The topic of tonight's MOHAI History Cafe? Coffee. more ›

Who says museums are boring? MOHAI may be all about history, but they're totally current in their handling of social media. more ›

A local businessman makes good for one of our city's museums, proving that philanthropy isn't dead, and if you build a cool enough museum, donors will follow suit. more ›

One robber is in custody, while a stabber is still on the loose. Also, a big gift for MOHAI and no surprised in the most recent round of election results. more ›

Today: Help for writers, the Fruit Bats, and what can we can be learned from the pitfalls of prohibition. more ›

What's the plan tonight? Check in with our calendar for music, MOHAI, movies, arts and lectures, all on tap this Thursday. more ›

For over 50 years now, the Museum of History and Industry has quietly worked their magic on Seattle-area residents. Local history isn't always an easy sell, but the MOHAI has consistently found ways to make the stories of Seattle's past compelling through excellent curation and inventive cross-marketing (historians gotta get their name out there too, y'all). It's no surprise, then, that in order to celebrate the MOHAI's upcoming move to South Lake Union in 2012, museum coordinators have set up an event that promises to tickle the fancies of both your brain and liver - the MOHAI Crawl. more ›

As you've seen with our Octopus Dishes, Octopus tats, Heavens to Etsy and This Week in Film features today, the Seattlest staff has done our best to mine some local octopus content for our readers. But it's not enough! Not enough! What happens when you slap the keyword "octopus" into some Seattle sites' search engines? more ›

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GET YOUR LADYHAWKE ON: Although supporting Perez Hilton is probably not high on your agenda (hopefully), the lineup makes that forgivable. His first endeavor in concert-promoting brings you Ladyhawke, Ida Maria, and Semi Precious Weapons. more ›

WTF, HISTORY?: It was George Santayana, if we recall, who issued the famous dictum about people who don't learn from history having to re-take it or something...honestly we weren't paying attention and apparently neither was anyone else, which is sort of the subject of historian Roger van Oosten's talk tonight at MOHAI: what are the differences and similarities between today and the Great Depression. And he should know, 'cause unlike all the journalists with their accursed similes, he actually studies the '30s and is a recognized expert on WPA art. more ›

It's no secret that Seattlest, like every right-thinking film fan in this town, loves the Cinerama. (Most recent visit: the restored print of The Godfather a couple of weekends ago.) more ›

SYNTHS, BLEEPS, AND BLIPS: Naw, we're not talking about party politics. We're talking about the bright, accessible electronica of Ratatat, and about how you should have bought tickets months ago for their sold-out concert tonight. Ratatat's eponymous debut and their '06 release Classics get regular and beloved play in Seattlest's living room; we haven't heard LP3, but it's probably just as perfect to put on if you want to dance a little while you make dinner. If you have tickets already, enjoy the show; if you don't, go see Hellboy II: The Golden Army somewhere instead. You can listen to Ratatat online later. more ›

This is the coolest collection of random, old Seattle photos we’ve ever stumbled upon while not working at work. For anyone who can’t imagine 3rd and Pine before crack, or the masochistic liberal who wants to marvel at a time when people would have paraded massive, old growth firs down the street in celebration, this is your time capsule. more ›

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