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The North Bend Theater is a landmark in downtown North Bend, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.
Movies

North Bend Theatre: Home of ‘1,000 stories’

The 1941 movie theater in this mountain town might be only a one-story building, but it's a community centerpiece, filled with stories and memories.

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Brandon G. Stalling (David Heard) surrounded by the cast of “Choir Boy,” by Tarell Alvin McCraney.
Theater

At ACT, ‘Choir Boy’ explores creating space for Black boys to be vulnerable WATCH

Josh Duhamel in “Bandit.”
Movies

'Bandit' review: The moral of this story? Crime does pay — maybe WATCH

Jonathan Batista, (c) a soloist with the Pacific Northwest Ballet, dances during a rehearsal for “Allegro Brillante,” Friday, September 9, 2022. Pacific Northwest Ballet, celebrating its 50th anniversary, is evolving. In addition to its foundation in classical ballet traditions, it’s gained significant strengths in contemporary dance. 221534
Dance

50 years later, Pacific Northwest Ballet continues its innovative dance

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Classical Music

COVID waivers in place, Seattle Symphony starts its new season

Books

‘The Butcher and the Wren’ is the top national fiction bestseller

Alaina Urquhart’s “The Butcher and the Wren” tops Publishers Weekly’s list of national fiction bestsellers.

Great reads

An interactive guide to best books from the past few years

Movies

‘Don’t Worry Darling’ shrugs off drama, opening with $19.2M

After off-screen drama threatened to consume Olivia Wilde’s “Don’t Worry Darling,” the Warner Bros.

Music & Nightlife

President Joe Biden presents Elton John with the National Humanities Medal, which is meant to honor people or groups whose work deepens American access to cultural experiences in fields including the performing arts, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Biden’s predecessor, former President Donald Trump, had sought such an appearance by the British pop superstar, but never received one. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times) XNYT292 XNYT292

Elton John, a favorite of Trump, performs at the Biden White House VIEW

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Television

Keegan-Michael Key, Calum Worthy, Johnny Knoxville, and Judy Greer in “Reboot.”

What’s new this week on Disney+, Hulu, Paramount+ streaming services VIEW

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Theater

Heidi Schreck, playwright of “What the Constitution Means to Me,” cut her teeth on and behind the stages of an adventurous Seattle fringe theater company years ago.

How Seattle shaped this Tony-nominated playwright whose work opens soon at Seattle Rep

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Classical Music

Legendary Children is an annual celebration of queer and trans Black, Indigenous and people of color communities returning in-person for the first time in three years.

What to do in Seattle this week: Legendary Children, R-Day and more

Visual Arts

An undated photo via Christie’s shows “Large Interior, W11 (after Watteau)” by Lucian Freud (1981), that was in the collection of Paul G. Allen. It’s been a closely guarded secret which masterworks in the Microsoft co-founder’s collection will be auctioned at Christie’s in November 2022. (via Christie’s via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY SLUGGED ALLEN MASTERWORKS BY POGREBIN FOR SEPT. 22, 2022. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED — XNYT161 XNYT161

Peek inside Paul Allen's treasure chest of artworks VIEW

Pacific NW Magazine

Folk singer Woody Guthrie wrote “Roll On, Columbia, Roll On” about the Columbia River (this is the Grand Coulee Dam on the river in Eastern Washington), and it was approved as the official Washington state folk song in 1987. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times, 2008)

The stories behind Washington’s official state symbols

Dance

Legendary Children is an annual celebration of queer and trans Black, Indigenous and people of color communities returning in-person for the first time in three years.

What to do in Seattle this week: Legendary Children, R-Day and more