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

Silent Movie Mondays returns today to The Paramount Theatre

by Maria Christensen
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f Mondays get you down, take yourself to The Paramount Theatre for the next three of them to indulge in some nostalgia. And I’m not talking about nostalgia for your childhood (well, not most of you anyway), but for the good old days of silent movies. And not just any silent movies, but classic science [...]

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Music

The Cranberries reunite, will bring their tour to Seattle 12/7/09

by Maria Christensen
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Although The Cranberries never actually used the words “breaking up,” they certainly haven’t released a new album in eight years – the last being ‘Wake Up and Smell the Coffee’ in 2001 – or been on tour together for the last seven years.
hile each band member has had plenty to keep them busy with [...]

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Seattle

FreakNight 13 takes over WaMu Theater on Halloween

by Maria Christensen
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f you still haven’t made plans for Halloween, still haven’t decided what you want to do, are that type of person – you know who you are – here’s a little something that will either make that decision easier or harder. FreakNight 13 at the WaMu Theater.

Two separate areas of music, a cash prize costume [...]

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Music

Morrissey collapses at concert but still scheduled to appear in Seattle

by Maria Christensen
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By now the news has made the internet rounds that Morrissey collapsed while onstage at a concert in Swindon, England on October 24th. According to Rolling Stone and the Times Online, he had problems breathing and “fell to his knees after completing the first song. Band members carried an unconscious Morrissey off the stage and [...]

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Boston

Broken Lizard on Comedy Tour Throughout the Fall.

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You’ve laughed at their antics during their movies Super Troopers, Club Dread, and Beerfest. And now you have the chance to see them perform live during a comedy tour! Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffeman, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, and Eric Stolhanske are all set to perform their sketch comedy before a live audience. And they will [...]

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Seattle

22nd annual Beer Taste in the Phinney neighborhood

by Maria Christensen
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Seattle’s Phinney neighborhood has a lot of things going for it. Great restaurants, shops and atmosphere – and the Phinney Neighborhood Association which hosts several outstanding events every year and provides programs and classes that enrich the neighborhood and city.
On November 14, from 7 pm to 10 pm, the PNA 22nd Annual Beer Taste takes [...]

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Seattle

Upcoming Seattle Home Show emphasizes green living

by Maria Christensen
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The 2009 Seattle Home Show 2, from October 22 – 25 at the Qwest Field Event Center, wants you to “Get Your Green On.”
The four day showcase will feature everything from alternative heating and energy efficient appliances to sustainable landscapes, and just about everything will be geared toward living a greener lifestyle.
model home by [...]

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Music

Wilco to play the Paramount Theatre in February, tickets on sale now

by Maria Christensen
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There’s never been anything terrible about being in such close proximity to Canada here in the Pacific Northwest, but in February we really reap the benefits of being neighbors with British Columbia. No, I’m not actually talking about the 2010 Winter Olympics, although they play a small role.
Wilco will giving a free concert in Vancouver, [...]

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Chicago

Kid Sister Announces Tour, Album Out November 17th

by Lisa White

The queen of the hip-hop scene in Chicago, and one of the most fashionable and adorable MCs around, is heading out on the road in support of her forthcoming album Ultra Violet, which is FINALLY coming out on November 17th! A lot of people have given Kid Sis a hard time about when her album [...]

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Festival

Earshot Jazz Festival offers the best of jazz in Seattle and beyond

by Maria Christensen
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The Earshot Jazz Festival brings three full weeks of outstanding jazz concerts, panels, films and other programs to a city that really loves its jazz.
We have Earshot Jazz, a nonprofit arts organization which not only produces “Seattle’s most important annual jazz event (Down Beat),” but also “publishes a monthly news magazine, provides educational programs and [...]

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Food

Street food trucks gather for Mobile Chowdown on Saturday

by Maria Christensen
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Skillet. Maximus-Minimus. Parfait. Marination Mobile. Gert’s. El Camion. Kaosamai. Dante’s Inferno Dogs. The litany for the lovers of food on wheels – and after eating at these mobile meal makers, you too will become one of us.
f you haven’t eaten at one or any of these food trucks, you have an incredible opportunity to try [...]

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Music

Spend New Year’s Eve with a CAKE concert at The Moore Theatre

by Maria Christensen
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Say goodbye to 2009 with CAKE at The Moore Theatre.
he New Year’s Eve concert starts at 8 pm and tickets go on sale Friday, October 9. They appear to actually be on sale now through the STG Presents site, but just in case that’s a soon-to-be-fixed glitch, you can use the password “mountain” to get [...]

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Atlanta

Star Wars in Concert is an Interactive Orchestral Experience that Brings Fans Closer to the Music of the Movie

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A long time ago in a Galaxy far far away
Message from John Williams
Creating the music for the Star Wars films has been an exciting and wonderful experience for me, and I have therefore derived particular pleasure in assembling a compendium of themes from all of the films to be presented in Star Wars: In Concert.
The [...]

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Seattle

Zombie Walk at the Seattle Center

by Maria Christensen
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Legions of the undead will be taking over the Seattle Center on Saturday, October 10 and they’re hoping you’ll join them. With or without brains intact.
strong>The Seattle Zombie Walk periodically takes over Seattle neighborhoods like Fremont and Capitol Hill, but this time they want you to know that, “After years of crawling around the fringes [...]

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