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Built to Spill are playing the Capitol Hill Block Party on July 24th, and wouldn't you know it, they can't figure out what songs to play. I guess that's what happens after 17 years of being a band. But their indecisiveness is your gain-Built to Spill, KEXP, and The Stranger are giving the fans a chance to choose the setlist!

Below is a list is of every Built to Spill song the band has ever released, including some B-sides and covers. So, which song do you most want them to play? Vote for your favorite between now and July 18th, and then come Block Party time, Built to Spill will play the songs with the most votes. You can also vote at http://www.KEXP.org

Click hereto vote!

the break/s: a mixtape for stage
By Marc Bamuthi Joseph for The Living Word Project
Directed by Michael John Garcés
Executive Producer: MAPP International Productions

"Hip-hop renaissance man" Marc Bamuthi Joseph is an accomplished dancer, an award-winning poet and a passionate educator. His new play - the break/s: a mixtape for the stage - features Joseph's unique fusion of movement and theater; a powerhouse mixture of dance, sound, story, and visual imagery. With two turntables, a video jockey and Joseph's virtuosity, the break/s is an enthralling piece of performance magic. Drawing on interviews and documentary footage, this collaboration between performer, score and projected image explodes the boundaries of theater, dance and film and explores the conflicts between public identity and private identity in our globalized, multi-everything era. This powerhouse performance has sold out theatres and electrified audiences around the country - come experience it for yourself.

"Sharp elegant and always urgent verse that harnesses the grit and boogie down power of hip hop as well as the singular beauty and sophistication of contemporary dance." -San Francisco Chronicle
Tickets:
Students with ID/people 25 and under: $10/$15
Adults: prices start at $37.50

Pay-What-You Will:
June 25 at 2:00 p.m.
For more information, or to buy tickets, go here.

To win a pair of tickets for the July 10th performance, shoot us an email at promotions@thestranger.comwith THE BREAK/S in the subject line.

Northwest Film Forum Presents:

Northwest Film Forum presents French master director Jean-Luc Godard's lost classic, Made in U.S.A.

Hailed as one of Godard's greatest works, Made in U.S.A. is the director's modernist, pop-culture infused treatment of a film noir, with his soon-to-be-ex wife and muse Anna Karina as the trench coat and high-heel wearing heroine. A tribute to the famously labyrinthine Howard Hawks film The Big Sleep, the story begins when Paula goes to a fictionalized Atlantic City to look for her boyfriend, who turns up dead. Bodies start piling up and there's no end to the sinister characters she encounters. With references reaching from Tweety Bird to Shakespeare to Otto Preminger, Made In U.S.A. is a stylish, thrilling, and ambitious ride.

Plays July 3-9 at 7 and 9pm (no 9pm on July 4)

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email at promotions@thestranger.comwith MADE IN USA in the subject line.

Epidemic Music presents:

with SiNn BoDhi (formerly KIZARKY Of WWE), BEBE The Circus Queen, and Super Geek League Showbox at The Market--1st and Pike
For more info, go to www.showboxonline.com

The Vera Project Presents:

The 7th Annual benefit for The Vera Project
Seattleites can show their support for the all-ages music and art at The Vera Project by throwing back some drinks at their neighborhood bar and checking out a great show.
Sunday July 5, 6-10pm, 21+
Cha Cha
with Telepathic Liberation Army & Unnatural
Helpers!
Monday July 6, 6-10pm, 21+
Hazlewood with host Ben London!
Tuesday July 7, 6-10pm, 21+
West 5 with host Megan Jasper!
Wednesday July 8, 6-10pm, 21+
Twilight Exit with hosts Joshua Powell and Crescentia Jenkins! Thursday July 9, 6-10pm, 21+
Linda's with hosts James Keblas, Shannon Stewart and Kate Becker!
Friday July 10, 6-10pm, 21+
Solo & Funhouse--Solo hosts-Jesse Flores and Troy Nelson! Funhouse hosts-Jeffrey McNulty and Nick Turner!
Saturday July 11, Doors at 8pm, 21+
The Vera Project & Neumo's present:
A Drink for the Kids Grand Finale Show at Neumo's
Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes
Throw Me the Statue
$15 adv @ Moe Bar, Rudy's Barbershops, Select
QFC's, and Ticketswest.com
Tickets go on sale Saturday June 20, at 10am

