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It goes without saying that if you liked it, then you should've put a ring on it.  With Valentine's Day right around the corner, those wise words are double-plus true.

With that in mind, the good people at Baronella have offered up some gift certificates for SunBreak readers to use on their jewelry. (Fellas, if you are thinking about giving your lady a cellphone for V-Day, please think again.) The SunBreak has three gift certificates, each worth $50 to give away.  Enter below for your chance to win.  We'll be drawing three winners' names Friday at noon....

Here we are in February, and wouldn't you know it, Valentine's Day is right around the corner.  The holiday means many things to many people: a chance to celebrate lurve, a chance to have a blotto hookup, a chance to make a lot of money, or a chance to make a terrible movie. 

With that in mind, the good people at Baronella have offered up some gift certificates for SunBreak readers to use on their jewelry. (Fellas, if you are thinking about giving your lady a cellphone for V-Day, please think again.) The SunBreak has three gift certificates, each worth $50 to give away.  Enter below for your chance to win.  We'll be drawing three winners' names Friday at noon....

Kathy Griffin has two shows coming up in Seattle later this month, January 29th and 30th at the Paramount. For a sneak peek of what to expect, check out her latest DVD, She'll Cut a Bitch, available as of Tuesday. 

In the hour-plus of comedy (taped at a show last year at Portland's Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall), Kathy dishes on celebs from Alec Baldwin to Miley Cyrus. The SunBreak has two copies of the DVD to give away.  Enter below for your chance to win.  We'll be drawing two winners' names Friday at noon....

Kathy Griffin's a busy lady.  Along with dropping f-bombs on CNN, she's always working on her reality show My Life on the D-List and constantly performing live at clubs across the country.  In fact, she's got two shows coming up in Seattle later this month: January 29th and 30th at the Paramount. 

Now on top of all that, her latest DVD, She'll Cut a Bitch, came out yesterday.  In the hour-plus of comedy, Kathy dishes on celebs, as per usual.  TV Squad put it best: "But the focus is always celebrities, and no one drops a name like Griffin. She tells the story of sharing her birthday cake with Cher (who is apparently a D-List fan), meeting James Gandolfini, trying to resist laughing at Tracy Morgan making fun of Oprah Winfrey while Winfrey is within earshot, and questioning the Jonas Brothers' appeal."

The SunBreak has two copies of the DVD to give away.  Enter below for your chance to win.  We'll be drawing two winners' names Friday at noon.

Thanks to the Seattle Red Cross for sharing this in our Flickr pool.

Don't forget to email jeremy(at)sunbreakmagazine.com for your chance to win tix to Zubatto Syndicate this Thursday night at Town Hall. Winners announced tomorrow afternoon!

Andrew Boscardin, a local jazz guitarist and composer, is trying to break down musical barriers with his newest project, Zubatto Syndicate, a 12-piece almost-Big Band that's drawing its musical inspiration as much from contemporary rock and pop as from Glenn Miller.

The idea's pretty simple: jazz music, no matter how technically brilliant, has a much lower appeal than a three-piece punk outfit. But Boscardin was energized seeing the success of more orchestral-minded bands ranging from locals like Hey Marseilles! to international touring acts like Gogol Bordello, so he set out to try to bridge the gap with danceable, rocking tunes. Zubatto Syndicate may borrow from funk and rock and maybe even hiphop, but it's executed with the skill and talent of trained jazz musicians.

So the band's debut this Thursday, Nov. 5, at Town Hall, is well worth the drive to First Hill. And just to sweeten the deal, The SunBreak is giving away three pairs of tickets.

Just send an email to jeremy(at)sunbreakmagazine.com for your chance to win, and we'll let you know by four o'clock on Wednesday if you're going.

Paris Hurley in "Bridging Wounds" at NW Film Forum. Photo by Bruce Tom.

Last night I saw Bridging Wounds: Staying the Course of Uncertainty, the first show in NW Film Forum's new live-performance series, Live at the Forum. It's a mind-bending mix of experimental music from some Seattle's best musicians, dance by Ezra Dickinson, and brilliant animated sequences.

And now, courtesy of our friends at the NW Film Forum, we have a limited-time offer: Email me at jeremy(at)sunbreakmagazine.com by 2:30 p.m. to enter yourself in a drawing for a pair of free tickets to Saturday's show. Please include your name, email address, and preferably a phone number. We'll contact you by 3 to let you know you won.

As Clint mentioned yesterday, Pearl Jam's new album Backspacer comes out this Sunday, and Eddie and company kick off their fall tour with two dates at the Key Arena next week. The SunBreak has a pair of tickets for next Tuesday's show for one lucky winner--enter to win below!