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The rising force of Mt. Fuji records

Posted Fri, Nov 20, 6 a.m.

In a standout year for Seattle music, Michael Jaworski's indie label is on a rock-punk-country roll. Many of Mt. Fuji's bands are playing locally this weekend.

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Durufle at St. James, Bach at Benaroya

Posted Tue, Nov 17, 8:33 p.m.

By Tom Luce

Organ music at Benaroya, performed by St. James' organist Joseph Adam, and then an unusual celebrated Requiem mass by Maurice Durufle add up to a rich feast.

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Flying the flannel flag

Posted Tue, Nov 17, 6 a.m.

By Travis Hay

Concert Review: With a new book on grunge and a memorable show at Neumos, Seattle's signature sound rocks on.

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Concert Review: The Pixies' Doolittle live

Posted Fri, Nov 13, noon

By Travis Hay

The alt-rock heroes kicked off a two-night gig at the Paramount celebrating the album's 20th anniversary. It was like the excellent movie version of a book you love.

Seattle Channel's programming grows amid potential cuts

Posted Tue, Nov 10, 6 a.m.

By Feliks Banel

A new "Seattle Speaks" show begins tonight, broadcast live from Town Hall. But budget trouble could mean the elimination of at least two positions next year.

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Dancing the Alaska state of mind

Posted Sun, Nov 8, 8:35 a.m.

By Spider Kedelsky

An Argentina group interprets a dark, conflicted "Alaska" in a new work at On the Boards

Discovering Nirvana's lost treasures

Posted Fri, Nov 6, 5 p.m.

By Travis Hay

Two of the band's seminal concerts are captured in new releases this week. It's enough to make a critic regret, again, a long-ago mistake.

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Bellingham gets a new museum with a stunning centerpiece

Posted Thu, Nov 5, 8:39 p.m.

By Lawrence W. Cheek

The tight budget creates some disappointments at the new Whatcom Museum, but Jim Olson's bold curved glass wall is an inspired "lightcatcher."

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When Martians invaded Concrete

Posted Fri, Oct 30, 6 a.m.

By Feliks Banel

It's been 71 years since the famous "War of the Worlds" broadcast ... and the panic that overtook a little Skagit County town.

Theater review: ACT's Rock 'n' Roll finds a groove

Posted Fri, Oct 23, 5:07 p.m.

By Ben Rankin

Tom Stoppard's latest play melds memory and mirth in ACT's strong re-imagining of the Broadway production.

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Opera Review: 'La Traviata' kicks off 'Verdi-fest'

Posted Fri, Oct 23, 1 p.m.

By Thomas May

Seattle Opera's production soothes and sometimes soars, but doesn't stretch.

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Compline at St. Marks: The torch is passed

Posted Wed, Oct 21, 6 a.m.

By Feliks Banel

On the air for almost 50 years, KING-FM's live broadcast of the Sunday religious service remains both a beautiful program and a throwback to a classic era of radio.

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Modern dance, reconstructed

Posted Tue, Oct 20, 6 a.m.

By Allen Cox

As it shows in new performances this week, Seattle's Chamber Dance Company has made an art of reviving classic works and performing them as the original choreographers intended.

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Celebrating Seattle, 'City of Music'

Posted Thu, Oct 15, 1:39 p.m.

By Travis Hay

The Showbox dresses up for the city's inaugural music awards program, honoring KEXP, Quincy Jones, Fleet Foxes, and others. Even the restrooms smelled nice.

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Bryan Johnson's golden anniversary

Posted Sat, Oct 10, 6 a.m.

By Feliks Banel

After 50 years of reporting for KOMO radio and TV, it seems the Seattle broadcast veteran has covered every story at least once ... and faked his way through "Album of Classics" too.

Seattle Rep: One too many steps

Posted Wed, Oct 7, 6 a.m.

By Ben Rankin

In going from thriller novel to onstage comedy, the slapstick adaptation of Hitchcock's classic '39 Steps' tries just about everything to get a laugh, when maybe none was needed.

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Beyond here lies somethin'

Posted Mon, Oct 5, 12:21 p.m.

By Travis Hay

Bob Dylan kicks off a new tour at Seattle's Moore Theatre with a spirited set that mixes deep album cuts, recent bluesy folk material, and even an unexpected sense of fun.

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Use the period. And other writing lessons.

Posted Thu, Oct 1, 6 a.m.

By Gardiner Davis

Most writing teachers get even the questions wrong, let alone the answers. So says our correspondent, himself a former writing instructor. And he's got old memos to prove it.

Exploring options for Classic KING-FM

Posted Thu, Oct 1, 6 a.m.

By Feliks Banel

Welcome to Seattle's next media melodrama, this time concerning an icon in Seattle's cultural history. Much more than a single radio station is at stake.

Braised words: 'Julie & Julia' inspires a retro writing experiment

Posted Fri, Sep 25, 6 a.m.

By Matt Fikse

The popular movie about Julia Child inspires our writer — not to cook with lots of butter, but to write longhand, and then use a typewriter and carbon paper. Tasty lessons result.

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Other media

A slide show on Seattle's theater scene The leadership has changed a lot and Seattle still merits attention from The New York Times.

NEW YORK TIMES

Latest orchestra to join the endangered list: Indianapolis It just reported a $2.8 million deficit. Others on the critical list are Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Cincinnati.

INDIANAPOLIS STAR

Green porn! Isabella Rossellini speaks in Seattle tonight The brilliant actress and beauty is at Seattle Arts & Lectures to discuss her latest project, "Green Porno," a series of film shorts illustrating the mating habits of insects and marine life.

SEATTLE MAGAZINE

In Utah, using children's technology to document a modern art masterpiece Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" is land art that lives in the Great Salt Lake. Tracking its changes over the years baffled the experts, until someone thought about toy balloons.

NEW YORK TIMES

David Horsey: Mixed review for a play about the demise of the print P-I As one who deals in caricature, Horsey finds the cobbled-together play has its moments. Take that bit about the two papers' drama critics, for instance...

SEATTLEPI.COM

Blog posts

Tonight at MOHAI: 'Warship Under Sail'

Posted Thu, Nov 19, 6 a.m.

by Feliks Banel

Author Lorraine McConaghy discusses her book chronicling a seamy Seattle in the 1850s.

'GIVE': Seattle music fit for holiday giving

Posted Tue, Nov 17, 4 p.m.

by Travis Hay

A star lineup of city musicians, backed by some popular venues and arts orgs, has produced a 36-track CD with all proceeds going to charity.

Celebrating icons of Washington's history

Posted Tue, Nov 10, 6 a.m.

by Feliks Banel

At the 120th anniversary of statehood, museum director David Nicandri has put together an exhibit covering indelible moments, from Vancouver's exploration to Galloping Gertie to Wild Rainiers, and more.

MOHAI’s future begins at the Armory

Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.

by Feliks Banel

With a new fundraising campaign kicking off tonight, the history museum hopes to be in its new Lake Union digs in 2012.

Island Girl: 'This Is It,' every day

Posted Tue, Nov 3, 4 p.m.

by Ann Bauer

An argument to see Michael Jackson's movie, and to remember that there's not always next year.

'Hold for applause, fade out'

Posted Fri, Oct 30, 11:30 a.m.

by Travis Hay

Movie review: With This Is It, the late Michael Jackson offers what would have been one of the greatest concerts ever. But the film isn't as successful in explaining MJ the man.