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Pride Idol corrals the talent on Country Night
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
On May 15, Neighbours Seattle was transformed into a country and western hoedown as Seattle's cowboys and cowgirls turned out for the 2011 Pride Idol 'Country Night' to compete for a spot in the finals and a chance to become the next Pride Idol!
Pride Idol is a citywide singing contest produced and presented by SO more |
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Curtain opens on Seattle International Film Festival
SGN sits down with SIFF artistic director Carl Spence
by Sara Michelle Fetters -
SGN Contributing Writer
After the start of the 37th annual Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), which featured the local premiere of the crowd-pleasing The First Grader, I took a moment to sit down with artistic director Carl Spence and talk about what audiences can expect from this year's 25- more
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La Femme Magnifique celebrates 30 years
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Associate Editor
Join La Femme Magnifique International 2010 Lily Armani and La Femme Magnifique Washington Plus 2010 Katrina Duall along with Darcelle XV and the most beautiful female impersonators in the Northwest on May 22 at Neighbours in Seattle to see who will be crowned the next La Femme Magnifiqu more
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Gay artist works to promote Just Another Sad Song
by Anthony Greer -
SGN Contributing Writer
Singer/songwriter Jeremiah Clark will be headlining a public outdoor House Concert in downtown Seattle on June 19.
Clark's album, Just Another Sad Song, is the openly Gay artist's first full-length album and his second headlining tour, where he will be playing a mixture of house conce more
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A Dyke About Town: Dan Savage reads his book It Gets Better
by Mercy Moosemuzzle -
SGN Contributing Writer
Alice Stuart and
the Formerlys
On May 13, blues musician Alice Stuart performed at Third Place. Mercy's friend Jousts had recommended the concert and told Mercy, 'Her voice reminds me of Janis Joplin.' After the singer opened with 'Statesboro Blues,' Mercy agreed, more
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Top-flight entertainment with Mary Poppins
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Mary Poppins
Paramount Theatre
Through May 29
See Mary Poppins fly through the air inside the Paramount Theatre! See Bert walk up the proscenium arch, across the top, and down the other side! These are just a couple of the magical moments to enjoy as the touring more
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Symphony's Telemann, Bachs very well served
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Ton Koopman with members of Seattle Symphony
May 14
Benaroya Hall
When first I encountered Ton Koopman, he was playing an organ recital on the new tracker-action organ at Gethsemane Lutheran Church in downtown Seattle. He gave us Bach's 'Toccata and Fugue in D m more
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God-like Kleiber steps down a notch in DVD set
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
When one loves music of any kind, he or she tends to have some special favorites, often elevating those favorites to almost super-human status. The opera queen has his divas - in my case, soprano Zinka Milanov and Ella Fitzgerald (an unlikely pairing). My other musical gods are conductors such as more
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