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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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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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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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Inception a mad dreamscape caper
by Scott Rice -
SGN Contributing Writer
Inception
Now Playing
Inception is not a hackneyed rehash of Christopher Nolan's 2000 surprise hit Memento, despite the irritating gesticulations and overwrought exposition of the 20-something young woman sitting behind me in the theater as the screen went bl more
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Fun Salt peppered
with thrills
by Sara Michelle Fetters -
SGN Contributing Writer
Salt
Open July 23
Phillip Noyce's Salt is a heck of a lot of fun. The man behind Harrison Ford's Jack Ryan adventures Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger returns to the genre after a decade of making smaller, more personal films like The Quie more
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Q-Scopes by Jack Fertig
ARIES (March 20 - April 19): Fun and games can help you dodge problems in relationships even when they feel like solutions. The real solution lies in working through your most private fears and pains. Direct those playful urges to creative healing.
TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Cleaning house is not the problem, but could be the s more
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Miniature Tigers singer weighs in on Arizona law, Gay marriage
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
Arizona is not only a hot place to be right now, boiling with temperatures past the 100ยบ mark, but it's also the center of a heated political debate that seems to have divided its residents and people with roots in this Southwestern state - such as the Phoenix-based indie band Miniature Tige more
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Northwest News
GAY CITY LGBT LIBRARY
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Through July 31, the Gay City LGBT Library (511 E. Pike St.) is having a membership drive. ID required to sign up for membership to check out up to five books for a month. The library has over 2,000 books in all topics and genres. more
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Letters
SUSPECT CLASSIFICATION GOES AGAINST COURT LAW
I read with interest Mr. Phil Bereano's letter of July 9. Mr. Bereano is mistaken in characterizing religion as a 'suspect class.' Religion is a form of fundamental right, which requires the government, federal, state, or local, to prove compelling reasons why such a fundamental 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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The Kids Are All Right: See it; please discuss
by Scott Rice -
SGN Contributing Writer
The Kids Are All Right
Now Playing
Woulda, shoulda, coulda! I obviously love second-guessing filmmakers. Lisa Cholodenko's new film The Kids Are All Right offers up the perfect mix of character and plot for lots and lots of second-guessing by me - and every 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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