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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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Sex, death and 'Bodies'

Posted Wed, Nov 18, 6 a.m.

An exhibit of corpses is back for a second tour of Seattle, where it has been a huge hit. What are we really experiencing when we wander the gallery of the dead?

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Flying the flannel flag

Posted Tue, Nov 17, 6 a.m.

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

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.

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Battle in Seattle, 10 years after

Posted Fri, Nov 13, 6 a.m.

One change since 1999, we're talking about Teabaggers, not sea turtles.

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A guide to the City Hall transition

Posted Wed, Nov 11, 6 a.m.

A longtime Seattle political consultant offers Mayor-elect McGinn his "13 Golden Rules for a Smooth Transition."

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Seattle Channel's programming grows amid potential cuts

Posted Tue, Nov 10, 6 a.m.

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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Mr. Lincoln in City Hall

Posted Mon, Nov 9, 6 a.m.

Seattle's new mayor will have to learn some "team of rivals" lessons.

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Resurrecting Seattle's book festival

Posted Sat, Nov 7, 8 a.m.

It's been a tough year for books and words, but one bright spot was the effort to bring back a Seattle book festival. Some saw the event as a great first effort, others as a fiasco.

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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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Michelle Malkin’s journey from ideas to tribes

Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.

A former Seattle Times colleague wonders what happened to the libertarian provocateur who used to engage him at their adjoining office doors.

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Hitting the wall before the starting line

Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.

As the Seattle Marathon approaches, a local runner fights age and ailments to get to his 17th long-distance race.

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Jump-starting budget reform in Seattle schools

Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.

A parent’s critical analysis of budget reporting has helped the Seattle school board consider administrative costs in analyzing where to make cuts next year.

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Time to consider reopening Seattle high schools

Posted Thu, Nov 5, 6 a.m.

As enrollment begins to creep back up, with a bubble moving toward high school, district officials may think about reopening old Lincoln High. And this is the time to make good on promises to improve South End schools.

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Election '09: Inside the mayoral campaign parties

Posted Wed, Nov 4, 10 a.m.

Two Crosscut writers, having declared their political druthers, report from last night's events.

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A case of bike rage

Posted Tue, Nov 3, 6 a.m.

The dispute over an event at West Seattle's Lincoln Park unleashes a "cycle" of anger. Once again, parks make good battlefields.

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Reality, Eugene-style

Posted Fri, Oct 30, 6 a.m.

Even a Seattle liberal can get that "not in Kansas anymore" feeling about a visit to Eugene, Ore.

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Why I support Crosscut

Posted Fri, Oct 30, 6 a.m.

As our Charter Membership Drive continues, a few words from a Crosscut Public Media contributor

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Ending homelessness: How are we doing?

Posted Thu, Oct 29, 6 a.m.

Those vaunted 10-year plans to solve the problem are halfway in, or more, and yet homelessness persists. Even so, we're making progress and on the right track.

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Mallahan or McGinn? That is the question.

Posted Wed, Oct 28, 6 a.m.

I have no answer yet about how to vote in the Seattle mayor's race. Like a lot of people, I'm still working it out.

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Other media

Feds deny appeal to NOAA decision to move fleet to Oregon Seattle had protested that the Newport site was on a flood plain, but the GAO turned down the appeal for being filed too late.

McGinn's untraditional transition begins to take shape A "band of advocates" and a few former Mallahan supporters or wary City Hall types are coalescing in the mayor-elect's corner suite on the 60th floor of the Seattle Municipal Tower.

Three more arson fires overnight in Greenwood The fires, all contained before extensive damage, are the latest in a series of arson fires set in the commercial district of the north Seattle neighborhood.

Jonathan Raban: Learning how to read the mysterious Northwest An appreciation of the literary critic William Empson leads the writer to slow down and closely read his new home ground, Seattle, no easy city with which to feel at home.

Seattle's commercial real estate market is plunging fast In 2008, Seattle was rated tops in the nation. Now it's dropped to 8th. It's as steep a drop as any commercial real estate market in the nation.

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A small step for the generation that inhaled

Posted Fri, Nov 20, 2 p.m.

Lawmakers are considering decriminalizing pot. Bills would make holding small amounts more like a speeding ticket.

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A decade of slow running: My most memorable moments

Posted Fri, Nov 20, 6 a.m.

Crosscut By 2: As this year's Seattle Marathon training winds down, our columnist looks back on his 16 marathons and 10 years of serious running.

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Tonight at MOHAI: 'Warship Under Sail'

Posted Thu, Nov 19, 6 a.m.

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

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'GIVE': Seattle music fit for holiday giving

Posted Tue, Nov 17, 4 p.m.

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.

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Crosscut By 2: Peak Week for the Seattle Marathon

Posted Fri, Nov 13, noon

My training regimen dictates that this week is the most intense before the big race.

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Crosscut By Two: 20 miles on a bad leg

Posted Tue, Nov 10, 6 a.m.

If I can complete this training run, maybe I can finish this month's Seattle Marathon.

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From 1911, the Bogue Plan speaks

Posted Tue, Nov 10, 9:12 a.m.

The nearly 100-year-old "city beautiful" plan for the city, never adopted, still holds a worthy reminder.

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Election wasn't about 'change'

Posted Sat, Nov 7, 3 p.m.

In Washington, voters showed less anger than a renewed sense of realism.

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MOHAI’s future begins at the Armory

Posted Fri, Nov 6, 6 a.m.

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

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Waiting, statue-like, for the next count

Posted Thu, Nov 5, 10:22 a.m.

In the mayor's race, the slow process of counting mail-in ballots has left the candidates frozen.

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