Through June 18th, Capitol Hill's Odd Duck Studio will run the world premier of The Familiar--a Ghost Story, by Houston-based playwright Rosemary Poole-Carter. As the title suggests, it's a dark, haunting affair in which things go bump in the night, and sinister specters linger just beneath the bed. more ›

This is why we love living on Capitol Hill: Around ten o'clock last night, after being snowbound for most of the day and itching with cabin fever, we ventured out, following the sound of loud voices, and found a spontaneous snow party at the intersection of Denny Way and Bellevue Avenue East, where the steep, icy slope leading down to the closed overpass had turned into an awesome sledding slope. more ›