This Friday and Saturday, for the eleventh year running, the Pyramid Alehouse will host the "Get Snowed In Party" in celebration of Pyramid's flagship winter ale, Snow Cap. Snow Cap turns 21 this year, and in honor of this ale finally coming of age, ticket prices for each night of the event are only $21. Hosted in a frosty cold revival tent behind Pyramid Alehouse, last year the two-night party was fantastic: beer gardens, hot......

If you're having trouble getting used to the gray days of fall, head over to Salon Dewi this weekend for a UV-infused pick-me-up. This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday we are offering complimentary trips to our UV - Infrared Sauna. This little hot box helps with the effects of SAD. It is also nice and toasty - it will help loosen up sore muscles and give you a mini break from your day! As previously......

Hops, Oh Wonderful Hops! Hops, hops, oh wonderful hops For you, our passion is true. You flavor our beer And at least once a year We grind you up in a brew. Your oils are essential Your qualities diverse. But, drink too much nectar And our stomach might burst. Hops are the gem And the barkeepers friend For keeping us stuck on that stool. Cause if we order a beer And the aroma is......

This Friday and Saturday, Velocity Dance Center presents its Strictly Seattle series, with a who's who of Seattle choreographers: Pat Graney, Dayna Hanson, Keith Johnson, Pablo Cornejo, Aiko Kinoshita, and Crispin Spaeth. It may also star your neighbor -- the series is the result of a three-week course where participants study with up to seven different instructors, work with a choreographer to create a new piece and then perform it publicly. (Here's the relevant Flickr......

This year, Moisture Festival, everyone's favorite local showcase of variety performers and circus freaks, is growing up. This Friday and Saturday, Moisture Fest is hosting four very special "late night" burlesque shows at ACT Theatre. The shows (at 7:30 and 10:30) feature clowns, can-can dancers, vaudeville and, of course, burlesque. Now, we like artsy, retro stripping as much as the next blog group, but we've seen our fair share of burlesque. For our money,......

BLVD is adding another art form to its repertoire: film. This Friday night, they're kicking off the Uniplex film series: An evening of films by, about, and featuring the best of the Urban Contemporary art movement. Uniplex is an effort to bring a greater understanding to the general public of what has become the most influential global art movement of the 21st century, Urban/Street art . The first installment in the series features two short......

There used to be a time that, beyond our natural concern for all life, we could really give a gigantic crap about elephants. They're big - That's their defining characteristic. Whoop dee doo. There's a lot of big stuff in the world. Big stuff makes humans feel small which we tend to like. But in Bamboo's case we read a rare affecting guest editorial in the Tymes once that made us care and made him......

This Friday you will have the chance to hear tomorrow’s jazz stars today! It’s the 10th anniversary of the Hot Java, Cool Jazz concert at the Paramount, sponsored by Starbucks. The five schools performing tomorrow are Garfield, Roosevelt, Edmonds Woodway, Mountlake Terrace and Shorewood. Seattlest has never been to the Hot Java Cool Jazz concert, but we do have first-hand knowledge of the jazz program at Garfield. If it’s as good as or better than......

This Friday, "America's Funnyman" Neil Hamburger will turn the Funhouse into the Funnyhouse (sorry, but we had to say it before he did). On the surface, Hamburger is the world's worst standup comedian. Appearing in an ill-fitting tux, oversized glasses and greasy comb-over, he delivers an unfunny stream of disjointed one-liners about his ex-wife, AIDS, lawyers, alcoholism, masturbation, hemorrhoids, dentists and so forth. Even worse are setups like "How many Spice Girls does it take......

In 1996, Kirsten Anderson opened an issue of Juxtapoz and fell for an art movement. Two years later, she founded Roq La Rue, Seattle’s first art gallery devoted to Lowbrow and Pop Surrealism. Last year Anderson literally wrote (and edited) the book on Pop Surrealism, sensically titled Pop Surrealism. And last month Roq La Rue moved into its fourth space -- the largest yet -- just in time for its annual Halloween group exhibit and......