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4th Annual Seattle Bike-In @ Cal Anderson ParkSunday, August 30thBands at 7pm, movie at duskFrom NW Film Forum's website:

The fourth annual Seattle Bike-In brings together bicycle enthusiasts, transportation advocates, environmental groups, artists and community leaders for a celebration of biking and environmental sustainability. Part education fair, part community picnic, the Seattle Bike-In is a chance for adults and children to have fun, enjoy films, music and be a part of a community celebration!We are pleased to present the film Jour de Fete at dusk (around 9pm). Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Tati’s quintessential and lanky French postman, Francoise, as he makes an intelligent slapstick comedy of French rural life while dreaming of bringing modern knowhow to traditional ways. In the process he beats the best passing Tour riders, falls into duck ponds and delivers the mail. If you’re a fan of Stan Laurel, Buster Keaton, or Peter Sellers, you must see this feelgood film. It’s guaranteed to put a smile on your face.Cal Anderson Park is located at 10th & Pine on Capitol Hill. Here's a map!

I just saw it... she's pretty I guess, not ugly that's for sure. As far as "Pole Dancing" goes... THAT WAS NOT POLE DANCING. I agree she is just trying to get attention.

Go ahead. Click on it.Target Practice: Painting Under Attack 1949-78Seattle Art MuseumThrough September 7th

"cast, director, sct and teen tix blogger Jenny S. you all did something right/controversial/stimulating/provoking as no other teen tix blog appears to have received as many comments!!!!!!!"Our thoughts exactly. Hooray for thoughtful conversation and civilized disagreement.

[reposted from fb]Jessica C: I dont think it should discourage anyone. I think is gives people inspiration to say, hey, I want to be that good at dance. It also helps people like Vitolio who came from a hard background and gave him a chance to shine. This show helps people who are good, to be better and to expand their talents to not just one type of dance.

[reposted from fb]Carly S: It does make me want to continue dancing, but it also holds dancing up on a level that is not really realistic for most people that want to dance. It encourages me because the dancers are amazing and it discourages me because the dancers are so amazing I know I could never reach that level.

[resposted from fb]Amanda M: it makes me want to learn how to dance, totally jealous!

[reposted from fb]Jessica C: I love this show. It's awesome.

I love so you think you can dance, i love them showing people who can actually dance learn new things and i love that the are bringing all this awareness of different cultural dancing.

Over at our favorite local arts blog, Another Bouncing Ball, Regina Hackett takes apart dance critics who sling mud at popular dance TV shows that they haven't actually watched (much).This is me quoting Regina quoting Alastair McCauley (the dance critic at the New York Times and, as Regina points out, the only full-time dance critic employed at an American newspaper):"The little I see of 'So You Think You Can Dance' and 'Strictly Come Dancing' [the British TV dance competition] tends to put me off watching more; the camera angles seldom help you judge footwork; the whole climate feels manipulative; and the dances themselves aren't those I'd want good performers to learn..."You can read McCauley's whole piece, which is chiefly concerned with what he considers the degradation of ballroom dancing into something closer to dirty dancinghere.I know we've got some serious dancers and some lovers of SYTYCD out there (and maybe, just maybe, some serious dancers who love SYTYCD? Do you exist?) What do you think? Do shows like SYTYCD and Dancing With The Stars help make dance more accessible to a new generation, or do they disgrace the form? Comments please.- Holly A.

Das Barbecü was, to put it simply, fantastic. I marvel at how well they not only managed to condense a 15 hour opera down to 2 hours and thirty minutes, but how well they balanced the spirit of the opera with the screwball comedy that truly carries the play. A must-see, even if you have no prior knowledge of opera!

I hate cheese

You're all overreacting. I'm not big fan of hers, but either way..In relative comparison to ANY other American pop star, it's undeniable that she's one of the more wholesome.In any case, that's not a pole dance. That's holding onto a pole and wiggling around a little bit.Whatever; it's a probably just a ploy to get more publicity for her anyway.

I like cheese, not so much cheddar, I'm more of a blue cheese kind of man.and i believe this show could be compared to a wheel of cheese, smelly on the outside, but when you bite in it fills your mouth with a delightful sensation. Not to mention it packs a nutritious and healthy punch.So in my mind this show is like cheese.

Whether or not it was for balance, it'd be pretty impossible to miss the connotations of dancing with a pole (and then dropping it ). But I doubt it's entirely her fault - she would in all likelihood be a nobody without Disney, and I'm positive she doesn't do her own choreography. My issue with this is that the Teen Choice Awards are watched by primarily a younger audience, and with so many young girls looking up to Miley Cyrus you've got to wonder if having her dancing on a pole in hooker boots is a good idea. But hey, it works for Disney. If it sells, that's all they need.

yeah she drops it low once holding onto a pole...but it's not like she is on the pole the whole time...she's 16 and wants attention...but she is attractive and can get attention in less provocative ways

she is Hawt =Di didnt see it but still haha

I have my own prudish, grown-up feelings about this young lady:doing what is being described everywhere as a pole dance at the Teen Choice Awards. But since I didn't actually see it, and since I am a grown-up prude, I will withhold final judgement until I hear from you guys. Did you see it? What do you think? Is Miley Cyrus shirking her responsiblity as a role-model for young girls? Is role-modeling even part of her job description? Does the fact that she likely had little to do with actually choreographing the dance make it better, or worse? Is everybody just overreacting? Take the poll (no pun intended) and leave your comments here.No idea what we're talking about? Here are links to a fewarticles.

haha. I guess they did that

cast, director, sct and teen tix blogger Jenny S. you all did something right/controversial/stimulating/provoking as no other teen tix blog appears to have received as many comments!!!!!!!