For more info, go to www.adrinkforthekids.org

STG Presents:

With Gillian Welch, Iron & Wine, Patterson Hood & The Screwtopians, Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter, Justin Townes Earle, Jessica Lea Mayfield, a Seattle roots-music all-star revue, and Zee Avi. Marymoor Ampitheatre
1pm
$41 Advance/$46 Day of Show
For more info go to http://www.theparamount.com

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email at promotions@thestranger.com with NO DEPRESSION in the subject line.

The Capitol Hill Block Party keeps getting better! We just added BUILT TO SPILL, PELA, THE LONELY FOREST, FENCES, AWESOME COLOR, WILD ORCHID CHILDREN, SING SING REUNION FEAT: PRETTY TITTY AND FOURCOLORZACK.

Complete Line Up with day by day breakdown is online at http://www.capitolhillblockparty.com SONIC YOUTH, THE JESUS LIZARD,BUILT TO SPILL,THE GOSSIP, DEERHUNTER, BLACK LIPS, THE THERMALS, PELA, THE PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART, EARTH, MOONDOGGIES, SPINNERETTE, THE DUTCHESS AND THE DUKE, MIKA MIKO, THE BLAKES, SLEEPY EYES OF DEATH, GIRLS, HEY MARSEILLES, THE MALDIVES, TRUCKASAURUS, AKIMBO, PAST LIVES, FUTURE OF THE LEFT, MICACHU & THE SHAPES, JAPANDROIDS, THE LONELY FOREST, FENCES, STARFUCKER, FAUX PUNK, NEW FACES, D.BLACK, HOTELS, FATAL LUCCIAUNO,PICA BEATS, SPACEMAN, FLEXIONS, THE LIVE!, AWESOME COLOR, WILD ORCHID CHILDREN, SGT MAJOR III, AUDACITY, BOW + ARROW, SOL, SING SING REUNION FEAT: PRETTY TITTY AND FOURCOLOR ZACK

For more info, go to http://www.capitolhillblockparty.com

get your tickets go to: http://ticketswest.rdln.com

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email at promotions@thestranger.comwith BLOCK PARTY in the subject line.

826 Seattle's "Write Like I Do" Presents:

826 Seattle's "Write Like I Do" adult writing workshop series continues with HOW TO WRITE LIKE I USED TO: (AKA The Personal Connection), with instructor Stewart Stern (Oscar- and Emmy-winning screenwriter of Rebel Without A Cause, Sybil, Rachel, Rachel, and many others).

PART ONE: Tuesday July 14: View the film Going Through Splat: The Life and Work of Stewart Stern. PART TWO: Wednesday July 15: time writing sessions. $30 ticket includes both sessions.

For more info and to buy tickets, visit: http://www.826seattle.org/writelikeido/

The Stranger and Three Dollar Bill Outdoor Cinema Present:

Friday, July 17 - LITTLE DARLINGS. It's a battle of the babes in a summer camp smackdown, when two girls from opposite sides of the tracks compete to lose their virginity. Starring Kristy McNichol, Tatum O'Neal, and Matt Dillon.

All screenings are FREE and begin at sunset (around 8:30-9 pm) at the southeast corner of Capitol Hill's Cal Anderson Park. Concessions will be available for sale. Bring blankets and low-backed chairs.

The Stranger Presents:

Doors at 8 pm
$15 advanced
Advance tickets on sale now at: www.ticketswest.com, Moe Bar, select QFCs, Rudy's Barbershops All Ages, Bar w/ID
For more info, go to http://www.neumos.com

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email with WEAKERTHANS in the subject line to promotions@thestranger.com.

Dude. Cruefest is coming to the White River Ampitheatre on July 27th. Motley Crue, Godsmack, Theory of a Deadman, Drowning Pool and Introducing Charm City Devils. For the first time ever, Motley Crue will be performing the full Dr. Feelgood album at the show! Tickets are available exclusively through www.livenation.com

Win this insane prize pack: 4 tickets to Cruefest, 1 Dr. Feelgood CD, and 1 Bones Season 3 DVD. Shoot us an email at promotions@thestranger.com with FEELGOOD in the subject line.

