Other than the perfunctory post-holiday shopping sales, Seattle's fashion community pretty much goes in hibernation in January and February—with the exception of the second annual Project Red Dress fashion competition. The Seattle chapter of Fashion Group International is brightening up our fierce-less February with the largest student fashion design contest to hit Seattle, and not a minute too soon for those interested in fashion beyond North Face fleece. more ›

In Pamplona this week, they're celebrating the festival of St. Fermin. The most famous event, the encierro, played a central role in Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises: the so-called "running of the bulls" through a narrow, 825-meter passage of narrow streets. more ›