This week’s specialty screenings and venues.
“People in this town wouldn’t know a good bakery if it ran up and kicked them in the goolies.”
Yes, the Gnome’s had some unpleasant words for our turtlelike mayor and his reactionary police squadron in the past, but…
ALICIA KEYS Songs in A Minor (J Records) On “Girlfriend,” Alicia Keys’ debut single, Ol’ Dirty Bastard is growling in…
“It’s lovely, that,” Hayley Mills says about being asked to sign autographs on teenage photos of herself. “We’re all still…
Modern music shines in the hands of expert performers.
A show of global traditions from local exponents.
Wednesday, August 2 An Evening With Ruth Brown The early R&B queen turned actress (the original Hairspray), favorite of the…
The Constantines make being in the music biz worthwhile.
It was in early 1996 that I first saw Sleater-Kinney, as an opening act at CoCA. I was introduced to…
The SSO strikes chords in audiences of all ages as it opens its new season.
Batman outdoors, Busby Berkeley, and the overlooked landmark that is Xanadu.
Peter Case’s long road from power-pop to Beeline.
Dear Dategirl, What is your advice to a 40s fellow who’s done the “blind date fixed up by friends,” “blind…
The year in review.
Tom Waits, “Somewhere” (Elektra). Richie Havens, “Just Like a Woman” (Polydor). Nico, “These Days” (Polydor). Jeff Buckley, “Hallelujah” (Columbia). Linda…
Send listings two weeks in advance to visualarts@seattleweekly.com. Lectures and Events Artist Lecture: Yunhee Min The L.A.–based artist, whose abstract…
Best escape for Anglophiles I say, there’s a good chap! Thanks, ever so! Indubitably, there are some among us who…
NEXT STOP, L.A. Ten months after she left a curatorial position at EMP to become Blender magazine’s senior critic, rock-writing…
Theater Schmeater’s red-hot tribute to Anne Sexton.
