Community Extra: Calendar

Art Tour and Lunch: The Utsalady Ladies Aid is organizing a lunch and sale of jewelry and boutique items as a fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Ladies Aid Building, 78 Utsalady Road, Camano Island. Costs are by donation only.

Male grooming: The movie

From beard contests to ball cream, Morgan Spurlock's "Mansome" goofs through modern-day male narcissism

Gorgeous saga, global crisis

Here's the short version of humanity's relationship with water, as delivered by hydrologist Jay Famiglietti in Jessica Yu's compelling and often gorgeous documentary "Last Call at the Oasis" : "We're screwed." Yes, we should all install low-flush toilets and plant gardens that require less watering, but conservation is simply insufficient to cope with a global fresh-water crisis that involves ...

10 Businesses You Could Start Today -- for Almost Nothing

10 affordable businesses you can start today. Contributor: Steve Strauss Published: Jul 08, 2010

Christianity’s anti-gay stance backfires

American churches' opposition to gay rights is out of touch with young people -- and it's costing them believers