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The Must List: Rock with the Beat Connection at Neumos, Get Your SIFF On and Nosh to Fight Hunger

lauren.mang — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:32:46 +0000

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Seattle Magazine Staff

Must Support
Drink for a Good Cause
Through May 31 — Several local restaurants, including Elliott’s Oyster House, Ray’s Boathouse, Ivar’s, Toulouse Petit and Ba Bar, have partnered with broVo Spirits to serve up classic cocktails throughout May in honor of National Brain Tumor Awareness Month. A portion of the proceeds for each cocktail ordered goes to the Kathi Goertzen Foundation, the organization created to help raise research funds for brain cancer cures and patient support.

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Remembering Kathi Goertzen, Inspirational Role Model

Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado About Nothing' to Open SIFF 2013

Northwest Artists Shine at SIFF

The Must List: Rent Local Art, Give Big to Nonprofits and Enter our Mother’s Day Instagram Contest

lauren.mang — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:46:09 +0000

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Seattle Magazine Staff

MUST SEE
SAM Gallery “Artists’ Choice” Opening
In celebration of its 40th year playing art matchmaker to its host of art lovers who, for whatever reason, just can’t seem to commit, Seattle Art Museum’s rental and sales outpost SAM Gallery is unveiling Artists Choice. The show will feature a vibrant mix of work by several up-and-coming artists. 5/9, 5-7 p.m. SAM Gallery: Art Sales and Rentals, 1220 Third Ave.; 206.343.1101; seattleartmuseum.org.

Seattle mag Photographer Hayley Young Shoots Macklemore for Out Magazine

lauren.mang — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:39:53 +0000

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Lauren Mang

Props to our staff photographer Hayley Young for her latest work in the new issue of Out magazine.

Mossback Monday: Our Knute Berger Talks Sonics, State Pensions, Superheroes and Anarchist Clowns

lauren.mang — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:14:09 +0000

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Knute Berger

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Mossback Monday: Knute Berger on the NBA's Kings, the Seattle Freeze and Making Microsoft Millionaires Pay

A Toast to Knute Berger: Best Space Needle Tour Guide Ever

Chris Hansen: Seattle Magazine's Person of 2012

Mossback Monday: Knute Berger on the NBA's Kings, the Seattle Freeze and Making Microsoft Millionaires Pay

Naomi Craw — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:59:28 +0000

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Knute Berger

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Mossback Monday: Knute Berger on Earth Day, the Beer Tax Rebellion, and a Memo to Vulcan

Seattle Farmers Market Calendar 2013

The New Rustic: Local Dining Trend in 2013

Mossback Monday: Knute Berger on Earth Day, the Beer Tax Rebellion, and a Memo to Vulcan

Naomi Craw — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:50:42 +0000

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Knute Berger

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A Toast to Knute Berger: Best Space Needle Tour Guide Ever

Knute's News: Cities Battle Over Big Data, and $1 Million Bounty Set for Bigfoot

South Lake Union to Get Mile-High Tower

Earth Day 5k, Crazy Food at Radiator Whiskey and Other Weekend Musts

Bond Huberman — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:02:03 +0000

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Seattle Magazine

MUST WALK
Earth Day 5K
Saturday (4/20) — Seattle magazine’s first ever 5k run/walk follows a gorgeous route that wends through the Olympic Sculpture Park and skirts Elliott Bay along the Myrtle Edwards Park bike trail. A portion of each registration goes to the Green Seattle Partnership, a nonprofit working to restore our urban forests and parks. An eco-friendly beer garden at Bell Harbor will reward both participants and spectators at the finish line.

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Radiator Whiskey Debuts...with Pig Head on the Menu

15 Best Neighborhoods in Seattle

Mother's Day is Coming: Best Brunch Spots in Seattle

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Fundraiser for Boston Bombing Victims Celebrates Sports and Solidarity in Belltown

Bond Huberman — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:12:49 +0000

A local man is hosting a fundraiser tonight (April 18; 4-11 p.m.) at Spitfire to benefit victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. David LeClair describes himself as "a Boston native living in Seattle. He grew up with Krystle Campbell, who was killed in the explosion"

Details below are from the Facebook event page:

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The New Macklemore Video is Here

Bond Huberman — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:15:23 +0000

The latest music video from Seattle hip hop sensations Macklemore and Ryan Lewis is out. Call of the Wild, intercepted by James Bond, meets The Goonies and an obligatory rooftop party. It's as fun as it is totally insane. Also, the mystery of the black American flag spotted on the Space Needle is solved.

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis: Is This What Greatness Looks Like?

2010 Spotlight Award: Macklemore

Mother's Day is Coming: Best Brunch Spots in Seattle

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Knute's News: Cities Battle Over Big Data, and $1 Million Bounty Set for Bigfoot

Bond Huberman — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:54:01 +0000

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Knute Berger

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News and Marginalia: Twin Peaks is Back

15 Best Neighborhoods in Seattle

The Eastside: An Express Lane to the American Dream?

See a New Take on Kafka, Shop Designer Leather and Other Weekend Musts

Bond Huberman — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:02:16 +0000

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Seattle Magazine

MUST WATCH
Kafka’s The Trial
Ongoing (4/5–4/28) — New Century Theatre Company is staging an appropriately claustrophobic new take on Kafka’s classic, The Trial, housed (also appropriately) in Seattle’s former INS building. Audience members are categorized and “processed” as they enter, and sit in a “jury box” to watch the unsettling proceedings. Starring veteran Seattle actors Darragh Keenan and Amy Thone, the play’s spookiest aspect is its modern day relevancy.

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Where Seattle Chefs Eat

Cocktail Recipe: Summer in Madagascar

Earth Day 5k: You Are What You Eat

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Earth Day 5k: You Are What You Eat

alison.brownrigg — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:43:48 +0000

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Ali Brownrigg

A few years ago I heard about an archaeological dig in China that unearthed a Chinese woman in her fifties who was so well preserved by her cypress wood tomb layered with clay and charcoal that she was perfectly intact, including her last meal of honeydew melon, the seeds of which were still in her stomach.

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Earth Day 5K Training: Lessons from REI on Support and Compression

Earth Day 5K: King 5's Jesse Jones Gets Fit

Earth Day 5k: Fake it Until You Make it

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The Swans in Rehearsal

brangien.davis — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:06:56 +0000

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Brangien Davis

As Swan Lake prepares for takeoff at Pacific Northwest Ballet (4/12-4/21), the company is posting some rehearsal videos that are pretty irresistible—in large part because they offer a peek at backstage ballet fashion, which never fails to mesmerize. How do the dancers end up wearing such a colorful mishmash of leotards, tights, heat wraps, flouncy skirts, shrugs and leg warmer-style knitted garments of varying lengths and locations? And how do they come up with such innovative ways to layer them?

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Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado About Nothing' to Open SIFF 2013

Bond Huberman — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:53:09 +0000

There will be much ado, indeed, at SIFF (Seattle International Film Festival) this year. The festival opens with Joss Whedon's take on Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, starring Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion, and Clark Gregg. The film was shot in twelve days, uses the original text and apparently was edited on a laptop while Whedon was still in production for The Avengers. It also marks Whedon's debut as a composer, according to the press release.

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Spring Arts Preview 2013

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Live Nude Girls, or, Feminism Can Be Fun

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News and Marginalia: Twin Peaks is Back

Bond Huberman — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:11:02 +0000

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Knute Berger

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Mountains Yet to Climb: Embracing Diversity Among Hikers

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