When police arrived, they found a chaotic scene of more than 100 people on the dock, many of them shouting and arguing. Officers then learned that some passengers were still physically fighting aboard the ship. Officers moved to the dock to begin clearing the ship, where they found a small group of people blocking the gangway and preventing passengers from leaving the vessel. more ›

OH THE HORROR: Every Monday in January is a different silent movie, complete with Dennis James on The Paramount's mighty Wurlitzer organ. This time around, Trader Joe's Silent Movie Mondays features scary silent classics from the '20s, kicking off with tonight's showing of Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. more ›

"I Broke All the Rules for You" by prima seadiva
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BOOK CRUSH: Librarian Nancy Pearl´s latest book is Book Crush, a guide to books you loved when you were growing up. How does she know? Head over to the launch party and find out. more ›

We can't remember where we first stumbled across the link, but we've been noodling around with LibraryThing's UnSuggester for the last day or so. more ›

The answer is clear: Chuck Palahniuk would beat Charles Burns in a fight, if the outcome was decided by audience vote. Charles Burns, author of Black Hole is funny, local, and writes and created fantastic, morbid art. But Chuck Palahniuk, author of among other works , a short story famous for making people faint and barf (or pretend to - it's unclear). Chuck wrapped it up by tossing out a dozen latex severed arms and marched to the lobby to sign books for his adoring fans. more ›

Just like the Nick Hornby event a couple weeks ago, the UW bookstore is sponsoring another author reading at the Neptune tonight. This time it's beloved B-movie actor Bruce Campbell, who will be reading from his latest book (his first novel) Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way. He'll be signing copies of the book if and only if you buy it from the bookstore---this gets you a numbered ticket, which confers upon you a place in the author signing line. Buying a book is a small price to pay to spend some quality time with Mr. Campbell, especially since the last time he was in town for a UW book reading, he threw candy at the crowd and stayed late to sign a lotta books. He's a real peach. A lantern-jawed peach. more ›