Festivals
Hispanic Seafair Festival
TODAY Live music, food, craft and information booths, art exhibits and children’s activities. 11 a.m.-8 p.m. today, Seattle Center; free (206-749-5600 or www.hispanicseafair.com).
Seattle International Beerfest
TODAY Showcasing nearly 130 beers from around the world, specializing in rare and hard-to-find beers. Noon-7 p.m. today, Mural Amphitheatre, Seattle Center; $20 (www.seattle beerfest.com).
Taste of Tacoma
TODAY Dishes from [...]
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10. DIVINYLS%26quot;Don’t Wanna Do This%26quot; (video)A decade after parting ways amid no small amount of rancour, vocalist Christina Amphlett and guitarist Mark McEntee have regrouped despite (or perhaps because of) a lingering ambivalence. Best known on this continent for the onanistic single %26quot;I Touch Myself,%26quot; they’re working on a new album, the first taste of [...]
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Festivals
Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
TODAY More than 90 U.S., Canadian and German dealers selling thousands of used, rare, collectible and out-of-print books, maps, posters, prints and documents. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. today, Seattle Center Pavilion; $5 (206-323-3999 or www.seattlebookfair.com).
Celtic Fling
SAT Highland dance competition, Celtic Marketplace, food, Victorian tearoom, pub, music, children’s activities; reservations recommended for tearoom. 9 [...]
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Festivals
Arab Festival
TODAY Visit a bustling souk marketplace, eat traditional Arab food and learn more about the 22 Arabic countries that contribute to this biennial festival. Noon-7 p.m. today, Seattle Center; free (206-684-7200 or www.seattlecenter.com).
Hydroplane Races at Seafair
TODAY Chevrolet Cup hydroplane races on Lake Washington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., gates open 7:30 a.m., Genesee Park and Playfield, [...]
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Dec
FESTIVALS
Tivoli/Viking Days
TODAY Viking marketplace, Scandinavian foods, kids’ Viking crafts, Living History performers in period costume re-create the journey of Nordic immigrants to the Pacific Northwest. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today, Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 N.W. 67th St., Seattle (206-789-5707 or www.nordicmuseum.org).
Kent Cornucopia Days
THU-NEXT SUN Festival, street fair and carnival. 3-9 p.m. Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday, [...]
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When Joseph Smith kidnapped 11-year-old Carlie Brucia in front of a Florida mall (and a closed circuit video security monitor) in February of 2004, raped her, killed her and discarded her body like a used condom, I responded with a column entitled “Give Him Death,” in which I outlined my ambivalence regarding the death penalty, [...]
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