Nothing says "Happy anniversary" like a group show, so that's how Kirsten Anderson and Roq La Rue are celebrating the gallery turning 10. Anderson didn't have any experience running a gallery when she started Roq La Rue, but she loved lowbrow (we don't think she'd coined "pop surrealism" yet) and thought it deserved an awesome venue. Mission accomplished. It's a gallery beloved by BoingBoing and Fodor's alike. Come celebrate tonight with cupcakes and beer and......

We've been delinquent. Show after great show keeps arriving at Roq La Rue, and we keep not telling you about them. We could list excuses, but they're mostly varieties of "we should learn how to effectively use a to-do list." Case in point: the current show, featuring Yumiko Kayukawa (whose Princess of Darkness is pictured) and Ojimbo, opened October 12. We should have promoted opening night. But the show's still open, the art's still there,......

Roq la Rue, Seattlest's favorite purveyor of lowbrow art and pop surrealism, is opening its new gallery space tonight with "Bad Moon Rising," their annual Halloween group show. Stop by and ogle artwork by Ojimbo, Jim Blanchard, Lisa Petrucci, Pooch, Mike Leavitt, Mike Curato, James McLeod, Travis Louie, Ryan Bubnis, Joshua Petker, Brian Despain, Anthony Ausgang, Johnny Crap, Nicole Steen, Yo Ueno, Joe Vollan, Amanda Wachob, Jason D’Aquino, David Rauschenberg, Chuck Demorat, Justin Hampton, Quintin......

If you're anything like Seattlest (and we know you are), when you first saw that a Mark Ryden exhibition was coming to the Frye you 1) got excited, 2) emailed your friends, and 3) tried to remember to schedule a reminder for yourself on your calendar/PDA/phone/napkin before your mind wandered off to the next subject. Who knew you'd see something shiny just then? Well Seattlest must have gotten your email because while examining a bruise......