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Rueby Wood as Charlie Bucket in Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” at the Paramount Theatre through Aug. 11.
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Review: ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre is entertaining but uneven

Like previous adaptations of Roald Dahl's children's book, this touring production, at the Paramount through Aug. 11, is funny, entertaining and a little odd, but doesn’t quite capture Dahl’s unique blend of childish delight and wicked humor.

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Kids get an introduction to keyboards by Darrius Willrich, left, at JazzED. Gospel singer Cora Jackson teaches beginning vocals to students in JazzED, a 9-year old non-profit that provides Jazz education to kids from pre-school to high school at the former Martin Luther King Elementary School. Photographed Wednesday, May 8, 2019. 210184
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How the world of jazz is opening to thousands of Seattle kids who might have been left out  VIEW

080814 – Seattle – Washington – Sarah Caples and her golden doodle Roxy sit together in Cal Anderson Park to watch Dirty Dancing as presented by The Three Dollar Bill Outdoor Cinema on August 8, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. The showing was part of the series entitled “Teenage Dreams”, which will also include the movie Clueless and Teen Witch, which will be shown later in the month.
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Where to watch outdoor movies in Seattle and around Puget Sound this summer

Members of Opera on Tap take the smallest of stages at the Blue Moon Tavern to perform. As part of the Blue Moon Tavern’s 85th Anniversary celebration, Opera On Tap performed Tuesday, April 23, 2019. 209934
Beer & Opera

Opera in a dive bar proves to be a perfect pairing at Seattle’s Blue Moon tavern

New Seattle band Black Ends (from left: Ben Swanson, Nicolle Swims and Jonny Modes) impress on their debut “Sellout” EP.
Music

Introducing Puget Sounds: The best new music from around the Pacific Northwest

Books

“The Summer Wives” by Beatriz Williams

Time for a beach read: Moira’s Book Club’s fourth selection

Great reads

An interactive guide to best books from the past few years

Movies

Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs and Jason Statham as Deckard Shaw in “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw.”

‘Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw’ review: Ridiculous in all the best ways

Music & Nightlife

KeyArena is completely packed to see Death Cab for Cutie perform on the second day of the Bumbershoot music and arts festival at the Seattle Center Sunday September 1, 2013. 132373

Future fun: The biggest upcoming nightlife events in Seattle

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Television

New on Hulu in August 2019: ‘Mission: Impossible — Fallout,’ ‘Find Me in Paris’ and ‘Jawline’

What's coming and going for the month.

Theater

Rueby Wood as Charlie Bucket in Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” at the Paramount Theatre through Aug. 11.

Review: ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre is entertaining but uneven

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Community calendar for Aug. 2-8, 2019: Seattle Art Fair, Umjoa Fest, Naval Aviation Fly Day and more

A detailed, categorized calendar of events all over Seattle and Western Washington, Aug. 2-8, 2019.

Visual Arts

3,000 Soul Boxes, each representing one person killed or injured by gunfire in the US, on display at the School of Visual Concepts through August 8.

How one art project aims to show how widespread gun violence is

Pacific NW Magazine

THEN: Much as Aurora Valentinetti asked children to do in her puppet shows, transport yourself to a different realm – in this case the drama department in the basement of Denny Hall at the University of Washington where, in this view from the late 1940s/early 1950s, the new professor coaxes the personality of her handmade Pip marionette for a production of “The Shoemaker and the Elves.”

Aurora Valentinetti’s distinguished lifetime of bringing puppets to moppets

Dance

Zariyah Quiroz, 12, Monday, June 10, 2019, is a student at Pacific Northwest Ballet School in Seattle. Her favorite ballet dancer is Misty Copeland. 210510

Ballet has a diversity problem. Here’s what some people, in Seattle and elsewhere, are doing to change that.