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posted Friday, October 2, 2009 - Volume 37 Issue 40 |
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Arts and Entertainment
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PNB's revival of Roméo et Juliette
by Milton W. Hamlin -
SGN A&E Writer
Roméo et Juliette
Pacific Northwest
Ballet
Through October 4
Pacific Northwest Ballet opened its 2009-2110 season with a splendid revival of Jean-Christophe Maillot's Roméo et Juliette - and there's more to the story than that simple statement.
Peter Boal, PNB's newest artistic d more |
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Lady Bunny coming to Seattle at Neighbours
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Staff Writer
Lady Bunny
Neighbours
October 9
Lady Bunny, actress, DJ, singer/songwriter and comedienne, has been performing for audiences around the world for over 20 years. Wearing her trademark larger-than-life wigs, outlandish costumes, and never without a song or a joke, she's become one of more
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Mason Jennings is brilliant at The Showbox
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Mason Jennings
September 25
The Showbox Market
I hadn't been born yet to witness Bob Dylan during his Blonde on Blonde days, but I gotta believe Mason Jennings is the closest thing to the folk legend in today's music scene. The Minneapolis-based artist more
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Lord Save Us from Your Followers: An apology instead of apologia
by Scott Rice -
SGN Contributing Writer
Good and evil, like most binary systems, is a fallacious construction to begin with. Other than Hitler, Charles Manson, and Ann Coulter, pure evil is fairly rare. Likewise, pure goodness is also a rarity.
All this good and evil stuff is on my mind because I recently scree more
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Drag Chanteuse Arnaldo! offers cabaret workshop
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Staff Writer
Arnaldo!
American-Style Cabaret
Workshop Performance
October 11, 7 PM
Julia's on Broadway
The Pacific Northwest Cabaret Association and Jizel Music of San Francisco are presenting their first collaboration, an American-style cabaret performance more
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Led Zeppelin burlesque mixed hedonism, humor
by Jessica Price -
SGN A&E Writer
House of Thee UnHoly #3
September 17
The Triple Door
While I'm not a Led Zeppelin fanatic by any means, I'm certainly glad that veteran Seattle burlesque performer Paula the Swedish Housewife is. This production, Paula's brainchild, is by far the most ambi more
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Jennifer's Body laughs at its own silliness
by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN A&E Writer
Jennifer's Body
Now Playing
By now you've read everyone else's review of Jennifer's Body, the new Megan Fox vehicle ('cause that's more of what Jennifer's Body is than anything else) which also stars plucky, geeky Amanda Seyfriend as her best friend. Still, more
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People's Republic of Komedy brings solid talent
by James Whitely -
SGN Contributing Writer
Laff Hole
October 7 and 21
Chop Suey
On September 16, SGN attended "Laff Hole," Seattle's alt-comedy spectacle, which features stand-up, sketch and other "nonsense." Produced by the People's Republic of Komedy (PRoK), Laff Hole runs the first and t more
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Special Ladies at Re-Bar a special evening
by James Whitely -
SGN Contributing Writer
Special Ladies
September 17
Re-bar
Re-bar, just off the hill, is a gem. I wanted to learn more about what goes on at the club that will soon be celebrating its 20th anniversary next Valentine's Day, yet still remains largely undiscovered by some part more
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The Blakes usher new album with focused performance
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
The Blakes
September 29 @ Neumos
It was quick, simple, to the point, and unmistakably terrific. In just over an hour, The Blakes satisfied a crowd of devoted fans and well-wishers that came to celebrate new music and bid them farewell.
No, the more
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| MUSIC LOUNGE |
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Snow Patrol interview next week, and other music stuff
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| WHERE IT'S AT |
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Deadmau5, Grizzly Bear, Mika lead the way in Rock-tober
Seattle's own Pearl Jam
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| MOVIE REVIEWS |
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Sara's fall 2009 movie previews
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Somers Town saved in the last four minutes
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| INSIDE HOLLYWOOD |
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Deep Inside Hollywood - Romeo San Vicente
Replacing Abdul, one gay judge at a time
They took away the only ray of sunshine on the American Idol judging panel. And though it was a sad day for everyone except Paula Abdul - who is filthy rich and doesn't need your pity - the news has only gotten better and better as the substitute roll call of guest judges for season nine goes more |
| BOOK MARKS |
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Book Marks
by Richard Labonte -
SGN Contributing Writer
The Show That Smells
by Derek McCormack
(Akashic Books/Little House
on the Bowery, $15.95)
This 10th title in a sublime literary imprint, curated smartly by Dennis Cooper for Akashic, is a creepy gem that's both grotesquely horrific and terrifically more
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Bloody Henry a grossly funny history lesson
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Bloody Henry
Lee Center,
Seattle University
Through October 24
History lessons might go down a lot easier if they were all done by Brian Kooser and his puppets. Bloody Henry is the fruit of a year's worth of puppetry design and some frantic work by a c more
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Runt is theatre for football fans - a sports metaphor
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Runt of the Litter
ACT Theatre
Through October 11
Bo Eason is an ex-professional football player. Not now playing football, Eason has to figure out what to do with the rest of his life (football only being the beginning of it). He's decided, for now, to be an actor (he has more
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Good times with the slave and healthcare woes
by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN A&E Writer
As I sit here in the WiFi café I so love (hey, the grrls are cute and the beverages are cheap) nibbling trail mix (my secret to losing the weight I've been working on) and trying not to stress about cash flow, several things are going through my noggin at the moment. One is that I'm st more
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