Despite what the weatherman is telling me about Sunday’s forecast, I definitely heard little birdies chirping this morning so I am now giving myself full license to think about spring clothing. Two local designers recently released their new collections and I am particularly enamored: Beki Wilson, owner and designer behind the wearable Out of Line,…

SB 5539, the Washington state film incentive (Dana Standish wrote a great article about it for Seattle mag), a bill that would entice filmmakers and film studios to shoot more movies on location in Washington state (versus taking their proven economic benefits to our neighbors in Oregon and Canada), is in dire straits. The House…

MUST HEARWintergrass This annual bluegrass music festival is taking over the Hyatt Regency Bellevue for the entire weekend, jam-packing it with back-to-back concerts, workshops and impromptu jam sessions in every nook and cranny of the hotel. You can bring your axe and join in, or just meander through, listening to the sounds of a hundred…

I fell in love with the contemporary dance piece Cylindrical Shadows  long before it was finished. Choreographed by Colombian/Belgian Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, it debuted in Seattle at a Whim W’Him show in January 2011. Several weeks before the show (maybe months even), artistic director and dancer at Whim W’Him Olivier Wevers invited me to sit…

Spring has sprung! Maybe not in terms of weather, but certainly arts-wise, with beautiful events bursting forth in galleries, theaters and concert halls. We’re fired up for the massive slab of ceramics exhibits opening this month (in conjunction with the big clay conference in town), new work by Seattle dance luminaries Donald Byrd and Mark…

Update! We’ve gotten almost more nominations than we have time to process. Thank you for sending us info about your single friends (and, in some cases, your single selves). We have begun our review process and will soon begin reaching out to nominees we’d like to feature in the magazine (no one will be featured…

You don’t have to save a trip to one of Seattle’s best breweries for date night anymore! Lucky for Seattle beer-loving parents, there are plenty of spots around the city to take your little ones and enjoy a brew. A couple of tips for a family-friendly trip to a brewery – order rootbeer for the…

There are two ways to visit the Space Needle: one as a casual observer, mooning over views of Elliott Bay, exploring the checkerboard of Belltown rooftops, and thinking to yourself: Huh. 99 looks really small from up here. The other—and probably the best possible way—is in the company of writer and Seattle history buff Knute…

 Seattle fans of the PBS show Downton Abbey are pushing it to ever higher ratings. The show is so popular in the Seattle area, KCTS is consistently the No. 1 or No. 2 PBS station in the country for “Abbey” ratings. Last Sunday’s two-hour episode was second only to the Grammy Awards in the Seattle…

It’s a shame what you’d miss if you never left your own neighborhood, never took a turn down an unexplored street or planted yourself in one of Seattle’s sensational neighborhood restaurants. The romantic, candlelit tables in Madrona, the increasingly urbane (and decreasingly scruff-friendly) bistros in Ballard, and the thrum of diners, drinkers and rockers perched…