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posted Friday, June 5, 2009 - Volume 37 Issue 23

Arts and Entertainment
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SGN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Stars of SIFF's American Primitive
by Scott Rice - SGN Contributing Writer

American Primitive June 12 at 7 PM and June 13 at 4:30 PM Egyptian Theatre Being a teenage girl is already a dicey proposition. You must figure out boys and girls and clothes, and you must figure out what kind of woman you're going to be. Add to this minefield a recently widowed dad who finds himself in love with his male more

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SGN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: RENT's iconic Anthony Rapp
by Eric Andrews-Katz - SGN Contributing Writer

The name Anthony Rapp may not be recognized at first, but the face that goes with it should be. His appearances in movies like Adventures in Babysitting, Dazed and Confused, Twister and Six Degrees of Separation should bear the first signs of recognition, but if you saw or heard a more
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Fischerspooner turns in disappointing results
by Jessica Price - SGN A&E Writer

Fischerspooner
May 26
The Showbox Market

All I can think of to describe Fischerspooner's "performance" at The Showbox is a Smiths song title - "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore." The one-time darlings of electro-clash are touring for the release of their more
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Wunderkind Joshua Roman returns to Seattle

by Rod Parke - SGN A&E Writer

Seattle Symphony Orchestra with Joshua Roman, cello
May 30
Benaroya Hall

The "Overture" from Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride revealed both the strengths and weakness of guest conductor James DePreist. Technically clean, beautifully balanced, and nicely arti more
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PNB scores with "Director's Choice"

by Milton W. Hamlin - SGN A&E Writer

Pacific Northwest Ballet's "Director's Choice"
June 5-7
McCaw Hall

Pacific Northwest Ballet's current "Director's Choice" mixed repertory program thrilled opening-night crowds last week. Seattle dance fans were delighted to find a rave review of the more
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MUSIC LOUNGE

American Idol, Sticky & Sweet, Hannah Montana, Asher Roth
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BITS & BYTES

OUTBOUND

WHERE IT'S AT

B-52s, JoBros, Staples all in June
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MOVIE REVIEWS

SIFF's second week of GLBT cinema
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Brothers Bloom a yarn of thieves and liars
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Drag Me to Hell outrageously bad
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The Hangover an intoxicating good time
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INSIDE HOLLYWOOD

Deep Inside Hollywood - Romeo San Vicente
Jackman: More musicals, more Wolverine
Perhaps no Hollywood leading man since James Cagney has been able to balance tough-guy roles and musical-comedy chops as easily as Hugh Jackman. And his upcoming projects indicate that Jackman will continue to divide his time between the two. Having won a Tony for his portrayal of Gay song more

BOOK MARKS

Book Marks
by Richard Labonte - SGN Contributing Writer

Unfriendly Fire: How the Gay Ban Undermines the Military and Weakens America
by Nathaniel Frank
(St. Martin's Press, $25.95)

What an infuriating book - in a good way. By recounting dozens of sordid tales of dubious discharges, and with a damning more
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SCUBA provocative and edgy dance
by Rajkhet Dirzhud-Rashid - SGN A&E Writer

SCUBA National Touring Network for Dance
May 30-31
Velocity Main Space

The weather outside last weekend was warmer than normal, and the Velocity Main Space (home to Velocity Dance until their September move to Capitol Hill Arts Center, CHAC) was more
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