The Viaduct is back up and running, sort of, during this big week for area businesses -- whether it's opening, moving, getting a New York Times feature or just dressing up for Halloween. Coming up: at least four ways to support your neighbors just this month. more ›

Now if you've already been to the new Now & Then exhibit at MOHAI, then you recognize the old photo. Before, it was the Eagles' Aerie No. 1; after, it's the ACT Theatre. more ›

So I says to her, I says "Oh yeah, well you weren't complaining when I was looking at you." And you know what she did? You know what she did? She just flew off. Just like that. Flew away with some dark-eyed junco. I tell ya, man, those chestnut-backed chickadees are nothing but trouble. All talk and no action, I tell ya. Stick to the eagle chicks. That's where it's at. (There's more bird gossip and other absurdities in our Flickr pool.) more ›

Now's the time to check out masses of eagles munching up spent salmon on the Skagit and elsewhere, although the Bald Eagle Fest isn't until mid-January. Thanks for adding these eagles to the Flickr Pool, NetDep. more ›

Seattlest watches as a S.L.U.T. is born and Seattle Flickr users go nuts over a local art installation. A restaurant critic demands a Diner's Bill of Rights over a gnat next to her drink, and, in lieu of a Portlandist, Seattlest debates with itself over the identity of the Northwest's crown jewel. Seattlest also joins the guys from Fantagraphics for an ill-fated gun party in the woods. more ›

Fall--and yes, we think we can say it's now officially fall--is a great season for concerts. Yet another good one this weekend is an all-ages affair, with Port Angeles' own The Lonely H celebrating their second record release tonight at the Vera Project (7:30pm, with Model Photographer and Don't Tell Sophie, $7). The band's comprised of five teens just outta high school, but don't let that negatively influence your opinion of them. The guys sound (and look) older than their birth certificates, way older, like right out the 70s, with Zep-like shredding and long flowing locks. We spoke to bassist Johnny Whitman about going to college, life on the road, moving to Seattle, and hating emo bands. more ›

Swoop, the mascot of Eastern Washington University, was stomped outside a bar Sunday night and briefly detained by none other than police chief Gil Kerlikowske. Apparently. Reports the Seattle P-I:

Lt. Kenneth Hicks, shift commander at the precinct that includes Pioneer Square, was leading Kerlikowske on a closing-time tour of the club district when the senior officers witnessed a man-on-eagle fracas, according to police documents. more ›

According to ESPN, Seattle is the sports suffering epicenter of the world. more ›

Texas is thawing, the Northeast is freezing, and a sort of natural order seems almost restored to the Ist-A-Verse. Almost. more ›

--There's a wind advisory in effect for tonight. Good thing you haven't even lugged the generator back into storage yet. more ›

When Dennis Green's Cardinals beat San Francisco on Sunday it gave the Seahawks the NFC West title, and with it a back door entrance into the playoffs. more ›

Tuesday 31st, Halloween Night more ›

Let's look back at a week in which no site in the -ist network adopted anyone from Africa... more ›

Torontoist visits the site of a new Frank Gehry structure, stalks "the elusive Bahamas streetcar", and watches Tom Green get surgery. more ›

As unlikely as it may seem, it is the truth. Qingzhao Su of Guiyang, China more ›

Tuesday 8th more ›

The Showbox had a fire this morning or last night or however you refer to the 5am hour and there's not a lot of information around right now (c'mon journalist types - we can't stand this suspense). Smoke was spotted coming from the building, sprinkler system engaged, FD arrived and extinguished something on the roof: that's about all that's out there at the moment. A spokesperson for the fire department said the fire originated on the roof and didn't penetrate into the building, but we're worried about water damage to the ceiling, sound system etc. Maybe we'll take a walk over there during lunch and find something new (despite our aversion to actual reporting). more ›

Back in 2003, when Art Brut formed, the British music scene was dominated by power pop outfits like The Libertines, who were better as celebrities than musicians. Today, we have similarly over-hyped bands like The Arctic Monkeys and The Subways, who release albums that NME fawns over for six months until the next big thing comes along. more ›

African Child Loves His "World Champion Seahawks" T-Shirt. more ›

With the Seahawks' first Super Bowl three days away our local politicians have started wagering with Pennsylvania's elected officials on the outcome. more ›

Red Mill closed early one night last October so the staff could attend the Rolling Stones concert, and they’ll close early again on Super Sunday so the staff can watch the Stones’ halftime show (and the Seahawks). This was called to our attention by Red Mill’s recent the Panthers game), an amusingly awesome conflation of the Stones and Seahawks logos... more ›

Tonight’s nationally televised bird-on-bird action gives us much to ponder: Shaun Alexander’s kickass season, Terrell Owens’s jackass behavior, and that dumbass who dumped his dead mother’s ashes on the Eagles’ home turf. Most of all, however, we’re preoccupied with Seattle’s finest cheesesteakery, Philadelphia Fevre. more ›

For those of us compulsive channel-changers whose dials aren't permanently affixed to KEXP or NPR, finding good stuff on the radio can be maddening. more ›

Seattle is a perfect city to watch the Super Bowl in--the weather is always horrid, so there's no anxiety about spending the entire day inside, and the Seahawks are never playing, so there's no anxiety about the game itself. more ›