Ready or not and weather or not, the summer street fair season begins Saturday, May 17, with the 39th Annual U District StreetFair. For two days, five blocks of University Way -- from Northeast 41st to Northeast 50th -- will be completely closed to vehicles, allowing you to freely [...]
Opening in Wallingford this Saturday, Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream promises to be to ice cream what another Wallingford favorite, Mighty-O, is to doughnuts.
[...]Recently, you may have heard phrases like these around town: "Come celebrate the Beautiful Game" or "The world's game is coming to Seattle." Both are slogans used by our city's new Major League Soccer franchise, Seattle Sounders FC, on posters and other advertisements to promote the game of soccer [...]
Seattleites are an optimistic bunch when it comes to weather. How else can you explain a marathon in November, a flower festival in April and opening day of boating season the first weekend in May?
[...]Over at 94 Stewart, they're dishing up lamb shoulder with grilled onion, cider glaze, ceci bean, tomato and shaved L'Ulivo. The Jones has a morel mushroom and English pea ravioli with chervil beurre blanc, with strawberry terrine for dessert. And even as you and I have this little chat, 0/8 [...]
Axe gods, enthusiasts, posers and dreamers are clearing their calendars for the 17th annual Greater Seattle Vintage Guitar Show, April 27 at F.O.E. Hall in Georgetown.
Dealers from eight states and Canada will be on hand to tempt you with new, used and classic instruments. In addition to guitars [...]
Don't be fooled by the name: Dining Out for Life is not a contest prize, but an imperative. When you dine out at one of 150 Seattle restaurants April 24, 30 percent of your bill will benefit Lifelong AIDS Alliance in their fight against HIV and AIDS in the [...]
Seattle may be famous for its frosty demeanor, but when the Dalai Lama lands here April 11, news of his arrival will be whispered with the warm breath of reverence. Aloof as we may be in normal circumstances, our reserve is sure to melt in the presence of [...]
Give peace -- and relaxation -- a chance with an in-town getaway this weekend. As Seattle prepares for the Dalai Lama's visit, the Westin Seattle is offering a special "Peace and Compassion" room rate of $165 per night from April 10 to 13. For each night booked, the Westin will [...]
It exists as sheaves of marked-up, coffee-stained printouts, and on a flash drive you tote around at all times in case your apartment building burns down. It's your baby -- and you've given it as much love and devotion as any real parent as you've prepared it to leave the [...]
In 1964, on their way to world domination, the Beatles took aim at the thinning ranks of nonbelievers with their latest secret weapon: a fresh, intelligent rock 'n' roll movie (sorry, Elvis). "A Hard Day's Night" follows the band through a fictional, frenzied day stacked with numbers like "And [...]
Back in the dark ages (circa 1988), before earth-toned residential monoliths sprang from every corner, Seattle's mainstay restaurants quietly pulled off the daily miracle of providing the masses with quality food and attentive service. Today they have plenty of company, but we salute them and accord them their proper status: [...]
In recent years, they've been the team we hate to love, a lineup flush with nice guys who make funny commercials but finish, if not last, then damn close.
But last year, the Mariners enjoyed their best season in four years and locked up Ichiro Suzuki through 2012, so there [...]
If you have a little music maniac, you probably already know that The Wiggles will be playing at the Tacoma Dome tomorrow, Friday, March 21. The show will be a part of their "Pop Go The Wiggles!" tour, and preschoolers are urged to get amped up for the concert by [...]
I know you want to stare at the band with your hands in your pockets, unmoving. It's the Seattle way, passed down through the generations. Maybe three-odd decades ago, some guy wondered what it would be like to just stare at Hendrix as he played, and a Northwest tradition was [...]
Singer Stephin Merritt has a hangdog voice that's best known from his work as front man of the Magnetic Fields -- a band that, in turn, is best known for 1999's triple album "69 Love Songs." His wry, witty lyrics have been compared to Cole Porter's, and he's collaborated [...]
Singer Stephin Merritt has a hangdog voice that's best known from his work as front man of the Magnetic Fields -- a band that, in turn, is best known for 1999's triple album "69 Love Songs." His wry, witty lyrics have been compared to Cole Porter's, and he's collaborated [...]
Think of it as an educational surf-and-turf experience. To celebrate Leap Day, both the Woodland Park Zoo and the Seattle Aquarium are hosting frog-related events to shine a spotlight on the amphibian extinction crisis.
[...]This season's "Metro Classics" series continues with the 1957 musical "Funny Face." Fred Astaire is a top fashion photographer and Audrey Hepburn his accidental discovery. Throw in some Gershwin tunes, and what more does this pairing need? Why, a Paris location, of course...
Audrey is as luminous in her bookstore-clerk [...]
Think of it as an educational surf-and-turf experience. To celebrate Leap Day, both the Woodland Park Zoo and the Seattle Aquarium are hosting frog-related events to shine a spotlight on the amphibian extinction crisis.
[...]This season's "Metro Classics" series continues with the 1957 musical "Funny Face." Fred Astaire is a top fashion photographer and Audrey Hepburn his accidental discovery. Throw in some Gershwin tunes, and what more does this pairing need? Why, a Paris location, of course...
Audrey is as luminous in her bookstore-clerk [...]
Nothing exacerbates spring fever like those midweek glimmers of warmth and sunshine when you're stuck in the office and the kids are at school. If the family is craving a brief (but necessary) vacation, squeeze in your own little spring break to Vancouver Island, where March means whale migration season [...]
Béla Fleck epitomizes the age-old career advice that one should learn to do something not many other people can do, then do it better than everyone else. Not many American musicians -- heck, not many musicians worldwide -- can be described as banjo virtuosos, but that's precisely what Fleck, [...]
