RETAIL AMBIVILENCE: Ballard boutique Olivine is closing—quelle tragédie! The store had designer favorites, as well as a healthy dose of local designer treats, guaranteeing that you won't show up to a party in the same outfit as anyone else. Over the next few days, Olivine will have a store-closing sale, with prices from 50-70 percent off—quel plaisir!

August 13-17 // Olivine // 50-70% of regular prices

HAPPY MUSICALS: Remember when musicals were based on good literature and not cheesy cartoon movies? See good literature made delightfully cheesy in Taproot Theatre's production of Big River. Taproot says that you'll love this "classic story of two friends," but we think you'll love a bunch of boys exuberantly jumping around and singing.

7:30 p.m. // Taproot Theatre // $20 - $33

DESPERATELY SEEKING ANN: Singer, actor, and performance artist Ann Magnuson has an extensive career in all three disciplines. She's bitingly witty, quirky as all get-out, and she makes our little hearts snicker then melt. Tonight she'll play songs from her entire career, so if you've been following her since her Desperately Seeking Susan days (or, better yet, her P.S. 122 days), you'll want to pay homage at the Triple Door tonight!

7:30 p.m. // The Triple Door // $25

Photo of Geoffery Simmons & Robbie Fowler, stars of the musical smash Big River at Taproot Theatre, courtesy of Seattlest Flickr user, Seattle Daily Photo.