Midweek News Briefs

Big News in Little Bits

 "Seattle, a city synonymous with alternative rock, has long sustained a provincial jazz culture," notes Nate Chinen in the New York Times, "without much fuss or a signature sound." That's changing.

How do you keep the theatre industry afloat? Put theatre on cruise ships.

The last time Dick's Drive-In opened a drive in, I was in diapers. Luckily, I'm still young enough not to be wearing them again as a new Dick's Drive-In is about to become reality. And you, dear reader, can have a say into where the new restaurant will be.