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Pulp fiction -
An interview with Vincent Kovar,
editor of Re-Pulped
by Eric Andrews-Katz -
SGN Contributing Writer
Gay City Vol. 3:
Re-Pulped
launch party
August 21, 7 PM
ElliotT Bay Books
Pulp fiction has been a genre that has fascinated us since its earliest origins. Starting off as a way to whet salacious appetites, the genre has become part of pictures, poetry, and prose. Being more |
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Adam Lambert glams it up for Seattle fans
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Adam Lambert
July 20
The Showbox SoDo
There's just as much happening off the stage at an Adam Lambert concert as there is on. Local fans of this American Idol star marched gleefully into the The Showbox SoDo in a line that coiled around two whole block more
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RuPaul returns to The Lobby Bar
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Staff Writer
RuPaul's Drag U
Monday nights
at 8 PM
The Lobby Bar
RuPaul is back at The Lobby Bar every Monday night with her brand-new show RuPaul's Drag U, a series where everyday women compete in a series of challenges to unleash their inner diva. But Ru isn't more
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Sharon McNight is cabaret at its best
by Shaun Knittel -
SGN Staff Writer
Songs to Offend
Almost Everyone
July 14
Julia's on Broadway
She's crass, she's funny, and boy, can she sing - cabaret legend Sharon McNight is cabaret at its absolute best!
On July 14, Sharon presented her critically acclaimed show Son more
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Legendary Lip Sync Contest celebrates first year
by Gaysha Starr -
Special to the SGN
For the last 52 weeks, at 9 p.m. on Wednesdays, I stand in front of my bathroom mirror and get in drag. Sometimes I like what I see and how it is all coming together, and other times I have to work around "certain things" and like any artist erase and start again. There are always my two pu more
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Bettye LaVette mesmerizing in one-night-only appearance
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Bettye LaVette
July 15
Dimitriou's Jazz Alley
It was a night to remember. Every seat in the house was taken - upstairs, downstairs, and the bar area at Dimitriou's Jazz Alley was packed to capacity. A line formed at the door as people hoped to squeeze more
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A Dyke About Town: A week of
amazing music
by Mercy Moosemuzzle -
SGN Contributing Writer
Curtis Salgado
Cuteness called Mercy's attention to Curtis Salgado because he won the 2010 Blues Music Award for Soul Blues Male Artist of the Year. Mercy was very happy to have seen him at Jazz Alley. The members of his tight band are Josh Fulero (guitar), Tracy Ar more
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Spelling Bee a-d-o-r-a-b-l-e
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Contemporary Classics and RK Productions
Through August 14
Contemporary Classics and RK Productions, two companies that focus on musicals, have teamed to produce the fun semi-parody of a spelling bee, The 25th An more
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Shoestring opera brings big rewards
by Brian Bailey -
SGN Guest Reviewer
Puget Sound Opera
July 16-17
Meydenbauer Theater, Bellevue
Staging two operas is an ambitious undertaking, especially since this was very much a shoestring affair - in fact, the same shoestring for both operas. The same basic set served for both: a wet more
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Farcical Pageant Play a riot
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Pageant Play
Theater Schmeater
Through August 14
This ain't a version of Toddlers and Tiaras! Pageant Play, the current offering at Theater Schmeater, is a laugh-riot send-up of pageant mothers and the cadre of money-sucking must-have pageant preparers costing fa more
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Past relationships haunt Kindred Spirits
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
Kindred Spirits
ReAct Theatre
at Richard Hugo House
Through August 8
When you've had someone you love leave your life, does it sometimes feel like their ghost is left behind? This is the premise of the world-premiere play Kindred Spirits by Maggie Lee, more
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Panevino offers a taste of Italy on Broadway
by Eric Andrews-Katz -
SGN Contributing Writer
'The difference between a restaurant and a trattoria,' explains Francesco Angiuli, 'is a trattoria is usually owned by a family. They present an affordable price where everything is made from local ingredients and family traditions. It's much more personal.' This is the idea behin more
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