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Discovering Nirvana's lost treasures

Posted Fri, Nov 6, 5 p.m.

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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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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New chapter for Elliott Bay?

Posted Sun, Oct 18, noon

By Knute Berger

Seattle's iconic Pioneer Square bookstore might move. It could also close. Tough times bring tough choices for the bookseller, and the neighborhood it has helped to revive.

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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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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Glenn Beck: Schtick it to us

Posted Sun, Sep 27, 11:04 a.m.

By Ted Van Dyk

Glenn Beck, barnstorming Seattle and Mount Vernon this weekend, is more the norm than an aberration in modern media, eagerly exploiting a niche appeal that broadcasters covet.

When alternative radio meant Seattle's KJET

Posted Wed, Sep 23, 5:25 p.m.

By Feliks Banel

It's been exactly 21 years since the grunge-anticipating, AM rock station KJET signed off the air, leaving a flood of great memories for our writer, including his favorite place to listen: a radio-challenged Ford Pinto.

A big week for the cottage cult

Posted Mon, Sep 21, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Backyard cottage housing is a benefit, not a threat, to single family neighborhoods, and in keeping with the values that shaped Seattle. Let's have more.

Utopia: Are we there yet?

Posted Wed, Sep 9, 9:24 p.m.

By Knute Berger

An art exhibit in Port Angeles displays creative responses to the Cascadia dream.

An encore for the Seattle World's Fair

Posted Mon, Sep 7, 6 a.m.

By Feliks Banel

The case for marking the 50th anniversary of the big fair with a weeklong celebration called Century 21.5.

At ACT, a tacky Texas sendup of Wagner's 'Ring'

Posted Sat, Aug 8, 10 a.m.

By Thomas May

'Das Barbecu' is a lively show with an excellent cast and direction. Too bad it has more fun spoofing Texas than skewering Wagner.

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Heroes, saints, and celebs

Posted Tue, Jun 30, 6 a.m.

By Anthony B. Robinson

In a perverse way, our modern fascination with celebrities such as Michael Jackson provides an avenue for moral discourse

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And for Seattle's next 'world's fair,'...

Posted Fri, Jun 5, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

Puget Sound boosters are proposing to launch an annual Global Health Celebration in 2012 to re-brand Seattle for the new century.

'The Soloist': an extraordinary duet

Posted Tue, May 12, 6 a.m.

By Judy Lightfoot

The movie, a sentimental cheapening, grows out of a remarkable book about a columnist's encounter with the almost-intractable problems of a homeless drifter/musician, and the healing power of friendship.

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Torture, Nixon, Obama

Posted Wed, May 6, 6 a.m.

By Knute Berger

For many, Watergate is just a word, but it's relevant now as we consider what to do with Americans who tortured. Let's hope they don't get off as lightly as Wall Street's CEOs.

If Derrida could Tweet

Posted Mon, Apr 20, 6 a.m.

By Steve Clifford

Britney is fun, but Jacques Derrida is really cool and SOOOOO funny!

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Are these Pinter times?

Posted Tue, Mar 24, 2:01 p.m.

By Ben Rankin

The playwright's patented sourceless anxiety is well captured in the Rep's production of 'Betrayal,' closing this week.

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Will a bad economy wipe out Oregon history? Maybe.

Posted Thu, Mar 19, 6 a.m.

By Floyd McKay

As the state celebrates its 150th birthday, an institution full of its historic documents goes on life-support.

Other media

Anticipated Amelia Earhart movie grounded by critic Director Mira Nair, who has turned out wonderful movies in the past, crashes in this retelling of the legendary aviatrix who went missing.

WALL STREET JOURNAL

'Run This Town': Jay-Z rocks the Key Critic Andrew Matson loves the rapper's Seattle concert. So does the audience. The feeling's mutual.

SEATTLE TIMES

Artist of Obama's 'Hope' poster admits to duplicity in AP lawsuit Shepard Fairey, creator of the iconic image from the 2008 presidential campaign, tells the court he lied when the Associated Press identified its photo as the source for his work.

LOS ANGELES TIMES

Carly Simon's bad breakup with Starbucks When the Seattle coffee giant shut down its Hear Music record label, sales of the singer's latest album went with it, she says, so she's suing.

NEW YORK TIMES

Maureeen Dowd: Let's lighten up on Letterman The heads of ABC and CBS married comely young staffers. Office romances have existed as long as offices and despite blustering by the defendant's lawyer, there's zero evidence so far of harassment by the comedian.

NEW YORK TIMES

Blog posts

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.

Boo!

Posted Fri, Oct 30, 5 p.m.

by Mark Matassa

It could be creepy out there on this Halloween weekend, what with all that extra time to plan tricks and treats.

'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.