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Live at ShoWare Center: ‘Love on Ice’ promises to be unforgettable
By GENE STOUT
You might expect to travel to Los Angeles or New York to attend a live taping of a musical on ice featuring nine champion skaters, as well as Seattle-bred saxophonist Kenny G and Grammy-winning singer Gladys Knight.
But all these performers and more will perform during a taping at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, [...]
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RESTAURANT REVIEW: Bahama Breeze feels great on a wintry Seattle day
By GENE STOUT
Don’t have time or money for a trip to the Caribbean?
You can at least pretend at Bahama Breeze Island Grille, a Tukwila restaurant that serves up food and drink inspired by the cuisine of the West Indies, as well as a tropical, Jimmy Buffett vibe that suggests changes in latitude and attitude.
Though the [...]
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CONCERT PREVIEW: Hell’s Belles will shake Seattle all night long
By GENE STOUT
Guitarist Adrian Conner, who portrays feisty Angus Young in the all-woman AC/DC tribute band Hell’s Belles, recalls being “thunderstruck” the first time she heard one of the Australian band’s raucous songs.
“I heard ‘You Shook Me All Night Long’ at a high school assembly and immediately got goose bumps,” Conner said in a phone [...]
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New York Times reviews intimate Van Halen tour kickoff show
Jon Pareles of the New York Times was among critics who attended a very exclusive, intimate Van Halen performance Thursday, Jan. 5, at historic Cafe Wha? in Greenwich Village.
The event was a kickoff for the group’s next tour beginning Feb. 18 in Louisville, Ky., following the Feb. 7 release of the band’s first full-length album, [...]
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CONCERT REVIEW: Tony Bennett celebrates ‘the good life’ in song
By GENE STOUT
What could be a better Christmas gift for a classic-pop fan than a Tony Bennett concert at Christmastime?
The age-defying, 85-year-old crooner rolled into Seattle for a typically classy — and classic — performance Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Paramount Theatre.
Though the concert was short on Christmas songs — he performed such chestnuts as [...]
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