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Must List: SIFF, Norwegian Constitution Day, Beat the Bridge

Must List: SIFF, Norwegian Constitution Day, Beat the Bridge

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST WATCH  Seattle International Film Festival (5/16-6/9) Seattle’s International Film Festival (SIFF) returns for the 45th year featuring more than 400 films from more than 80 countries in just 25 days. Seattle-based filmmaker Lynn Shelton will open the festival Thursday with her latest feature Sword of Trust…

SIFF 2019: Where It's Been and How It's Grown

SIFF 2019: Where It’s Been and How It’s Grown

The Seattle International Film Festival (May 16–June 9) is in its 45th year. And look how it’s grown

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Must List: The Color Run, Drinking Your Chocolate, 'Pop-Up Magazine'

Must List: The Color Run, Drinking Your Chocolate, ‘Pop-Up Magazine’

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST RUN The Color Run (5/12) Join Seattle’s most colorful 5K this Sunday and transform your boring white T-shirt into a rainbow. From start to finish, the Color Run always promises to be one big party with music and an historically upbeat crowd! This year’s run…

Why You Need to See Seattle Opera's 'Carmen'

Why You Need to See Seattle Opera’s ‘Carmen’

Especially if you’ve never seen an opera—but if you have, this production offers a subtle new take on its sexual politics

Ginger Costa-Jackson as Carmen

Must List: 'Carmen,' Crosscut Festival, Translations Seattle Transgender Film Festival

Must List: ‘Carmen,’ Crosscut Festival, Translations Seattle Transgender Film Festival

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST SING Seattle Opera’s Carmen(5/4–5/19) It’s on the long side (three and a half hours), but otherwise Bizet’s earthy melodrama is the ideal opera for the novice. No matter how inexperienced you are, you probably already know at least three of the tunes, and the push-pull…

Amazon Studios: Inside the Tech Giant's Employee Art Programs

Amazon Studios: Inside the Tech Giant’s Employee Art Programs

Is life at Amazon really all work and no play? You might be surprised to learn its employees are stepping away from their computer screens to make pickles, pottery and music

AMAZON STUDIO: Members of Amazon’s creative program, Expressions, from left: program manager Tim Detweiler, Paint and Meditate instructor Jennifer Tucker and program coordinator Joseph Steininger, pictured in the Expressions lab

Amazon's Symphony Orchestra: It's a Corporate Gig

Amazon’s Symphony Orchestra: It’s a Corporate Gig

The volunteer group of the corporation's employees started two years ago and plays concerts throughout the year

PLAY TIME: The Amazon Symphony Orchestra performing at its holiday concert in December 2018

Local Corporations Build a Sense of Community With Employees

Local Corporations Build a Sense of Community With Employees

This month's Editor's Note from Rachel Hart

This article appears in print in the May 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. About 16 years ago I was planning a baby shower for my dear friend Erica, and we thought it would be fun to have a tarot card reader at the party. This was years before tarot card readers were at all the parties, so…

Must List:'Jitterbug Perfume,' Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Mobile Food Rodeo

Must List:’Jitterbug Perfume,’ Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Mobile Food Rodeo

Your weekly guide to Seattle's hottest events

Cafe Nordo’s ‘Jitterbug Perfume’

20 Best Things To Do in Seattle in May 2019

20 Best Things To Do in Seattle in May 2019

Our handpicked list of the best bets for entertainment this month

Singer/songwriter Laura Veirs is among the standout acts at Everett’s Fisherman’s Village Music Festival

Seattle's Best Esports Venues

Seattle’s Best Esports Venues

Esports—organized, competitive video gaming—is attracting more and more fans. Here’s where to catch or play a game in Seattle, and what to expect

SCREEN TIME: An esports player competes at GameWorks

Must List: Brunch Run, National Park Week, 'The Master and Margarita'

Must List: Brunch Run, National Park Week, ‘The Master and Margarita’

Your weekly guide to Seattle's hottest events

Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST LOVE BRUNCH Seattle Magazine’s Brunch Run (4/21) At the end of this 5K fun run along Lake Washington, reward yourself with bite-sized versions of your favorite breakfast foods (and cocktails!) from Seattle’s tastiest brunch spots. It’s the perfect combination of exercise and mimosas (or…

Backstory: What's Really Inside the Downtown Seattle Banana Republic Store

Backstory: What’s Really Inside the Downtown Seattle Banana Republic Store

A downtown retailer holds a secret from the golden age of cinema

This article appears in print in the April 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. The Landmark: The Coliseum TheaterThe Location: Downtown, 1512 Fifth Ave.The Backstory: The Banana Republic store at the corner of Fifth and Pike in Seattle offers more than clothing and accessories. The building itself is a treasure from our city’s cultural heritage: Seattle’s first cinema. The Coliseum…

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