Author John Updike was at Seattle Arts & Lectures this week. The upcoming SAL appearance of Annie Leibovitz (November 19) is sold out. Michael Pollan (January 12) is almost sold out. Courtly, thin John Updike has lived long enough that he has now to spend interviews responding to years- and decades-old quotes as if he’s just said them. "I said that?" he asked once, not, we felt, entirely jokingly. On the other hand, he’s still......

--Looks like there will be not one, not two, wait, yes, two. There will be two separate up-or-down votes on Seattle ballots regarding the Viaduct, neither of which will eventually matter for shit. --Sunday marks the final edition of the King County Journal. A wake will be held at the Bellevue Hilton on February, 2. --The Seattle Center skate park, too. She gone. --KIRO is under new ownership. Of course you didn't know -......

That's one thing we learned from The Moth Story Tour on Sunday night at Town Hall. Actually, we learned that from the brochure, which explained what local voices were going to appear in which cities. Cho in LA, Savage in SEA. The premise of The Moth is simple: storytellers get ten minutes on stage to tell a true story. No notes. The benefit, as host and first storyteller Jonathan Ames put it, is that you......

Wednesday, October 11 >>>University Temple United Methodist Church, 7:30pm. Religious believers can be co-opted, argues distinguished biologist and secular humanist E.O. Wilson in his talk "The Creation: A Meeting of Science and Religion." Blah blah salvation of biodiversity blah glory of nature blah work together. We dislike this automatic Religion-and-Science connection ("Ballet and Groundskeeping: A New Unity"), but he's a smartie. Could be worth it. Suggested donation: $5 at the door. >>>UW Information School, 7:00-9:00pm.......