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Monday, June 10, 2024

Theatre: Season's End

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  Clyde's by Lynn Nottage, Directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton, Arts West, June 6-30, 2024 Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales Together Agai...
Tuesday, June 04, 2024

Book: A Conventional Murder

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 Murder at the ABA by Isaac Asimov, Fawcett Crest paperback edition, 1976 Provenance: Half-Price books down in Tukwilla, picked up before ...
Monday, June 03, 2024

Recent Arrivals - North Texas Edition

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 Along with the usual bunch of new arrivals from Kickstarters and convention purchases, this write-up includes candidates for the North Texa...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Play: Holmsien Romp

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 Sherlock Holmes and the Precarious Position by Margaret Raether (Based on the stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), Taproot Theatre, through...
Monday, May 06, 2024

Book: Early Stout

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 The President Vanishes by Rex Stout (Originally published as Anonymous), Farrar & Reinhart, 1934. Provenance: Purchase from Half-Pric...
Friday, May 03, 2024

Book: Occupy This Book!

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 The Democracy Project: A History, A Crisis, A Movement David Graeber, Spiegel & Grau, 2013 Provenance: This was a gift from the (now ...
Sunday, April 28, 2024

Recent Arrivals: Gary Con Edition

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Buckle in, chums. This is going to be a long one. I blame Gary Con. Gary Con itself is a great little convention in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin c...
Monday, April 22, 2024

Theatre: The Comedy of Hamlet

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 Fat Ham by James Ijames, Directed by Timothy McCuen Piggee, Seattle Rep through 12 May. In a bit of happenstance, this is ALSO a Pulitzer P...
Sunday, April 21, 2024

Political Desk: Hyperlocal

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So, this one is only for people in Kent School District No. 415 who read this blog. Both of you. Proposition1 Capital Projects and Technolog...
Friday, April 19, 2024

Life in the Time of the Virus: The Great Forgetting

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I probably should rethink the title of this series. It is now ALWAYS the time of the Virus, as we wait for it to mutate once more, or for so...
Thursday, April 11, 2024

Theatre: Language Lab

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  English by Sanaz Toossi, Directed by Naghmeh Samini, a co-production with Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble, Arts West, through 28 April. Anot...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Recent Arrival: Special Edition

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Other gaming products have shown up at Grubb Street, and they will eventually get their own write-ups, but this one just showed up, and I fe...
Thursday, March 14, 2024

Theatre: Dreams and DREAMers

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 Sanctuary City by Martyna Majok, Directed by Desdemona Chiang, Seattle REP through 31 March. First off, parking stories continues. We did ...
Thursday, February 15, 2024

The Political Desk: Pop-Up Primary

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We have a lot of "sudden" elections out here. Usually it is some item that for scheduling reasons can't get on a fall ballot. ...
Friday, February 09, 2024

The Significance of the Chocolate Donuts

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 So, Jeff Grubb Day (8 February, mark your calendars) has come and gone. I have explained the story of Jeff Grubb Day, and the Roger Moore ...
Tuesday, February 06, 2024

Play: Best Frenemies

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 Born With Teeth by Liz Duffy Adams, Directed by Mathew Wright, Arts we through 25 February. This one is bloody brilliant, probably the best...
Monday, January 29, 2024

Play: Quixote at the Rep

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 Quixote Nuevo by Octavio Solia, Directed by Lisa Portes, Seattle Rep, through 11 February. Let me be honest, I've never read the Cervan...
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