Trips to Chicago get a little easier, the Mayor's new nightlife initiative gains a major backer, legislation intended to encourage street food vendors is irking Pike Place Market, and councilmember Tim Burgess comes out swinging against a local alt-weekly. Guess which one? more ›

Rudolph Valentino. Ray Charles. Jerry Lee Lewis dancing on pianos, for God's sake! Dance in Seattle had anything but a boring 20th century. We were prowling around the internet this morning and discovered that today is the anniversary of the date the city banned a really bizarre but popular 1920s and '30s fad called "dance marathons" within its city limits. That was enough to pique our interest, and we've spent the day researching what was happening in the world of dance during the 20th century. Here are some of the highlights, thanks in large part to our favorite local history website: HistoryLink.org. more ›

An associate professor of military science at Seattle University has been arrested in Colorado as part of a child sex sting. Andrew Douglas Frank was arrested in Canon City, Colo., where he had flown to meet a teenage girl he'd been communicating with online. The underage girl he'd been sharing risque communiques with was no Lolita, she was in fact, an undercover officer. more ›