Moveable Type: A Literary Mixer

Moveable Type: A Literary Mixer...

If you live in Seattle, there’s a good chance that you like books. Whether you fall asleep reading your Kindle every night (and pray that you don’t chuck it across the room during an eventful dream, like me) or steadfastly horde old-school paperback and hardback tomes (like our friend Alida, who can’t go digital because she loves the way books smell), here’s the perfect event to thaw the Seattle Freeze...
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Nerdy Dance Party this Saturday at Q

Nerdy Dance Party this Saturday at Q...

Being a nerd is pretty cool these days.  This Saturday, March 30th from 6:00pm-9:00pm at Q night club, you can finally let your inner geek get down on the dance floor at Yelps Geeks Out – Nerdy Dancing: A Glow In The Dark Dance Party! Now is the time to freshen up on your Pythagorean Theorem and even watch an episode or two of “The Big Bang Theory”.  You’ll want to know what everyone is talking about at Seattle’s...
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Your Next Five Books: Free Personalized Reading Recommendations from the Seattle Public Library

Your Next Five Books: Free Personalized Reading Re...

(Note: This post originally ran on 9/4/12. But I just used this amazing free service again, and was once again so in love with it that I wanted to reshare with new readers. Get yourself some book recommendations!) The Seattle Public Library never ceases to amaze me. Our main library one of the coolest buildings ever in the history of the universe, I can get DVDs of HBO shows that aren’t available (legally) anywhere...
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EMP’s New Video Game Exhibit and Game Night

EMP’s New Video Game Exhibit and Game Night...

Sick of overpriced red roses and overhyped champagne kisses? Yeah, me too. Good news: Once Valentine’s Day is over, Seattle gets its nerd-cred back again when the EMP debuts its newest exhibit, The Art of Video Games, on February 15, 2013. If you love vegging out to any video game, whether it’s via vintage NES or your iPhone 5, you’re going to want to check this out. And if you’re super nerdy (aka...
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The Free Book Incident

The Free Book Incident...

Olson Kundig, the amazing architecture firm that brought a fully-functioning urban mushroom farm to Pioneer Square last year has done it again, and this time I might be even more excited. Plan a lunch excursion to Pioneer Square in the next few weeks because they’ve turned their digs on Occidental Avenue into a FREE book exchange called The Free Book Incident. If you love books, you really can’t miss this. The...
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Lit Crawl Seattle- Booze and Books, Together at Last

Lit Crawl Seattle- Booze and Books, Together at La...

Thursday night is jam packed with free literary activities on Capitol Hill and First Hill.  It’s all part of Seattle’s [AB1] first ever Lit Crawl.  Think Capitol Hill Arts Walk meets The Hideout meets Elliot Bay Bookstore.  [AB2] It’s a literary pub-crawl, first invented by San Francisco’s Litquake Festival, is a night of literary chaos designed to bring free literature to the streets in a fun and socially...
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Better than Sports: Where to Watch the Next Debate

Better than Sports: Where to Watch the Next Debate...

I was born missing the gene that gets people excited about sports. I can get behind a good tailgate or Superbowl Party, but that’s mostly because I really like chili. (In fact, if I ever find a jersey for Team Chili, I may just have to buy it.) But last week I joined some friends at a local bar to watch the first presidential debate- now THAT is a gathering I can get behind. It’s no surprise that a couple of...
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Little Free Libraries Take Over Seattle With Book-y Goodness

Little Free Libraries Take Over Seattle With Book-...

Last week I got all excited because I read about the Take a Book, Leave a Book lending library in Ballard. I love books and I love free stuff, so I thought I’d share it with you, even though I thought it was just a one-off phenomenon that wasn’t particularly geographically convenient to me, or, most likely, you. (And we all know how little Seattlites like to leave their immediate neighborhood.) But evidently this...
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Take a Book, Leave a Book: Stock Up Your Reading List

Take a Book, Leave a Book: Stock Up Your Reading L...

And now we return to another favorite Yay-Today topic: books! I know you already have a crazy long library queue ready to go thanks to the “Your Next Five” program at Seattle Public Library that we told you about a couple of weeks ago, but here’s a great way to find some new reading material while you wait for your next library book to become available: the new Take a Book, Leave a Book lending library on...
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Too much Wednesday: Another round-up!

Too much Wednesday: Another round-up!...

First I was going to tell you guys all about Kelly O’Briens fabulous Bingo nights happening every Wednesday. But then I got sidetracked… Photo courtesy of Laura Crowell. Because holy crap, Taylor Shellfish is having a fun hump day Shellfish-estival! Today! In Bow! It’s like all my favorite things wrapped up and ready–just for me. Curse you...
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