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Must List: Seattle Wine and Food Experience, Chilly Hilly, Wintergrass Music Festival
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MUST INDULGE Seattle Wine and Food Experience (2/22-2/24) One of the city’s premier culinary events, Seattle magazine’s three-day festival of food and beverages begins Thursday with Comfort, an expo of artisanal comfort food, such as mac and cheese and fried chicken, complemented by local beer and cider and specialty cocktails. That’s followed by Pop! Bubbles…
The Hamilton Seattle Review and Primer: Will You Be in The Room Where it Happens?
Plus: The Do's and Don'ts for attending "Hamilton" at the Paramount.
You may have heard: Hamilton opened its six-week run in Seattle on February 6, and if your social media feeds are anything like mine, they’re lighting up with Face-brags of Paramount Marquee selfies with the telltale gold and black sign glittering in the background. Maybe you’re counting down the days until you will see the…
Must List: ‘Figuring History’ at SAM, SIFF’s Noir City, US Quidditch Championship and More
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MUST GO Figuring History: Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Mickalene Thomas (2/15 – 5/13) American History and art history are reimagined in this group show. “George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from an American History Testbook” (see above) by Robert Colescott (1925-2009) riffs on Emanuel Leutze’s mythmaking Revolutionary War image. The exhibit opens Thursday,…
Must List: Hamilton, Lunar New Year Celebration, Northwest Flower & Garden Show
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MUST HOPE Hamilton (2/6-3/18) Not sure if you’ve heard but there is this little musical called Hamilton in town. The show premiered earlier this week and Seattle can’t stop talking about it. Well, we can’t stop talking about the ticket prices more than the show itself. There are tickets still left in the $240-$1,150 range, but…
Paul Allen Can Play Guitar Like Jimi Hendrix, According to Quincy Jones
The Microsoft cofounder, Seahawks owner and overall influential Seattleite can apparently shred.
In accordance with Internet Law, whenever there is a local angle to a national story of interest, especially if it’s a quirky one, publications like this one are obligated to blog about it. Well, New York Magazine’s new Q&A with Quincy Jones is one of the most entertaining interviews published in recent memory, and there…
This is Radio Clash: KEXP Gets the World to Listen on International Clash Day
From Antarctica to Seattle to Serbia, Feb. 7 marks the annual celebration of The Clash, and this year is bigger than ever. Tune in for Clash originals, covers, side projects, and much more.
Today we celebrate the Clash, a band whose music and human rights message has endured over the years. Started by John Richards at KEXP in Seattle in 2013, International Clash Day is now renowned worldwide with countries from all seven continents participating. The day kicks off with Ice Radio at McMurdo Station in Antarctica playing Clash…
The Quick and Dirty on Seattle’s Hamilton Lottery
Still confused about those $10 Hamilton tickets? Here’s some do’s and don’ts to get you started.
If you don’t feel like paying $240 or more for Hamilton tickets, we don’t blame you. But you may have a chance on getting tickets without selling your kidney. Hamilton’s producers launched Seattle’s $10 #HAM4HAM ticket lottery on Sunday, Feb. 4. Here are the basics do’s and don’ts you need to know: DO download the…
Sasquatch! Music Festival: The 2018 Lineup is Here
Memorial Day weekend festival announced its lineup this morning.
The anticipated Sasquatch! Musical Festival 2018 Lineup was posted this morning. Headliners include Bon Iver, The National, Modest Mouse, David Byrne, Tyler, The Creator, Spoon and many more. See the full lineup here (via Facebook): Sasquatch! is held at The Gorge Amphitheater. Tickets go on sale Saturday, Feb. 10 at 10 a.m. PST. Find more…
Must List: Crosscut Festival, America’s Largest Antique & Collectible Show, Seattle Boat Show
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MUST DEBATE Crosscut Festival (2/2-2/3) Journalists and public figures converge for in-depth conversations on topics ranging from politics to social justice, climate change to immigration at this inaugural festival, presented by Crosscut, the online, nonprofit publication covering Northwest news. Hear from Washington state Governor Jay Inslee and state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, former Obama administration officials…
Local Theatre Legend on August Wilson’s “Two Trains Running” and Leaving Seattle
After 16 years in Seattle, most recently as associate artistic director at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Marya Sea Kaminski says farewell to Seattle with an August Wilson play.
That wailing you heard rising from Seattle’s theater community last Dec. 5 was a cry of pain at the announcement that Marya Sea Kaminski would be leaving Seattle Repertory Theatre after three years as associate artistic director to take the position of artistic director for Pittsburgh Public Theater. Losing her as an administrator was only…
Valentine’s Day Dining Guide: Seattle’s Restaurants Have Menus For Everyone—And Every Budget
Whether it’s Champagne and caviar or Netflix and chill, Seattle’s restaurants have you covered for Valentine’s Day.
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. For those not in a relationship, it’s a reminder or celebration of singledom. For couples, it can be a fun excuse to celebrate one another or a budget-busting, cringe-worthy corporate scheme. Whether you love it or hate it, want to spend some serious dough or settle in with…
Classical Music and Pancakes: Together At Last on Capitol Hill
Erin Jorgensen's "Bach & Pancakes" at Studio Current is the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning in Seattle.
In a grungy but cheery white-walled basement on Capitol Hill—the kind of space that’s been hosting DIY arts events for decades, but which is becoming one of the casualties of the ‘hood’s gentrification—Erin Jorgensen has a large concert marimba set up in front of about three dozen chairs, almost all full. One woman is knitting,…
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