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.
By Neal Schindler | 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.
By Neal Schindler | February 25, 2008
Pet Dish
It's hard to get excited about spaying and neutering -- that doesn't sound right - well, you know what I mean. It took America's sweetheart and devoted animal lover Doris Day to pioneer and underwrite a national one-day campaign to reduce pet overpopulation through affordable spay/neuter. More than one million surgeries later, tomorrow is the fourteenth annual Spay Day USA.
By Lisa Wogan | February 25, 2008
Daily Find
In every Seattle neighborhood, there's at least one shop that seems like it's been around forever -- a place you've driven by a thousand times, always meaning to stop in. The Herbalist in Ravenna is one of those places.
By Alison Brownrigg | February 25, 2008
Gentle Snark
Morgan Neville's documentary "The Cool School" is an energetic look at Hopps and Kienholz's space, and how it more or less transformed the West Coast art scene through gallery shows by Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol and other Beat-era artists, many of whom lived in and drew inspiration from Los Angeles itself -- the city's glitz and sun-bleached decay proving fertile ground for the artistic imagination.
By Geoff Carter | February 25, 2008
Little Kids, Big City
The delicious Mediterranean food at Olive You is worth the trip to Greenwood, but families will be especially happy to head there on Mondays, when kids eat free with paying adults.
By Lilium Pierson | February 25, 2008
