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posted Friday, June 12, 2009 - Volume 37 Issue 24 |
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Arts and Entertainment
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SMC goes all a cappella
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Seattle Men's Chorus with m-pact
Meany Hall
June 19-21
A cappella originally meant 'in the church style,' since choral singing without music was mostly done in church. Now, we use it to mean 'without instruments other than voices.' A unique concert is coming up, June 19, 20 and 21 at Meany Hall. Seattl more |
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SGN Exclusive Interview: Comedy tour's Gay comedian ANT
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Staff Writer
Comedian ANT will perform a stand-up comedy routine for the Stand-up with Pride-Fest comedy tour at the Parlor Live Comedy Club June 11 - 13 in Bellevue. Parlor Live is considered one of the premier comedy clubs in the Northwest, and is sponsor of the 2009 Seattle Out and Proud (SOAP) Gay M more
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Crypticon creepy and fun
by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN A&E Writer
From the time I was a little bitty in Houston, Texas, I loved the feeling of excitement and fear that I got watching old TV series like Thriller and Tales From The Crypt (that was in my later years, after Houston), so it was with the same anticipation and little thrills of nervousn more
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The Offspring could do no wrong
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
The Offspring
June 9
WaMu Theater
If you find a pair of eardrums near WaMu Theater, please send them to me. They seem to have slipped out, or rather been blasted out, during The Offspring's cement-splitting performance at the SoDo concert venue this w more
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Neko Case good, but not her best
by Jessica Price -
SGN A&E Writer
Neko Case
June 4
Paramount Theatre
Neko Case's sixth studio album, Middle Cyclone, is possibly her best and bravest release yet. Yet when the redheaded songstress played to a packed house at the Paramount last week, I couldn't help but wish her live show more
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On the red carpet at 63rd Tony Awards
by E. Joyce Glasgow -
SGN A&E Writer
There is a big move this year towards spreading environmental awareness and energy conservation throughout the Broadway world. The Tony Awards did its part on June 7 by using a red carpet made from recycled materials and printing the program for the event on partially recycled paper, among more
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American Primitive: A unique Queer love story
by Scott Rice -
SGN Contributing Writer
In 1973, Skylab was launched, the Arab Oil Embargo prompted long lines at the gas pump, and Pink Floyd released Dark Side of the Moon. More importantly to the Queer community, the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality from its official diagnostic manual. We officially more
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| MUSIC LOUNGE |
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Lambert, Pet Shop Boys, GaGa
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| BITS & BYTES |
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| WHERE IT'S AT |
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B-52s, JoBros, Staples all in June
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| MOVIE REVIEWS |
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Pixar's Up is a sky-high masterwork
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Land of the Lost hilarious and hella fun
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SIFF enters last weekend
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| INSIDE HOLLYWOOD |
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Deep Inside Hollywood - Romeo San Vicente
Jackman: More musicals, more Wolverine
Perhaps no Hollywood leading man since James Cagney has been able to balance tough-guy roles and musical-comedy chops as easily as Hugh Jackman. And his upcoming projects indicate that Jackman will continue to divide his time between the two. Having won a Tony for his portrayal of Gay song-a more |
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Book Marks
by Richard Labonte -
SGN Contributing Writer
Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America
by Nathaniel Frank
(St. Martin's Press, $25.95)
What an infuriating book - in a good way. By recounting dozens of sordid tales of dubious discharges, and with a damning more
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Night Flight grounded
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Night Flight
Moore Theatre
Through June 14
Night Flight, book by Antoine de Saint-Exupery and adapted by Myra Platt, is currently at the Moore Theatre for a shortened run. Book-It usually doesn't do 'musicals,' although many of their productions have origina more
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No day but today -
A RENT history
by Eric Andrews-Katz
SGN Contributing Writer
RENT is the rock musical that started with humble beginnings and grew into a Pulitzer Prize-winning phenomenon. It is credited with changing the face of musical theater and introducing an entire new generation to Broadway. The show's story is as wondrous and tragic as its creation, b more
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