Sebastian Simsch made me do it. Well, he didn’t really make me do anything but he definitely lured me onto the open road. While I was catching up with the Seattle Coffee Works owner at his then just-opened Ballard store a couple of years ago, he started telling me about a road trip he had…

!–paging_filter–pOn a warm afternoon in mid-March, the sun is streaming through the tall windows of the a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/events/siff-film-center“Seattle International Film Festival /aoffices. It’s the kind of miraculous spring day that locals would never consider rebuffing by heading into a movie theater to sit still in the dark. But for the last 40 years, SIFF has…

!–paging_filter–pimg src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/0514_sirenapp.jpg” style=”float: left; margin: 10px;” height=”232″ width=”350″Women who’ve tried online dating know the drill: spend hours crafting a profile that precisely reflects the individual you are (and the individual you’d like to meet), set it live and get instantly bombarded with requests from men using a scattershot approach (send enough emails and something’s bound…

!–paging_filter–pThis was the year Sasquatch grew a bit too big for its britches. After adding a second full weekend of live shows to the wildly popular music fest at the Gorge Amphitheatre, event promoters had to cancel the bonus round due to weak sales. But never fear, the Northwest offers plenty of ways to get…

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!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Runbra href=”http://bit.ly/1lT7OQW” target=”_blank”Gear Up for Seattle Magazine’s Earth Day Run/a/strongbrSaturday (4/19, 9:30 a.m.) — Celebratory pints from West Seattle Brewing Company and sustenance from the Chopstix and Curb Jumper food trucks will be at the ready when you cross the finish line of our fun 5k run along the Alki waterfront. There’s still time…

!–paging_filter–pI’m old enough to remember when Seattle was the end of the road. brbrWhen I was young, Seattle seemed like a city walled off from the east by mountains and surrounded by water on the west. Provincial we were, but also isolated and little known, a jumping-off spot for even more remote places. “Gateway to…

!–paging_filter–pFans of the TV show emParks and Recreation/em will recognize Tacoma-born actress Pamela Reed from her recurring role as Leslie Knope’s mother. After countless roles on television and in local theater, Reed is now playing Martha in Edward Albee’s emWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?/em, made famous by Elizabeth Taylor. See her rise to the challenge…

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We were all in on the secret: Students from Bellevue’s Highland Middle School arrived at Safeco Field to help participate in the filming of an anti-bullying campaign starring the Mariner Moose, completely unaware that waiting in the wings to surprise them were hip-hop star Macklemore and Seattle Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez. As the youngersters surrounded…

!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Multitaskbra href=”http://bit.ly/1qlbfiR” target=”_blank”Draw a Masterpiece and Drink a Pint/a/strongbrThursday (4/10, 7 p.m.) — Capitol Hill Cider is taking an active approach to the neighborhood’s second-Thursday art walk with “Drink and Draw,” curated by the Gage Academy of Art, wherein patrons use free drawing supplies to sketch live models while sipping suds./ppstrongMust Marvelbra href=”http://bit.ly/1ka5qms” target=”_blank”PNB’s…

Updated information: You know that the fantastic West Seattle Brewing Company is serving up pints after the race, and now we hear that Chopstix and Curb Jumper Street Eats will be on hand, too, for that necessary post-race sustenance. Still have yet to register for Seattle mag’s Earth Day Run along Alki Beach? Key in…

!–paging_filter–pDebra Baxter is renowned for creating work that contrasts spiky crystals against smooth stone, stunning beauty against repulsive physical reality. Her new show,em All I Ever Wanted/em, features alabaster, crystal and mineral sculptures, as well as cast metal pieces, including a twisted human neck made of aluminum and a female pelvis in bronze. But the…