Category: Culture
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Two Seattle Designers to join the cast of Fashion Star
Breaking news! Not one, but two Seattle designers made the cast of NBC’s new fashion-slanted-reality-competition-show, Fashion Star. Sounds like bragging rights to me!
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Erin McKean, American Lexicographer
Erin McKean is the author of several word-focused books and holder of a position on the advisory board of Wikipedia. It was only a matter of time before she created some new way of looking at language.
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Day of Remembrance 2012 Taiko Festival
In honor of Japanese American Day of Remembrance and the 70th anniversary signing of Executive Order 9066, the Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee, Friends of Minidoka, and Seattle University are proud to present this year’s Day of Remembrance Taiko Festival 2012. Seven taiko (Japanese drumming) groups…
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Big Name Designer + Big Box Stores = Overhyped Collection
The highly anticipated Missoni for Target collection which was intended to be a six week promotion of 400 items in limited stock, sold out in one day. Wouldn’t you want to own a designer garment for a Target price?
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SAL University: Eternity in a Ruffle
Seattle Arts & Lectures is presenting Eternity in a Ruffle: Fashion in Art, Art in Fashion, a five-session lecture series on the history of modern fashion and the ideas it engenders and engages. From what we wear to who we are, fashion is both a…
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Theater Schmeater’s Live! From the Last Night of My Life: Outstanding Theater, Full Stop
When Wayne Rawley left Seattle in the early Aughts, he was a playwright who had finally seen the true scope of his talent’s horizon. The local success of his early serialized comedy Money and Run at Theater Schmeater gave him license to start using that…
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Heralding A New Day In Seattle Commentary
Good day, all, and welcome to the Seattle Star! There are a few things you should know about us as we begin the process of rolling out our site, the first being: We are still under construction. Think of what you’re seeing as a soft…
