Gurldoggie

The week to come brings an unusually rich cinema schedule - even by Seattle's extremely high standards - as two renowned film makers com...

Hayden Carruth died yesterday at 87 years old. The upstate New York poet was a devoutly private and radically intelligent man of the wides...

I was up in Greenwood this morning and saw a few hopeful signs of things to come. Some nice stencils of a decidedly political bent. Also, th...

I've gushed before about local musical hero Amy Denio . Another local phenomenon are the duo Correo Aereo , who play a beautiful and un...

As Friday afternoon rolled around, it was tough deciding whether to stay at the Rendezvous and watch the presidential debate or join the mo...

Last night I headed out to Nickelsville to lend a hand and take a look around. Nickelsville is a homeless camp that appeared early in the m...

I've got to add my baritone to the chorus of voices singing the praises of recent MacArthur award recipient Alex Ross . For the last tw...

Seattle's Earshot Jazz Festival , now in it's 20th year, begins on October 18th. I'll be writing more about this in the coming w...

According to many sources, none of them reliable, today is "International Talk Like a Pirate Day." I don't care about that. B...

Portland bike evangelist Reverend Phil Sano is on the road touring with his latest collection of dirty bike films called "Bike Porn 2: ...

Lots of serious stuff recently, this is more fun. Schtock is the work of an anonymous "amateur designer" who works at a stock ph...

In reaction to the financial news coming at us from all sides, this poem by William Shakespeare, as spoken by Prospero. The Tempest , Act 4 ...

Very interesting story in the NYTimes today about the transit system in Rochester, New York. It seems the Rochester transit system just cut...

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels recently rolled out his latest proposal to increase development in the City of Seattle while ostensibly benefiti...

In 1979, a young New York film student named Jamie Livingston decided to take one Polaroid image every day of his life. He died 18 years la...

Folk hero, punk godmother, art terrorist & Rochester native Lydia Lunch just published a guide to the 2008 elections for 3AM magazine ...

The current edition of the Paris Review holds an unexpected surprise - several collages created by jazz giant Louis Armstrong. In addition ...

The reborn Gallery 1412 in Seattle is nothing if not eclectic. The mercurial arts venue at 18th & Union has gone through more guises th...

Many many folks have seen the excellent little film Hyperactive by Norwegian animator Lasse Gjertsen. However this video from 2006, Amateu...

On the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the world's most famous street artist, Banksy , has prolifically bombed New Orleans with a ...