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Instagram Inspiration: Locally Brewed Beer
In celebration of the weekend, treat yourself to a cold beer
Whenever I’m at dinner or out at a bar with friends, beer is always my drink of choice. Part of why I love it so much is because it pairs so well with all my favorite foods, like pizza and cheeseburgers. And with spring right around the corner promising sunny weather and roof-top barbecues, this…
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…
Charles Smith releases new Italian varietal wines
Casa Smith debuts in March and will be available at Charles Smith Wines Jet City
In March, Charles Smith, Washington’s most famous independent winemaker and owner of the largest urban winery on the West Coast, will release four Italian varietal wines grown in eastern Washington. The four wines – a primitivo, a sangiovese and two barberas – will be filed under the label, Casa Smith. They all come from small…
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…
Art Website Artsyo Connects Buyers with Local artists
Browse works from more than 400 featured Seattle artists and buy online or set up a viewing
The art gallery scene in Seattle can be tricky to navigate, especially for newcomers like Sarah Brooks. “When I moved to Seattle, I was living on my own for the first time, and I was excited to make my first art purchase from a local artist,” says Brooks. “But because of the limited hours of…
Recipe of the Week: Cashew Cream Cheese Four Ways
A dairy-free and gluten-free spread in four delish flavors
Bagels and cream cheese are a classic. They’re meant for each other; inseparable like Nicholas Sparks and sappy romance novels. There’s nothing quite like the bliss of enjoying a freshly toasted bagel slathered with cream cheese while sipping on a hot cup of coffee. But what if you’re vegan? Whether you’re a vegan or you just…
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…
Spring Arts Preview 2016: Visual Arts
Sculpture, photography and more from artists near and far
Brinkmanship Jason Hirata, Brink Award Recipient For those who find themselves confounded by the very nature and purpose of contemporary art, it takes a particular kind of artist to engage them; one who steadfastly embraces their confusion and ambivalence as characteristic of the larger world and the subject of his or her own work. Jason…
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