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The Must List: Modernist Cuisine in High Def, a First Hill Costume Crawl More
What to do this weekend
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust See/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/1bWP3UH” target=”_blank”strongbrPhotos of Food at the Moment of Being Cooked/strong/abr(10/26 to 2/17/14, times vary) — How exactly does heat make an egg physically transform? Seattle entrepreneur Nathan Myhrvold helped popularize molecular gastronomy (the hyper-nerdy take on cooking) with his book Modernist Cuisine (2011). Now Photography of Modernist Cuisine: The Exhibition at the Pacific…
Oscars 2014 Best Picture Nominee ‘Nebraska’
Local funnyman Bob Nelson hits the big time with Alexander Payne’s 'Nebraska'
!–paging_filter–pAs “Psychic Bob” on Seattle’s long-running sketch comedy show emAlmost Live/em (which ran 1984–1999), cast member Bob Nelson played an ersatz prognosticator who could make only the most obvious predictions (“In 1998, Hooters will continue to attract a mostly male clientele”). As an announcer in a sketch about the Low-key Baseball Network (“For people who…
Fall Fun: Red Tricycle’s Roundup of Pumpkin Patches Near Seattle
While some of us can’t resist the heaps of orange and white gourds at the nearby (read: easily accessible) grocery stores (I piled my cart high weeks ago with knobby and gnarled squashes, fat green pumpkins and oversized orange ones destined for my sub-par carving skills), there are plenty of people who love a good…
Nathan Myhrvold On The World Premiere Of Modernist Cuisine’s Photography Exhibit
!–paging_filter–pspan The a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/modernist-cuisine-display-pacific-scie…” target=”_blank”Photography of Modernist Cuisine: The Exhibition opens Saturday/a at the Pacific Science Center, showcasing the celebrated images produced by Nathan Myhrvold, co-author of emModernist Cuisine/em as well as the founder and CEO of Intellectual Ventures. The former Microsoft Chief Technology Officer turned renowned food scientist, Myhrvold dissects and deconstructs food, cookware…
Cinerama Gets the World’s First Commercial Digital Laser Projector
Cinerama theater beams up to the future
If Paul Allen owns something like, say, a movie theater, you can bet that it’s going to be the best, most newfangled theater in all the land. Case in point: his 1960s-era, saved-from-demolition Cinerama in Belltown, which is slated to install the world’s first commercial digital laser projector in early 2014. The super-high-tech machine has…
7 Halloween Costume Ideas Based on Local Hot Topics
!–paging_filter–pIt’s an election season and while many Seattleites are choosing to express themselves by voting, we think Halloween costumes are far more effective at shaping society. Should you opt to dress in one of these seven highly topical (and highly ridiculous) costume suggestions, we are not liable for any embarrassment, pointing or injuries that may…
Supporting the Parks and Calming Inner Panic
Knute Berger takes a vacation in Olympic National Park for the sake of his sanity—and democracy
It’s become kind of a healing ritual. With the arrival of fall, my wife and I head out to say hello to a national park. Last year, it was Glacier in northern Montana; before that, Wind Cave in the Black Hills of South Dakota. This year, we went closer to home to Olympic on the…
Nancy Guppy Interviews Sculptor and Artist Todd Jannausch
Nancy Guppy sets sail with artist Todd Jannausch
!–paging_filter–pSeattle sculptor and installation artist Todd Jannausch (a href=”http://www.toddjannausch.com” target=”_blank”toddjannausch.com/a) has a new solo show, Callus, which runs 11/15–12/21 at Pioneer Square gallery Method (a href=”http://www.methodgallery.com” target=”_blank”methodgallery.com/a). He’ll also give a gallery talk (11/21 at 6 p.m.). brstrongbrCOFFEE SHOP:/strong All City Coffee in Georgetown, a Tuesday morning in JulybrstrongTODD’S ORDER:/strong 12-ounce wet cappuccinobrstrongbrNancy Guppy:/strong For…
Return of the ‘R’
The big red Rainier R regains its throne
!–paging_filter–pLongtime Seattleites remember it as a day of infamy: July 3, 2000, when the iconic neon R atop the Rainier Brewery was wrenched from its nearly-50-year perch and replaced with—egads—a neon green T, marking the building as the new home of Tully’s Coffee. But drivers who’ve spent the past 13 years cursing the glowing green…
Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon Now Open at SAM
This exhibit of Peruvian treasures opened Thursday, October 17
!–paging_filter–pScore! Seattle is the only U.S. venue to host Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon, a rare and astonishing collection of sculpture, metalwork, paintings and textiles spanning a whopping 3,000 years and several cultures. Many of these masterpieces have never before left Peru, so be sure to show them a warm Seattle welcome….
The Must List: Carrie in Musical Form and the Seattle Opera’s Daughter of the Regiment
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Be Afraid/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/15NdgOA” target=”_blank”brGet in the Spooky Spirit with Carrie: The Musical/abr(Through 10/26, times vary) — Check out the Broadway take on Stephen King’s unsettling tale, as interpreted by Seattle’s own Balagan Theatre. Prepare for pig’s blood on prom night!/ppstrongMust Dine/stronga href=” http://bit.ly/19bSeG2” target=”_blank”brHave Dinner and Cocktails at Monsoon East/abrMonday (10/21, 6:30 p.m.) —…
The Must List: Malcolm Gladwell Stops in Seattle, the Bezos Center Opens
What to do this weekend
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Go Glam/strongbrBellevuea href=” http://bit.ly/GNIXvT” target=”_blank”brGet Ready for Serious Style at DIFFA Glam: Tablescapes/abr(10/10, 6 to 9 p.m.) — Expect nothing but tip-top tabletop design at GLAM: Tablescapes, a style-filled soiree hosted by the Seattle chapter of Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA)./ppstrongMust See/strongbrCentral Districta href=”http://bit.ly/1g3ppTR” target=”_blank”brSeattle’s Edgiest Theatre Company Stages The Walworth Farce/abr(Runs through…
Modernist Cuisine on Display at the Pacific Science Center
A hyper-nerdy take on cooking, molecular gastronomy considers food at the chemical level—how exactly does heat make an egg physically transform? Seattle entrepreneur Nathan Myhrvold helped popularize this science with his book Modernist Cuisine (2011), which includes stunning photos of food in the moment of being cooked, taken at his Bellevue kitchen laboratory. Using unusual…
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