THE SEARCH FOR ALANIS: Is over. She's appearing at the Paramount Theatre tonight for a show that has to be in part an extended post-election celebration. Honestly, we haven't listened to Flavors of Entanglement yet, but come on, who has? Besides, she never responds to our emails. Join the Alanis faithful and boo that one guy from Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place. Van Wilder or something. 8 p.m. // Paramount Theatre, 911......

The 15th annual Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation is in full swing, and let's be honest, most of us had no idea. We are not studying dance at Cornish or Velocity, and we're out of the loop. This will be our first year knowing of and attending the festival, so we'll report back. But we're anticipating some On-the-Boards-ish unexpectedness from a show called Off the Cuff. Tonight and Saturday night there are two different faculty......