The Seattle Star

Burlesco DiVino: Wine in Rome opens The Triple Door tonight

Lily Verlaine and Jasper McCann together have produced some of the most interesting burlesque shows in Seattle over the past few years, from Land Of The Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker to the recent Nightcap. Their latest concoction, Burlesco Divino:Wine in Rome, is a tribute to the power of Bacchus–and burlesque.

by Omar Willey 21 August, 2013

Poetry

Surface Evidence

Poetry by Pam Carter.

by Pamela Hobart Carter 21 August, 2013

Cinema

Kick-Ass 2: Questioning Irony

Andrew Hamlin takes on Mark Millar and Phoenix Jones and community relations, all of a piece.

by Andrew Hamlin 19 August, 2013

Fiction

May’s Divide

Fiction from Nick Stokes.

by Nick Stokes 15 August, 2013

Cinema Culture Media Politics

The Campaign Documentary Arrives in Seattle

Seattle screening of Christie Herring, Marc Smolowitz and Brook Holston’s look into the groundbreaking fight against California’s anti-gay marriage proposition 8, The Campaign. Thursday, August 15 at 7:30 p.m., SIFF Film Center.

by dtuchman 14 August, 2013

Theater

Theater Schmeater’s Game Show

A typical summer offering from Theater Schmeater’s latter end of its production run. What’s notable about this one, a game show wedded to a hoary showbiz story, is that it will be the final production presented in the former parking-lot-turned-theater.

by José Amador 9 August, 2013

Cinema Performing Arts

Manos: The Hands of Fate, Part Deux

In Manos: Part Un, Andrew Hamlin gave us some context for SIFF’s screening of Manos: The Hands of Fate, and interviewed one of the stars of the movie. In Part Deux, he interviews two more artists involved in the remaking/representing of Manos: The Hands of Fate.

by Andrew Hamlin 6 August, 2013