Tomorrow night the "All Tharp" program begins at Pacific Northwest Ballet (and runs through October 5--tickets here). more ›

Seriously, we're surprised the local news stations have not created special icons to attach to all of their recent environmentally-motivated arson stories. Usually, if an event has gone on this long or had this much prominent news coverage in Seattle, local newscasters have given it some sort of pet-name by now. more ›

Sunday was the first time we'd ever been to Fircrest. more ›

We're not going to fault Nordstrom's for their decision to ax the piano players in some stores. Instead, we'll blame Nordstrom customers, and their preference for new-fangled pop music. more ›

Seventeen teams showed up at the Old Pequliar last night to see if our voice would give out. We managed to get through the evening without having a Peter Brady moment, but we're grateful to those of you who were willing to step up to the mic at a moment's notice. more ›

MUSIC: Did you know that Frank Sinatra called George Harrison's Something "the most beautiful love song ever written"? Well he did. A bunch of local musicians [myspace] are getting together to play Harrison's songs, and if they don't have a stuffed elk head for "I've Got My Mind Set On You," they do have Alan White, who played drums on Harrison's most successful album, All Things Must Pass. The show was meant to take place on the 5-year anniversary of Harrison's death last month, but we had all that snow, so it's happening now. The whole thing is a benefit for Northwest Harvest. more ›

A post in Tuesday's DCist mentioned a campaign in the other Washington to adopt a bland song named "Come to Washington" as an official "city anthem." Then, in a follow-up post, DCist nominated nine other, better songs. Readers voted for their favorites and suggested a few more. The current fave seems to be the Magnetic Fields' awesomely evocative "Washington, D.C." more ›

We could die happy now. Seattlest went to Pacific Northwest Ballet’s “Valentine” performance last Friday. We wish we’d gone earlier, so we could tell you about it in time for you to go as well, since Sunday was the last performance. Ostensibly, we purchased the tickets because Valentine was billed as a more contemporary collection of dances from PNB, and we’re not much for the usual ballet stuff with the tutus and the tiaras and the traditional classical scores. We were most excited for a collection of duets choreographed by one of our favorite modern dancers, Twyla Tharp, set to a variety of Frank Sinatra songs. Good, solid romantic stuff. more ›

"You're ridin' high in April, shot down in May," Frank Sinatra used to sing. For Hines Public Market Coffee, at Eastlake Avenue East and East Lynn Street, the shooting starts in late July or August, when their building is scheduled to be demolished and replaced by a new one. more ›