Through June 18th, Capitol Hill's Odd Duck Studio will run the world premier of The Familiar--a Ghost Story, by Houston-based playwright Rosemary Poole-Carter. As the title suggests, it's a dark, haunting affair in which things go bump in the night, and sinister specters linger just beneath the bed. more ›

It's opening day of the 2009 duck-hunting season state legislative session, and all signs point towards an interestingly contentious set of months in Olympia as the legislators deal with a deepening budget crisis. The Times notes that since Gregoire isn't campaigning anymore, state Democrats are now free to complain as loudly as their hearts desire without fear of giving an advantage to Dino Rossi's camp. For more information about the agendas of each committee meeting today, check Access Washington's calendar page. more ›

This is why we love living on Capitol Hill: Around ten o'clock last night, after being snowbound for most of the day and itching with cabin fever, we ventured out, following the sound of loud voices, and found a spontaneous snow party at the intersection of Denny Way and Bellevue Avenue East, where the steep, icy slope leading down to the closed overpass had turned into an awesome sledding slope. more ›

Via Twitter, the House Democratic Caucus alerts us to their Capitol snow day photo break. That snow was meant for us! Stay tuned, though. You can follow first-flake reports at #seatst. Did we mention that already? Can't hurt to repeat. more ›

Part of the Capitol's holiday display, an "atheistic billboard" from the Freedom From Religion Foundation that caught the eagle eye of Bill O'Reilly and caused Gregoire some embarrassment on national television, was filched and delivered to a radio station here in Seattle this morning. What radio station did the thief deem worthy to possess said billboard? KMPS, naturally: 94.1, the country station. Yeeeehaw, let the games begin! more ›