Festival

Sasquatch 2010 three day passes go on sale this morning

by Maria Christensen
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t’s never too early to start thinking about the annual Sasquatch Music Festival held over Memorial Day weekend at The Gorge Amphitheatre. Right?

If you agree, head over to Ticketmaster starting at 10 am, Saturday, November 7th to pick up a three day pass for $170. The offer is good until December 31st.

The Sasquatch Music Festival [...]

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Film

From Hollywood To Broadway

by Jonathan Mandell
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New York

Broadway Slideshow Quiz

by Jonathan Mandell
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Here are some shows that have opened on Broadway so far this season. Can you identify them?
For clues, check out Broadway 2009 season (or just look at the captions)

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San Francisco

Castro Theatre Makes an Offer You Can’t Refuse With Al Pacino Series

by Louis Peitzman
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When I heard that the Castro was doing a four-day Al Pacino series, I thought I’d finally be able to see “Cruising” on the big screen. I was wrong. But hey, I’m not disappointed, because the movies they do have lined up are equally exciting! The series is called Prime Pacino ‘71-’75. Otherwise known as, [...]

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Denver

An interview with Denver’s Chef Eric Chiappetta

by Lance Myers
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Denver Chef Eric Chiappetta has been in the food and wine industries for about 20 years.  His first restaurant opened in the swanky Cherry Creek North district; aptly named “3rd Avenue Eclectic Burgers & Cuisine“, and was reviewed favorably by the critics and the food community at large.  After opening another restaurant in Parker, Colorado [...]

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Art

New York City, A Wilderness

by Jonathan Mandell
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Welcome to New York City, site not just of the Empire State Building, the United Nations headquarters, Broadway, Madison Avenue, and Wall Street, but also of “the craggy highlands of Manhattan, the sea-facing marshes of Brooklyn, the rocky, Maine-like coastline of the Bronx, and the nearly impenetrable forests of Queens and Staten Island,” according to [...]

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Festival

33rd annual Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival, November 12-15, 2009

by Jonathan Mandell
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The Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival at The American Museum of Natural History is the longest-running documentary film festival in the United States. This year’s almost three dozen films includes on opening night movie, Cooking History, which is without question one of the weirder documentaries ever made. Its motto: “6 wars, 10 recipes, [...]

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Festival

The Other Israel Film Festival, Nov. 12 to Nov 19, 2009

by Jonathan Mandell
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There are more than a dozen films at the Third Annual Other Israel Film Festival, among them a satire called “Arab Labor”; a documentary, “City of Borders,” about a gay bar in Jerusalem; a portrait of an Arab-Israeli journalist felt caught in the middle (“The Arabs think he’s a collaborator. The Jews think he’s [...]

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San Francisco

Celebrate “AngstGiving” Early With Mortified

by Louis Peitzman
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We’re big fans of Mortified here at CultureMob. Well, OK, I’m a big fan of Mortified—I probably shouldn’t speak for all my fellow bloggers. But you can trust me, right? For those not in the know, Mortified puts on shows across the country in which amateur performers and seasoned professionals alike perform embarrassing material from [...]

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Denver

Denver International Wine Festival

by Lance Myers
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If you love great wine and foods, the Denver International Wine Festival (DIWF) is a must-attend event.  This year marks the 5th annual DIWF, which has become known as one of the premier wine and food pairing events.  It showcases wineries from all over the world, beautiful fine art, and master chef’s from right here [...]

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Denver

2009 Denver Parade of Lights

by Lance Myers
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Every year, countless parades march through the streets of downtown Denver, each with its own certain pomp and circumstance.  However, there is no other downtown holiday celebration that matches the masses of people who take to the streets in order to see the hundreds of thousands of lights marching through the city during the Annual [...]

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Festival

New York’s Indian Film Festival, MIACC 09, Nov 11 to 15, 2009

by Jonathan Mandell
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“Slumdog Millionaire,” “The Namesake,” and a host of other blockbuster India-oriented films had their premieres at a New York festival with a forbidding name — the Mahindra Ido-American Arts Council Film Festival or MIAAC. Starting on Wednesday, November 11th, New Yorkers will have a chance at the ninth annual Indian film festival , MIAAC 2009, [...]

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Comedy

“A John Waters Christmas” at the Birchmere…Need We Say More?

by Hunter Gorinson
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On Thursday, December 17th, Baltimore’s resident auteur and enfant terrible, John Waters, will be headed to the metro area to present his one-man show extolling his obsession with all things Christmas. But beware: this ain’t exactly the Andy Williams Holiday Spectacular and barf bags are most definitely not included.

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Music

Bon Jovi coming to Seattle, ticket presale has a catch

by Maria Christensen
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Bon Jovi will be playing Key Arena in February but tickets go on sale to the public Monday, November 9th. Of course there will be a ticket presale starting Thursday, November 5th at 10 am that lasts until 10 pm Sunday, November 8th.
o what’s the catch? You have to buy the digital version of the [...]

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Film

The Best Movies of 2009? MOMA weighs in

by Jonathan Mandell
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The year 2009 has not ended yet, but of all the movies shown this year the Museum of Modern Art has already selected 20 to be shown in The Contenders, 2009, a 10-week film series of movies that, in the opinion of the museum’s film curators, are “contenders for lasting significance.” Several of the directors [...]

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