POETRY AND MUSIC: The Hugo House will be hosting the LiTFUSE launch party tonight with readings from local poets such as Elizabeth Austen, Susan Rich, Tara Hardy, Dan Peters and more. LiTFUSE is an annual weekend-long poets' workshop held near Yakima in the beginning of October in Teiton, WA. The night promises to have plenty of poetry, music and other miscellaneous merriment. And as an added bonus, all proceeds will go to benefit the Teiton Arts & Humanities. more ›

MargiDavid Salon, in conjunction with Sound Magazine, will host Couture Carnivale, their second annual fashion show, at the Last Supper Club this Sunday, March 29th from 6-11 p.m. The show benefits FareStart, a job training and placement program for homeless and disadvantaged individuals. Sunday's event combines a fashion show featuring four local boutiques, burlesque performances by Miss Sugar Magnolia, Iva Handfull and Fannie Beaverhausen, and music by DJ Sang-Do. We caught up with Carrie from MargiDavid Salon to discuss the hotness. more ›

FUNNY JEWS: "The voice of the Jewish hipster movement," Good for the Jews is Rob Tannenbaum (srsly?) and David Fagin (srsly?) and they're on tour with their musical extravaganza, "Putting the Ha! in Hannukah." They're edgy--no songs about dreidels--just like Jon Stewart, who is also Jewish. Last year they sold out their Xmas Eve show at the Triple Door. They would love it if you would come down and help them accomplish that feat again. It'd be a mitzvah. more ›

, "Seventeen bouncers, bartenders and other nightclub employees were arrested Saturday night for allegedly violating state liquor laws." more ›

ART: Think you were Toulouse-Lautrec in a previous life? Swing by the Bedroom Club tonight and sketch the Burning Hearts Burlesque performers along with the Seattle Figure Drawing Meetup Group. more ›

The middle of the year is approaching, so we think it's fair to give you an update on the folks we listed as creating some of the best tracks to come out of the area last year. For those of you who missed out the first time, here's a second chance to hear what the Pac NW is putting out into the world. more ›

What are you doing on Friday night? Well it doesn't matter, cause you must cancel. DJ-AM is spinning at the Last Supper Club. Who is DJ-AM, you ask? He is a hip-hop DJ who is most famous for dating Nicole Richie. An old social theorist once quipped fame is a sexually transmitted disease. Have sex with someone famous and there's a decent chance that you too will be famous. For the record, however, we are not saying DJ AM got this gig merely by dating Nicole Richie, we are assured by a friend that he is, in fact, a talented DJ. more ›