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posted Friday, February 5, 2010 - Volume 38 Issue 06 |
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Arts and Entertainment
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RuPaul's Drag Race
Ladies, start your engines!
by Bebe Zahara Benet -
SGN Contributing Writer
The reigning drag queen from last season's RuPaul's Drag Race follows the new season each week with a conversation with the latest eliminated contestant.
Have you missed me? I've missed you! It's been nearly a year since I won the first season of RuPaul's Drag Race on Logo, and I've been one busy dr more |
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Living legends Elton John and Billy Joel duel at Key Arena
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Staff Writer
Elton John and Billy Joel's
Face 2 Face tour
February 3
Key Arena
After a six-year hiatus and rescheduled Key Arena concert dates, Elton John and Billy Joel returned to the Emerald City on their Face 2 Face tour. It's not often that one gets the opportu more
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South Pacific 'one of the best
productions imaginable'
by Milton W. Hamlin -
SGN A&E Writer
South Pacific
5th Avenue Theatre
Through February 21
Rodgers & Hammerstein's classic musical South Pacific is one of the most honored musicals in Broadway history. The original 1949 production won the Pulitzer Prize for drama and a ton of Tony Awards for more
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Love Song puts a new spin on love
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Love Song
ArtsWest
Through February 20
Are there new ways to talk about love? The ArtsWest production of Love Song by John Kolvenbach might be a new way. Love Song seems to say that love can enliven your life - even if it's made up. That could be one way to l more
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Sexy, sassy La Fête is dinner theater at its best
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Staff Writer
La Fête
February 6 and 13
at 7:30 PM
Century Ballroom
La Fête, Century Ballroom's newest cabaret, is a show that you do not want to miss. Performed Saturday nights inside the historic OddFellows Hall in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, La Fête ( more
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Itzhak Perlman's perfection hard to describe
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Itzhak Perlman concert of Mozart, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn
January 27
Benaroya Hall
It's harder to write a review of a perfect concert, for flaws are easier to describe than perfection. If only Itzhak Perlman were less good as a conductor than he is as a vi more
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Ericsson harnesses the glory of the Watjen Organ
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Organist Hans-Ola Ericsson
Monday, February 1st
Benaroya Hall
I came home from this recital so fired up that I could have stayed up all night writing this review. To preserve domestic tranquility with my partner, I did not do so.
What got me s more
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Seattle Gay News and Purr team up for another Oscar party
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Purr Oscar party
March 7
Purr
To match the number of Best Picture nominations for this year's Academy Awards, here are 10 reasons to attend the upcoming Oscars Party at Purr on March 7, co-sponsored by Seattle Gay News.
1) It's free of more
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A Dyke About Town: Nicaraguan visit and Tower of Power show
by Mercy Moosemuzzle -
SGN Contributing Writer
Nicaragua
Mercy, Cuteness and Equality made a trip to Leon, Nicaragua, to help Mercy's sister Jubilation move back to the States. Equality's excitement at how different everything was burst out on the way from the airport to their hotel. "No curfew," she pointed o more
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Q-Scopes by Jack Fertig |
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MUSIC LOUNGE |
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SGN summarizes the glamorous Grammys, Corinne Bailey Rae, Vampire Weekend
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BITS & BYTES |
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OUTBOUND |
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Outbound: Ten things to know before going to Tokyo
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WHERE IT'S AT |
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February concerts Sir Elton, Paul van Dyk, and Bon Jovi to town
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MOVIE REVIEWS |

Mysterious White Ribbon an unsettling masterpiece
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North Face a thrilling cinematic throwback
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Local film screenings celebrates Freedom to Marry Week
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Local film screenings celebrates Freedom to Marry Week
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INSIDE HOLLYWOOD |
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Deep Inside Hollywood - Romeo San Vicente
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BOOK MARKS |
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Book Marks
by Richard Labonte
SGN Contributing Writer
For a few years, memoirs have been the "it" book in literary Queer publishing, and the trend continues - several are included in this subjective list of my 10 "best" fiction and nonfiction titles of the year. Meanwhile, there's also been a boom in young adult titles; one outstanding repres more
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Violet Hour a trip through time
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
The Violet Hour
Seattle Public Theater
Through February 21
Let's say you're psychic and think you know the future. What if there's a pivotal moment and you think something terrible will happen to your friend if you do this huge favor? Would you do the huge fa more
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Lost in Yonkers rings true in today's climate
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Lost in Yonkers
Village Theatre
Issaquah through
February 28
Everett, March 5-28
We should remember during all this financial despair that, years ago, there were no such things as Social Security or welfare for hurting families. And it's not su more
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