Lurid camp at the Central Cinema, Peter Gabriel in 3D and the Thievery Corporation playing at The Moore Theater; this Monday is pretty awesome, get out and enjoy it. more ›

WONDERLAND: Christmas begins on Christmas Eve--certainly if you stay up late enough. Of course it stands to reason that the second best day of the year comes a day before the first, and barring any bikes that need building or a debilitating case of last-minute-gift-panic-disorder, the night is prime for taking in your favorite sort of holiday cheer. Fortunately, Seattle has a few offerings for the night before Christmas, such as Winterfest at Seattle Center. Fisher Pavilion will be filled with double lutzes, a winter train and snow village, and a classic carousel. Top that, North Pole. more ›

PILLOW TALK: Almost no one we know gets a terrific night's sleep these days. Either it's restlessness or insomnia or neighbors, but it's tricky to get sleep to shroud you in his purple cloak. Dr. Catherine Darley, a naturopathic doctor from The Institute of Naturopathic Sleep Medicine has put together a Sleep 101 seminar (seminars do put us to sleep!) on what normal sleep is, and what can go wrong: sleep disordered breathing (and its effects on the cardiovascular system), insomnia, et al. And she'll talk about how sleep deprivation affects you, and how a sleep disorder can increase obesity. more ›

Last night we made it to Central Cinema for a sold-out showing of Roadhouse, which we're imagining is the one and only time Roadhouse has sold out anywhere. It was part of "From BAD to WORSE: Cinematic Terribleness in 6 easy pieces," hosted by David "I'm in ur Showgirls DVD, commentating" Schmader. Schmader gave us an introduction, we set into a pitcher of beer and a personal pizza, and the carnage began. Our previous experience with Roadhouse came from seeing excerpts from it on Saturday afternoon TV, and we were a little unprepared for lines like "Pain don't hurt," and "I used to fuck guys like you in prison!" From the back, Schmader chimed in via microphone and rewound key plot points (or their absence) in super slo-mo. Whoever was costuming Swayze outdid themselves. Still to come are the Dolly/Stallone-tastic Rhinestone and the Affleck/J-Lo implosion Gigli. *shudder* more ›

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POLAR BEAR APPRECIATION: If you’ve heard about global warming affecting the polar bears, you’ll want to head down to the Point Defiance Zoo for Bear Awareness Week. Learn more about the plight of the polar bear and watch the resident polar bears, Blizzard, Glacier, Kenneth and Boris, frolic. more ›

We seem to be covering the benefit beat lately--Wednesday night David Schmader takes over the Triple Door to "annotate" Paul Verhoeven's "film" Showgirls. It's to raise money for the the Urban Rest Stop, a "hygiene center" downtown. We're for a free place for people to freshen up, don't get us wrong. It's just funny to have the Showgirls tie-in, in that the one and only time we watched it we had to take a long hot shower afterwards. more ›