Here in the Puget Sound, we measure our well-being by the state of the salmon. No one knows this better than Native Americans, for whom stewardship of the salmon fishery is not just high-minded environmentalism; even more than an economic necessity, it's a theological imperative. Katelyn wrote about this yesterday, the tribal salmon celebration at Waterfront Park, next to the Seattle Aquarium. It's the focus of the 16th annual Salmon Homecoming this weekend, complete......

RETURN TO THE '80s: The B-52s are playing at the Showbox at the Market tonight. We hope you already have your $50 (!) tickets since the show's sold out. If you're into that kind of '80s thing though, you can get your fill at "I Love the 80s" at Club Noc Noc with DJ Shane. Tonight is sure to be a love-shack bonanza. 9 p.m. // Club Noc Noc // Free TIME FOR THE BIRDS:......

ENVIRONMENT: Down at the Aquarium, KC Golden, policy director of Climate Solutions, talks with KING 5 meteorologist Jeff Renner about the innovative work the state is doing to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, and the history of the struggle to get global warming on the public's radar, concluding with the obligatory list of "things you can do." There's a reception with light refreshments beforehand. 7-9 p.m. // Seattle Aquarium, 1483 Alaskan Way // Tickets: $20......

Since Monday, Seattle's Parks Department has hired buskers such as Hickman to play from about 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. weekdays through September at Pioneer Square and four other parks downtown: Freeway Park, Waterfront Park by the Seattle Aquarium, Westlake Park and Hing Hay Park. Each busker gets paid $30 to play at a park during those hours. The buskers are an expansion of the city's effort during the past two summers to change the......

SUPER BLOW: A bunch of big guys grabbing each other while wearing skin-tight clothes, with ass-slapping and Prince songs. No, it's not Comeback, its the goddamn SuperBowl. Sorry editor Dan, but we're rooting for the Colts. 3pm // Any couch or barstool will do // Free, but if you start drinking at 10am you'll pay the price by halftime ONE-SHOT MONOLOGUE: For Stories from the Atlantic Night Cafe, Mike Daisey creates his monologue an hour......

If you're not watching Game 7 (go Pistons), consider heading downtown to the waterfront for the SAM Olympic Sculpture Park construction kickoff event spectacular. The sculpture park isn't set to be completed until a year from now, but the Party in the Park---sponsored by Target?---is tonight from 4:30 to 8:30 pm. Featuring music and jump roping and dancing (oh my), this soiree is free and for the whole family. Seattlest is particularly excited for the......

We’ve already told you about the alarmingly cute sea otter infant bobbing around in the Seattle Aquarium. But the Enhydra Lutris shenanigans don’t stop there. Odds are, if you plunk your butt on a bike with any regularity in the greater Seattle area, you've heard of the Sea Otter Classic. Commencing this Thursday and running through Sunday the 17th, it is the Season Opener of biking, the Burning Man for the "Two wheels good,......

We've heard murmurings about this for weeks but have yet to get down there to check it out ourselves--which might be okay because it's possible that we could die from the cuteness. The Seattle Aquarium has a newborn otter! Let the orca be Washington's official marine mammal--we're psyched about the little dude or dudette (biologists haven't gotten close enough to discern the gender of the wee one). Some background on the critter, via the aquarium's......

Seattle's preferred method of total annihilation has always been the earthquake, with an eruption of Mt. Rainier running a close second. Possibly both at the same time. But after Asia's tragedy at the end of last year, tidal waves are on everyone's mind. Think a tsunami wouldn't be able to navigate the Sound and find its way into Elliot Bay? Think again. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Seattle has released a report detailing......