CONSIGNMENT aren't you so sick of Mondays? I know. Us too. They just keep happening, it's so ridiculous. But there remains hope for a fun evening out tonight, and we've got you covered. But Seattle's lo-fi cassette recording band Consigment might be worth checking out tonight at The Comet. Because of cassettes! They play with Pretty Birds That Kill and Mark Sparkles. more ›

Friday night found us at The Ballard Underground theatre, laughing our asses off at the local production of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. The Tony-award winning musical, produced in Seattle for the first time, spins a familiar grade-school ritual into a charming, funny play; and it’s the perfect antidote to a long workday. more ›

• Today, one of Seattle's finest spellers felt the heat of competition during the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Lakeside Middle Schooler, Eleanor Runde made it to the semifinals, but was taken down in the fifth round by: e-p-i-c-r-i-s-i-s.
• This week Phinneywood blog has reported a string of food-oriented criminal acts, including a recent break-in at Phinney Market and even an armed robbery(!) at Oliver Twist last night.
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SPELL OUT CHARITY: The Jewel Box Theater, located at Belltown mainstay the Rendezvous, will be hosting Buzzword, their first annual spelling bee for adults. Not an actual bee that spells, of course, but the good old-fashioned kind, and it's for charity! All proceeds will benefit Pike Place Market's Medical Clinic, Senior Center, Child Care & Preschool, and the Downtown Food Bank. They will be picking ten teams of three to compete for great prizes and the title of Killer Bee Spelling Champion, which will be decided in the final round on July 28. Who doesn't love to spell, and who doesn't love to give a little back? We know we do. more ›

Maybe the first thing we should tell you about Striking 12 at CHAC -- besides the SAD tie-in, the rave reviews, or the fact that only 600 people in Seattle will have the chance to see it -- is that you can win half-off tickets to it. A limited number of $15 tickets are being held for those who correctly answer the following trivia question:

Name at least one of the bands featured the first year Dick Clark hosted Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve.

Holy smokes! Giant fish on the MTA, Paris Hilton in jail, then out, then in again, Al Gore, goatses, blumpkins, Matt Damon, and baby art critics! It's been a busy week across the Ist-A-Verse, and here's a smattering of what's been going on. more ›

Seattlest has no mercy. Whether it's mastery of the blogosphere, dominance on the dodgeball circuit, or destruction of competition when it comes to trivia, Seattlest has no problem decimating all that step in our path. Think you can take us? Well, tonight you'll get your chance to be embarassed. Consider yourself warned, or come down to point and laugh at the losers in our wake. more ›

We told you last week about the local kids who'd made it to the nationals in both the Geography Bee and the Spelling Bee. more ›

or a fan of reliving your awkward junior-high years, the next two weeks are all you. more ›