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Posted on Thu, 05/03/2012 - 12:20am

Restless City: A Piece of Sundance Film Festival Comes to Seattle

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Jenny Baptiste/AFFRM

Film buffs who can hardly wait for SIFF should head to Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center. For one week, starting Friday (5/4-5/13), Restless City is returning to Seattle (since its debut at Langston Hughes African American Film Festival) for a local theatrical release, thanks to LHPAC's ongoing affiliation with AAFRM (African-American Film Release Movement). Read more »

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Posted on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 10:24pm

Top 9 Looks From Luly Yang Couture's Fashion Show

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Team Photogenic

When I sat down this afternoon to peruse the runway looks from last Friday's Luly Yang Couture Fashon Show, I was hoping to narrow down my favorites to a neat, tidy top five list. You’ll just have to indulge me with nine. Read more »

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Posted on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 4:52pm

Superhero Phoenix Jones Scores a Nemesis, Rex Velvet

The Bob Rivers Show introduced Seattle to its "new and improved" super villain this morning: Rex Velvet.

Sporting a bad English accent and vague inclinations to nurture "evil" in the community, Velvet was soon unmasked and revealed to be a professional wedding photographer by day. That might explain his connections to some talented filmmakers. Here's the video he posted on YouTube yesterday:

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Posted on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 5:23pm

Act Like a Reckless Millionaire for a Day: Donate to Give Big

Remember that scene from Tim Burton’s Batman, in which the Joker orders his bomber-jacket clad henchmen to dump a bunch of money onto the streets of Gotham?

Removing all nefarious intentions, and pretending there are well-meaning nonprofit managers on the street below, not greedy movie extras – that crazy money-distributing mad man or woman could be you on May 2, should you choose to participate in Seattle Foundation’s Give Big day. Read more »

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Posted on Tue, 05/01/2012 - 12:49am

Behind the Scenes at Intiman's First Rehearsal

Seattle mag got a chance to sit in on the very first rehearsal for the Intiman's upcoming summer festival of shows this morning. Being the type of event at which everyone wears name-tags, we didn't see much in the way of rehearsing. But we did hear a lot about the four plays (directed by Allison Narver, Valerie Curtis-Newton, Dan Savage and Andrew Russell). We also learned who would be acting in them.

Unfortunately, I can't tell you about any of that. It's all very top secret still. Read more »

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