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ZAP! R. Crumb's Underground at the Frye Art Museum through April
by Maggie Bloodstone -
SGN A&E Writer
R. CRUMB'S
UNDERGROUND
FRYE ART MUSEUM
JANUARY 26-APRIL 27
Botticelli had Venus. Dali had Gala. Frida Kahlo had&Frida Kahlo. Call them muses, models, or metaphors, almost every visual artist worth their titanium white has had an image of aesthetic perfection nestled behind their 3rd eyes insp more
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Yes, there will be Oscars
by Sara Michelle Fetters -
SGN Contributing Writer
The biggest mystery surrounding this Tuesday's 80th annual Academy Award nominations isn't which of 2007's magnificent motion pictures will be up for Best Picture. Instead, the one thing on everyone's mind after all the noms are announced is whether or not the actual Oscar te more
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New book, Lionel H. Pries, Architect, Artist, Educator offers compelling look at life of UW teacher, fired for being Gay
by Jeffrey Karl Ochsner -
Special to the SGN
[On Sunday, January 27, at 2 p.m. at the downtown Seattle Public Library, 1000 4th Ave. in the Microsoft Auditorium, UW architecture professor and author, Jeffery Karl Ochsner speaks about the legacy of this Northwest master, whose life and work are celebrated in his new book, Li more
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Odd Duck presents Westerbork Serenade: A song about loss
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
THE WESTERBORK SERENADE
WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY
DAVID NATALE
DIRECTED BY GIN HAMMOND
SUNDAYS AND MONDAYS
THROUGH JANUARY 28
ODD DUCK THEATER
Westerbork was a Dutch refugee camp during most of World War II, until the Germans took over and more
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Heigl and Marsden shine in overly familiar 27 Dresses
by Sara Michelle Fetters -
SGN Contributing Writer
27 DRESSES
OPENING JANUARY 18
Always a bridesmaid but never a bride, Jane (Katherine Heigl) has seen her fair share of weddings. There have been 27 of them, to be exact, and she's kept the bridesmaid dresses from each and every single one. An idea more
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Avoid Cloverfield like the plague
by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN A&E Writer
CLOVERFIELD
OPENING JANUARY 18
I hate people who talk more than they listen, and I hate people who never shut up, and I hate films where the camera jumps around a lot. So, I truly and definitely hate Cloverfield, which has all of the above and absolutely more
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Retreat toward West Seattle
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
THE RETREAT FROM MOSCOW
BY WILLIAM NICHOLSON
DIRECTED BY CAROL ROSCOE
STARRING THERESE DEIKHANS,
JOHN WRAY AND JAMES COWAN
ARTSWEST
THROUGH JANUARY 27
Titles are sometimes so misleading. Some even tend to turn someone off a subject bef more
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Book Marks
by Richard Labonte -
SGN Contributing Writer
ABOUT MY LIFE AND
THE KEPT WOMAN
BY JOHN RECHY
(GROVE PRESS, $24)
The story about the story - and about the man - behind one of Gay fiction's enduring classics, City of Night, is about as good as memoir gets. Rechy writes with eloquent elegance a more
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Kazanjian and Kosmas team up for two plays at The Shoebox
THE FRIEDA STORY AND ANTHEM
THE SHOEBOX (1404 18TH AVE.)
JANUARY 24 - FEBRUARY 9,
THURSDAY - SATURDAY
$15
Shady Lane Productions presents The Frieda Story and Anthem, two short works about coming and going, written by Kristen Kosmas, directed by John Kazanjian, featuring Elizabeth Kenny and Ti more
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Concentration camp composers' artistic resistance fuels Music of Remembrance's free concert
Music of Remembrance presents Sparks of Glory: Legacy
January 19, 2:30 p.m.
Seattle Asian Art Museum
Seattle's Music of Remembrance (MOR) presents the second program in its Sparks of Glory outreach series, the concert-with-commentary Legacy, at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 19, 2008. The free (thanks to more
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Riverdance to stage eight farewell performances in Seattle
RIVERDANCE
JANUARY 29 - FEBRUARY 3
PARAMOUNT THEATRE
$26-$62
Riverdance, the thunderous celebration of Irish music, song and dance that has tapped its way onto the world stage thrilling millions of people around the globe, will play eight Farewell Performances at The Paramount Theatre from Tuesday, Ja more
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The best Rustycon ever
by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid -
SGN A&E Writer
The boot scootin' mixed with some hip hop moves in the Biohazard mini-party, the three costumed guys who spontaneously did a lip sync to Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody," and so much more made this year's Rustycon one of the best this writer has ever attended. There were more than a few "c more
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Blue Man Group adds color to Key Arena, Toumani Diabaté's African sounds at The Triple Door
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
BLUE MAN GROUP
THURSDAY, JANUARY 24
7:30 P.M.
KEY ARENA - $49.50-$85
The thought of grown, bald men banging on recycled plastic - with blue-painted faces, mind you - doesn't exactly say "night on the town." No, this isn't a human adult formation of the more
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Q-Scopes by Jack Fertig
ARIES (March 20 - April 19): Your sexual skills and experiences (whether great or small) are getting talked about. If all that matters to you is that your name's spelled right, this could be great advertising. If you're the rare, shy Aries, just take it all with good humor.
TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Usually you hate to deba more
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Tacoma Art Museum hosts 'Threads that Bind' festival to honor Black History Month
Tacoma Art Museum marks Black History Month with a free community festival on Sunday, February 3, in conjunction with the exhibition "Threads that Bind: Works by Pacific Northwest African American Quilters." The Threads that Bind Community Festival is from noon to 5 p.m. at Tacoma Art Museum and offers free admission to all visitors.
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