Gurldoggie

Today is the birthday of cartoonist Robert Crumb , born August 30, 1943. Endlessly talented, here Crumb plays Joplin and presents a short ...

Graffiti artists have taken over the Foundation Cartier in Paris, with brand new works covering the building's façade and the surroundi...

A poem for the imminent end of summer. By Mark Strand . My Mother on an Evening in Late Summer 1 When the moon appears and a few wind-strick...

Film director Guy Maddin and actress Isabella Rossellini have got a strange and beautiful ongoing collaboration. From their 2003 collaborat...

David Byrne recently reviewed the book Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities for The New York Times , saying that ...

Tye Doudy writes a weekly column for Portland's Street Roots newspaper about life on the streets as a heroin addict. The incredibly p...

I've ridden a lot of escalators in my time, and I've seen a lot of stickers, but I confess that this never occured to me. By Kama, ...

More high weirdness at the Northwest Film Forum . Urban Archaeologist (and author of the wondrous zine Dreamwhip ) Bill Brown and film make...

Today is the birthday of painter, writer, photographer, film maker and performance artist David Wojnarowicz . Had he lived, he would be jus...

It's a great moment to be making street art in Seattle. For as long as I've been around, Seattle has lagged FAR behind most other Am...

All of the wealthy art and literature types among my readers will be happy to note that the Manhattan Rare Book Company has attained a firs...

Here's another idea that's been a long time coming. Seattle has been on the forefront of alternative comics creation since Fantagrap...

After sitting vacant for who knows how long, the historic Lorraine Hotel in the heart of Belltown is undergoing a dramatic transformation. ...

From Hiroshima to Hope is an annual event honoring the victims of the bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki , and all victims of war violence....

Ernest Pignon-Ernest is a French artist in his late 60's whose entire career has been devoted to the creation of powerfully political s...

You're too late - registration for the 13th Annual Dead Baby Downhill race is now CLOSED. This legendary event, staged each year by th...

Jazz musician and composer George Russell died two days ago, on July 27th. Russell was a hugely influential (and criminally under appreciat...

This has received plenty of coverage, but with the weather the way it is , I think it's an idea well worth promoting. David Belt, a rea...

My God it's hot out there. Here's a poem for right now from Carl Sandburg. Ice Handler I KNOW an ice handler who wears a flannel shi...

Your humble Gurldogg is beyond flattered to be included in an upcoming street art group show. I was invited in by the righteous stencil arti...