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Seattle’s Biggest Buzz Dealer Isn’t Starbucks

A mobile app shows there are more medical marijuana shacks than Starbucks in town.

10/08/2012 By Laura Dannen

Fall Arts Preview

Elles at SAM: "This Isn't a Feminist Exhibition"

Seattle Art Museum shows a century's worth of modern and contemporary art by women in its ambitious new exhibit, on loan from the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

10/08/2012 By Laura Dannen

Visual Art

Would You Buy Fine Art from Costco?

The wholesaler is back in the affordable art business with Warhol screen prints and Matisse lithographs.

10/05/2012 By Laura Dannen

Books & Talks

Q&A: Colin Meloy of the Decemberists

The folk-rock front man talks about his second career as a children's book author.

10/03/2012 By Laura Dannen

Ticket Alert

Banff Mountain Film Fest Tickets On Sale

It's three days of jaw-dropping alpine shots, rock climbing heroes, and travelogues. And beer.

10/02/2012 By Laura Dannen

Dance News

Mikhail Baryshnikov to Dance with Mark Morris Dance Group at On the Boards

The down side: These shows have been sold out for weeks now.

10/02/2012 By Laura Dannen

Local Talent

Seattle Band on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Tonight

Pop-rockers Eclectic Approach get their big break at midnight.

10/01/2012 By Laura Dannen

Feed Me

Dinner and a Show: On the Boards' New Studio Suppers

Local chefs Ethan Stowell, Cormac Mahoney, and more prepare family-style suppers before OtB performances.

09/24/2012 By Laura Dannen

Theater Reviews

Go See: 'Memphis', 'Uncle Ho to Uncle Sam'

One musical, one drama, both tackling race in America with great success.

09/21/2012 By Laura Dannen

Friday Randomness

My Quintessential Washington Day: Sheep Riding and the Symphony

Only in Washington. And maybe Idaho.

09/21/2012 By Laura Dannen

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Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy

The Impassable Wilderness grows darker still in the second children’s novel by the front man of the Decemberists.

09/19/2012 By Laura Dannen

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Met Picks: The Top Things to See or Do in October

Yes, Michael Henrichsen, Billy Idol will play your birthday. And we’re all invited.

09/19/2012 By Laura Dannen

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Kidd Pivot Reinvents The Tempest at On the Boards

Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite and her troupe Kidd Pivot reinvent Shakespeare’s The Tempest with faceless dancers and film.

09/19/2012 By Laura Dannen

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Northwest Travel Awards

Our favorite hotels, restaurants, sights, and arts around the Pacific Northwest.

09/19/2012 With Laura Dannen and Allecia Vermillion By Allison Williams

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Fifty Shades of Fan Fiction

Seattle University’s fan fiction expert explains the Fifty Shades of Grey craze.

09/19/2012 By Laura Dannen

Ticket Alert

'The Book of Mormon' Presale Starts Thursday Morning

Let the mad dash begin.

09/18/2012 By Laura Dannen

Ticket Alert

Ben Gibbard to Play 826 Seattle Benefit; Tickets on Sale at Noon

Death Cab's front man tours behind his first solo album, out October 16. Also on sale today: Green Day and Blue Scholars tickets.

09/14/2012 By Laura Dannen

Books & Talks

From Junot Díaz to Fifty Shades of Grey: 10 Days of Seattle Readings

One's a Pulitzer winner, the other's been dubbed "mommy porn." Never a dull moment in Seattle.

09/13/2012 By Laura Dannen

Visual Art

The Frye's New Singing, Dancing, Art-Making Exhibit

Opening October 13, MW [Moment Magnitude] is a "veritable tsunami" of visual art, performance, lectures, and more.

09/11/2012 By Laura Dannen

Books & Talks

Book Club with Garth Stein Meets Next Wednesday

Books on the Bus brings in top Northwest authors Stein, Jennie Shortridge, Stacey Levine, and more for its first event.

09/06/2012 By Laura Dannen