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Michael Moore Takes Fest by the Nuts
Published 7:00am Wednesday, May 30, 2007I never gave much thought to the subject of health insurance until, in October of 2005, an odd swelling in my groin prompted me to ... Read more
My Blueberry Nonsense, and Other Multi-Culti Mash-Ups
Published 7:00am Wednesday, May 30, 2007The world’s pre-eminent film festival celebrated its 60th birthday party, the opening banquet catered by the world’s hippest—or is that once hippest?—filmmaker. Hardly the disaster ... Read more
Palm Fronds and Consolation Prizes
Published 7:00am Wednesday, May 30, 2007The 60th Cannes Film Festival was a generous one—and so was its jury, bestowing the Palme d’Or on the least heralded, most critically acclaimed movie ... Read more
SIFF Week Two: Picks and Pans
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 29, 2007Angel-A What if you took It’s a Wonderful Life and replaced George Bailey with a scruffy Parisian con man and swapped Henry Travers’ doddering guardian ... Read more
First Strawberries of the Season, Blind Wine Tasting, and Other Food Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 29, 2007FARM FRESH Three Saturday farmers markets open this weekend, in Magnolia, Des Moines, and Kent. At the stalls this week, expect to find the first ... Read more
One Man’s Brutal Encounter With Sexual Abuse In the Mormon Church
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 29, 2007Transgressions involving Mormons, Scouts, and children remain a well-kept secret. Read more
After Adding a Hybrid to His Fleet, Mayor Nickels Gulped Even More Gas
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 22, 2007The mayor has two cars at his disposal, including a Ford Explorer. Read more
The King of Kong: Old-School Arcade Gamers Go to War
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 22, 2007Axed from his engineering job at Boeing on the day he signed a new mortgage, Steve Wiebe could’ve gotten drunk, mulled suicide, or abandoned his ... Read more
“Salmon Season!” “Little Bit of Lovin’,” and Other Food Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 22, 2007FARM FRESH Stop by the U District Farmers Market for some great, fresh offerings: pea shoots, goat meat, and fresh-milled flours and grains, including flax ... Read more
The New Seattle Art Museum Joins Multiple Worlds
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone complaining about the Seattle Art Museum’s sparkling new expansion. At REI’s anniversary sale—which started the same weekend the museum ... Read more
Do You Fancy a Beer That’s Spent Time With the Elements?
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007Brouwer's has 57 "insectoid" brews on tap all month. Read more
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea: Who Knew John Waters Was an Environmentalist?
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007In February, as plans for a $6 billion Salton Sea rehab project were being fought over (where to preserve nature? where to unleash the Jet ... Read more
Seattle Cheese Festival, Duck Soup, and Other Food Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 15, 2007FARM FRESH More new markets open today, and this weekend. The Wallingford Farmers Market opens Wednesday, May 16, and runs Wednesdays from 3 to 7 ... Read more
Lakeside Controversy, Greetings From the IRS, and Why Seely Is a Racist
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 8, 2007Brave and Enlightening DEAR NINA SHAPIRO: Your article [“The Color of Money,” April 25] was sent to me (and all the rest of the Lakeside ... Read more
Satisfying the Soccer-Mom and Video-Game Crowds
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 8, 2007New beverage houses in Georgetown are sure to be nice neighbors. Read more
A pair of boys I know stopped by Topolino’s this weekend, and
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 8, 2007A pair of boys I know stopped by Topolino’s this weekend, and both of them (one 13 year-old Seattleite, one 45 year-old East Coast transplant) ... Read more
Grub Street, New York magazine’s food blog, recently posted a cri de
Published 7:00am Monday, May 7, 2007Grub Street, New York magazine’s food blog, recently posted a cri de coeur from a 44-year-old guy who wanted to know if he should drop ... Read more
Betty Davis Is Back, Thanks to Seattle’s Light in the Attic
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 1, 2007Reviving the records of the long-lost soul diva may be the label's most artful move. Read more
A Cheerier, Wordless Scissorhands
Published 7:00am Tuesday, May 1, 2007A lot of ink has been spilled trying to define Matthew Bourne’s works. Are they ballet? Musical theater? Performance art? Past works, especially his controversial ... Read more
“I was banking on the Sculpture Park to pull people in,” says
Published 7:00am Wednesday, April 25, 2007“I was banking on the Sculpture Park to pull people in,” says Uptown Espresso owner and founder Dow Lucerell, but when he added a shoebox ... Read more