This will be a Much More Common Sight Starting Tomorrow, Photo Courtesy of Flickr Contributor Tom Glanz Here come the hordes ascending from the sea. The first of 211 cruise ships that will visit Seattle this season will dock tomorrow at Pier 66. The Celebrity Mercury will be the first ship to usher in an estimated 800,000 visitors to Seattle this season. The arrival of cruise ships to Seattle is relatively new. Growing up......

Direct from Hollywood: Catch a Fire (Philip Noyce): Several theaters, including Pacific Place and Metro. Running with Scissors (Ryan Murphy): Several theaters, including Oak Tree, Meridian 16, and Metro Saw III (Darren Lynn Bousman): Several theaters, including Oak Tree, Pacific Place, and Metro Indies, revivals, and other abominations against the studio system: Bad Taste (Peter Jackson): Central Cinema Blue Velvet (David Lynch): Central Cinema Camp Death (Blood Squad): Grand Illusion Conversations with God (Stephen Simon):......

Even though we are way way past school age, we still get a little melancholy at the close of summer. Fortunately, our friends across the -ist network know that the shenanigans don't need to end just because the big yellow buses are back on the roads. So, grab your sunscreen and your favorite hangover cure, as we take a tour of end of summer fun from -ist cities all over the damn place. SFist......

That giant snapping sound you heard this week was the gay and lesbian community splitting in two over the proper way to celebrate Pride Weekend in Seattle. On the one hand the festivities, particularly the Running of the Gays, have gotten too large for Capitol Hill. We have a sense that the phrase "too many straight people" belongs in that last sentence somewhere. On the other hand, there’s a strong feeling that the proper......

We Are Scientists (not to be confused with one of Seattlest's all-time fav GBV songs) are happening at the Croc tomorrow night with Tourist and if recent raves are to be believed they're quite the little up and comers. Check Jeff Baum on Gothamist: One thing that separates these guys from the dozen other bands being name checked across the internet every day is that they reek of mass appeal. This is music that should......

In preparation for tomorrow's roundup of the weeklies, Seattlest would like to welcome Tablet magazine to our Seattle media links list. Their February edition is out and the cover of "The Smut Issue" is arguably not work safe (which is a good thing). The articles follow suit with titles like "Cambodian Hustler Lures Foreign Tourist to Sex Hotel," "Co-Ed Does the Hockey Team," and "Why Portland's Oldest Strip Bar is Still the Best." All articles......