PLAY TIME: Woman Seeking... theatre company presents this satirical 1922 play by Pulitzer Prize winner George Kelly at Capitol Hill's Richard Hugo House. A play about a play, a group of loopy ladies has decided to stage a production, but they are met with challenges at every turn. Though nearly 90 years old, The Torch-Bearers easily entertains with fast-paced comedy and lots of physical gags. more ›

Three years ago this week, Seattlest penned a typically snarky post about the proliferation of nutcrackers on Seattle streets. Grumble, grumble, crunch, crunch. Off they went to eBay, ne'er to be seen again. Until now. Turns out, they were almost all bought by one guy, Gerry Kingen, the local hospitality entrepreneur who turned Eastlake's beer-n-burger Red Robin into a national franchise and the old Beach Broiler into Seattle's second-highest-grossing restaurant (after the Space Needle, over $11 million in 2008): Salty's on Alki Beach. more ›

CHRISTMAS IN WRESTLING MASKS: Nothing says "Happy Holidays" like beach and twist music paired with wrestling masks. Check out Viva Christmas with Los Straitjackets, El Vez, King of Hawaii, and the Lovely Elvettes. more ›

Nutcracker season is again upon us. It’s a Christmas tradition for many, and the Pacific Northwest Ballet production--even with forty-five performances this season--is always well attended. The cherished fairy tale of Clara and her Nutcracker has a plot so familiar to audiences that there is simply a large-scale passive acceptance when hordes of mice suddenly start romping around the Stahlbaum living room (more on that later). more ›

THE SECRETS OF CHANGE: According to this website, Rikki Ducornet is "a being unchained, transcendent as a mythical angel." That's probably placing the po-mo writer and poet on bit of a pedestal, but it's true--at least in the sense that Ducornet is more than a little "out there." She reads from her book of short, surrealist stories, The One Marvelous Thing, at the Elliott Bay Book Co. tonight. more ›

The moon always seems to be full in Maurice Sendak's illustrations. He's done some 90 children's books, two of them cherished icons (Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen), along with one ballet. As it happens, Seattle is the beneficiary of this unique venture into set-and-costume design: the wildly popular Nutcracker, which celebrates its 25th season this year. more ›