AltWeeklies Wire
Cartoon Networknew
Comic-strip artists are gathering to skewer art-establishment elitism.
Seattle Weekly |
Sue Peters |
11-30-2005 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Proletariat Bluesnew
With a new EP and a demanding live schedule, Blue Scholars are the hardest-working hip-hop band in Seattle.
Seattle Weekly |
Michaelangelo Matos |
11-30-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Blue Scholars
Glossy Gladiatorsnew
A magazine war is on Seattle's horizon.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindller |
11-30-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Feds Won't Block Alt-Weeklies Mergernew
The way is clear for Village Voice Media and New Times to combine into a 17-paper chain of weeklies.
Seattle Weekly |
Chuck Taylor |
11-28-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
The Stress Testnew
The great fix for public education in Washington state was supposed to be one high-stakes test. But a growing number of parents and educators give the exam, required for graduation, an "F."
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
11-25-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Redneck Renegadenew
Forget Iraq -- country music legend Merle Haggard says it's America that needs freeing.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
11-25-2005 |
Commentary
Teacher Petsnew
A former fifth-grade teacher pleads guilty to child molestation, a former pupil sues the Seattle School District, and it turns out that years of questionable behavior at a grade school was no secret.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
11-25-2005 |
Education
Tags: Education
Pooh on Younew
Winnie-the-Pooh has become a lifetime experience, thanks largely to the totalitarian efforts of Disney, which bought the marketing rights for a pittance.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-25-2005 |
Books
Tags: giftguide2005
Broadway Boundnew
For once, keeping a movie musical tied to the stage serves the audience best.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-25-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Chris Columbus, Rent
Stateless in Seattlenew
Jonathan Raban, a cranky, globe-trotting Englishman, sailed into town and became the premier chronicler of life and thought in the Northwest.
Seattle Weekly |
Tim Appelo |
11-16-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Ross Perot in '08new
The candidate's return is unlikely, but his voters will play a major role in the next presidential election.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
11-16-2005 |
Politics
Stopping Samuel Alitonew
Senate Democrats were nearly evenly split on the confirmation of John Roberts; with a fractured opposition, he sailed through his confirmation vote. There should be no such ambivalence about Samuel Alito.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
11-16-2005 |
Politics
Tags: Bush, appointees
Strengthening the Shieldnew
Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna stands up for journalism with a proposed shield law that would be as strong as any in the country.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
11-16-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
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
Tags: Health & Science
Better Than Finenew
Reviewing Fiona Apple's latest release involves a tale of two albums.
Seattle Weekly |
Neal Schindler |
11-16-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Extraordinary Machine, Fiona Apple
