvEnts Beauty of the Father In Nilo Cruz’s play, the ghost of Spanish playwright Federico Garcia Lorca…
Classical, Etc. Marrowstone Music Festival One more weekend of chamber and orchestral music (7:30 p.m. Thurs. & Sat., 3 p.m….
Your Daily Dose of Food + Drink News, Events and Must-Read Miscellany. 1. Dana Tough and Brian McCracken’s meat and…
People Best Chef In an age that’s all about the celebrity chef, Charles Walpole is a chef all about the food….
Local & Repertory • American Comedy Classics Love turns into lust for revenge in the classic 1937 screwball comedy The…
The thing that most impresses, and frightens, opera newbies about Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung cycle—the thing they all…
