News on the A.W.A.R.D. Show! $10,000 grand prize winner, Oscar nominations with local ties, the Fleet Foxes sophomore album release and the Mary Poppins musical. more ›

Last night we went to the premiere of Amelia Reeber’s this is a forgery full-length solo piece at Erickson Theatre, and the first - and most striking - thing we read in the program was “This performance is dedicated [to] the Feminine.” Maybe it would have been better if we hadn’t read that; as a result we viewed Reeber’s performance piece through this “Feminine” lens, helplessly drawing frequent parallels to the ideas of feminine mystique, power and obligation. more ›

On Sunday, we saw the wrap-up of The A.W.A.R.D. Show at On the Boards, a dance show in an experimental competition format brought to Seattle after success in New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia. Intrigued, we took to "the streets" (the internet) to engage in a conversation with a fellow critic as to whether this event has the potential to find its legs in the Seattle dance community. more ›