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DJ Joe King returns to First Fridays
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
First Fridays with DJ Joe King
August 6 and the first Friday of every month
Neighbours Nightclub
Every night at discothèques and nightclubs around the world, the masses shake their moneymakers to the sounds of a superstar DJ. As soon as the mega-clubs of the 1970s caught on, so did the simpl more |
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Eat Gay love: Eat Pray Love director Ryan Murphy
His new Julia Roberts film,
pushing the Gay on Glee, ?and the Wicked movie
by Chris Azzopardi -
SGN Contributing Writer
Glee is all Ryan Murphy must be feeling these days. Already on fire from his Gay-worshipped TV megahit, the 44-year-old director's second feature, Eat Pray Love, adapted from the wildly popul more
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Silversun Pickups keep it simple and startling
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Silversun Pickups
July 31
Paramount Theatre
It's never been a priority for Silversun Pickups to be flashy. They're a successful music outfit, securing their first Grammy nomination this year and having embarked on separate arena tours with top English a more
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Tristan und Isolde: Passion in the pit, silliness on stage
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Tristan und Isolde
McCaw Hall
Through August 21
What a contrast between the intense passion of this musical performance and the cold, disconnected symbolism of the sets and action on stage! In Seattle Operas new production of Wagners Tristan und Isolde, any a more
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Toad the Wet Sprocket still hot after all these years
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
Toad the Wet Sprocket
July 29
Moore Theatre
When I was 14 years old, I had the biggest crush on Glen Phillips, lead singer and front man of Toad the Wet Sprocket. In my mind, Glen was coolness personified. He was a singer in a band, played the guitar more
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A Dyke About Town: A week of stunning performances
by Mercy Moosemuzzle -
SGN Contributing Writer
Gay Night
at Teatro Zinzanni
Mercy and Cuteness ate up the great food and entertainment at Teatro Zinzanni. They had been at Gay Night there last year, and there had only been two other couples. This year, there were 40 people. Mercy thinks the difference is the imp more
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The Concert worthy of a standing ovation
all-Queer music revue
by Sara Michelle Fetters -
SGN Contributing Writer
The Concert
Opening August 6
At 50 years of age, Andreï Filipov (Aleksei Guskov) is not where he expected to be. Well, that's not entirely true. He's working at the Bolshoi Orchestra, working damned hard. But he's working as maintenance man, fixing more
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Polaroid Stories builds the future of Seattle theatre
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Polaroid Stories
Balagan Theatre
Through August 8
Polaroid Stories is Greek myths, teen style. Mix together hip-hop, street slang, some Sam Shepard-like poetry, lots of quick scenes with little explanation, actual teens playing roles written for teens, a more
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Imagination a dark Glenn Beck satire
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Her Mother Was Imagination
Annex Theatre
Through August 28
The description for the world-premiere play Her Mother Was Imagination at the Annex Theatre included that it's about 'a post-constitutional society who have embraced Glenn Beck as their leader an more
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14/48 festival crams Theatre Off Jackson with shorts
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
14/48
August 6-7 at 8:00 and 10:30 p.m.
Theatre Off Jackson
Here we go! It's 14/48 time. The world's quickest theater festival presents 14 plays in 48 hours. (The rules and a bunch of information is available at www.1448fest.com.) On Thursday, July 29, th more
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CBS adding trio of
Gay characters
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
For years, CBS has noticeably lagged behind other television networks in its inclusion of LGBT characters. In fact, the network has been so bad at airing Gay characters or storylines that last week it earned a "Failing" diversity grade from GLAAD. However, CBS executives say that they get more
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