Charles Burns spent his formative years, from fifth grade on, in Seattle, and his rightly acclaimed graphic novel "Black Hole" takes place at a high school that bears more than a passing resemblance to Roosevelt High. And like many an artist to emerge from our cloudy city, Burns has [...]
Karan Casey was first able to show off her formidable vocal chops as the singer for the Irish group Solas, which interpreted traditional music with a fresh, almost poppy sound. She has a smooth, delicate, vulnerable voice that lends itself to Gaelic's lovely twists and turns and Irish music's [...]
The denizens of Lower Queen Anne know they've got a good thing going, with nearly every heart's desire just a short walk away. Add to this list of amenities a new option for that most indulgent of weekend meals: brunch, now served Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 [...]
Whether you're secretly rooting for "Juno" or openly hoping that "No Country for Old Men" snaps up Best Picture, you won't be the only one watching the Oscars with greater-than-usual excitement. While it might not match this year's primary elections for sheer thrills, 2007 was a good year for movies, [...]
Valentine's Day may not be until next Thursday, but this weekend sees dozens of local shops, restaurants and spas beginning to spread the w-u-v a bit early. Whether you choose to celebrate the day or curse its very existence, be assured that the author of this newsletter [...]
There's something vaguely panic-inducing about Valentine's Day, the "Hallmark holiday" that prompts a spike in chocolate sales, flower purchases and dinner reservations -- but ends up leaving some of us a tad cold.
Here's the thing: It doesn't have to be that way. Seattle is bursting at the pink-and-red seams [...]
We want you to show Seattle a good time. Send in your nightlife photos -- pictures of you and your friends, spouses, lovers and relations out on the town. Send us shots of you at karaoke nights, on crowded dance floors, at charity events or just hanging out at your [...]
I am happy to announce that this weekend is all about me. Meeeee! My nightlife and entertainment blog, Gentle Snark, launches this week. You are most cordially invited to follow me -- meeeee! -- to bars, concerts, gallery openings, movie screenings, street fairs, the obligatory roller-derby bouts and more. [...]
Big cities aren't just for big people. This week, NWsource is happy to introduce Little Kids, Big City, a new family-activities blog by local writer and West Seattle mom Lilium Pierson. Learn new ways to explore Seattle with children and to have fun as a family. Check in throughout [...]
Monday: Local band Throw Me The Statue is kind of awesome. Their chunky, distortion-heavy indie pop, built on sequenced drum tracks, is reminiscent of Magnetic Fields before they went Broadway and They Might Be Giants before they went ... well, before they went. They're joined this evening by singer-songwriter [...]
Monday: David Horsey, political cartoonist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, takes a break from sharpening his pencil on the world's jagged edges to discuss his book "Draw Quick, Shoot Straight," tonight at University Book Store. If you're thinking "big deal, he's just a cartoonist," think again. The fearless Horsey has [...]
It's a new year, and with it comes the welcome return of your favorite NWsource dining event, New Urban Eats. Throughout the month of January, 20 hot local restaurants will be serving $30 prix fixe dinner menus that will allow you to get a taste of the current flavor. [...]
In the James Bond movie "Live and Let Die," Roger Moore's Bond is deliberately marooned on an island surrounded by dozens of hungry crocodiles. An Evil Henchman helpfully tells the spy how to disable a croc: "You just stick your hand in its mouth," he grins, "and pull its teeth [...]
Monday: Hey, it ain't Christmas until someone is dismembered by supernatural beasts, right? Tonight at Chop Suey, enjoy a double bill of heart-warming, flesh-rending holiday entertainment: Bob Clark's sorority slash-fest "Black Christmas" and Joe Dante's creepy-cloying hybrid "Gremlins." Fun facts:
[...]Attention, college hoop fans! Did you know that a top-10 men's basketball team is coming to Seattle to play at KeyArena? "Who is it?" you ask? Another highly ranked Gonzaga team coming to play in the annual Battle in Seattle? A tough NCAA opponent set to take on the [...]
Now that the days of Cathy Quick Curl and the Easy-Bake Oven are far behind me, it really is more fun to give than to receive during the holidays. But when the chance to give goes hand-in-hand with the opportunity to get, well, how can I help but be excited [...]
Ah, Tori. She's bewildered and delighted fans and music critics in roughly equal measure, though longtime "Toriphiles" (her superfans) find little to complain about no matter what she does. Her 1991 album "Little Earthquakes" was at the crest of a wave of confessional pop, rock and folk music by women, including both [...]
"Encircle me, I need to be taken down," Tegan and Sara sing on the title track of their most recent album, "The Con," which happens to be their major-label debut. You wouldn't know it, though. The Canadian sisters are still doing what they do best: tart harmonies and emotionally incisive [...]
"Encircle me, I need to be taken down," Tegan and Sara sing on the title track of their most recent album, "The Con," which happens to be their major-label debut. You wouldn't know it, though. The Canadian sisters are still doing what they do best: tart harmonies and emotionally incisive [...]
Yo, there's snow! The ski areas at Crystal Mountain, Summit West, Stevens Pass and Mount Baker are currently receiving big shipments of the white stuff, which means that they'll probably be able to receive you by the time you read these words. Check out our snow sports page for [...]
Yo, there's snow! The ski areas at Crystal Mountain, Summit West, Stevens Pass and Mount Baker are currently receiving big shipments of the white stuff, which means that they'll probably be able to receive you by the time you read these words. Check out our snow sports page for [...]
Dude. We're totally stoked.
Thanks to a prewinter blast Monday that delivered nearly a foot and a half of snow, the Mount Baker Ski Area will open Thursday. Chairs 3 through 8 in the White Salmon Base Area will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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