Only five days until Christmas; you're either all set with your holiday shopping and on to planning for the actual day, or you're running around like mad trying to get everything done. In any scenario, doesn't taking a little break from the madness seem called for? There's plenty of time for stressing later in the week; do something else for a change. more ›

Seattlest will be fulfilling the ironic dreams of truckosaurous fans everywhere by attending the Tacoma Monster Jam tonight. Also expected to be in attendance: Grave Digger, Donkey Kong, Batman, Captain’s Curse, Maximum Destruction, El Toro Loco, King Krunch, El Matador, Captain USA, Airborne Ranger and FMX. We’ve got a whole seat, but we’ll only need the edge!!!!!!! more ›

TUILE BATTER AND PICKLE BRINE ANYONE?: Author Tod Davies reads from Jam Today: A Diary of Cooking with What You've Got at the University Book Store. more ›

CLEANUP IN REACTOR B: Oh Hanford. In the '40s, Southeast Washington's Columbia Basin was a burgeoning industrial center, thanks to plutonium production as part of the Manhattan Project. Spoiler alert: There are future repercussions. As the winner of Best Film at last year's Local Sightings Film Festival, Grant Aaker and Josh Wallaert's documentary Arid Lands explores the many facets of the nuclear cleanup and the myriad players--Native Americans, farmers, developers, activists, fishermen, and scientists--in the community. The film plays at the NWFF through Thursday. more ›

Fresh off their box office FAIL, today the Jonas Brothers announced the dates and cities for their upcoming tour. "The Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009 presented by Burger King®" (whaaaa?) makes its Seattle-area stop as the sixth date of the tour on June 28th at Tacoma Dome--before the Jo Bros proceed to lug their 140-foot plus stage, along with a "one-of-a-kind circular water screen [and] multi-color laser effects," all across the country and eventually to Europe and South America. Tickets go on sale March 28th via Live Nation, though there seems to be early presales if you're a Team Jonas fan club member (*shudder*) or enrolled in Citicards' Private Pass program. If the news of this tour doesn't give you an instant (but purity ring-approved) boygasm, we highly suggest you watch tonight's episode of South Park. more ›

Last weekend, a six-year-old boy named Sebastian Hizey from Puyallup was killed by a tragically errant flying piece of monster truck at the Tacoma Dome. Another man, Eric Smith, is still in the hospital with life-threatening injuries from another piece of metal. According to the Seattle Times, the Tacoma Dome doesn't usually have plexiglass, netting, or any protective measure between the audience and the monster trucks during rallies, but some are calling that policy into question. more ›

With today's release of her new album Circus, the narrative dictates that Britney is making a comeback. But with last weekend's MTV informercial and recent trainwreck live performances, we say she's still a hot tranny mess. Either way, it's just announced that Ms. Spears is heading to town next year: "Britney Spears will bring her highly anticipated The Circus Starring Britney Spears 2009 Tour to the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, WA on Thursday, April 9. The 27-city North American trek, her first arena tour in five years, follows hot on the heels of Spears’ long-awaited sixth studio album, Circus. Emmy Award-winning choreographer and director, Wade Robson, is helming the incredible tour production, which also features special guests The Pussycat Dolls." Squeeeeeee! Tickets go on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m. Prices start at $35. more ›

If, like Seattlest, you have been glued to every gymnastics event regardless of the fact that they don't show them until three in the morning, perhaps this is news for you. Gymnastics Olympians Shawn Johnson, Chelsie Memmel, Morgan Hamm, and our personal fave Nastia Liukin (bless her heart; girlfriend was ROBBED, we tell you!) will be dropping into the Tacoma Dome on Sept. 27. Judging from the commercial we saw (which included a rock band and two people on the parallel bars at the same time!), it looks like it'll be kind of a gymnastics version of Disney on Ice. Except better, because gymnastics can kick ice dancing's ass. Tickets and other info here. more ›

Just announced: New Kids on the Block are playing the Tacoma Dome this fall. Saturday, November 22nd. Be there if you dare. more ›

LIVE MUSIC: If you're looking to start your weekend a day early, why not head to the Showbox Downtown for Minus the Bear. Fresh off the hottness of Coachella, the band's back in town to rock you hard. more ›

You know how a band comes to Seattle and plays Key Arena, but somehow you've completely missed their rise to power and barely know who they are? Tomorrow, Muse. Last year they were at the Paramount. more ›

Not Pabst. It's not the rodeo, either, although people called it the rodeo when we told them we were going: "Why the hell would you drive to Tacoma for a rodeo?" PBR is Professional Bull Riding: actually one rodeo event, pumped up with a lot of rock music and a light show, arena-ized, citified--to the extent that's possible--and branded à la NASCAR. And televised. We've caught it on TV a few times and it seemed like it'd be cool. And it was cool. more ›

-This is a Detroit newspaper complaining about the lack of Starbucks cafes in their city. We shit you not. It looks like the Detroit airport has more Starbucksi than the city. more ›

What will the weekend bring? Why, the new 4A state basketball champion, of course! So the staff of Seattlest picks our favorites in today's critical semifinal game between Franklin and Curtis. Also, they mention some other stuff they are interested in. more ›

The State 3A hoops tournament started yesterday. All the favored teams won their first round games, setting up some interesting quarterfinal matchups. more ›

. We loved their shtick, from the cool uniforms to the way they pantsed their opponents. We mistakenly assumed they were simply too good to be allowed in the NBA. more ›

Long intrigued by those screaming TV ads, we finally attended our first monster truck show two days ago (um, SUNDAY!!!) at the Tacoma Dome. more ›

Both Red Mill locations are closing early on Sunday, and that can mean only one thing -- the Rolling Stones are back in town. more ›

Did you know there was passenger ferry service from Kingston to Seattle (and vice versa, of course)? Apparently not enough of you did, or cared, because the private passenger-only ferry service provided by Aqua Express will have a big "Out of Order" sign on it as of October 1 (last day of service is September 30). It was carrying only half the projected ridership, and that combined with ever-rising fuel costs, made it a harder sell when compared to the Washington State Ferry, which doesn't charge on the eastbound routes. more ›

Sounding more like a person leaving an unsatifying relationship than a football player joining a new team, former Seahawks DE Chike Okeafor specified why he chose to sign with the Arizona Cardinals in a press conference quoted in Thursday's P-I. "Over there (in Seattle) on a day-to-day basis I felt alone, not surrounded by enough people that thought like me, felt like me, played like me on a day-to-day basis and love the game like me. So I was in search of that from my teammates, and I felt that here." more ›

March Madness isn't just the NCAA men's tournament, though Seattlest knows they've trademarked the name. At the risk of a lawsuit, we apply it to the hundreds of loser-out basketball tournaments taking place all over the country, from the South Dakota state "A" championship to the public school championships in New York City. Local teams began tournament life last weekend with the Pac-10 Women's basketball tournament and the State 3A Boys and Girls Tournaments. more ›

March is a limbo month--too warm for winter, too cold for spring. more ›