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Tough Love for the Artsnew

AltWeeklies Award - Arts Feature
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  04-21-2008  |  Media

Shakespeare in the Citynew

HBO's The Wire would've played well with the groundlings at The Globe.
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  09-06-2006  |  TV

Funny Winenew

Prominent California winemaker Randall Grahm is coming to Washington -- but as Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  09-06-2006  |  Food+Drink

Expensive Carenew

How do you run up a $17,000 hospital tab without actually being sick?
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  08-30-2006  |  Science

The End of Pridenew

It's time to stop parading and start marching.
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  06-21-2006  |  LGBT

Hook, Line, and Urethanenew

Commercial trolling for wild salmon makes a comeback.
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  06-14-2006  |  Food+Drink

Wine vs. Cheesenew

Seek out an expert when pairing wine and cheese, or mix at your peril.
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  06-07-2006  |  Food+Drink

Yakima Strikes Backnew

Most of the publicity and acclaim about Washington wine has gone to the investment bankers and retired engineers who knew how to talk the romance of winemaking, not the farmers in the Yakima Valley.
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  05-10-2006  |  Food+Drink

Big Rednew

A patch of Washington farmland reaches for legendary status in the world of wine.
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  03-01-2006  |  Food+Drink

The Plot to Kill Darwinnew

A Seattle think tank launched the modern intelligent-design movement with a simple memo, and the cause has mutated beyond rational control.
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  02-01-2006  |  Science

A Very Fuzzy Fossil Recordnew

A scientific report on the Burke Museum collection at the University of Washington suggests 35 years of unprofessional conduct, bad science, and possible federal lawlessness.
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  01-24-2006  |  Science

A Museum's Bare Bonesnew

Uncertain documentation prompts an investigation of the fossil collection at the University of Washington's natural-history museum.
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  11-16-2005  |  Science

The Kids Are All Rightnew

Seattle's legendary art school was saved from a cruel fate: mediocrity.
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  10-12-2005  |  Education

Of Mice and Magicnew

Kid lit has gone way beyond the classic Winnie-the-Pooh.
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  10-05-2005  |  Books

Killer Cutenew

The Japanese TV show Paranoia Agent perfectly captures our media-mad age.
Seattle Weekly  |  Roger Downey  |  08-17-2005  |  TV

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