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Lynn Shelton's "Your Sister's Sister" to kick off SIFF Festival in May

Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt in "Your Sister's Sister"

This weekend Seattle filmmaker (and Seattle magazine Spotlight Award winner) Lynn Shelton presents her lovely new film, Your Sister’s Sister, at the Sundance Film Festival. Or at least, she’s trying to­—according to her Facebook page, she’s currently still stuck at SeaTac and may miss her big moment altogether, which is terrible! Read more »

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Weekend Must List: The Royal Room, Holiday Happenings and Pricess Bride

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The Everett Collection
Inigo Montoya invites you to quote along with “The Princess Bride” at SIFF

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An Exclusive Musical Tribute to the Viaduct

Alaskan Way Viaduct
Courtesy of WSDOT

Our offices are right next to Phase 1 of the Alaskan Way Viaduct demolition, so we've had a front row seat to all the machines pick-pick-picking away at the doomed highway. In a surge of nostalgia for the concrete disaster-waiting-to-happen, I wrote a little song about the Viaduct. My husband Daniel Spils, a music producer, added a bunch of layers to fill it out. Then our friend (and musician and animator) David Nixon added video. And "O, Viaduct" was born. Hold hands and sing along, everybody! Read more »

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"Romeo and Juliette" Gotta Lotta Love at PNB's Love Stories

Arts editor Brangien Davis and Art Zone host Nancy Guppy at PNB's Love Stories

Oh, ballet. It's so hard to do! So gruelingly technical! And so often... flat. At least to me. I always prefer modern and contemporary dance (which are not the same thing!) to classical ballet. And I think that's because classical ballet so often feels like all technique, no emotional connection. (Indeed, sometimes contemporary dance fails precisely because does the exact opposite: exhibits tons of emotion with no real skill.) Read more »

Behind the Scenes: We're All Wrapped Up in Shiro's New Memoir

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Sushi pioneer Shiro Kashiba

We've just put our December issue to bed, and one of the features we're really excited about is our exclusive excerpt from a new memoir by Seattle's iconic sushi chef, Shiro Kashiba (Shiro's in Belltown is his namesake restaurant). Read more »

 
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