"Idol" moments with winner David Cook

The Virginia Inn is set for the next phase of its culinary life | Restaurant Review

La Casa Bella: Great Italian food was right there the whole time | Dining Deals

Girl meets grill and gets the best out of the birds | Nancy Leson

Mario Batali rekindles an old flame: grilling

Food news from around Puget Sound | Food briefs

DVDs released this week

WALL• E has a song in his heart — 2 of them, actually

Olivia Thirlby, sidekick from "Juno," on "The Wackness" and other teen roles

"Sputnik Mania" orbits around Cold War | Movie Review

"Brick Lane": An immigrant wife charts her own path | Movie Review

"Gonzo": a fitting tribute to Hunter S. Thompson | Movie Review

"Mother of Tears": It's all in the (Argento) family | Movie Review

"The Gits": Seattle band's rise came to an abrupt end | Movie Review

"Idol" moments with winner David Cook

Web sites help baby boomers get hip to a new bag of tunes

Follow the Web to Austin City Limits | A&E Dispatch

Still crazy about Todd Rundgren after all these years

Peter Gabriel's "Ball" finally gets rolling

Free lunchtime and after-hours concerts offer something for everyone

Seattle Symphony programs bring kids, music together

Who'll have the heaviest metal on "Mayhem" tour?

Seattle Opera reaches out to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community

Seattle Chamber Music Society's summer festivals: for newbies and longtime fans

Theater groups plan busy summer of open-air productions

Get a head STart on light-rail artwork

Art outside the frame: Two new installations push boundaries | Visual Arts

"Leni": Play holds mirror up to Hitler's favorite filmmaker | Theater

"Zanna, Don't": A catchy send-up of the straight teen romance

Musical "bare" makes Seattle debut

"Bachelorette" eliminates Kirkland suitor

Caviezel to star in AMC's "Prisoner" remake

Will Kirkland man win "Bachelorette's" heart?

Colbert's "Report" rapport still strong

Josh Duhamel remembers the early days

Parents on the front lines, from kids' points of view | TV Lookout

Despite title, "Family Guy" definitely not family humor

Smits to host "A Capitol Fourth" on PBS

"Planting The Sand Cherry" | American Life in Poetry

Vincent Bugliosi goes after the president in his new book, "The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder"

Boys-only book club takes a novel approach to finding adventures

Waves of fun children's books for summer reading

"A Dangerous Age": For trio of cousins, 9/11 provides impetus for renewal | Book Review

"Palace Council": Secrets in high society | Book Review

"The Condition": Trajectory of an upscale, dysfunctional family | Book Review

"The Death of the Author": Is it anti-Semitism or subversion? | Book Review