The Seattle Outdoor Theatre Festival is over, but that just means that more plays are coming to a park near you, instead of congregating all up in the Volunteer Park area--except for two kid-friendly productions, that is: Theater Schmeater's Wind in the Willows (Bravo, Mr. Toad!) and Open Circle Theatre's Alice in Wonderland, both of which play at Volunteer Park Saturdays and Sundays through August 10. We saw Wooden O's very likable, well cast A......

It's Shakespeare, so you can't complain. That's just "Shakespearean language." Here it is, Act III, Scene 1 from The Merchant of Venice:If you prick us, do we not bleed? if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison us, do we not die? Anyway, in Seattle we've got outdoor theatre options, and most of them are in Volunteer Park this weekend, July 14 & 15, for the Seattle Outdoor Theatre Festival. There are......

MUSIC: Subtle at Neumos. Between van accidents and van robberies, anticon affiliates Subtle has had a rough road the last few years, but they've luckily managed to produce music interesting enough to endear them with both critics and fans. With the robbery last month they need all the support they can get, so come do your part. - credit Donte 9:00 pm // Neumos // $10 adv. READING: Martin Amis's latest book, House of Meetings,......

We're sitting upon a black leather stool in the Cha Cha Lounge, next to Bimbo's in Capitol Hill. We're watching a drunk boy and drunk girl dirty dance to Spanishy folk-rock. We think our dirty dancing queen may be on more than burritos and booze because she moves away from the boy, to a pair or women sitting at the bar. She locks lips and tongues with both and runs her fingers through their hair......

Summer brings a cornucopia of free outdoor theater to the bewooded groves of Seattle's parklands. Thanks to the Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival (Wooden O, GreenStage, and Theater Schmeater), there were five plays offered at Volunteer Park last Saturday and Sunday: As You Like It, Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, and Robin Hood. The Seattle Times has whipped up a comprehensive calendar of the outdoor theatrics, so we don't have to.......

Seattlest loves John Moe, so we figured it was high time we interviewed him. Don't know Moe? He's the voice behind KUOW's The Works, Power of Voice (sometimes), and amusing weather updates. He's also a frequent contributor to McSweeney's, a blogger, and an author with a book to promote. How did your career path lead you to KUOW? Have you always wanted to be a disembodied radio voice, or did you stumble across the......

Welcome to Intimania! The Intiman had its annual Gala last Saturday (more on that after the jump). On Sunday, Intiman's leadership, Bartlett Sher and Laura Penn, were in New York to collect Intiman's 2006 Regional Theater Tony. [Seattle Times, Seattle P-I] The Sher-directed Awake and Sing! took the Tony for best play revival. His Richard III opens at the Intiman this Friday. Speaking of Shakespeare, the very funny, poignant Much Ado About Nothing continues at......

Fresh from his quarter-hour of fame as a food blogger, Ronald is preparing a giant Spanish torta for a neighborhood party in Belltown. He plans to stalk chef Kerry Sear's cooking class at Cascadia on Saturday morning. On Sunday, he'll make is way into SoDo territory where wine writer/wine merchant Rich Kinssies promises to roast a pig and pour samples of Spanish reds at The Wine Outlet . We hope it goes well with the......