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Rainy Dawg Radio gets a local
Rainy Dawg Radio, the University of Washington student-run radio station, presents its third annual local music showcase tonight with Phil Elvrum of Mount Eerie, Portlanders Cars + Trains, Naomi Punk, and Secret Colors (aka Matt Lawson). The show is happening in the HUB North Den at 7pm and it's $4 with UW I.D. or $8 without. The first hundred people to arrive at the show will receive a copy of Rainy Dawg Radio’s second...
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Friendly Folk-Pop for the Kids: Hey Marseilles at Vera This Saturday
Before the seasons changed and our rain-induced pseudo-hibernation began, we were able to gather up many fond musical memories during festival season. During one such venture we were able to talk to Hey Marseilles and Fences as part of our Better Know a CHBP Band series. As luck has it the two bands will be playing the Vera Project this Saturday. (Tickets $10, all ages, 7:30 PM)
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UW Women's Cross Country to Defend National Title
University of Washington’s cross country teams head down to Terre Haute, Indiana this weekend for the NCAA National Division I Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Championship races, which take place on Monday morning. Should be interesting, it’s no big deal--the women are only returning as defending National Champions since they clinched the very first NCAA Championship in program history last year. It’s been 11 years since a UW program has successfully defended a National...
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Give Back: Girls Rock! Seattle
Tonight Girls Rock! Seattle will host a "50 Shows in 50 States" fundraiser at The High Dive, featuring performances by Goodness, The Redwood Plan, Eighteen Individual Eyes, and Alicia Dara. The fundraiser is part of a nationwide effort to raise money and awareness for Girls Rock! Seattle and the Girls Rock Camp Alliance (GRCA), an international coalition unifying girls’ rock camps and girls’ music projects around the world. The goal of the fundraiser is...
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Little Big Band Talks Respect, Honor, and Action
Meet Gene Tagaban, storyteller, musician, motivational speaker, life trainer, and the emcee for a wonderful event tonight presented by The Burke Museum called Tribute to the Spirit: Little Big Band. The event, which features representatives from seven different First Nations on one stage, is "an unprecedented gathering of Native American performers."
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Can't Miss It: Weekend Edition Nov 20-22
"Fingers" courtesy of Seattlest Flickr pool member aaronbrethorst BALLARD JAZZ WALK: Over the past six years, the Ballard Jazz Festival has moved from a community event into a nationally recognized festival before deciding that being a neighborhood party with international cred is a rather sweet niche. You know, creamy big band with a hard bop nougat. The Walk starts at 7 p.m. and offers 18 bands spread over 12 venues. Schedule here [pdf]. Come...
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Excavator Rampage in Stanwood
The weapon of choice of Stanwood rampagers. Whew! What a week for weird crimes. So far we've had self-styled ninjas wounding themselves, crossbow-wielding attackers, an underage drunk driver turning herself in and a miraculously harmless 8-story fall. (Okay, that last one isn't a "crime," but you get what we're saying. It's been a weird week for violence.) Now, to cap it off this Friday: a construction equipment rampage in Stanwood. KIRO reports that a...
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Seattlest Pix 09Nov20
"UNTITLED" by PHOTOBYNANI, from our Flickr pool...
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More Reasons to Love the Sounders, Soccer
Aside from on-field accomplishments, one of the shining successes of the Sounders FC organization was its connection to fans and the community at large. Today, as part of festivities leading up to Sunday's MLS Cup at Qwest Field, a few Sounders are chipping in to build an entire elementary school playground. In one day.
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On Twilight Cocktails
Far be it from us to say that the Twilight franchise of books and movies is bad--they're super-entertaining and enjoyable. We just think Twilight is wrong about two things: Forks, Washington, and vampires.
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The Ninja Warriors Among Us
If Seattle is going to make national news, it might as well be for ninjas.
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We Pronounce Blogsgiving 2009 a Success
A hungry horde of local bloggers descended upon Central Cinema, bearing offerings of canned food and five dollar bills and baying for mulled wine, caramel apples, and camaraderie. On hand were bloggers and readers from CHS, CDNews, Seattle Metblogs, the SunBreak, the PI...the list goes on. Thanks to Neighborlogs for sponsoring it and to Central Cinema for hosting. That pizza was la bamba. We hear from the SunBreak that we raised $447 in cash...
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Hugo House Presents Visiting Hours
Hugo House will be hosting Visiting Hours this Friday at 7:30 p.m., featuring Northwest favorites such as Benjamin Parzybok, Elizabeth Austen, Matt Smith, and Molly Rose. Tickets range from $15-25. What does the term "visiting hours" make you think of? Jail time? Psych wards? Supervised visits with the children? Plexiglass? Though the term "visiting hours" usually makes us think of less-than-happy events or times, the idea of a visiting hour can also be seen...
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Can't Miss It: Thursday
Some Things Last A Long Time by Alex Crick, from the Seattlest Flickr pool. NEW ITALY: Few countries do art and design (and wine) better than Italy. And Italian cinema has always been among the best, which is why SIFF is presenting The New Italian Film Festival, a series of 8 Euro festival movies selected by a jury and sent to Seattle. Tonight’s two showings are Different From Whom?, the satirical story of a...
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Today in Incredible Selfishness: Rainier Valley Food Bank Burgled
The Rainer Valley Food Bank was burgled. You can go ahead and let your face fall into a rictus of unspeakable shock and anger now. This is a textbook moment for justifiable anger.
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Isabella Rossellini Brings Green Porno to Benaroya
Squid have three hearts, while anchovies have orgies of sorts.
This was part of the message that actress, model, and author Isabella Rosselini brought to Benaroya Hall last night, where she spoke in support of Green Porno, her two-year-old short film series on the sex lives of insects for the Sundance Channel. The event was part of Seattle Arts & Lectures' calendar of events.
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John Oliver Makes No Apologies
John Oliver is a funny Englishman. To his credit, he’s very upfront about it. A longtime stand-up and current correspondent for The Daily Show, Oliver has perfected a wry, incisive voice, one deeply informed by history, which develops subversive undertones when placed in contrast to his surroundings. Like, say, when he’s doing an impression of a foul-mouthed New Jersey squirrel in the back corner of a tribal casino.
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Seattlest Pix 09Nov19
"TITLE OF PHOTO" by Photocoyote, from our Flickr pool...
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Thanksgiving Pairing Suggestions: Beer and the Bird
A good Thanksgiving, in our opinion, also includes some times for reflection when you can enjoy a mixed drink or a glass of wine. And while wine and martinis might seem the best options with turkey (martinis pair best with dark meat, by the way), there's a missed pairing option: the craft beer.
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Pillow Army Invades the Crocodile
"Pillow Army" courtesy of Seattlest Flickr pool member TysonLynn Being band nerds from way back, how could we not be in love with Pillow Army? A Seattle six-piece, Pillow Army wraps pop ingenuity in baroque expressions of confusion, conformity, love, sadness, and anger. They recently released their debut EP, To Comfort and Destroy, and tonight they play at The Crocodile. Featuring cello, violin, and flute (along with the more traditional guitar, bass, and drums),...
