5 STARS OUT OF 5 (Want to know what exactly our star ratings mean? Check out our explanations here) Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of my favorite plays. It stands to reason that Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of my favorite ballets of all time—though for…
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3.5 STARS OUT OF 5 (Want to know what exactly our star ratings mean? Check out our explanations here) Marie, Dancing Still is a solid new musical theater work inspired by the famous sculpture Little Dancer of Fourteen Years of prominent 19th-century artist Edgar Degas–or, more accurately, the subject of…
5 STARS OUT OF 5 (Want to know exactly what our star ratings mean? Check out our explanations here.) Award-winning Seattle actor Gin Hammond has returned to Book-It Repertory Theatre — where she previously acted in such shows as “Treasure Island,” “Huckleberry Finn,” and “Dog of the South” — with a…
3.5 STARS OUT OF 5 (Want to know exactly what our star ratings mean? Check out our explanations here.) Carol Danvers — a.k.a. Captain Marvel — is finally here, and she has fully conquered her first big screen debut. The first iteration of the Captain Marvel character was introduced in 1967.…
4.5 STARS OUT OF 5 (Want to know exactly what our star ratings mean? Check out our explanations here.) Every year, Pacific Northwest Ballet holds a Director’s Choice mixed-rep program, leaning away from established repertory with new works and risky choices. PNB Director, Peter Boal, overwhelmingly delivers quality performances on…
On March 7th, the Northwest Film Forum and Seattle Central’s College Activities Board co-hosted an event entitled “Womxn’s Future” in the Erickson Theatre. This is the second of NWFF and CAB’s “Future/Community Conversations” series, the first being “Black Future.” The event featured a diverse group of panelists. Creative instigator for…
4 STARS OUT OF 5 (Want to know exactly what our star ratings mean? Check out our explanations here.) “There Will Be No Intermission”, the most recent LP from Amanda Palmer, was released on March 8th. Those already familiar with Palmer, better known by her stage name Amanda Fucking Palmer…
3.5 STARS OUT OF 5 (Want to know exactly what our star ratings mean? Check out our explanations here.) Steve Blackman and Jeremy Slater’s Netflix showThe Umbrella Academy is based on a comic series of the same name which was created by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá and was published…
On February 27th, Seattle Central’s College Activities Board and the Northwest Film Forum co-hosted an event entitled “Black Future” in the Erickson Theatre. The event featured numerous speakers, including hip-hop artist and entrepreneur Raz Simone; Chef and community leader Tarik Abdullah; poet, organizer, and interdisciplinary creative Hanan Hassan; Editor-in-Chief of…
4 STARS OUT OF 5 (Want to know what exactly our star ratings mean? Check out our explanations here) Russian Doll is an American comedy-drama web series created by Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler, and Leslye Headland. It premiered February 1, 2019 on Netflix. The series follows Nadia, a woman who repeatedly dies and relives the same night…
