The February performance of Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues is commonplace in cities across America. In Seattle, "V-Day" will be celebrated with a performance on February 24th at The Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI). Sponsoring the event is the Seattle Office of The National Council of Jewish Women. To advertise the performance, The Council produced the colorful print you see to the right. The advertisement is running in The Seattle Weekly and JT News,......

The UW Daily alerts us to the news that the ASUW WAC-VOX production of Vagina Monologues opens tonight, as part of the V-Day campaign to end violence against women. We once watched the HBO version of The Vagina Monologues on a date and it totally worked out for us, so we're happy to recommend this to men and women alike. If for some reason you don't know already, it's a show where women deliver......

Before we get into the review, let's draw your attention to the Kristin Hersh show this Tuesday, and Patricia Barber next Tuesday and Wednesday. TIME says Patricia Barber is what you get when you "cross Diana Krall with Susan Sontag." Who can pass that up? Rosie Thomas/Lambchop: 9/28 We had never heard Sub Pop's Rosie Thomas [myspace] before and were delighted to discover a terrific folk-pop vocalist and lyricist in one package. While endearingly kooky......

Under the Table: The Seattle Times is calling out the SPD and a few local businesses for routing around 911. The Edgewater was one of Seattlest's favorite hotels even before it was mentioned in relation to this story. Bear-ly Legal: The headline reads, "Love affair with a bear runs afoul of the law," but thanks to a certain farm in Enumclaw we know they're not talking about that kind of love affair. Because that's perfectly......

It was cramped in there, and I was surrounded by commanding walls, both black and lush red. Despite its petite size, it wasn’t hot, even though 80 people must have been stuffed into the place. With the exception of two men, one of whom was the director, everyone else was a woman. I was at the Stone Soup Theater, eagerly anticipating my first ever viewing of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues, directed by Charlotte Tiencken.......