Arts
Cops Called on Seahawks Safety Kam Chancellor and More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Looks like Kam Chancellor won’t be purchasing a gym in Redmond any time soon. On Wednesday night, the Seattle Seahawks safety tweeted that two women called the cops on him after spotting him looking in the windows of the shuttered Redmond Athletics Club, according to an article in Bleacher Report. ESPN.com notes that “Chancellor runs…
Starbucks to Open in Italy. Will it Succeed?
The Seattle-based coffee chain will certainly have challenges with its first store in Italy
Last spring, I spent a couple of weeks in Milan visiting the world’s fair—Expo ’15—a food-themed international exposition. Naturally, coffee was everywhere. Caffeine fuels Italy, and the fair had an entire section devoted to coffee and the countries that produce it. Milan is also the city that inspired Howard Schultz more than 30 years ago…
Medicinal Drugs Detected in Salmon and More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
A new study released by the journal Environmental Pollution has some bad news regarding Seattle’s salmon. Disturbingly high levels of medicinal drugs have been found within the tissue of salmon in the Puget Sound. Over-the-counter meds like Advil and Benadryl have been detected, along with prescription drugs like Prozac and even birth control. The worst part…
Must List: Chilly Hilly Bike Ride, Seattle Opera Presents Mary Stuart
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must PedalBrave the Temps for the Chilly Hilly Bike RideSunday (2/28, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.) Zip up those fleeces and head to Bainbridge Island to saddle up for the Chilly Hilly bike ride, where keen (or crazy?) cyclists will take on the 33-mile route reaching a top elevation of 2,191 feet to beat the…
Here They Are: The Top 20 Most Talented People in Seattle
Our inaugural list of extremely talented locals, entirely chosen by readers
In January, we asked our readers to nominate a talented Seattle-area individual–in any profession or medium–who they thought should make our inaugural list of the Top 20 Most Talented People in Seattle. That list (entirely selected by readers) is officially live. Who made the cut? Below, you’ll find 20 incredibly talented individuals whose work in…
Surprise Macklemore Concert, More Red Light Cameras & Other News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
To celebrate the release of their latest album, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made, Seattle-based pop stars Macklemore and Ryan Lewis announced on Wednesday that they will be putting on a “surprise” concert at Neumos this Friday night and the first 500 in line will get in for free. Capitol Hill Times reported that to promote…
Grace Love’s Very Personal One-Woman Show
The Seattle soul singer tells her life story in Sex, Drugs, Rock & Soul at the Vera Project Feb. 27
Grace Love, the big-voiced front woman of her band Grace Love and the True Loves, has always been a verbal person. She’s loquacious, direct, most often up for a conversation on any topic — even with her computer. In fact, it was in conversation with her computer, so to speak, that the seeds for Love’s…
Spring Arts Preview 2016: Film
Details on the Seattle International Film Festival and a tribute to the cinema of Paris
Film Silver Screen Star Courtney Sheehan, artistic director Under the leadership of artistic director Courtney Sheehan, who began as its intern in 2009 and served as its program manager for several years, the Northwest Film Forum (NWFF) has redefined film house programming and brought the institution to the fore of Seattle’s cultural life. Not content…
Spring Arts Preview 2016: Theater
See what's on stage in Seattle
Performance Sarah Rudinoff 3/23–4/3 Seattle performer and singer Sarah Rudinoff is the rare talent who is as at home in an avant-garde theater production as she is belting out a tune in a Broadway musical. After many years taking on the guises of heroes, villains and fools on stage, she takes on the world of…
Spring Arts Preview 2016: Talks
Hear the debate on cliches or listen to readings from books and poetry
Poetry Jacqueline Woodson 4/12 Brooklyn-based poet Jacqueline Woodson reads and discusses her most recent book, Brown Girl Dreaming, which earned her the 2014 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. 7:30 p.m. Prices vary. Town Hall Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave.; 206.652.4255 Literature Hugo Literary Series 4/15, 5/20 For this year’s Hugo Literary Series, Hugo House…
Spring Arts Preview 2016: Classical
The classical music and operas to take in this season
Symphony Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 4/7–4/9 Conductor David Zinman leads the Seattle Symphony Orchestra in Brahms’ Symphony No. 4. Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 follows, reimagined by young violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Times and prices vary. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St.; 206.215.4747 Piano Murray Perahia 4/20 Perahia, one of the great pianists of our time, comes…
Spring Arts Preview 2016: Music
Tanya Tagaq's throat singing, Shankar's sitar and KEXP's live performances
Fine Fellow Ahamefule Oluo, Musician and Comedian After debuting at town hall in 2012, completing a critically praised and sold-out run at On the Boards in December 2014 and performing in New York’s Under the Radar Festival in January, Seattle composer, comedian and trumpet player Ahamefule Oluo is bringing Now I’m Fine—an experimental, jazz-inflected pop…
Spring Arts Preview 2016: Dance/Performance
Upcoming ballet and dance performances this spring
Brave New Ballet Seattle choreographer Kate Wallich, who Dance Magazine included among its “25 to Watch in 2015,” is one of the most important and original artists to emerge from the city’s vibrant dance scene in the past few years. Perhaps more than any other dance maker in our midst, the 27-year-old Wallich brings the…
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