Ron Sims is sick of the “hot rhetoric” that’s followed every budget-related press release, estimate adjustment, and e-mail since his office first announced a projected $25 million deficit for 2009 last November--now pushing triple digits. But there was no le... More >>
Jonathan Kauffman lays down the rules for bands after his ear, lays down reviews of Born Ruffians, Plants + Animals.
Brickner tells the Admiral how it's gotta be.
Kornelis shoots Weezer.
B-Movie Book features Seattle scribes, attacks.
Beef, Beer... More >>
Her reason: she wants to focus all her energy that year on returning the gold medal to Australian paws, providing yet further evidence of how dramatically different the NBA and WNBA economic models are. Provided she's not bluffing, this sure sucks f... More >>
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This food guru's nine-page position paper is composed of brilliant, down-to-earth advice for a president who might just be willing to legislate better access to local arugula. (Referred to by Midwestern farmers, as Pollan reminds us, as rocket.)
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Restaurant gossip from the blogs:
1. Nancy Leson announces that Ethan Stowell (Union's chef-owner) and Patric Gabre-Kidan, who together own Tavolata and How to Cook a Wolf, are opening up a third joint restaurant on 15th and Pine called Olives and Anchovies. (... More >>
The Kate Perry backlash is in full swing, so I'll toss my two cents in there as well. Without getting into my personal proclivities too much, let's just say that this sort of ode to girl love is much more up my alley (NSF in most, err, straight-laced ... More >>
Image: Stronghold, Brian Tolle, 2008. Photo by Kurt Kiefer/ http://www.arts.wa.gov/public-art/university-tolle.shtml
I received an email today from a local artist concerning Initiative 985, another car-centric Eyman proposal, the Reduce Traffic Initiat... More >>
Several SW contributors, both past and current, are included in the new anthology The B List: The National Society of Film Critics on the Low-Budget Beauties, Genre-Bending Mavericks, and Cult Classics We Love (Da Capo, $15.95). The NSFC is a kind of inv... More >>
Marcella Hazan
One of the most beloved Italian cooks of our day, Marcella Hazan comes to Chateau Ste. Michelle... More>> Chateau Ste. Michelle,
Mon., October 13,
$140 (plus tax and tip), includes a signed copy of the book
Sarah Vowell
All the time we spend on sex and entertainment, the 17th-century settlers of the Massachusetts... More>> Town Hall,
Mon., October 13, 7:30pm,
America’s Test Kitchen
Hosted by Christopher Kimball (you know, the guy in the bow tie), America’s Test Kitchen is... More>> Various locations,
Daily from Tue., October 14 until Wed., October 15,
Spring Awakening
Franz Wedekind wasn’t exactly a hit playwright back in his day—though he might have... More>> Paramount Theatre,
Daily from Tue., October 14 until Thu., October 16, 7:30pmFri., October 17, 8:00pmSat., October 18, 2:00pmSat., October 18, 8:00pmSun., October 19, 1:00pmSun., October 19, 6:30pm,
$22-$77
Three best things to do in Seattle on Wednesday, October 15
James Traub
A contributing writer at The New York Times Magazine, he has a few choice things to say about... More>> Town Hall,
Wed., October 15, 7:30pm,
$5
Pinback, Mr. Tube
Just over a week ago San Diego indie-rock outfit Pinback announced that keyboardist Terrin... More>> Showbox at the Market,
Thu., October 16, 8:00pm,
$15 adv, $18 dos
Andre Nickatina, guests
"To all you mothafuckas that juss can't tell...I'm a Pisces but I'd rather be a killa whale." Or... More>> Studio Seven,
Fri., October 17, 8:30pm,
$25 adv, $28 dos
Three best things to do in Seattle on Sunday, October 19
Alexandria…Why?
Screened in conjunction with the Frye's ongoing Empire exhibit, Youssef Chahine’s... More>> Frye Art Museum,
Sun., October 19, 2:00pm,
Free
Pinback, Mr. Tube
Just over a week ago San Diego indie-rock outfit Pinback announced that keyboardist Terrin... More >> Showbox at the Market,
Thu., October 16, 8:00pm,
$15 adv, $18 dos
Andre Nickatina, guests
"To all you mothafuckas that juss can't tell...I'm a Pisces but I'd rather be a killa whale." Or... More >> Studio Seven,
Fri., October 17, 8:30pm,
$25 adv, $28 dos
