news&comment

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by nina shapiro | The controversy comes to Vashon Island. Plus: The SSO gets a Grammy and a socialist gets wet.

8 Space race

by kelton Sears | Underground artists search for new venues in a tough real-estate market.

arts&culture

11 Spring Arts

by SW Critics | The new season begins in church, and in a sports stadium, along with crowd-sourced sculpture and mystical artists. And cows of course, too. Our events calendar starts on page 22.

36 | The Pick List

37 | Opening Nights | Two towns, 
old and new.

38 | Performance & Visual Arts

39 | Books

40 FILM

Opening This Week | 50 shades of Japanese S&M, Russian corruption, and Brooklyn hipsters venture upstate.

41 | Film Calendar

43 MUSIC

by Dave Einmo | A Cursive reissue, 
an Idol memoir, and profiles of all the Sound Off! semifinalists.

48 | The Week Ahead

food&drink

49 Salmon Says

by Jacob Uitti | Langdon Cook talks about his new book on the Northwest’s iconic fish. Plus: V-Day tips for singles, and the end of the Swingside era.

49 | Food News

49 | The Weekly Dish

51 | The Bar Code

odds&ends

34 | Beer Pages

53 | Higher Ground

54 | classifieds