The great big Seattle International Film Festival starts this week! (And from our early viewing, it looks stronger than any other year we can remember.) The highlight of the first week is this Ewan McGregor–appreciation event. Who, truly, does not appreciate Mr. McGregor? This event includes a screening of the new Mike Mills film he stars in with Christopher Plummer, Beginners, which is a very charming little movie also involving a dignified small dog and a Frenchwoman, followed by a Q&A with Mills and McGregor, and an onstage interview with McGregor including a highlight reel from all of his great big career. (Egyptian Theatre, 805 E Pine St, www.siff.net, 4 pm, $40/$250 including dinner and reserved seating)
Jen Graves (The Stranger’s former arts critic) mostly writes about things you approach with your eyeballs. But she’s also a history nerd interested in anything that needs more talking about, from male... More by Jen Graves
Love the music, but 75 bucks a head is OBNOXIOUS. Why not just put a “whites only” sign on the door? all ages? 75 clams? Bush school all ages maybe. Also, she abused her fans in NY
“Two fans in the front row hand-wrote signs: “You Just Lost One,” “This Is Insulting.” One of the keyboard players taped a reply on his kit: “I Was on Time.” When Ms. Hill finally took the stage a little after midnight —”
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/arts/m…
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