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The 16th Annual Moisture Festival Celebrates Seattle’s Culture of Weird

The 16th Annual Moisture Festival Celebrates Seattle’s Culture of Weird

The festival kicks off on March 14

WELL-BALANCED: Brittany Walsh, aka AcroBritt, holds a world record in acrobatic archery

Must List: Seattle Cocktail Week, Octave 9 Open House, Penn Cove Musselfest

Must List: Seattle Cocktail Week, Octave 9 Open House, Penn Cove Musselfest

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST IMBIBE Seattle Cocktail Week(3/3 – 3/10) This annual full week of cocktail specials and events is any mixed-drink enthusiast’s dream come true. Be sure to check out the highlights, which include a Moscow mule contest, the Bartenders Brunch and the Cocktail District event, which…

A New Seattle Hotel Sounds Off

A New Seattle Hotel Sounds Off

The city’s new Sound Hotel offers impressive views and art that impresses

Jeff Jacobson working on the mural at The Sound Hotel Seattle Belltown

An Afternoon at the Frye With Cherdonna, Cher, and DONNA

An Afternoon at the Frye With Cherdonna, Cher, and DONNA

Campy and surreal, a new exhibit showcases Seattle’s Lady Dada

The title is a slang term in lesbian-separatist circles for female genitals, but your kids don’t need to know that if you take them to Ditch, Jody Kuehner’s installation/performance piece at the Frye. If they have a healthy attention span, they’ll probably enjoy seeing Kuehner’s vivacious alter ego, Cherdonna Shinatra, and her dance troupe DONNA in…

15 Best Things To Do in Seattle in March 2019

15 Best Things To Do in Seattle in March 2019

Our hand-picked list of best bets for entertainment this month

Dance ensemble A.I.M. performing “Drive”

Book-It Repertory Theatre’s ‘American Junkie’: In Seattle, a Fix Is Still a Shot Away

Book-It Repertory Theatre’s ‘American Junkie’: In Seattle, a Fix Is Still a Shot Away

Set in grunge-era Seattle, its grim portrait of addiction remains relevant today

In Book-It’s most recent adaptation from prose to play, director (and founder) Jane Jones finds inspiration in Edmonds native Tom Hansen’s 2010 memoir American Junkie. A raw look at the deleterious effects of drugs, Jones (who co-adapted the book with local actor and writer Kevin McKeon), preserves the author’s no-nonsense style, pairing caustic humor with…

Must List: Seattle Wine and Food Experience, Northwest Flower & Garden Festival, Chilly Hilly

Must List: Seattle Wine and Food Experience, Northwest Flower & Garden Festival, Chilly Hilly

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST INDULGE Seattle Wine and Food Experience(2/21-2/24) Seattle magazine’s long weekend of fine local food and drink kicks off on Thursday with Comfort, featuring bites and sips from the area’s best gastropubs. On Friday, dress up for the weekend’s upscale champagne and seafood event, Pop!…

Spring Arts Preview: The Top Shows, Events and Exhibits of the Season

Spring Arts Preview: The Top Shows, Events and Exhibits of the Season

Pull out your calendar; it’s time to pencil in the season’s top performances, shows and concerts you won’t want to miss

Jeffrey Gibson’s 2014 mixed media sculpture, “Like a Hammer”

Peek Inside the Impressive Amount of New and Reopened Venues Across the City

Peek Inside the Impressive Amount of New and Reopened Venues Across the City

Spring is the season of new beginnings, a budding promise that rings especially true this arts season with a handful of highly anticipated venue openings and reopenings, each rolling out dynamic programming, performances and refreshed purpose

S. Surface, Office of Arts & Culture King Street Station Program Lead (seated) and Asia Tail, one of three curators for the opening exhibit; photographed at the gallery, still under construction, in January

Village Theatre: Mother of Musicals

Village Theatre: Mother of Musicals

The local playhouse has built a pipeline for show development like no other

Village Theatre’s ‘The Passage’ runs through Sunday, February 24

Must List: Magnuson Winter Night Market, Seattle Asian American Film Festival, David Bowie Alumni Tour

Must List: Magnuson Winter Night Market, Seattle Asian American Film Festival, David Bowie Alumni Tour

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST SHOP Magnuson Winter Night Market(2/16) If you’re still looking for a weekend plan with your Valentine, Magnuson Park has you covered. This indoor market has something for everyone, with over 100 local pop-up shops showcasing everything from crafts to food, as well as DJs,…

Where to Watch the Oscars in Seattle

Where to Watch the Oscars in Seattle

Time to get glammed up and spend the evening with your favorite stars

The 91st Academy Awards are finally upon us. For those who know that Vogue does better online red-carpet roundups than Buzzfeed, who have opinions on the dynamic between Giuliana Rancic and Ryan Seacrest and who wait with bated breath for Lupita Nyong’o to arrive at every awards show, next Sunday is one of the best…

Locally Produced Podcast, 'Tides', Explores Strange New Shores

Locally Produced Podcast, ‘Tides’, Explores Strange New Shores

The new podcast tells a story of an expedition to an Earth-like moon called Fons, a weird and wonderful world characterized by extreme tides and strange oceanic creatures

This article appears in print in the February 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. For many, the term “audio drama” might evoke the image of sitting around a radio listening to The Lone Ranger or War of the Worlds. For Ayla Taylor, it involves recording an interplanetary exploration tale with the help of an eight-person cast and crew. Taylor,…

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