Daily Find
If you've already picked your presidential candidate and his name rhymes with "faux llama," you're bound to feel comfortable at Kara Ceriello and Jon deLeeuw's quirky Wallingford gift shop, Not a Number Cards and Gifts. If you're rooting for the other guy -- well, maybe you can still have a chuckle or two.
October 30, 2008
Daily Find
You'd think the idea for Dreamlets would have come to Matty Harper in, well, a dream. As it happens, the story behind these quirky plush creatures is a bit more complicated than that.
May 29, 2008
Convergence Zone
Cycling enthusiasts of all ages are welcome at the Seattle International Bicycle Expo, which this year takes place at the Terminal 30 Cruise Facility.
March 5, 2008
Convergence Zone
Singer Stephin Merritt has a hangdog voice that's best known from his work as front man of the Magnetic Fields -- a band that, in turn, is best known for 1999's triple album "69 Love Songs."
March 3, 2008
Convergence Zone
Trespassers William, which specializes in "dream pop" (i.e. ethereal music to shoegaze to, or potentially make out to), forwent sunny California for gray Seattle in 2004; their folky, ambient sound splits the difference, combining cloudy melancholy with bright hope.
March 3, 2008
Convergence Zone
A bevy of daredevil performers will take to the air above your head in celebration of Leap Forth! at Theo Chocolate tonight.
February 28, 2008
Convergence Zone
Catch the tail end of Goods for the Planet's storewide Leap into Green Living Sale, in which earth-friendly housewares, baby stuff, office supplies, bathroom items and more are discounted between 10 and 30 percent.
February 28, 2008
Convergence Zone
Think of it as an educational surf-and-turf experience. To celebrate Leap Day, both the Woodland Park Zoo and the Seattle Aquarium are hosting frog-related events to shine a spotlight on the amphibian extinction crisis.
February 28, 2008
Convergence Zone
"Tosca," Puccini's tragic tale of a famed singer, the artist she loves and the pesky chief of police who stands between them, runs through March 9 at McCaw Hall. Seattle Opera's production marks the debut of soprano Lisa Daltirus in the title role.
February 25, 2008
Convergence Zone
Banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck epitomizes the age-old career advice that one should learn to do something not many other people can do, then do it better than everyone else.
February 25, 2008
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