Arts & Culture

Must List: Chinatown-ID Night Market, Emerald City Blues Festival, Grilled Cheese Grand Prix

Must List: Chinatown-ID Night Market, Emerald City Blues Festival, Grilled Cheese Grand Prix

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST CELEBRATE Chinatown-ID Night Market (9/14) Gather under the historic Chinatown Gate for this year’s Night Market, during which neighborhood restaurants will serve their favorite dishes and the streets will be peppered with local vendors, live music and even the occasional break-dancing battle. 4 p.m.–midnight….

Must List: Cider Summit Seattle, San Gennaro Festival, 'People of the Book'

Must List: Cider Summit Seattle, San Gennaro Festival, ‘People of the Book’

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST SIP Cider Summit Seattle(9/6-9/7) Enjoy the perfect almost-autumn drink from a selection of more than 200 ciders at the tenth annual Cider Summit. Live music will accompany these Pacific Northwest cider companies (and some east coast friends) for the perfect end to summer…

Seattle Fall Arts Preview: The Top Shows, Performances and Exhibits to Catch This Season

Seattle Fall Arts Preview: The Top Shows, Performances and Exhibits to Catch This Season

Get ready to pack your schedule

Seattle Opera presents a fairy godmother-less version of Cinderella

Seattle Fall Arts Preview: Meet and Greet the Season's Class of Local Literary Luminaries

Seattle Fall Arts Preview: Meet and Greet the Season’s Class of Local Literary Luminaries

The six Seattle authors you shouldn't miss this fall

From left to right: Timothy Egan, Lindy West, Shin Yu Pai, Shauna Ahern, Paula Becker, Charles Johnson

Must List: Bumbershoot, Blackberry Festival, The Great Victorian Radicals Bake Off

Must List: Bumbershoot, Blackberry Festival, The Great Victorian Radicals Bake Off

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST HEART THE ARTS Bumbershoot (8/30-9/1) Year after year, fans of music and art flock to Seattle Center for the annual Labor Day festival and this year is definitely one for the books. Attendees can look forward to a full lineup, spanning all genres: Rezz,…

19 Best Things to Do in Seattle in September 2019

19 Best Things to Do in Seattle in September 2019

Our handpicked list of the best bets for entertainment this month

The Wing Luke museum’s ‘Excluded, Inside the Lines’ shows the history of redlining in Seattle

3 Outdoor Movies to Catch This Holiday Weekend

3 Outdoor Movies to Catch This Holiday Weekend

Our top picks for the season’s final outdoor film weekend

Traditionally, Labor Day weekend marks (don’t say it!) the end of summer, but there are still a few final chances to catch outdoor movies (and avoid the crowds at Bumbershoot, if you like). Two are family-friendly, one decidedly isn’t. Pack up the lawn chairs and the picnic basket before you store them for the winter:…

Seattle's Preeminent Cookbook Store Launches a Podcast for Food Lovers

Seattle’s Preeminent Cookbook Store Launches a Podcast for Food Lovers

Book Larder Podcast releases new episodes every Wednesday

From left to right: Abby Cerquitella and Lara Hamilton

Must List: National Parks Fee-free Day, Nordic Sól, SAM Remix

Must List: National Parks Fee-free Day, Nordic Sól, SAM Remix

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Hoh Rainforest in Olympic National Park

Must List: 'Rigoletto,' Hai! Japantown 2019, NW Chalk Fest

Must List: ‘Rigoletto,’ Hai! Japantown 2019, NW Chalk Fest

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST SING Rigoletto (8/10-8/24) There are a lot of directions in which you can take Verdi’s tangled tragedy: Power corrupts, but so does an obsession with revenge; the powerless are mistreated, particularly women. Seattle Opera, which lately has steered its summer productions toward hot-button issues rather…

The Seattle Design Festival Explores Where Art and Life Meet

The Seattle Design Festival Explores Where Art and Life Meet

More than 100 citywide events celebrate design's reach and power to do good

Participants at the 2018 Seattle Design Festival Block Party

Local Cartoonist Behind @seattlewalkreport Instagram Releases New Book

Local Cartoonist Behind @seattlewalkreport Instagram Releases New Book

A new book from a local Instagram cartoonist finds adventure in a neighborhood stroll

This article appears in print in the August 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Born from the Instagram-famous comic strip “Seattle Walk Report,” the book Seattle Walk Report: An Illustrated Walking Tour Through 23 Seattle Neighborhoods (August 13, Sasquatch Books, $19.95) by creator Susanna Ryan gives a whimsical tour through Seattle’s neighborhoods. Like the comic strip, the book…

Must List: Perseid Meteor Shower, Hawaiian Nights, Food Truck Taste Off

Must List: Perseid Meteor Shower, Hawaiian Nights, Food Truck Taste Off

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST STARGAZE Perseid Meteor Shower (8/11) On clear summer nights, an hour before dawn, The Perseids are renowned for being one of the easiest and most popular meteor showers to observe in the Northern Hemisphere. While the Perseids are active from July 14 to August…

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