Family

Lunar New Year Celebrations in Seattle – Welcome the Year of the Tiger

by Maria Christensen
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A new year, the year of the Tiger in the Chinese Zodiac, starts on Feburary 14, 2010, and a fitting celebration will be held on New Year’s Eve. There will also be a celebration for Vietnamese New Year (Tet) as well as other Lunar New Year celebrations around the city and region.

Tet in Seattle will [...]

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Seattle

Cheap Wine and Poetry back for another round

by Maria Christensen
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The Pabst Blue Ribbon may only cost you a buck, a glass of wine is just one lone dollar, and entry is cheaper than cheap – being priced at free – but the poetry is anything but cheap at the Cheap Wine and Poetry series at the Richard Hugo House. In fact, it’s not even [...]

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Chicago

Vedera (think the Cranberries) on tour with Jack’s Mannequin and fun

by Jonathan Mandell
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They met in a place that sounds perfect for the birthplace of a band – Blue Springs. Kristen May, daughter of a drummer, grew up in this suburb of Kansas City, as did Brian Little (who is now Kristen May’s husband), Drew Little (who has always been Brian Little’s younger brother), and Jason Douglas [...]

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Boston

Angelique Kidjo, New Album, New Tour

by Jonathan Mandell
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Is she the new new Miriam Makeba, the female Fela? Angelique Kidjo, philanthropist, UNICEF Goodwill ambassador, and “Africa’s premier diva” according to Time Magazine, is releasing a new album, “Oyo,” on February 9 and going on a tour that will bring her to venues throughout the United States, including Town Hall in New York City [...]

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Festival

Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival invades Seattle this Saturday

by Maria Christensen
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A giant lizard monster, deadly viruses, alien invasions, spoofs, animations, an android, a Trekkie and a dead earth are just some of the highlights of the fifth annual Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival. How can you not go? Put on by the Experience Music Project / Science Fiction Museum and the Seattle International [...]

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Seattle

Northwest Flower and Garden Show is beautiful but emphasizes the practical

by Maria Christensen
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Despite the recent mild temperatures and the unaccustomed abundance of days when the sun is out, it is still winter in the Northwest and a little early to be planting a garden. It isn’t too early to be dreaming about and planning that garden, however, and the upcoming Northwest Flower and Garden Show has enough [...]

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Music

Norah Jones coming to Seattle, get presale tickets

by Maria Christensen
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Whatever you want to call the first decade of the newest millenium – the aughts, the noughts, the 2000s – and even if you think the decade was one of the most depressing in recent history – it was an incredibly successful time period for Norah Jones. She released four albums, was the biggest selling [...]

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