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How To Do Emerald City Comic Con Like a Pro
Make the most of ECCC’s pop culture extravaganza
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. If you’re anywhere near the Washington State Convention Center (downtown, 705 Pike St.; 206.694.5000) between March 1 and March 4, do not panic; an alien invasion is not afoot. It’s just the 16th annual Emerald City Comic Con (ECCC). What was once a…
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,…
‘The Little Prince’ Set Designer Pulls Back the Curtain on His Craft
For the past 30 years, Carey Wong has been the mastermind behind many a Seattle theater production.
Carey wong is a multitasking master. Just take the wildly disparate scenarios competing for the freelance scenic designer’s brain time this past fall: this month’s production of the sweetly solemn The Little Prince at Seattle Children’s Theatre; a resplendently theatrical exhibit, Beyond the Gate, about Portland’s two Chinatowns, slated to be the permanent installation at…
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…
Hot Ticket: Kat Larson’s Haunting New Exhibit
Her video and photography show, "The Lens of Lyra (A Phenomenology of Spirit)," opens this week at Bridge Productions in Georgetown.
A detail from “On the Tracks of South Dakota (the Ghost prays for us),” an image from Larson’s 2016 show, The Ghost of Vega; gallery founder Sharon Arnold says “the aesthetics of the ghost are shifting in this next iteration.”
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