As August 1st approaches, and public events within the 619 Western building are banned, several tenants are trying to make the best out of a terrible and abrupt situation. more ›

More about the pointlessly brusque dismissal of the businesses and artists located inside the 619 Western Building; also, one last epic celebration of its tradition is scheduled for this coming Thursday. more ›

Today's offerings: The Satori Group's dark tale in Pioneer Square; 70s cheesy and classic films in the Central District; old school party hip hop at Showbox at the Market. more ›

The Basics: The Satori Group, in conjunction with Jose Bold, presents Spidermann, a "hastily constructed abstract musical," that has been "devised, written, thrown together, performed" and closed in only a fraction of the time a similarly named Broadway fiasco has spent in previews. more ›

Tonight, the Canoe Social Club is hosting fundraiser and season announcement party for the Satori Group (at Theatre off Jackson, 409 Seventh Ave., doors at 7:30, $5 donation "suggested" at the door). The Satori Group is an experimental theatre company originally based in Ohio that relocated to Seattle in 2008. Back in March of this year, their first production in Seattle, Will Eno's , got some good reviews from us and others. So head down to Canoe tonight to find out what the line-up of their first full season will be, and hobnob with the who's who of Seattle theatre for a while. more ›

About halfway in to Will Eno's Tragedy, a tragedy (2 p.m. April 5, $12), we began to suspect the playwright was suffering from insomnia. There's a dark, plastic, wandering nature to the play that signals a mind on the edge of--but kept from--sleep. Depending on how recently you've been afraid of the dark, you'll be right back there, hearing your breath, your heartbeat, and strange noises, and the night will seem like a suffocating cold, black ocean, everything and everyone you know a small flicker that is guttering out. more ›