Monday Morning Pickup

Broadway great Oscar Hammerstein died fifty years ago, yet his influence on musical theater hasn't dimmed. NPR takes note of a new book written by Oscar Andrew Hammerstein, a fifth-generation Hammerstein, that tracks his family's influence on musical theatre.

Do writers need paper? That's the question recently posed by Prospect. When a book is no longer on paper, is it still a book? What will this digital revolution have on traditional publishing models? These questions and more are discussed.

City Arts is recovering from a marvelous inaugural Heineken City Arts Fest weekend, so it's nice to read a couple positive reviews of some of the performances. Seattle Met took note of the Blue Scholars as the Paramount, and Crosscut enjoyed the Brent Amaker and the Rodeo and Head Like a Kite show at the Crocodile. Also - if you're on Twitter, check out festival-goer's impressions when you search #cityartsfest.

Where do you put a 175-foot Ferris wheel in downtown Seattle? On the waterfront.

Congratulations to Tacoma's Hotel Murano. Conde Nast Traveler listed it one of the Top 100 hotels in the United States.

Where do you put a bunch of Madagascar hissing cockroaches? In your mouth.