PNB's Director's Choice opened last night (through March 22 at McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St; tickets: $20-$150) with a mixed program that seemed designed to rouse sleepers and ruffle feathers. Seattle is not really a walk-out-in-a-huff town--it's more likely to seethe-silently-and-save-up-catty-comments. But still, we did see two separate people march out of William Forsythe's One Flat Thing, reproduced, secure in the knowledge that it was the last piece on the bill. more ›

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McCaw Hall, tickets $20-$80 more ›

This is Week 3 of Pacific Northwest Ballet's Celebrate Seattle Festival, and the busiest one. There's the cunningly named Program A, Program B, and Program C, all highlighting the work of locally born or spent-some-time-here choreographers. Plus, one of our favorite good times, 10 Tiny Dances is performing One Tiny Dance in the lobby at intermissions. more ›

It'd been awhile since we'd last been to the Tractor Tavern and, well, we found that we'd missed the place -- the faded old cowboy boots hanging from the ceiling, the curious glory-hole in the men's crapper, the huge oil painting of the bright red tractor, and then the other one of the majestic horse with all the lightning in the background. Okay, that one's kind of weird, but it fits somehow with the country but not too country attitude of the place. We're just pretty damn happy whenever we pay a visit to the Tractor. more ›

-We'll trade you our Droogs for your Stinkin' World. more ›

-Liberals think he's guilty of hypocrisy. Conservatives would convict him for being gay. A Federal Court has decided there are no charges to be brought against ex-Spokane mayor Jim West. more ›

We've got a few posts in the archive for you to check out, and whether you're an expatriated Seattleite, an actual resident, or think you may have heard of the place, maybe, there should be something you'll find interesting. If you're here to confirm that everything you think you know about Seattle is true, we're probably not going to dissuade you. more ›