Arts

Ahamefule J. Oluo Brings his Melancholic Jazz-Comedy Memoir 'Susan' Back to Seattle

Ahamefule J. Oluo Brings his Melancholic Jazz-Comedy Memoir ‘Susan’ Back to Seattle

"When people are operating out of nothing but mutual respect, it creates a euphoric environment.”

This article appears in print in the March 2020 issue as part of the Spring Arts Preview feature. Click here to subscribe. Squinting into the stage lights at On the Boards last August, Ahamefule J. Oluo glanced quickly into the audience, then dropped his chin to his chest, hard, and laughed. “Mom, did you have to sit right…

15 Best Things to Do in Seattle in March 2020

15 Best Things to Do in Seattle in March 2020

Our handpicked list of the best bets for entertainment this month

UGLY: An artistic response to “the dearth of nuanced black queer subjectivity in the mainstream”

Must List: Balkan Night, Patti Smith, MoPop Sound Off!

Must List: Balkan Night, Patti Smith, MoPop Sound Off!

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Local rap collective, 49th Parallel

These Rain-activated Artworks Are Sprinkled Throughout Seattle

These Rain-activated Artworks Are Sprinkled Throughout Seattle

Next time it's raining, be sure to keep an eye out for these 'rainworks'

This article appears in print in the February 2020 issue. Click here to subscribe. As it starts to rain, sunny lyrics appear on a Frelard sidewalk, while a herd of cats and dogs emerges on a patch of pavement in South Lake Union. These moisture-activated street illustrations, called “rainworks,” were created by local artist Peregrine Church using a special…

Local Teens Reevaluate Seattle's History Through a New Podcast

Local Teens Reevaluate Seattle’s History Through a New Podcast

'This is most likely the diverse history of Seattle that [Seattleites] have not heard about before'

This article appears in print in the February 2020 issue. Click here to subscribe. Not all history is taught in schools, but thanks to a group of local students serving as youth advisers for Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI), integral stories from our city’s complex past are now freely available for binge listening online. Each episode of…

Must List: Children’s Film Fest, Sounders Opening Day, Seattle Cocktail Week

Must List: Children’s Film Fest, Sounders Opening Day, Seattle Cocktail Week

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Film still from ‘The Quintet of the Sunset’

This Week in Seattle Shows: John Cameron Mitchell, ‘The Children’ at Seattle Rep and More

This Week in Seattle Shows: John Cameron Mitchell, ‘The Children’ at Seattle Rep and More

What are you still doing here? Go buy some tickets.

R. Hamilton Wright and Carmen Roman in ‘The Children’ at Seattle Rep

Seattle Opera’s Lullaby of Bird

Seattle Opera’s Lullaby of Bird

Thanks to musical pacing issues and stylized staging, 'Charlie Parker’s Yardbird' is a brief opera but not a fast-moving one

Joshua Stewart as Charlie Parker and Angela Brown as Addie Parker in ‘Charlie Parker’s Yardbird’

Must List: Seattle Wine and Food Experience, Grupo Corpo, 'The Children'

Must List: Seattle Wine and Food Experience, Grupo Corpo, ‘The Children’

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST TASTE Seattle Wine & Food Experience (2/20-2/22) Start off Seattle magazine’s three-day marathon of indulgence at Thursday night’s Comfort, featuring feel-good mainstays such as fried chicken and burgers, plus beer and cider to wash it down. Friday brings you Pop! Bubbles + Seafood, starring…

This Week in Seattle Shows: Sara Porkalob’s Café Nordo Thriller, Solo Dance at On the Boards and More

This Week in Seattle Shows: Sara Porkalob’s Café Nordo Thriller, Solo Dance at On the Boards and More

I want to see satisfying comeuppance, dystopian satire and more dance than one heart can handle

Grupo Corpo

This Whidbey Island Studio Takes an Ancient Approach to Contemporary Design

This Whidbey Island Studio Takes an Ancient Approach to Contemporary Design

Learn the art of water marbling at Coupeville's Marbley

This article appears in print in the February 2020 issue. Click here to subscribe. When Ed Hodson discovered a vibrant aqueous art pattern inside some old books, he was instantly mesmerized. This art form, called water marbling, is a process that originated in 12th-century Japan as suminagashi, or “floating ink.” Hodson, a serial entrepreneur and restaurant consultant, was hooked…

Must List: 'Bliss,' Seattle Cake Con, Noir City Seattle

Must List: ‘Bliss,’ Seattle Cake Con, Noir City Seattle

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST FEND FOR YOURSELVES Bliss (Ends 2/23) Composers/lyricists Emma Lively and Tyler Beattie have taken the classic “princess locked in a tower” trope and twisted it into something new: a story of four princesses who escape an overprotective father only to find themselves in the…

Comeuppance in Four Courses, Served at Café Nordo

Comeuppance in Four Courses, Served at Café Nordo

The Victorian patriarchy gets its due in this new thriller by Sara Porkalob

The cast of ‘The Angel in the House’

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