This week we have a variety of talent for you to check out! Enjoy your hot, crazy Summer... more ›

If you’re into feeling even worse about yourself after a summer-y weekend of too many BBQs, beers and smokes—just swing by Elliott Bay Book Co. where triathlete and bicycle marathon veteran Amy Snyder will be reading from her book, Hell on Two Wheels. She’s telling the story of those wild folks who travel over 3,000 miles across the country on a bicycle. Oh, and they do it in less than twelve days. Needless to say, Snyder encountered some crazy stories and circumstances as she followed the participants in the 2009 Race Across America—she infiltrated their lives before, during, and after the competitions…and came up with some intriguing stuff. more ›

Seattle has an eventful week ahead—with everything from mysteries, to music, to Riot grrrl memories on the horizon. more ›

From sour lemons to robots to Fantagraphics and Nepal—I’m pretty excited about lit events in Seattle this week. They may range from the absurd to the autobiographical, but that’s what makes this week so special. Happy week in lit to you all! more ›

Georgetown maintains its hipster art street cred and is one of the more genuine destination neighborhoods in Seattle. For ample proof, check out the Georgetown Carnival on Saturday, featuring Power Tool Races, bike jousting, visual and performance art and a musical line-up that culminates with a reunion of Seattle proto-grunge band Feast. more ›

The one day a year when you really can have something for nothing. Although you should still spend something because, you know, paper's not free, and neither is running a local comic shop. more ›

... But we're going tonight. Don't worry, we'll tell you all about it this weekend, in case you yourself can't attend until next First Thursday. more ›

Admittedly in over our heads on the much more comic-centered Sunday, we decided to stop by a known ally - Seattle's own Fantagraphics Books. more ›

MvB is going to get his pound of opening night hors d'oeuvres after seeing the The Merchant of Venice at the Seattle Shakespeare Company tonight. Saturday, if rainy, may involve an all-day LOTR-athon at a friend's in LQA.
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Wow! Today's Friday the twelfth, and that leaves you all of twelve shopping days till Christmas. Which sort of sucks, since you're probably a little nervous about the state of the economy and whatnot and thinking that maybe fattening up the old savings account is a wiser move than buying a new Wii Fit. But insofar as gifts are an unavoidable fact of the holidays, we here at Seattlest thought we'd offer you some clever gift ideas for the holidays with an emphasis on both your budget and what you can do to help grease the wheels of the local economy just a bit. more ›

JUST LIKE CLOCKWORK: This is your best bet for smooth grooving local hiphop this weekend. Clockwork probably make you very happy, but Macklemore is guaranteed to do so; his live show is unstoppably entertaining and his songs are both thoughtful and hilarious. This is his first show in town since July, people. Plus, XPerience might sing and Candidt might do "VooDoo." All of those prospects in combination are absolutely worth the rainy drive to Nectar. more ›

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Seattle's Alliance Française--cheese-eating commies, the lot of them, but what would we do without those fabulous sauces?--is celebrating the graphic novel (or "bande dessinée") this week. Things kick off Wednesday at the Alliance Française with an introduction to 20 giants of the genre by Fantagraphics's Kim Thompson. (Not for kids! they say.) Then Thursday is a screening of the documentary Tintin et moi at the Northwest Film Forum. This will disabuse you of the notion that Europeans aren't racist, imperialist pigs just like us. Friday it's down to Fantagraphics to Meet David B. and his art, then Saturday it's David B. again giving at talk at the Seattle Central Library. Sunday David B. joins Jim Woodring and Peter Bagge at the Henry Art Gallery, for a talk moderated by Kim Thompson. Ça y est! more ›

7 p.m., Friday // El Chupacabra, 6711 Greenwood Ave // 21+ more ›