The musical and choreographic sensation Chicago is playing at the Paramount Theater this weekend! Chicago is a classic Kander & Ebb musical set in the 1920s, and is packed with some of the best choreography and most memorable music I’ve ever seen on a stage.
I saw Chicago and enjoyed it very much, which was a [...]

The concept of curriculum alignment is simple. The district has created a specific curriculum for core classes that it wants all Seattle public high school teachers to adhere to and teach from. If put into action at Nova, it would severely limit the classes available and cut down many possible student-led classes. The variety of [...]

In 2007 Radiohead released their 7th studio album, In Rainbows, through their website. The album was released via digital download for any price the listener wanted to pay, setting a new standard in how albums were released. In Rainbows is my favorite album of all time. The album is absolutely incredible from start to finish. [...]

#2 Discovery by Daft Punk
After releasing what is considered to be one of the most influential dance albums of the Nineties, Daft Punk was kidnapped and replaced by robots, and in 2000 the robots, under the name Daft Punk, released one of the greatest albums of all time. The album works perfectly from start to [...]

Halo 3: ODST is the fourth game in the series developed by Bungie and has promised to take Halo in a new direction, offering new game play mechanics and weapons that will take the player on a journey through the eyes of a new hero.  The ODST (Orbital Drop Shock Troopers also known as Hell [...]



Dragon Age Origins is a fantasy RPG developed by Bioware and published by Electronic Arts (EA), it is rated Mature. This game is called the “spiritual successor” to Baldur’s Gate, a popular computer RPG made by Bioware from 1998 to 2001, which is based off the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons (D&D). [...]

1. Wicked
Opened October 30, 2003 – still running
Wicked is, without a doubt, the most successful new musical of the decade. Since hitting Broadway in late 2003, Wicked has been constantly breaking records for weekly grosses. The show broke yet another record just last week – the week ending January 3, 2010 – making over $2.1 [...]

2. Rent
Opened April 29, 1996 – closed September 7, 2008
Rent opened in the 90s, receiving a swarm of media attention even before it hit Broadway, due to the tragic but very exploitable fact that the show’s composer and playwright, Jonathon Larson, then 35, died on opening night. What a ride he missed. Rent’s 12-year run [...]

3. Young Frankenstein
Opened November 8, 2007 – closed January 4, 2009
The New Mel Brooks Musical: Young Frankenstein is the full, official title (talk about vanity, eh?). Personally, I feel city pride about Young Frankenstein, since it made its world premiere (pre-Broadway) at the Paramount, in summer of 2007. Unfortunately, its Broadway run was not as [...]

4. Beauty and the Beast
Opened April 14, 1994 – closed July 27, 2007
Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme…Beauty and the Beast. If, by some miracle of disconnection from society, you’ve never seen the animated Disney movie with the adorable singing teapots and candlesticks, everyone at least knows the old fairytale. A [...]