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The Saturday Knights are out there to share beats and have some fun

Gene Stout — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

The Saturday Knights are Seattle's premiere hip-hop party band. Add a little punk, soul and blues to the mix and you've got an explosively fun group.

The Seattle music press has been salivating over the group's new album, "Mingle," ever since advance copies began arriving last winter.

Never mind the weather -- summer still means sidewalk sales

Alison Brownrigg — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:20:28 -0700

Summer in Seattle means Seafair, neighborhood festivals and sidewalk sales. The nice weather brings people out of hibernation and shops spill out onto the sidewalk to entice buyers with deeply discounted merchandise. Below is a list of the major sidewalk sales happening in Seattle neighborhoods this summer.

My oh my: August 3 is Dave Niehaus Day

Jon Palmer — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:28:22 -0700

It may not be getting as much hype as Ken Griffey Jr.'s celebrated return last season or an Ichiro bobblehead giveaway in any season, but there's another celebration (and bobblehead) coming to Safeco Field later this summer that deserves your attention.

The boys are back in town: The Mariners' 2008 season begins Monday

Monica Fischer — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:55:51 -0700

In recent years, they've been the team we hate to love, a lineup flush with nice guys who make funny commercials but finish, if not last, then damn close.

But last year, the Mariners enjoyed their best season in four years and locked up Ichiro Suzuki through 2012, so there will be much to celebrate Monday when they kick off their new season in an afternoon matchup against the Texas Rangers.

Here's what we'll be cheering about:

Tasty grooves! Local cuisine and local music are served hot at Soundbite

Geoff Carter — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:42:31 -0700

I know you want to stare at the band with your hands in your pockets, unmoving. It's the Seattle way, passed down through the generations. Maybe three-odd decades ago, some guy wondered what it would be like to just stare at Hendrix as he played, and a Northwest tradition was born.

Dogs strut their stuff Mar. 8-9 at the Seattle Kennel Club Dog Show

Lisa Wogan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:52:03 -0800

For my biscuits, the Seattle Kennel Club Dog Show (March 8 & 9) has way more to offer spectators than its bigger, flashier televised sister in New York.

Mariners tickets go on sale Saturday

Jon Palmer — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 10:21:55 -0800

In case you didn't recognize it, that bright object that's been in the sky lately is the sun. It's a sure sign that spring is on its way, and with it, Seattle Mariners baseball.

The Hives swarm the Showbox SoDo

Neal Schindler — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:05:17 -0800

Sweden's own garage-rock revivalists, the Hives are riding high following the release of last year's acclaimed "The Black and White Album." "Tick Tick Boom," the first single, has quickly become ubiquitous, the band's rowdy sound is attracting whole new waves of fans and the quintet still won't dress in anything but -- you guessed it -- black and white. Glad some groups still know how to stick to their roots.

This Valentine's Day doughnut is a sweet heart

Natalie Bow — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:01:26 -0800

While Seattle's own Top Pot may be the reigning doughnut shop in town, national chain Krispy Kreme has a cultlike following around the world (there are even Krispy Kreme locations in Kuwait and Dubai), and our fair city isn't immune to their charms.

Skillet Street Food is ready to roll again

Cody Ellerd — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Quick, call the Health Department! Skillet Street Food, Seattle's den of takeout iniquity, will roll again Jan. 16 after a string of health-code violations last fall forced a two-month hiatus.

Now, fresh from the Paris Hilton School of Public Relations, the bad boys of gourmet have parlayed their public embarrassment into brand new digs, lots of attention and a gig with the only thing on wheels that's naughtier than they are: the Rat City Rollergirls.