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I don't pay attention (much) to stats and traffic on this blog, but we've just edged past 20 years, and I got curious. There have be...

Not a Hopper piece, but Van Gogh -"Two Crabs" (1889) I just liked the way it looks. Today, Grubb Street turns 20. The first test p...

 I usually wait a day or three for things to settle before posting election results. Washington State has mail-in ballots, and requires post...

 So, how are we doing? People in the Sun, Hopper, 1960 Not that bad, actually. The last time we talked about these things was back in March ...

 So, the King County Voters Pamphlet showed up a few days ago, but I chose to wait to post only because I tend to make my comments based on...

 Hedwig and the Angry Inch Text by John Cameron Mitchell, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask, Directed by Eddie Dehai, Arts West, through 23...

 If I Were Dictator by Lord Dunsany, Methuen & Co, Ltd. London, 1934 Provenance: This is from the collection of John Rateliff, better ...

 There are lot of hardbacks in this particular collection, but I did not buy the bulk of them. I've been a judge for several years for t...

Jeeves Takes a Bow Adapted by Margaret Raether from the stories of PG Wodehouse, Directed by Scott Nolte, Through June 17, Taproot Theatre C...

So, I spent the past week in Washington. The Other Washington, as we like to call it in our corner of the Lower 48. The DC version of Washin...

Lydia and the Troll -  Book, Music & Lyrics by Justin Huertas, Additional Music and Music Production by Steven Tran, Co-Created and Dire...

 Zach by Cristian St. Croix, Directed by Sara Porkalob, ArtsWest through May 28 First, a cranky PSA - We use a vehicle to get to these venu...

 So, I was part of Playwright's Festival last Friday night at the Black Dog Cafe in Snoqualmie. And it went very well. Backing up for a ...

 August Wilson's How I Learned What I Learned , Co-Conceived by Todd Kreidler, Direct by Tim Bond, Settle REP, through May14.  The Theat...

A friend among the Quills told me about a Playwright's Festival up in Snoqualmie (Twin Peaks territory, for those who are not local). I ...

 So, how did things turn out?  The King County  Proposition No.1 Crisis Care Centers Levy  passed by a handy margin from the initial vote co...

It has been a few months, and more things have shown up on Grubb Street. Some of these are from Kickstarters, and a nice pile of them come f...

 Slow Horses by Mick Herron, Soho Press, 2010 A Legacy of Spies by John  Le Carré , Penguin Books, 2017 Provenance: I blame The New Yorke...