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Pride Idol breaks Buble curse in week three
by Shaun Knittel - SGN Associate Editor

Seattle Pride Idol, presented by Smirnoff, Seattle's Best Karaoke, Neighbours Seattle, Seattle Gay News, and MOViN 92.5, is back for week three, and the competition was a unique mix of style and presentation that made for a night of fun and entertainment.

The 2012 Pride Idol is a citywide singing contest host more
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Jason Mraz won't give up
Pop star talks supporting LGBT community and his 'open' sexuality
by Chris Azzopardi - SGN Contributing Writer

How cool is Jason Mraz? For one, his unwavering fight for equal rights led him to shoot a Human Rights Campaign video recently; he's also waiting to wed until everyone can and, not long ago, united with Cyndi Lauper to tell the world that he, too, gives a damn.

And h more

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PNB scores with double bill of Apollo & Carmina Burana
by Milton W. Hamlin - SGN Contributing Writer

Apollo and Carmina Burana
McCaw Hall
Through April 22

Pacific Northwest Ballet scores a double hit with its double bill of Balanchine's classic Apollo and Kent Stowell's contemporary extravaganza, Carmina Burana. The program - featuring two au more

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Esperanza Spalding is jazz's red-hot star
by Albert Rodriguez - SGN A&E Writer

Esperanza Spalding April 24 Paramount Theatre

Esperanza Spalding is in high demand. Since winning the Best New Artist award at the 2011 Grammy ceremony, the young singer-composer-multi-instrumentalist finds herself suddenly on everyone's radar. Even the Pur more

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Goddard, Acker try to keep the secrets of Cabin in the Woods
by Sara Michelle Fetters - SGN Contributing Writer

The question presented when you interview The Cabin in the Woods director and co-writer Drew Goddard - and especially when you speak with actress Amy Acker - is how to speak with them about the movie without ruining any of its secrets in the process. It's a tough nut to crac more

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New Mr. Gay Washington crowned
by James Whitely - SGN Staff Writer

On Saturday, April 14, Julian Gaspay of Seattle was crowned Mr. Gay Washington 2012-13. The new Mr. Gay Washington has already begun putting his plans for community involvement into action.

To win the pageant, Gaspay took part in a formal wear presentation, a 'white look' fo more

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Fun evenings with the Solo Performance Festival
by Miryam Gordon - SGN A&E Writer

Solo Performance Festival
Theater Off Jackson
Through April 28

It's time for the next edition of the annual Solo Performance Festival. This is the sixth one, curated, as always, by the indomitable Keira McDonald. You can probably guess that all the vario more

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CATS still purring loudly
by Eric Andrews-Katz - SGN Contributing Writer

CATS Paramount Theatre
Through April 22

CATS is the hit musical based on a collection of children's poems penned by the late T.S. Eliot. After Andrew Lloyd Webber decided to set Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats to music in 1979, the beloved anth more

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A Dyke About Town:
The legendary McCoy Tyner
A Dyke About Town: The legendary McCoy Tyner by Mercy Moosemuzzle - SGN Contributing Writer

Curtis Salgado
Mercy and Cuteness enjoyed Curtis Salgado and his big band at Jazz Alley on April 10. It was a CD release party for Soul Shot. Salgado's voice was powerful and his harmonica was phenomenal. Vyasa Dodson's more

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Giddily gory Cabin worth visiting
by Sara Michelle Fetters - SGN Contributing Writer

The Cabin in the Woods
Now Playing

Five college friends - Dana (Kristen Connolly), Curt (Chris Hemsworth), Jules (Anna Hutchison), Marty (Fran Kranz), and Holden (Jesse Williams) - head for a weekend in the country at a secluded cabin deep in th more

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Q-Scopes by Jack Fertig
ARIES (March 20 - April 19): Mercury in your sign may have you convinced that you're a silver-tongued wit, but he's likelier making you a motor-mouthed annoyance. Write down what you have to say and think about it carefully before you say it.

TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Yes, darling, you are truly fabulous, but true fabulosity sp more

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Dierks Bentley in Seattle this weekend
by Albert Rodriguez - SGN A&E Writer

Easy Street Records is going country! CMA winner and multiple Grammy nominee Dierks Bentley will perform Saturday afternoon at the Queen Anne store to help promote National Record Store Day, a day on which consumers are urged to support local and independent establishments in the midst of gi more

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Q-Scopes by Jack Fertig
compiled by Rick McKinnon - SGN Staff Writer

BORN THIS WAY KAFE FOR URBAN QUEER TEENS AT CAL ANDERSON PARK
On Fridays, 5-9 p.m., at Cal Anderson Shelterhouse (1635 11th Ave., one block north of E. Pine St.), Seattle Parks & Recreation hosts Born This Way Kafe, a welcoming place where LGBTQ youth, friends and alli more

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Letters
THANK YOU, MIKE ANDREW, FOR COURAGEOUS ARTICLE

Mr. Andrew,

My name is Duane Fortier. I am writing to thank you for your article about Fr. Ryan & his scrotum, et al. I was elated to read this story. Many years ago, I went to Sacred Heart Grade School, in Tacoma, WA. & Through them, I was confirmed at St. Jame more

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Spectacular Tchaikovsky tops the show
by Rod Parke - SGN A&E Writer

Augustin Hadelich with the Seattle Symphony
April 14
Benaroya Hall

Guest conductor Peter Oundjian began life as a violinist but shifted to conducting after a repetitive stress injury ended his playing career. His manner is easy, yet contemplative, and reminde more

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Seoul Philharmonic dazzles
ARIES (March 20 - April 19): Mercury in your sign may have you convinced that you're a silver-tongued wit, but he's likelier making you a motor-mouthed annoyance. Write down what you have to say and think about it carefully before you say it.

TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Yes, darling, you are truly fabulous, but true fabulosity sp more

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Seoul Philharmonic dazzles
by Rod Parke - SGN A&E Writer

Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
April 16
Benaroya Hall

If the largely Korean audience was looking for a source of national pride, the Seoul Philharmonic certainly delivered to a bursting reception Monday evening. Indeed, this orchestra left nothing to be desired. more

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LAST CALL: Coldplay, Justice, Esperanza Spalding in Seattle this week
by Albert Rodriguez - SGN A&E Writer

One of the busiest weeks in music this spring delivers three big shows to Seattle in the days ahead.

The biggest is Coldplay. The English supergroup return to Key Arena for the first time since February 2006, when they were promoting X&Y. Their previous trip through the Nor more

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