Once a year, filmmakers, film lovers and celebrity gawkers flock to Park City, Utah, for two weeks. The Sundance Film Festival, which focuses on independent films and their creators, brings together unknowns and the established, the struggling and the investors, great ideas and great developers. Originally founded by the very rustic Robert Redford, the Sundance Institute and its festival continue to exude that homegrown, bucolic essence, allowing for experimentation, originality and groundbreaking art. The fest is beginning this week, running January 20-30. more ›

Unlike our beloved baseball All Star Game, we’ve tended to skip the NBA's version in recent years. However, with our hero Brandon Roy, in Sunday's game we can’t wait to watch our fellow ex-Bulldog cram some FANtastic™ action down the East’s face. However, we’ll be in Vancouver--sorry TNT. more ›

The first thing we noticed when we got to Egan’s Ballard Jam House on Saturday was that the place was designed by architects from Mattel, with parts left over from Barbie’s last house. The front room is as roomy as the backseat of a Volvo. The main dining/concert room is like an elongated hallway with a stage built into one wall. Even before the band started, the placed felt packed; this was because there were 31 people there (we counted). more ›

-The P-I is reporting that Melissa Moore, 14, was among the victims of the Capitol Hill shooting this weekend. more ›

Geological change continues coming fast and furious (as these things go) to the south where Moung St. Helens is stewing. Another earthquake overnight collapsed a section of the lava dome that's recently sprouted on the mountain. more ›

Last week's insightful critique of area weeklies included a summation of Portland's Willamette Weekly. "Not a bad paper," we said. Little did we know that members of the Pulitzer Board in New York City would follow our links to the Oregon weekly and agree with us. Apparently, the Pulitzer Board likes to make a big fuss over things, though, and their way of saying "not a bad paper" involves a whole award ceremony rigamorale. Something we're sure we'll never have to worry about ourselves. For those who don't know, a Pulitzer Prize is like a Bloggie, but for journalists. So to the Willamette Weekly we'd like to say, "Holy Shit!" and also, "Congratulations!" more ›