• Over the weekend, trees and parking signs around Green Lake were victims of guerrilla knitting.
• Better late than never, downtown Burien welcomed the opening of the $193 million Burien Town Square development.
• The beloved Anacortes donkey named Pharlap is on pain killers after being roughed up pretty bad from a pit bull attack. Now neighbors in the Skagit County town are looking to place an all-out ban on pit bulls.

If, even after a stroke, you'd still be able to sing the entire score of Assassins, or if you think God looks something like Elaine Stritch, Shrek the Musical (through September 21 at the 5th Avenue Theatre, tickets $28-$90) is probably not your cup of tea. We expected to be solidly in that camp at the opening night world premiere of the DreamWorks-based musical. Imagine our surprise when we loved it--and loved the bad guy the most. more ›