Arts & Culture

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The Bootlegger’s Right-Hand Man

Upcoming PBS documentary turns the lens on a Kirklander whose rum-running father never forgot his strangely scrupulous boss.

09/21/2011 By Jessica Voelker

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The Perfect Party

Here’s who we’d invite if we could entertain this month’s most interesting visitors, locals, and newsmakers.

09/21/2011

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A Mask for Every Occasion

Wild Carnival traditions join the parade at the Burke.

09/21/2011 By Laura Dannen

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Seattle Wonder Women Launch GeekGirlCon

Seattle comics lovers and fantasy fans unite for the first-ever GeekGirlCon.

09/21/2011 By Lisa Han

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NPR: No Pledge Required

Isn’t that what NPR stands for?

09/21/2011 By Kathryn Robinson

Ticket Alert

Which Office Star will Join Rainn Wilson at the Paramount This Year?

Hint: She loves Hello Kitty.

09/20/2011 By Laura Dannen

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The Nirvana Baby Speaks

"Everyone out there in the world has seen my penis already."

09/20/2011 By Seattle Met Staff

Party

Slideshow: Seattle’s Boardwalk Empire Sneak Peek

We put on our best bowler hat for a party and preview of season 2.

09/19/2011 By Heather Fink

Fall Arts Preview

Meet the New Maestro of the Seattle Symphony

SSO ushers in a new era this weekend with 37-year-old Frenchman Ludovic Morlot.

09/16/2011 By Laura Dannen

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The Strangest Tribe: How a Group of Seattle Rock Bands Invented Grunge

In an exclusive excerpt from Stephen Tow’s Seattle music history The Strangest Tribe, the author shows how the U-Men bridged the path from punk to grunge.

09/16/2011 By Stephen Tow

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A Grunge Guru’s Reading List

On the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s Nevermind, a Seattle music writer sizes up a bookshelf’s worth of grunge histories.

09/16/2011 By Gillian Gaar

The Weekend Starts...Now.

Met Picks: Local Celebrity Spelling Bee, Boardwalk Empire Preview, SSO Opening Night

The top 10 things to see or do this weekend.

09/15/2011 By Seattle Met Staff

Unpredictable Art

Witness Art in Progress at the Project Room

Open studio, big ideas.

09/14/2011 By Adriana Grant

Book Review

I Just Got My Copy of Pearl Jam 20

It’s like being granted a retroactive backstage pass.

09/13/2011 By Matthew Halverson