Recent Entries in Arts & Events

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  Seattlest Pix 09Nov21

  "091031 TRICK" by RYAN CUNNINGHAM, from our Flickr pool...

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  Rainy Dawg Radio gets a local

  Rainy Dawg Radio, the University of Washington student-run radio station, presents its third annual local music showcase tonight with Phil Elvrum of Mount Eerie, Portlanders Cars + Trains, Naomi Punk, and Secret Colors (aka Matt Lawson). The show is happening in the HUB North Den at 7pm and it's $4 with UW I.D. or $8 without. The first hundred people to arrive at the show will receive a copy of Rainy Dawg Radio’s second...

• Friendly Folk-Pop for the Kids: Hey Marseilles at Vera This Saturday

  Before the seasons changed and our rain-induced pseudo-hibernation began, we were able to gather up many fond musical memories during festival season. During one such venture we were able to talk to Hey Marseilles and Fences as part of our Better Know a CHBP Band series. As luck has it the two bands will be playing the Vera Project this Saturday. (Tickets $10, all ages, 7:30 PM)

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  Give Back: Girls Rock! Seattle

  Tonight Girls Rock! Seattle will host a "50 Shows in 50 States" fundraiser at The High Dive, featuring performances by Goodness, The Redwood Plan, Eighteen Individual Eyes, and Alicia Dara. The fundraiser is part of a nationwide effort to raise money and awareness for Girls Rock! Seattle and the Girls Rock Camp Alliance (GRCA), an international coalition unifying girls’ rock camps and girls’ music projects around the world. The goal of the fundraiser is...

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  Little Big Band Talks Respect, Honor, and Action

  Meet Gene Tagaban, storyteller, musician, motivational speaker, life trainer, and the emcee for a wonderful event tonight presented by The Burke Museum called Tribute to the Spirit: Little Big Band. The event, which features representatives from seven different First Nations on one stage, is "an unprecedented gathering of Native American performers."

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  Can't Miss It: Weekend Edition Nov 20-22

  "Fingers" courtesy of Seattlest Flickr pool member aaronbrethorst BALLARD JAZZ WALK: Over the past six years, the Ballard Jazz Festival has moved from a community event into a nationally recognized festival before deciding that being a neighborhood party with international cred is a rather sweet niche. You know, creamy big band with a hard bop nougat. The Walk starts at 7 p.m. and offers 18 bands spread over 12 venues. Schedule here [pdf]. Come...

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  Seattlest Pix 09Nov20

  "UNTITLED" by PHOTOBYNANI, from our Flickr pool...

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  On Twilight Cocktails

  Far be it from us to say that the Twilight franchise of books and movies is bad--they're super-entertaining and enjoyable. We just think Twilight is wrong about two things: Forks, Washington, and vampires.

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  We Pronounce Blogsgiving 2009 a Success

  A hungry horde of local bloggers descended upon Central Cinema, bearing offerings of canned food and five dollar bills and baying for mulled wine, caramel apples, and camaraderie. On hand were bloggers and readers from CHS, CDNews, Seattle Metblogs, the SunBreak, the PI...the list goes on. Thanks to Neighborlogs for sponsoring it and to Central Cinema for hosting. That pizza was la bamba. We hear from the SunBreak that we raised $447 in cash...

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  Hugo House Presents Visiting Hours

  Hugo House will be hosting Visiting Hours this Friday at 7:30 p.m., featuring Northwest favorites such as Benjamin Parzybok, Elizabeth Austen, Matt Smith, and Molly Rose. Tickets range from $15-25. What does the term "visiting hours" make you think of? Jail time? Psych wards? Supervised visits with the children? Plexiglass? Though the term "visiting hours" usually makes us think of less-than-happy events or times, the idea of a visiting hour can also be seen...

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  Can't Miss It: Thursday

  Some Things Last A Long Time by Alex Crick, from the Seattlest Flickr pool. NEW ITALY: Few countries do art and design (and wine) better than Italy. And Italian cinema has always been among the best, which is why SIFF is presenting The New Italian Film Festival, a series of 8 Euro festival movies selected by a jury and sent to Seattle. Tonight’s two showings are Different From Whom?, the satirical story of a...

• Isabella Rossellini Brings Green Porno to Benaroya

  Squid have three hearts, while anchovies have orgies of sorts. This was part of the message that actress, model, and author Isabella Rosselini brought to Benaroya Hall last night, where she spoke in support of Green Porno, her two-year-old short film series on the sex lives of insects for the Sundance Channel. The event was part of Seattle Arts & Lectures' calendar of events.

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  John Oliver Makes No Apologies

  John Oliver is a funny Englishman. To his credit, he’s very upfront about it. A longtime stand-up and current correspondent for The Daily Show, Oliver has perfected a wry, incisive voice, one deeply informed by history, which develops subversive undertones when placed in contrast to his surroundings. Like, say, when he’s doing an impression of a foul-mouthed New Jersey squirrel in the back corner of a tribal casino.

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  Seattlest Pix 09Nov19

  "TITLE OF PHOTO" by Photocoyote, from our Flickr pool...

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  Pillow Army Invades the Crocodile

  "Pillow Army" courtesy of Seattlest Flickr pool member TysonLynn Being band nerds from way back, how could we not be in love with Pillow Army? A Seattle six-piece, Pillow Army wraps pop ingenuity in baroque expressions of confusion, conformity, love, sadness, and anger. They recently released their debut EP, To Comfort and Destroy, and tonight they play at The Crocodile. Featuring cello, violin, and flute (along with the more traditional guitar, bass, and drums),...