One more event for tonight: Christian Lander, the biting satirist of Stuff White People Like, makes a free appearance tonight at the Hideout (1005 Boren Ave) to shill the book based on his blog. There's a private dinner beforehand--begging the question "Exactly what stuff do white people like to eat?"--but tickets to that portion of the evening are long sold out. Show up any time after 8 p.m. to buy a book, get it signed,......

They buzz, they flit, they fly. They dart, they dash, they zip. Ethan Stowell putt-putts from Union (downtown) to Tavolata (Belltown) to Wolf (Queen Anne). Corino Bonjrada bounces from La Vita e Bella (Belltown) to Mondello (Magnolia). Jim Drohman shuttles between Le Pichet (Belltown/Market) to Café Presse (First Hill/Madison). Scott Staples hops from Zoë (Belltown) to Quinn's (Capitol Hill). Josef Jimenez doesn't ride himself but sends his cooks on a scooter--a Honda, not a......

THEATER: The Brown Derby Series, which debilitated audiences last year with their staged production of Trapped in the Closet, is back, this time they're doing Total Recall. With Seattlest favorite Dusty Warren! Doors at 7pm, show at 8pm // Re-bar [1114 Howell] // $12, 21 and over only, runs through Thursday. No reservations, you may want to line up early. SPORTS: #1 O'Dea hosts #4 Chief Sealth. You've gotta see a game at O'Dea's gym......

It's another snowy day in Seattle and you, if you're anything like us, are undoubtedly holed up in your drafty apartment wondering what could possibly keep you warm and sated on a day like this. Well, we'll tell you, it's rösti. Rösti is a Swiss-German dish composed quite simply of potatoes: grated, seasoned and then fried pancake-style, with a very crisp outer crust and a soft-but-not-mushy center. Although I hate to make any comparisons, rösti......

THEATER: You have only five more chances to catch WET’s latest offering, In Disdress Now: Redux. Marya Sea Kaminski’s one-woman show was originally developed as as part of On the Boards' Northwest New Works Festival in June 2006. Now the “story of a girl wrestling meaning out of love, porn, and the folds of an enormous red hoop dress” has been expanded into a full-fledged tour de force. 8pm // Washington Ensemble Theatre // 608......

Music: Cat Power, Chan (short for Charlyn) Marshall, brings her insanity-influenced act to our frozen burg. Right now she's walking around town, melting the ice with that impish smile of hers. 8pm // The Showbox // Tickets are $30 (Note: If you intend to scream Chan's name at the concert, or later, in the privacy of your bedroom, it's pronounced like "Shawn," just like the Angels' "Chone" Figgins. Go figure. And forget about the bedroom,......

According to the Cthulhu blog you have today through Thursday if you want to go gawk at the movie being filmed around Seattle. Today they're scheduled to be up on First Hill, tomorrow in Rainier Beach and then Thursday should be their last day of local filming with stops at Pike Place, ConWorks and Allentown. They'll be in Goonie Country on the 22nd. No idea what we're talking about? Cthulhu unpronouncable gibberish? You need to......

John Osebold has been a fixture within Seattle’s fringe community since coming out of the University Of Washington’s School of Drama ten years ago. His many acting/ writing/ singing/ performing/ composing/ directing projects include Player King’s ‘Ballyhoo,’ the sketch comedy group ‘The Habit,’ and he is currently a member of the band “Awesome”, who released their first album, ‘Deleware,’ last fall. His latest project symphony finishes it’s run tonight (10pm) and tomorrow (8pm) at Trinity......

Unlike Londoners during the Blitz, we Seattleites haven't had much of a chance to prove our mettle in the face of danger. There were the WTO riots, but how much danger did we really face from people dressed like turtles? After Pearl Harbor we didn't look too great, rounding up our Japanese neighbors and sending them off to concentration camps. There was the Great Fire of 1889, but the blaze didn't kill a single person......

Seattlest read the book "Zodiac" by sci-fi author Neil Stephenson recently. The story is a sort of eco-thriller about an activist/scientist/environmentalist- type who goes around finding and plugging little pipes that drain toxic materials into the bay in Boston. Intrigue ensues and it's a decent book which you should read. That's fiction, though, right? Well, we bring it up because it was reported today that Swedish Medical Center has been discharging sewage into Lake Union......

Every so often Seattle University does something that makes us reconsider never responding to their alumni appeals. They host tent city (here's the KUOW take). Now they're partnering with Seattle's third-oldest non-profit professional theater, Empty Space. The Seattle Times reports: Next year, the theater will move from its venue in Fremont, where it has been since 1993, to the campus between First Hill and the Central Area. Empty Space will perform future shows at the......

What with all the tear gas, video crews, and Subcomandante Marcos imitators in Seattle in 1999 for the WTO protests, Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper’s resignation seemed a bit anticlimactic. It was ironic (but not deliciously) that “Chief Moonbeam” oversaw SPD’s flirtation with jackbooted riot-gear finery. Previously, the San Diego transplant had been criticized by–-what’s the word? Neofascists?--for speaking out of school about police brutality and for his cultural inclusiveness. After WTO, he resigned and......

March Madness isn't just the NCAA men's tournament, though Seattlest knows they've trademarked the name. At the risk of a lawsuit, we apply it to the hundreds of loser-out basketball tournaments taking place all over the country, from the South Dakota state "A" championship to the public school championships in New York City. Local teams began tournament life last weekend with the Pac-10 Women's basketball tournament and the State 3A Boys and Girls Tournaments.......