Eastside, August 2010

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News & Notes
How to Write Right
Around Town
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The Cover

Our editor describes the journey we took to execute this month's cover design.

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Featured Stories

Fwd:

The members of the New Century Theatre Company take a break in the middle of their sophomore season to offer insight into the risky high wire of success and the future of theatre (their own and everyone else’s).
Declaring Independence

Our style reporter goes on the hunt for unique fashion and finds that the Eastside’s best boutiques hold charms beyond the shadow of Bellevue Square.

First Up

&: The Art You Make

Erin Shafkind’s thirtieth-anniversary essay in honor of the Olivia Newton-John movie Xanadu, with visual art by Troy Gua and Klara Glosova.
Around Town

Bellevue Sculpture Walk takes its longest walk in history, from City Hall to Meydenbauer Bay. Watch video from the opening on our multimedia page.
Artists in the Mist: Impenetrable Forest, Creative Solution

Gorilla tourism booted pygmies out of Africa’s Impenetrable Forest. Eastside artists plan to save them by teaching them to make art that tourists will buy.

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Editor's Note: Believing

Editor Mark Baumgarten wanted to be an actor once. He reveals why it didn't quite work out. (Read this in our Seattle edition now.)
Fast Fact

Bizarre, obscure and entertaining trivia special to the cultural history of the Eastside.

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Hip-Hop You Don’t Stop: Livin’ in a Tagger’s Paradise

How does Redmond beat graffiti? By teaching teens graffiti, and giving them a prominent place to express themselves.

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How to Write Right: He Said? She Said?

Lessons and advice in grammar and style from City Arts' own copyeditor. (Read this story now in our Seattle edition.)
NOW

Your month in music, theatre, dance, visual arts, film and literature.
The Curator's Eye

On the eve of the Kumbha Mela festival, the Vedic Cultural Center introduces us to traditional Indian art.
This Tube's for You

Daredevil curator Cable Griffith brings his YouTube-based art event from Kirkland to Bumbershoot. Is he threatening civilization or advancing it?

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