Hollywood Knowledge: Tonight the Northwest Screenwriters Guild hosts a talk with special guest actor/screenwriter Walter Dalton. Dalton has written for TV (Laverne and Shirley, Barney Miller, Benson) and appeared on it (Rhoda, Mork and Mindy, Northern Exposure, and Millennium). He'll discuss a Hollywood career's ins and outs, then hang around for a Q&A session. Saturday he'll lead a workshop on pitching. Friday 7-9pm, Saturday 10am-2pm // NWSG, Clear Channel Bldg, 351 Elliott Ave W......

It's Seattle Shakespeare Company's version of the wandering prince Pericles on Friday night for MvB, followed Saturday night by Britain's accordion-driven, Brechtian street opera trio with neo-castrati Martyn Jacques, the Tiger Lilies at the Moore, ladies and gentlemen. Having been invited down to San Francisco for a friend’s bachelorette bacchanalia with only one directive ("Bring a wig"), Courtney is hoping she doesn’t end up in the clink this weekend. While laughing at Charles for attending......

Tomorrow is fake Viaduct Vote Day, and your meaningless ballots must be postmarked by then. The election is all mail, so you will not have the option to vote at the polls. If you want to skip the middle man and have your ballot lost directly you can drop it off at the following locations: King County Administration Building-- 500 4th Ave., Room 553, Seattle 98104 High Point Community Center-- 6920 34th Ave SW, Seattle......

Brown Bear Car Wash is so happy that media and public attention has helped them retrieve 25 of more than 40 bear statues stolen from its Fife location that it's washing cars for free today at these 19 drive-thru locations: Snohomish County\Everett 3523 Broadway Ave, Everett North King County 16032 Aurora Ave N, Seattle Seattle 5111 15th Ave NW, Ballard 1800 15th Ave W, Seattle South & East King County 22706 Marine View Dr., Des......

Helen Thayer, one of National Geographic's "20th Century's greatest explorers," has crossed the Sahara and the Antarctic on foot, and runs an outdoor-education initiative called Adventure Classroom. Her most recent adventure saw her spend a year living among wolves in the Yukon--accompanied by her husband and their part-wolf dog, Charlie. She'll speak about this latest adventure Thursday night at the Mountaineers. If you're curious about wolves, life-changing adventure, or outdoor education--or if just going......