The Washington Bus and the Stranger Present:

The Washington Bus and the Stranger present Candidate Survivor, the biggest, best, and possibly sexiest event of the political season. Candidate Survivor is your chance to get Seattle's leaders onto our turf, answering our questions.

Yes, there will be live music on stage. Yes, there will be drinking. And yes, it is a Survivor contest: throughout the evening, the audience will be voting candidates off-stage.

It's politics the way it should be - real answers, and a little mayhem in the mix.
7 - 9 pm
The Showbox at the Market
www.washingtonbus.org

The Triple Door and The Stranger present:

Join Stranger Genius Sarah Rudinoff and Gretta Harley for a night of music and theatrical mayhem. "This Is Me Sometimes" will highlight the musical adventures of both women. Rudinoff will open the night with Chris Jeffries and Nick Garrison singing theatrical power duets and ridunkulous medleys. Harley will then be joined by a classical quartet to play a set of her own compositions. The night will be anchored by a We Are Golden set and a new rhythm section including Barrett Martin of the Screaming Trees.

$20 adv/ $25 day of
7:30 PM (All ages)/ Doors open at 5:30 PM
The Triple Door: 216 Union Street
For more information:
www.wearegoldenmusic.com

For more information or to buy tickets, go to www.tripledoor.com

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email at promotions@thestranger.comwith WE ARE GOLDEN in the subject line.

STG Presents:

with Special Guest: Stardeath and White Dwarfs
7:00pm | All Ages
Marymoor Park
$32.50 (not including fees)
For more info and to purchase tickets, go to: stgpresents.org

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email at promotions@thestranger.comwith FLAMING LIPS in the subject line.

STG Presents:

8:00pm
The Paramount
$28.00
For more information and to buy tickets, go to http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?pid=6548498

To win a pair of tickets, shoot us an email at promotions@thestranger.comwith SDRE in the subject line.

Stephen Sondheim, the nation's most beloved contemporary composer-lyricist, recounts stories and anecdotes from his decades in musical theater. He is joined by New York Times columnist (and NYT chief theater critic from 1980 to 1994) Frank Rich for this once-in-a-lifetime onstage conversation. Rich asks questions and Sondheim answers them, offering up fascinating glimpses into the inner workings of Broadway.

Tickets go on sale July 6 at 10am at www.benaroyahall.org, 206.215.4747 or at the Benaroya Hall Box Office.
8pm

Presented by Northwest Associated Arts, in cooperation with The 5th Avenue Theatre, Seattle Men's Chorus, Seattle Women's Chorus and The Stranger.

Hot off the heels of the release of her 10th studio album, Abnormally Attracted To Sin, Tori Amos graces the NW with two dates on her world tour.

Enter to win:

A pair of tickets to Tori's show at WaMu Theatre in Seattle on July 10th, her new CD and a limited edition poster.

or

A pair of tickets to her show at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland on July 11th, her new CD and a limited edition poster.

Tickets on sale now at: http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/749136

To win, shoot us an email at promotions@thestranger.com with Tori/Seattle or Tori/Portland in the subject line.

Celebrate the fantastic and odd life of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, with this mash-up t-shirt. Che Guevara lead a cultural revolution, Michael revolutionized pop culture.

We are giving away two t-shirts with this frighteningly poignant original design.

Fuck the lucky, join the revolution today: www.vivalajackson.com

To win a one s/m/l/xl shirt, shoot us an email at promotions@thestranger.com with VIVA LA JACKSON in the subject line and your size in the body.

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Reader Reviews:

It's not enough for me that the food is amazing, the bar has got to be just as good. Bar manager, Brian is a cocktail master. He had me obsessed and trudging down the hill in the snow last winter with Cafe Diablo. I haven't chosen a fave for the summer, but the Murder of Crow is my old standby. Yes, the grilled chicken is reliably delicious, but I swear- I've never been dissapointed there. My husband loves their oysters, beef tenderloin had me moaning in ectasy and the fish is always reliable. You stay away dammit!

Posted by katmet07 on June 25, 2009

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