Eastside, September 2010

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Online Stories

Cover Story

Our creative director describes the journey we took to execute this month's cover design. (Read this story now in our Seattle edition.)
Questions for a Boudoir Photographer

Bellevue native Joey Nicole offers a seriously sexy way to give a creative gift to someone you love.

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Featured Stories

The Rake: A Preview of Fall

Our critics sort through the autumn harvest of good times: Mark Baumgarten on five main events (most notably the new Heineken City Arts Fest), Seth Kolloen on must-sees of the stage and Gerard Schwarz’s last Seattle Symphony season, Robert Ham on the invasion of eleven reunited bands and more.

First Up

Around Town: Members Only

The art, the people and the bustling scene at Kirkland Arts Center’s Members’ Exhibit.

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Editor's Note: Art on Art

Editor Mark Baumgarten reflects on the challenge of this month's feature package - and the challenges of making an art magazine every month. (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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How to Write Right: Dashed Hopes

Lessons and advice in grammar and style from City Arts' own copyeditor. (Read this story now in our Seattle edition.)
I Spent Memorial Day with Gertrude Stein

Christine Walsh bids farewell to Seattle with her poem “I Spent Memorial Day with Gertrude Stein”
NOW

Your month in music, theatre, dance, visual arts, film and literature.
Prizewinning Prize Giver: BAM’s Crafty Old Man

How come Bellevue Arts Museum fundraising just went from $1,500 to $575,000? The crafty mind of Michael Monroe.

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Tea for Two

How did Village Theatre and 5^th Avenue score forty Tony nominations and make millions? Together! Why it took a two-headed beast to conquer Broadway.

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The Curator's Eye: Kemper Development

Kemper Development turns shopping centers into art centers, featuring math-minded painter Michael Schultheis.

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World’s Greenest RV

What’s the hit of the sustainability-themed Bellevue biennial? The world’s greenest RV, sprouting between Bellevue skyscrapers.

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