Seattle, December 2012
Features
Reality Cheezburger
Bravo’s Seattle-based series LOLwork reveals the future of media.
It started with cats. Or, rather, pictures of cats on the Internet, each of them labeled with a pithy caption...
Ivory Christmas
It’s axiomatic the holidays are complicated. The
combination of diminishing light, inclement weather, family entanglements, copious food, myriad booze and, oh yeah, religion,...
First Snow
"Always work your con in your mark’s blind spot.”
Sam Foster, an adolescent delinquent from down the street, was doling out advice on how to pinch wallets at my Aunt Rosalie’s...
Piano Man
In general, I’m not big on other people. What I care about is my place, my DVDs, my food, my couch. But my buddy Jason had a kid, and when that kid looked into my face and smiled...
Ye Merry Olde Gift Guide
Our second-annnual holiday bonanza features dozens of great gift ideas from local retailers. Click here to browse them all!
The Great Americas Jays
Graphite, colored crayon and permanent marker on paper, 31 x 41 inches, 2012 Courtesy of Greg Kucera Gallery. On view through Dec. 22, 2012.
Vesuvius
The Romans believed that if your ears are burning, someone is talking about you. According to Pliny the Elder, who commanded ships and died in the fumes of Vesuvius, the left ear...
Here & Now
Spreading Equality
“The battle for same-sex marriage rights still needs to be fought on a number of different frontiers in our country. But I think that we laid some pretty great groundwork. The...
Tristan Devin, 1980-2012
Sometime in the morning on Nov. 11, Tristan Devin ended his life in the alley behind People’s Republic of Koffee, the Capitol Hill café he owned and operated. The news of the 32-...
D. Black Returns as Nissim
Three years ago, Damian Black declared that he was done with music. His faith was at fault.
“I had to step away from music to surround myself with things that would allow for...
Opulessence
Dixie Darling designs elegant jewelry with a hint of excess.
Who Laura King—better known as Dixie Darling, a 35-year-old jewelry designer originally from Alabama. Darling crafts...
Formidable Fruit
Quince is biblical,mythical and very much in season. But for Pete's sake, don't try to eat it raw.
Once a year around Halloween, a friend brings me a bag of quince from her aunt’...
Pierogi Like Family
Keep your friends close and your dumplings closer.
For most of the week, Dom Polski is a clubhouse, the spacious Capitol Hill headquarters of Seattle’s Polish Home Association....
Taste Test with TJ Cowgill
Artist, musician and impresario TJ Cowgill founded Actual Pain, his Capitol Hill-based clothing company, in 2006 and now counts Kanye West as a fan. He’s a longtime member of...
Hamil's Fables
Existential Tales from Tree City
Horse killed during Friday night’s early show at Whinniez Joke Barn. He was doing some of the best comedy of his life. His new material was...
'Lovers' by Hans-Peter Feldmann
Are they married? Courting? All we know for sure about “Lovers” comes from the title. To create this image, conceptual artist Hans-Peter Feldmann used an old photograph and...
'Skylight' by Kid Smpl
Before we get to Kid Smpl’s music, let’s first debunk the idea of empty space.
Humans know nothing of nothingness. What we perceive as nothing is the lack of things, but even...
Q&A with David Bazan
David Bazan has a complicated relationship with the past. As the primary force behind the now-defunct band Pedro the Lion, Bazan spent a decade documenting personal struggles with...
Q&A with Matt Owen of 'Elf: The Musical'
With its sincere sweetness and Will Farrell’s gangly goofery, Elf was instantly absorbed into the holiday movie canon when it hit theaters in 2003. Two years ago, the movie was...
Attractive Singles
Five can't-miss tracks from the PNW
Sir Lancelot Thaddeus David,
feat. Nacho Picasso and Avatar Darko Last month, this column praised the latest from Nacho Picasso, the molasses...
Scarecrow Suggests DVDs
Dec. 4 Beasts of the Southern Wild Bursting at the seams with life, energy and humanity, this contemporary fairy-tale about a little girl named Hushpuppy, her father and their...
John Langs Joins ACT
John Langs has been helping shape Seattle theatre since 2004, so it’s about time he moved here.
Following his direction of two plays in the Pinter Festival last summer and a...
The Satori Group Gets a New Home
When theatre company the Satori Group opened the doors to its new space on a Wednesday evening in late November, it left a lot to the imagination. The floors had dried only hours...
A Healthy Dose of Make-Believe
All year long, a giant stack of novels has been accumulating on my nightstand, some of them partially read, others woefully uncracked. They’ve withered at my bedside while I feed...
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