Did you successfully make it through junior high? Then you've probably read Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. A pinnacle of the Romantic period and a scathing indictment of the all-up-in-your-business mentality of the worst impulses in American law-making, it's an oft-referenced classic frequently adapted for stage and screen. A new adaptation of the play (by Naomi Iizuka) opened at Intiman Theatre in October. more ›

A great mom is worth celebrating every single day, as Seattlest was reminded when our own good mother fell gravely ill in early 2008. Sometimes you have no idea how great you have it until you think you're losing it, and then--well, then you realize how important it is to appreciate and love on the people nearest and dearest to your heart while they are still around. That's why Yo! MAMA, tonight's benefit show at the Ethnic Cultural Theatre ("Educate. Enrich. Empower."), seems like such a great idea. more ›