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by Rhiannon Fionn | A battle over what to do with a Beacon Hill greenspace. Also: a credit-card hacker’s wayward journey, and the City Council kicks linkage fees down the road

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9 Book preview

by Domingo Martinez | An exclusive excerpt from the author’s forthcoming memoir

My Heart Is a Drunken Compass

—blood and heartbreak included.

food&drink

19 Hubs are hot

by Jason Price | New ways to get local food to local eaters.

19 | Food News/The Weekly Dish

20 | The Bar Code

20 | comfort food

arts&culture

21 skirting the issue

by Gavin Borchert | Seattle Opera navigates the pitfalls of

Don Giovanni

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21 | The Pick list

23 | Opening Nights | Kinky Boots

and the return of Cherdonna.

24 | Performance

25 | Visual Arts

26 | Books

27 FILM

opening This Week

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Michael Keaton returns in the amazing

Birdman

, plus Keanu Reeves on a killing spree and fresh anime from Studio Ghibli.

32 | Film Calendar

34 MUSIC

by Dave Lake | The Psychedelic Furs 
come to terms with the ’80s. Plus: a one-day mini-tour and

Internet-inspired rock.

35 | The Week Ahead

odds&ends

39 | classifieds