Though the now-infamous Jim Rose Circus got its start in Seattle in the early Nineties (Rose still owns a house south of the city in which he periodically resides), it's been quite a while since Rose brought his sideshow revival through town for a performance. The last record we could find of a show was from 1999. We asked Rose when he was last here to perform, who thought about it for a minute before replying, "Fuck, I don't remember, man." more ›

We have sat through some terrible Q&As, but it seems that Seattle audiences go out of their way to embarrass themselves in front of directors. Last night’s Q&A with Darren Aronofsky, following his new film The Wrestler (out in Seattle theaters January 9th), was truly cringeworthy: more ›