Sunday, Basil & Chives restaurant will be hosting the Home & Heart Fundraising Luncheon and Auction Gala at 1pm. Quyen Huynh, owner of the Monroe-area restaurant has teamed up with the Seattle King County Disaster Team for the event. There will be a live auction, entertainment and a gourmet buffet. 100% of all ticket and auction sales will go towards food and medical provisions for earthquake victims in Haiti. Tickets may be purchased online for $45 or $100 for VIP. Basil & Chives is located at 114 N. Lewis Street Monroe, WA 98272. more ›

RISING GLOBES: Spokane natives The Globes may be young but they’ve been playing together for nearly eight years, and their experience shows. Playing a sort of indie rock not easily identifiable (but we’ll try), The Globes are have their roots in the basic sounds of Northwest mainstays Death Cab for Cutie and Built to Spill but easily expand into territory occupied by more mercurial alternative groups like The Eels. It’s rock and roll, that’s for sure, but it’s textured and dynamic, with a magnified glum attitude accented by flares of distortion, moody and refreshingly mature even beyond the group’s years. With Little Pieces and Oh Captain My Captain. more ›

President of Haiti René Préval offered a scathing rebuttal to Mr. Robertson. The fact that he was willing to respond to Robertson at all is remarkable in itself. His response is so direct, so smart, and so obviously based in facts that it makes Roberts look like the most miserably stupid person on TV today. Cartoon rabbits have more credibility than Robertson at this point. more ›

We recommend donating now. It's too easy for you not to:

• Text "HAITI" to 90999 to automatically donate $10 to Red Cross effort to assist the victims of yesterday's catastrophic quake in Haiti. The donation will be added to your phone bill.
• Donate $5 to Haitian charity Yele Haiti by texting "YELE" to 501501. The donation will be charged to your cellphone bill. You can also donate larger amounts at the Yele Haiti website.
• Donate to the Red Cross to fund immediate and long-term assistance in Haiti.

Text "HAITI" to 90999 to automatically donate $10 to Red Cross effort to assist the victims of yesterday's catastrophic quake in Haiti. The donation will be added to your phone bill, and it's legitimate. more ›