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Dec. 21
Print Edition for the week of
Dec. 21 - 27, 2006
Vol. 16, No. 15
Savage Love
Swap Meat
by Dan Savage
New Column!
Hanukkah Is NOT "Christmas for Jews"
by Huey Lewis and the News
I, Anonymous
Oy, Anonymous
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
by Anonymous
Film/TV
The Good Guys
Confusing Titles, Mediocre Movies
by Annie Wagner
Movie Times
Mail-Order Frau
A Eulogy for Minnesota Farmland
by Michael Atkinson
Film Shorts
DVD
Get Nostalgic
by Michael Atkinson
On Screen
'Rocky Balboa,' 'Curse of the Golden Flower,' and More
by Andrew Wright, Annie Wagner and Lindy West
Music
Party Crasher
Hung, by the Chimney
by Paul Constant
The Jew Crew
Hamantaschen, Hanukkah, and Chaim Witz with Seattle's Chosen Musicians
Up & Coming
The Score
Thomas Peterson
by Christopher DeLaurenti
Club Directory
Underage
My List
by Megan Seling
Border Radio
Roots & Americana
by Kurt B. Reighley
Live Music/DJ Listings
My Philosophy
Hiphop Ya Don't Stop
by Larry Mizell Jr.
Poster of the Week
by Aaron Edge
Classical, Jazz & Avant
Oscillations
The Great Eight
by Eric Grandy
All Ages Action
CD Reviews
by Dave Segal and Sam Mickens
Rocka Rolla
24-Hour Party People
by Hannah Levin
Everybody Poops
And That Includes Kimya Dawson
by George Chen
Political Bumping
Mark Farina Makes You Think
by Charles Mudede
New Noise
Smashing Radios with Steel Tigers of Death
by Hannah Levin
Divine Trash
Dan Deacon's Bizarre Song & Dance
by Eric Grandy
Theater
Theater News
Dance, Memory
by Brendan Kiley
Theater Listings
Greasy Heat, Laffy Holes
Experimental Boxing, Standup Comedy, and an Overlong First Act
by Brendan Kiley, Annie Wagner and Lindy West
Visual Art
Flashes, Flushes, Flows of Noises
Two Artists Charm SOIL with a Fugue
by Charles Mudede
Visual Arts Listings
Visual Arts Listings
Books
A Bra Away from 'Goodnight Moon'
Thomas Wurst's First Children's Book Is for a Very Special Kind of Kid
by Cienna Madrid
New in Books
'The People's Act of Love,' 'The Best American Travel Writing 2006,' and More
by Paul Constant, Kim Hayden, Sarah Mirk and Brendan Kiley
George W. S. Trow, 1943—2006
A Little Context
by Tom Nissley
Nightstand
Nextbook's Year
by Christopher Frizzelle
Food & Drink
Bar Exam
Extreme Xmas
by Bethany Jean Clement
Jew-ish
An Experiment in Cross-Cultural Cuisine
by Bethany Jean Clement
Chow Bio
Jennifer Gerking
by Cienna Madrid
The Happiest Hour
Twist in Belltown
by Marti Jonjak
Eatin' Out
Meatin' In
by Angela Garbes
Features
The Jewish Problem
My Family, My City, My Religion
by Eli Sanders
White Flight
Suburban Refugees Flood Downtown Hotels in Search of Heat, Light, Shelter, and Artichoke-Cheese Spread
by Cienna Madrid
News
Police Beat
A Hate Supreme
by Charles Mudede
CounterIntel
City Council Should Stand Up to Governor Gregoire on Viaduct Vote
by Josh Feit
Gang Banging
P-I
Fans Flames of Gang Hysteria
by Angela Valdez
Letters to the Editor
Get a 'Shroom?
Last Days
The Week In Review
by David Schmader
Suggests
Marcus' Martini Heaven
by Bradley Steinbacher
'The Cody Rivers Show'
by Brendan Kiley
Latkepalooza
by David Schmader
'Volver'
by David Schmader
CoCA's 2006 Annual
by Jen Graves
'A Child's Christmas in Wales'
by Brendan Kiley
Poggie Tavern
by Ari Spool
I Love Television
Your Xmas Snap Quiz
by Wm. Steven Humphrey
Celebrity I Saw U
Ho, the Fuck, Ho!
by Adrian Ryan
Control Tower
Definitions
by Mistress Matisse
Public Editor
The Stranger: A Critical Overview
by A. Birch Steen, Stranger Public Editor and OSHA Board of Governors Member (Retired)