ENJOY THE HEAT: Coleman Pool, a public pool in West Seattle is an inexpensive way to enjoy the warm weather (finally!). Even if it's not sweltering, the heated salt water pool and the giant tube slide make for hours of healthy fun in the sun, as long as you don't forget to wear sunblock! 7 days a week, 12-7pm // Coleman Pool, 8603 Fauntleroy Way SW // $3.75 adults, $2.75 children and seniors LIFE......

Some people take to relationships like a cat to water. The Swell Season's Glen Hansard sounds nice enough, friends all over Dublin, bit of a hippie -- but give him a girlfriend's ear and he's prone to red-faced verbal jabs, depressed miseries, and emotional archery. He can't keep up, or won't try.We made a choice and we knew we would pay / for stealing the joy and trying to escape / from the arms of......

Cynthia Hopkins @ On the Boards Through Sunday, May 6; Tickets $24 Frankly, it's a delusion that we can discuss art -- if by that we meant we could, by telling you about Cynthia Hopkins' Must Don't Whip 'Um, persuade you how good it is. Once we were talking with the sculptor Jun Kaneko about his obelisks and someone perplexedly burst out with, "Sure, but what do they mean?" Kaneko smiled and said, "If I......

Tuesday 14th >>> P.O.S. at Chop Suey. P.O.S. is one of the latest hot MCs to "blow up" (the term being relative since this is still very underground hip-hop we're discussing here). In any case, there's an opener called the Cleveland Steamers, and how could you not want to see what that sounds like? 8pm doors; $10. All ages. >>> Hot Chip at Neumo's. Hot Chip blurs the line between the electronic and indie......