Arts & Culture
ENHYPEN’s Jay Has K-Pop Stardom and a Seattle Heart
The Federal Way-raised singer talks hometown memories, Ivar’s clam chowder, and how it feels to perform in the place he grew up.
Long before he was performing in sold-out arenas around the world and representing brands like Prada, ENHYPEN’s Jay called the Puget Sound region home. Born Jay Park (not to be confused with the other famous K-pop star of the same name, who is also from Seattle) in Seattle and raised in nearby Federal Way before…
The Concert Hall Has Left the Building
Pianist Hunter Noack’s IN A LANDSCAPE brings classical music outside, where the piano, the audience, and the scenery all get to move a little.
Find a tree to lean against or look at. Put your feet in the water. Sit down and make a flower crown out of dandelions. Spread a blanket over the grass and close your eyes. “You can experience this show in really whatever way you want to,” says pianist Hunter Noack. “The people next to…
Rearview Mirror: A Timber Stage, Goodwill Vinyl, and the Summer Camp Hack I Needed
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
STAYING POWER So, the World Cup in Seattle is over. Our final match was Monday, July 6, when the U.S. unfortunately lost to Belgium, but man, was the whole thing fun while it lasted! Seattle broke attendance and transit records, the streets were packed, and there seems to be a collective sense of, Hey, our…
A Historic Quilcene Farm Finds Its Rhythm
The former dairy property hosts Tarboo—now in its third year—a family-run music festival built around Northwest artists.
Like a speakeasy, The Quilcene Lantern is hidden in plain sight. To get there one must traverse some of our state’s most iconic majesties: the Olympic Mountains, the Washington State ferries, (and the tater tots onboard), the Hood Canal Bridge, to name a few. However, instead of venturing further toward the charm of Port Townsend…
Kick Off Your Summer With a Copy of the July/August Issue, Out Now
The annual Top Docs list is in, along with a look at today’s most popular health and beauty trends, travel for wellness, a summer books package, and more.
Every year, Seattle magazine publishes the Top Docs list—a comprehensive, peer-nominated catalog of the best regional doctors in every field, from Allergy & Immunology to Sports Medicine. It’s a helpful resource beyond recommendations from family and friends that highlights exceptional practitioners in the area who are trusted by their industry colleagues. To supplement the list,…
A New Craft Camp for Grown-Ups Puts Creativity Back in Your Hands
Mischief & Makers Camp brings guided workshops, chef-prepared meals, and a weekend of artful play to Vashon Island.
It’s not uncommon to open social media and see videos about crafting, which could be anything from junk journaling to knitting. While it’s easy to find this content, it’s also easy to be pulled away by your day-to-day responsibilities. But what if you could have uninterrupted creative time in the company of others and instructors…
Studio Sessions: Lila Alexis Thomas
After curating a group exhibition that celebrates life in the Black community, artist Lila Alexis Thomas is bringing her emotionally driven work to two additional summer shows—and teaching drawing along the way.
Painter and educator Lila Alexis Thomas is having a busy summer. In addition to curating the group show This Room is Ours: Centering the Black Figure, on view through July 18 at ARTS at King Street Station, Thomas is heading up programming connected to the exhibition—she will host a figure drawing workshop July 11th—as well…
The Power of Three
Graphic designer Kelly Goto honors her father’s creative legacy with an award-winning anthology of his popular hand-drawn comics.
Discover “Seattle Samurai,” Kelly Goto’s award-winning anthology honoring her father Sam Goto’s comic strip and the Pacific Northwest Japanese American experience.
How Bing Cherries Led Me to Ah Bing
My final book-tour stop brought me to Milwaukie, Oregon, where the Chinese immigrant behind the famous fruit is finally getting his due.
The day I visited Ledding Library, I found a cherry tree in the lobby. Not a real one, but a wooden wishing tree where hundreds of library visitors had hung cherry cut-outs personalized with their own hopes and dreams. I was half an hour early for my talk on my new book Bing’s Cherries and…
Rearview Mirror: A Striking Mural, Winery Nights, and a Beautiful Vancouver Dinner
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
A SOFT LANDING There’s a new reason to look up in Pioneer Square. Seattle painter Cristina Martinez’s new mural, A Soft Place to Land, fills a wall along the Occidental Promenade with a dreamy woman stretched out in daisies. The mural measures 70 by 150 feet near Lumen Field Event Center, where Seattle Art Fair…
Studio Sessions: Nakisa Dehpanah
Artist Nakisa Dehpanah’s new show uses suspended textile forms and movement to explore identity as something layered and always changing.
Seattle artist Nakisa Dehpanah’s work hovers between sculpture and performance. First developed during a residency at Base Art Space, Suspended Selves is now on view at Method Gallery in Pioneer Square, where billowy, vessel-like sheer fabric forms hang with geometric clay elements integrated into them. They seem like soft shelters or skins waiting for an…
A Seattle-Area Writer Finds Hope in the Suburbs
Ross McMeekin’s new novel, Pepperleaf, follows a fictional neighborhood full of messy lives and unlikely bonds.
A bit more than a decade ago, writer Ross McMeekin and his family moved to a suburb just outside Seattle. “The transition was a bit rough,” McMeekin recalls, “as a lot of transitions are—new community, new culture, new grocery stores—and I soon felt inspired to write funny pieces about where I now lived, if only…
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