Dave Segal

In another blow to Seattle’s nightlife ecosystem, Freakout Festival‘s organizers have decided not to hold its marquee event this fall. The nonprofit organization relies on grants for half of its funding, and current circumstances have proven to be too uncertain to make Freakout‘s ambitious booking philosophy—typically 75-150 musical acts playing in several venues throughout the […]

Hawaii has relinquished its share of the lowest unemployment rate in the country.

Hawaii has relinquished its share of the lowest unemployment rate in the country.

Long-form improvisations were taped live in L.A. Written by Dave Segal |

Hawaii’s unemployment rate, which earlier this year was tied for the lowest in the country, has lost ground for three straight months and now sits nationally at 2.5%.

Stoner Musings, Lilith Fair (Brandi’s Version), and a Seasonally Appropriate Ozu Film

Want more? Here’s everything we recommend this month: Music, Visual Art, Literature, Performance, Film, Food, and This & That. Tarteeth, Fleamale, Toxic Tears, Alista Shay, Atrocity GirlJune 4Self-proclaimed as “Seattle’s Seraphic Rapper” and “Egyptian Enigma,” Central District’s own Tarteeth has been busy forming a charitable community organization called New World Orchard, the entity behind this […]

MONDAY 6/8 Bleak Week: Dancer in the Dark (FILM) At the heart of Bleak Week, a weeklong film fest that, the Beacon says, “spotlights some of the greatest films from around the world that explore the darkest sides of humanity, as well as some of the bleakest points in human history,” is Dancer in the […]

Who remembers the important indie-rock band lowercase? They released three strong albums in the '90s on Amphetamine Reptile and Vern Rumsey's Punk

Venerable Seattle entertainment venue the Crocodile has been sold to a consortium of out-of-towners led by talent manager Jimmy Miller and Mike McAvoy, The Onion‘s former CEO. As reported in the Seattle Times, the group’s Comedy Tent umbrella company also runs the Upright Citizens Brigade, the film and television company Abso Lutely Productions, and Pittsburgh […]