One of our 43 Favorite Things about Wallingford is closing up shop over the next few days. Music & toy store, art gallery, and occasional show space Electric Heavyland is closing for good on January 1st. Rather than the standard "rising rents" storyline that you're used to, the Electric Heavyland folks are closing the shop so they can focus on their record label, enterruption. Since they're closing to focus on music, it would seem that the Wooden Octopus Music Pfest is still on, but we suppose we'll see next year. The store's closing out with a big sale: more ›

Last weekend Confounded Books closed its doors for good, and this weekend the rest of the comic industry is doing its best to ensure it doesn't encounter the same fate. Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, organized as a celebration of the history of the comic form, but really a smart attempt to get new feet heading to comic book shops. There's no catch. Walk in and get a free comic book. It's a great idea and one that we fully support, since it combines two things Seattlest loves: free and stuff. If you're curious where to go, just go to the event's page, which has a shop locator to help you out. Might we recommend Comics Dungeon, one of the 43 Things we Love About Wallingford? more ›