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Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:31:25

Head on over to the Daily Weekly. We're consolidating our blogs and the DW is the new home for Onstot's TV obsessions, Brian's film tidbits, and Seely's mime reviews. ...

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Lynn Shelton Charms the Bagger

Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:02:50

New York Times media reporter and blogger David Carr, aka The Carpetbagger, ran into Seattle director Lynn Shelton over the weekend at Sundance. And though he hadn't actually, you know, seen the her n...

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Not All Clowns Are Bozos. Some Are Mimes.

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:25:52

Last night, a group of female physical theater performers set out to prove, as the title of their TOJ show plainly suggested, that Not All Clowns are Bozos. They succeded wildkly at th...

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Our First Report From Sundance

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 07:12:44

SW contributor and critic Scott Foundas is in Park City, Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. He begins by reporting the following:"Will everyone be wearing black?" a friend asked over dinner the othe...

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And the Fifth Cylon Is...

Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:22:47

Really, the only major plot-hole was expecting you to believe the characters actually thought that this woman was a human. Not to worry! Several friends called to say they have "lives" on Friday night...

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Holy Frak! BSG Tonight (and Other Dork News)

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:47:02

The final episodes of Battlestar Galactica start airing tonight at 10! Who is the final cylon? Will the formerly warring nations survive on Earth without killing each other? What about all these hal...

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Tonight! Azar Nafisi at SPL

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:32:02

Just a reminder from our Laura Onstot:In 1979, Iran went through a transformation straight out of Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale. Overnight, new leadership and laws mandated chadors for women, bann...

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Steven Soderbergh Interviewed

Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:05:42

Soderbergh with Del Toro (Photo: Teresa Isasi/IFC Films)Our colleague Scott Foundas sat down recently with the director of Che (review here), which opens Friday, Jan. 16 at the Varsity.Steven Soderber...

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Tonight! Two Openings to See

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:18:21

Adam Putnam. Untitled, 2009. Mixed media. Dimensions vary.Image via www2.seattleu.edu/artsci/finearts/Default.aspx?id=2516Tonight: Void Blank Blank (1 of 3) Adam Putnam Opening at the Hedreen Gallery ...

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Mime Kampf?

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:40:36

A few months ago, a meeting of the mimes was held at Stumptown Roasters near the Seattle U. campus, where it was agreed that the pure art of whiteface was pretty much dead. There was also something of...

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Khaaaaaaaan!!

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:54:59

"I know my own needs ... I request nothing beyond the thickly COO-shunned seats available even in soft Corinthian leather." Goodbye, Ricardo Montalban. The world has just become a lot less sexy....

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Local Link to Che

Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:34:02

(IFC Films)Steven Soderbergh's four-hour epic treatment of Che Guevara (played by Benicio Del Toro) opens Friday at the Varsity. (Our review here.) Among the credited screenwriters is Peter Buchman, o...

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On View: Michael Dailey at Greg Kucera Gallery

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:25:04

Image: Dunraven Night, 1999, Acrylic on canvas, 45.5 x 57.5 inchesCourtesy of Francine Seders Gallery, via gregkucera.comAs part of the Color, Light, Time, and Place exhibit (Selected Works, 196...

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Another Good Reason Not to Own a TV

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 20:44:55

File this one under the category of creepy press releases from skeezy publicists. Last Friday, the same day the event was being promoted, we were offered a chance to come report on (leer at?) the foll...

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Safe Sextet

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:40:53

What to do tonight? Our Gavin Borchert suggests you see eighth blackbird (yes, they spell it that way) at the Benny:My guess is that in the future, it'll become apparent that Arnold Schoenberg's most ...

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