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Seattle, February 2009

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A Mind on Fire

Tacoma Art Museum made painter Michael Brophy’s name. And after he almost burned to death in his bed, the blaze consumed his imagination, and he became the star of the Northwest Biennial. Read online via our Tacoma issue.

Features

February 1, 2009 | by Elizabeth Sharpe

8, 2, 6...Blastoff!

  Dave Eggers sends Seattle kids on a one-way trip to Planet Literature. Photo by Caleb Plowman One enters the 826 Seattle writing center through the front door of Greenwood...
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Here & Now

January 14, 2010 | by the Editors

City Seen

Scandinavian Rock This spring, the Nordic Heritage Museum (3014 NW 67th St., 206.789.5707) brings you the Mostly Nordic concert series, a lineup of Scandinavian chamber music,...
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February 1, 2009 | by Stacey Levine

Man Repeatedly Drowns in Elevator Lobby

Seven new art installations unveiled in the City Light Building. Yuki Nakamura, Filament, slip cast porcelain light bulbs and 2-channel video projections. Photo © Spike Mafford....
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February 1, 2009 | by the Editors

The Curator's Eye

Elegance and Danger | Mike Rathbun, sculptor selected by Beth Sellars, curator, Suyama Space Photo by Eduardo Calderon “He is one of the most passionately obsessive artists I’ve...
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February 1, 2009 | by Tim Appelo

The Great Piano Drop of 1968

How a $25 Steinway made history, blew hippie minds and almost squashed them flat. Folks around Duvall still talk about the Great Piano Drop of April 28, 1968, when the hippies...
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