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Arts and Entertainment
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The Prairie Bitch confesses to SGN -
Alison "Nellie Oleson" Arngrim comes to Re-Bar
by Brian D. Peters -
Special to the SGN
Confessions of a Prairie Bitch
Re-Bar
September 11, 13
Alison Arngrim, better known as Nellie Olesen on Little House on the Prairie, and I have known each other for the past year or two, but I tell you it feels like we have been friends for much, much longer. I was asked to join a few of the more |
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Beck's high-energy show wows packed stadium
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Beck
August 30
Memorial Stadium
Going into last weekend's Beck concert at Bumbershoot, I'd seen him multiple times and had never been disappointed. I was quite giddy because he's an artist that seems to bring out the kid in me, evidenced by my squeezing near the front of M more
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Julie Goldman readies her offensive
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
The Julie Goldman
Offensive
September 11-14
Theatre Off Jackson
Is Julie Goldman is offensive? That's the question her title, The Julie Goldman Offensive, raises. Goldman's answer is: not to her. "I don't think I do offensive comedy. It's a double mea more
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Black Box's cabaret alluring and accessible
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Sondheim, Newman and
Weill (A cabaret)V
Directed by Arne ZasloveV
August 27 V
Columbia City Theater
Black Box Opera Theater performed an evening of songs chosen from the works of Stephen Sondheim, Kurt Weill and Randy Newman at the Columbia City Theatre. Five singing more
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Death Cab for Cutie treat hometown fans to peak performance
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Death Cab for Cutie
September 1
Memorial Stadium
Anyone who missed Death Cab for Cutie's appearance at Bumbershoot can begin kicking themselves immediately. This wasn't just another performance by the local pop-rock act, this was a showcase of their more
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The Reel Spin: The DL Chronicles: Smart, sexy and seductive
by Ron Anders
SGN A&E Writer
In recent months, I seem to have been inundated with the here! Channel's large quota of entertaining guilty-pleasure DVDs: the skin-soaked soaps Dante's Cove and The Lair, among others - all intentionally campy spectacles. So, when I began watching The DL Chronicles, I didn't know what to more
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| MUSIC LOUNGE |
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Bumbershoot's highs, lows and backstage chatter
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| BITS & BYTES |
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Symphony plans free day for September, Count Basie Orchestra plays at Jazz Alley
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| OUTBOUND |
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Fall travel issue to spotlight France, Provincetown, Whistler Mountaineer, Arctic Hotel
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| WHERE IT'S AT |
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'90s cult icon Janeane Garofalo returns to Seattle
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| MOVIE REVIEWS |
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La France a Francophile's dream
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Disaster Movie stinks up the theater
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I Served the King a unique annoyance
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| INSIDE HOLLYWOOD |
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Deep Inside Hollywood
Don Roos Goes to the Dogs
You've probably already seen the teasers for Marley & Me, featuring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston chasing an adorable puppy down the beach to the theme from Chariots of Fire. So what could possibly be Gay about this comedy, based on the best-selling book, about a family that learns valuable life lesso more |
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Book Marks
by Richard Labonte -
SGN Contributing Writer
So Many Ways to Sleep Badly
by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
(City Lights Books, $14.95)
The unnamed narrator of this fabulously flamboyant novel turns tricks for money and, on client-free occasions, cruises adult movie theaters or the internet for bl more
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An interview with singer-songwriter Jeff Hanson next week in "The Music Lounge"
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
His music was featured on TV's Nip/Tuck and he's the kind of artist that would appeal to fans of Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Joshua Radin, and Josh Rouse. His songs are delicate tales backed by soft guitar strums, like "Behind the Moon" and "This Time It Will," and he's just released a ne more
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Northwest Quest Softball Championships
by Ron Taylor -
Special to the SGN
After a week of action featuring more than 700 games, Northwest Quest Series 2008, the Gay softball World Series, wrapped this past weekend in Seattle. Jointly sanctioned by the Amateur Sports Association of North America (ASANA) and the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Association (NAGAA more
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