Each year I head out to the Bumbershoot lineup party wondering if it’ll be a crazy mess of a success…
Nickel Creek Saturday, May 17 Contrary to what some might have believed in the wake of Nickel Creek’s final (at…
Burn List CD Release Show Wednesday, May 14 When many people hear the word “jazz,” they grumble. As Spinal Tap’s…
If the recent spate of beautiful weather has you thinking “beach” but you can’t get away just yet, Ty Dolla…
You can debate whether this is in fact the 40th edition of the Seattle International Film Festival, since its inaugural…
John Jeffcoat’s last film at SIFF, the 2007 comedy Outsourced, was about a Seattle tech worker sent to a strange…
Local director Ryan Worsley’s debut documentary chronicles the people, culture, and eventual demise of the legendary punk venue The Funhouse,…
Speaking from Los Angeles, writer/director John Ridley is well aware of Seattle’s expectations for his SIFF-opening Jimi Hendrix biopic. Hendrix…
For Isaac Olsen, the story of cult Tacoma garage-rock band Girl Trouble is personal. The band—now in its 30th year—is…
Thursday, May 15 Whim W’him Olivier Wevers continues to experiment with movement so slippery you need rubber gloves to catch…
All photos by Morgen Schuler Let me introduce you to Lena Simon. She’s a musician that you have undoubtedly heard…
Listen to the glorious return of Seattle’s premiere avant-rappers, Shabazz Palaces, above. The track, “They Come In Gold,” is the…
Opening Fading Gigolo John Turturro’s new New York-set comedy has received some awful reviews. In it he plays a florist-turned-gigolo,…
Openings & Events Joey Bates Of Marrow and Leaf presents intricately crafted paper cuts and reliefs that “explore the beauty…
Bleachbear, Lost Parade (out now, self-released, bleachbear.bandcamp.com/album/lost-parade) An all-girl family band comprising 15-year-old Tigerlily Cooley on vocals and guitar, her…
Tomo Nakayama meets me on a recent morning during his three month-long residency at Seattle’s Town Hall. As a musician…
Stage Openings & Events Creeps In David Freeman’s 1972 play, five men with cerebral palsy in a men’s room talk…
Classical, Etc. • Seattle Opera SEE REVIEW, PAGE TK. • Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble All kinds of new work on…
As you drive east on Pacific Avenue through Olympia, Desire slowly emerges from behind an elevated, overgrown grass field. It…
Sam Boshnack Quintet Presents The Nellie Bly Project Friday, May 9 As Einstein once said, “Energy, rightly applied, can accomplish anything.”…
