Travel abroad by heading down to Columbia city, watch out for Raindogs and Swordfishtrombones in Ballard, silkscreen your favorite shirt and get your holiday shopping done at Seattle Center, and more! more ›

Our Seattlest photogs and Flickr friends took tons of photos from Sasquatch! and Folklife. So many, we almost didn't have room for them all. So all this week, our Seattlest Pix will feature reader photos from the festivals. Keep your eyes peeled for your shots more ›

Police are seeking witnesses to the weekend's fatal accidents, two more upsetting automobile incidents and Folklife's fallen numbers, all in today's headlines. more ›

You've got an extra day off. Lucky you! We've got some suggestions about how best to spend it. more ›

You know in "Sixteen Candles", how everyone forgets Sam's birthday, and she's totally overshadowed because her prettier, more successful older sister is putting on a big splashy wedding? And even though Sam maybe isn't stacked or popular, you're still rooting for her? We think that that's a pretty good metaphor for Folklife. more ›

It's Memorial Day weekend, which means you get an extra (probably rainy) day to enjoy yourself and commemorate things. What are you going to do with the day? Check out the weekend schedule to lock in your plans. more ›

"Talker," by Andy Lachance, plucked from our Flickr pool more ›

Fairy Phone Call" by Sean Glenn, from the Seattlest Flickr Pool more ›

On our way to a festival film at SIFF Cinema, we took a brief tour through Folklife. Five minutes was more than enough. more ›

...Comes courtesy of the Seattle P-I: more ›

The ever-dangerous folk music festival scene strikes again! While we were enjoying Sasquatch and the teeming crowds of drunks it brings, there was apparently a shooting at the peace-and-love-in that is the Folklife Festival. The most intense thing at the Folklife that we knew and loved were over-enthusiastic marimba players and drum circles. Apparently, times have changed. Three people were injured on Saturday when a fight broke out near a drum circle. According to witnesses, one of the men engaged in the fight tried to pistol whip another brawler, and the gun went off. The Folklife version of the magic bullet traveled through a man's nasal passage, another man's hand, and finally ended up stuck in a woman's leg. more ›

Those ribs were great, though! And who needs live music anyway when you've got entire seasons of unwatched Lauren vs. Heidi drama? more ›

OPERATION BRIGHT PINK FLAMINGO: If you were at Myrtle Edwards Park last weekend, you may have noticed a city-approved flock of plastic flamingos hanging out on the lawns. Lest you prematurely begin the spiral into "WTF, can't we just have normal public art," let us inform you that the flamingos were only visiting to remind everyone that real Chilean flamingos are available as of tomorrow to gawk at over in the Woodland Park Zoo. There will be free mini-cupcakes, music, and stilt-walking at the Zoo to mark the opening of the summer exhibit. more ›