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The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 31, 2010WEDNESDAY 9/1 Books: The Upside of Flooding We’ve had our fill of environmental-disaster movies (The Day After Tomorrow, 2012, etc.), but now scholars are seriously ... Read more
The early 1980s was a time of intense musical exploration. There was
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 31, 2010The early 1980s was a time of intense musical exploration. There was so much music to discover, and the fun part was that it was ... Read more
The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 31, 2010The Alfredo Rodríguez Trio / Wednesday, September 1 While this 24-year-old Cuban pianist was “discovered” and championed by none other than Quincy Jones, he obviously ... Read more
The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 24, 2010WEDNESDAY 8/25 Opera: Jealous Much? Verdi was all but retired when librettist Arrigo Boito gave him a pared-down, fat-free version of Shakespeare’s Othello (Boito even ... Read more
Barnum’s FUNundrum!
Published 7:00am Friday, August 20, 2010Nineteenth-century circus owner P.T. Barnum had an enterprising spirit, silver tongue, and anything-goes approach to advertisinghe allegedly coined the phrase Theres a sucker born every ... Read more
The 2010 Primary’s Best Campaign Lowlights
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 17, 2010Primary 2010 will be remembered as the election in which two candidates (Republicans Clint Didier and Paul Akers, in the race for Patty Murray’s U.S. ... Read more
Versus: Hot Weather? Hot Chocolate!
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 17, 2010The Dish: Autumn is coming! We suddenly found ourselves craving fireplaces and other things to keep us warm, like hot chocolate (not to be confused ... Read more
The Short List: The Week’s Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 17, 2010Fran Healy / Wednesday, August 18 Why did Fran Healy, lead singer of the acclaimed Scottish Britpop band Travis, make a solo record, this fall’s ... Read more
Sanna Nyassi has a problem. As a replacement for the recently traded
Published 7:00am Thursday, August 12, 2010Sanna Nyassi has a problem. As a replacement for the recently traded Freddie Ljungberg, the Seattle Sounders midfielder knows that he’ll be relied upon even ... Read more
The Weekly Wire: The Weeks Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 10, 2010WEDNESDAY 8/11 Film: Tour de Reprise For those going into withdrawal from July’s Tour de France TV coverage, here’s one last chance to hear the ... Read more
Craig Finn, second from left, performs with the Hold Steady at Showbox
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 10, 2010Craig Finn, second from left, performs with the Hold Steady at Showbox at the Market on Wednesday August 18. Jaill opens the show.In a couple ... Read more
The Short List: The Weeks Recommended Shows
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 10, 2010Hercules & Love Affair / Wednesday, August 11 Hercules & Love Affair, the brainchild of New York DJ Andy Butler and his BFF Kim Ann ... Read more
The DishThis recent spate of gloomy weather reminded us of something: Autumn
Published 7:00am Monday, August 9, 2010The DishThis recent spate of gloomy weather reminded us of something: Autumn is coming! We suddenly found ourselves craving fireplaces and other things to keep ... Read more
The Duke of HazzardRavenna residents needn’t travel far to reach the Himalayas.There’s
Published 7:00am Monday, August 9, 2010The Duke of HazzardRavenna residents needn’t travel far to reach the Himalayas.There’s no shortage of restaurants in Ravenna. On the few blocks of NE 65th ... Read more
Also, assembling it together can be a great test of your relationship.
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 3, 2010Also, assembling it together can be a great test of your relationship. 601 S.W. 41st St., Renton, 425-656-2980, ikea.com Read more
Ink you can swear by. And readers have for years. 508 N.W.
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 3, 2010Ink you can swear by. And readers have for years. 508 N.W. 65th St., 789-2618. Also in Wallingford. slavetotheneedle.com Read more
They’ve made a fabulously popular blend of burlesque, kung fu, acrobatics, and
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 3, 2010They’ve made a fabulously popular blend of burlesque, kung fu, acrobatics, and unnamed weirdness. Just try to get a ticket. 94 Pike St., 652-0832, thecancan.com Read more
The paintings aren’t the only things worth eyeing when the doors are
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 3, 2010The paintings aren’t the only things worth eyeing when the doors are thrown open downtown once a month. 1300 First Ave., 654-3100, seattleartmuseum.org Read more
The Weekly Wire: The Weeks Recommended Events
Published 7:00am Tuesday, August 3, 2010WEDNESDAY 8/4 Stage: The Possible Dream The biggest stars of Taproot’s production of Man of La Mancha are the designers: Mark Lund (scene and sound), ... Read more
Battle of the Booze
Published 7:00am Tuesday, July 27, 2010Competing privatization initiatives offer more questions than answers. Read more