Arts
Winemaker Charles Smith on Wine, Music: “You Don’t Fly in Jerry Lee Lewis and Get Cheap on the Piano”
A chat with the celebrated rock star of Washington wine about the connection between music and the vine
Winemaking has been Charles Smith’s passion for nearly two decades, but it was within the music world where Smith first began professionally, managing rock bands and concert tours for the likes of the Raveonettes. Music and wine have since lived side by side in the celebrated vintner’s conceptual vision, from his uniform of black jeans…
How Thomas Pynchon Turned Seattle Into Nazi Germany
Here’s big news for literature buffs: Gravity’s Rainbow, the masterpiece by Thomas Pynchon, Seattle’s most-honored and influential writer, turns out to be a savage act of vengeance against our town, inspired by our 1962 Century 21 Exhibition. “Seattle World’s Fair scenes have been exaggerated, parodied, remixed,” writes University of British Columbia scholar Jeffrey Severs in…
Lucinda Williams Played Bowie, Achieved Catharsis, Last Night at the Neptune
Bowie might be dead, but Williams left a ticket at will call in his name, and it didn’t go unclaimed
When you’re 64 years old and have won a mantle’s worth of trophies for your trouble, I reckon you can do whatever you damn well please. For instance, you could purchase an old International Harvester from the wealthy owner of the local bait and tackle store and drive it two hours east to a snotty…
15 Ways to Survive Seattle’s Winter
Curling up with a good book in front of a fire isn’t the only way to get through Seattle’s long, dark winter. That works too, but we’ve found plenty of other ways to brighten your days
It may be dark outside, but the Fairmont Olympic pool downtown offers a warm space to welcome the day
The Must List: Pink Carpet Project, Lake Chelan Winterfest, Womxn’s March
What to do in Seattle in the days ahead
Must SeeShot (Though 2/4, times vary) The first of three world premieres by Spectrum’s legendary Donald Byrd, in partnership with Seattle Rep, is a critique of the murder of blacks by cops using dance, text, fiction, music, mise-en-scène, sound, voice, facts, media and theory in what Byrd calls “theater of disruption.” spectrumdance.org Must Wear PinkPink…
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