Seattle, August 2011
Features
Game-Changers
Illustration by Nikki Burch
A new generation of rebel girls advances to the next level.
Call it the Slave Leia Paradox.
Anyone who’s seen Return of the Jedi recalls Princess Leia’...
Adventures in Listening
Garaje Internacional
Named after a lyric in the Spanish translation of Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” Capsula are a time capsule of rock history.
“Bowie, Iggy, Lou Reed—we love...
Visions
I’m at an art gallery in a mall on the Eastside when suddenly I’m flush, dizzy, gasping for air. It isn’t just the sight of a woman lying on the floor that startles my heart. I...
KEXP's Concerts at the Mural
Every year, KEXP’s free, all-ages Concerts at the Mural series showcases local standouts as well as a few global bands on the verge of breakout stardom. Held at Seattle Center...
Here & Now
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Putting the Art in Apartment
Vignettes is a series of small exhibitions that appear for one night only in the studio apartment of curator Sierra Stinson. Stinson talked to City Arts about why she dismantles...
Size Matters
Akimbo performs at Total Fest IV
The trend in music festivals is shrinkage
Four years ago, I was walking to an after-hours party at the Omni Hotel in downtown Austin with a few...
New Gallery Portends Possibility
A preview of An Empty Vase
Dirk Park is getting in on the ground floor. Literally.
This month the local gallerist is opening Prole Drift, a new storefront exhibition space in the...
Delights in the Details
Hidden gems, handmade treasures, inherited heirlooms and perfectly crafted articles of clothing: This is the stuff that matters. Get inspired by something beautiful that’s built...
Forbidden Fruit
When blackberries invade, eat them.
As you lean headfirst into a dense tangle of vines, saw-toothed leaves tickle your cheeks. You thrust your arm through a thick layer of...
Version
I was in a bar with some friends
when someone mentioned that John Wayne
died with forty pounds of black shit
compacted in his bowels and someone else
confirmed this fact and I...
Meet Maikoiyo
Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes at Tarboo's workshop in Pioneer Square.
Artist, Father, Conversationalist, Mystery
Maikoiyo Alley-Barnes is creative director of pun(c)tuation gallery...
Madhouse
A block commits itself to large-scale installations
Mad Homes, the third public installation project by MadArt Seattle, opened July 16 at the corner of Bellevue and Roy...
Fringe Pushes In
This month the Intiman Theatre, which abruptly canceled its 2011 season amidst massive financial bungling, will “identify the preferred concept for reopening the theatre.” While...
Points for Participation
School of Rock students perform at Columbia City Theater
The cover shoot for this issue was pandemonium. Picture five budding young rockers and our photographer, staff and...
A Homegrown Fest Goes Abroad
Downing in Iceland
Many film festivals show movies from around the world, but only one actually shows them around the world: Couch Fest, a Seattle-spawned oddity.
The...
Bike Jump
Bike JumpGaytron the Imploder, dirt bike, neon tubing and frame
Born and raised in Tacoma, Galen McCarty Turner is a graduate of Evergreen State College and the Pilchuck Glass...
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