A conversation with Seattle
The reply wasn’t at all what I expected: “Late container. We have plenty of product in stock and ready to ship.” That was a long way from “not being distributed.” But so long as Franziskaner is flowing again, I am not inclined to quibble. Continue reading The Great Franziskaner & Spaten Drought of 2012 is Now Over
s a character in this production says, “I’m not a cliché; it’s the Sixties, I’m the original!” Of course in Warhol-land, with his invented stardom, silkscreened repetitions, and recreation of mass-produced consumer culture, the notion of original is as slippery as that of the real. However real or original this production may be, Gob Squad guarantees it will be hilarious and thought-provoking. Continue reading Gob Squad’s “Kitchen” Gets Really Real At On The Boards
Political fights over new terminals dedicated to coal were the first to crop up. But as people have had the chance to see the mile-plus-long trains click-clacking by, cars uncovered so that coal dust can blow off along the whole route, opposition to the whole prospect has stiffened. Continue reading Coal’s Long Black Trains Are A-Comin’ on Downtown, Seattle
leftcoastletters encountered this intriguing and title-defying collage on Capitol Hill and was kind enough to share it with us in … Continue reading Glimpses: “?”
The “only nonimprovised piece in the show” is the building of a human pyramid, with the performers and volunteer audience members stripped down to underwear or nudity. They have hoods made of a shiny gold cloth on. Given that “Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine” are the first five words in Hennessy’s program note, it would be difficult not to see a reference to Abu Ghraib here. Continue reading Reading “Turbulence,” Keith Hennessy’s Dance About the Economy
Many parents, looking at tuition costs that resemble home mortgages, might want to punch these experts in the mouth. Is it really so hard to imagine that students from Washington’s less wealthy counties might hesitate at the prospect of, three months out of high school, signing on to a four-year hitch that will leave them $40,000 in debt? Continue reading Why Johnny Can’t Afford a Washington State College Degree
Following on his much-praised Work Song, set in Butte in 1919, Seattle novelist Ivan Doig returns readers to Montana, but this time it’s the ’60s, and the tiny town of Gros Ventre, which, if it’s anywhere, would be up in Glacier National Park. Continue reading Doig Spins a Wholly Original “Bartender’s Tale”