A CD Release Party for Local Band Tacocat, a Contemporary Dance Festival and the Seattle Symphony’s Performance of Symphonie Fantastique
By Seattle Magazine Staff February 13, 2014
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Rock Out/strongbra href=”http://bit.ly/1jraJPw” target=”_blank”Party with Local Band Tacocat/abrFriday (2/14, 9 p.m.) — Brandishing a riot-grrrls-meet-The-Go-Go’s sound, Tacocat charms fans with funny songs about waiting for the No. 8 Metro bus, fear of toxic shock syndrome and a psychic cat that predicts nursing-home deaths. The band celebrates the release of its second full-length record, emNVM /em(as in “never mind”), at Chop Suey on Friday night./p
pstrongMust Hear/strongbra href=”http://bit.ly/1aZB3x9” target=”_blank”Peter Mountford Book Launch at Richard Hugo House/abr(2/13, 7 p.m.) — This week Seattle mag 2013 Spotlight Award winner Peter Mountford released his brand-new novel, The Dismal Science, and it has already earned critical raves (“distinctively entertaining,” “sharply drawn,” “quietly wrenching”). Hear him read excerpts at the Richard Hugo House./p
pstrongMust Listen/strongbra href=”http://bit.ly/1ewmw74” target=”_blank”Seattle Symphony Performs Symphonie Fantastique/abr(2/13 and 2/15, times vary) — Fans of The Shining and A Clockwork Orange will recognize the haunting strains of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique. Stanley Kubrick was obviously a fan, and you will be, too, upon hearing maestro Ludovic Morlot conduct the Seattle Symphony in this masterwork./p
pstrongMust See/stronga href=”https://www.facebook.com/events/222000684654453/” target=”_blank”brFirst Ever Seattle Black Panther Film Festival/abr(2/14–2/16, times vary) — The first chapter organized outside of California, the Seattle Black Panther Party was one of the group’s most active branches. Commemorate this local legacy with the rare documentaries screening at the first-ever Black Panther Party Film Festival at Ark Lodge Cinemas in Columbia City./p
pstrongMust Go East/strongbra href=” http://bit.ly/1mdTjb2” target=”_blank”Chop Shop Contemporary Dance Festival at the Meydenbauer Center/abr(2/15 to 2/16, times vary) — Ten contemporary dance companies from around the country, including Seattle’s Spectrum Dance Theater and Bellevue’s Stone Dance Collective, will hit the Meydenbauer Center stage for two days of riveting contemporary dance performances./p
Follow Us
Studio Sessions: Jo Cosme
The Seattle-based multimedia artist and 2026 Neddy Award winner challenges the postcard version of Puerto Rico and centers the persistence of its people.
Jo Cosme knows how seductive a postcard can be. The Seattle-based Boricua (Puerto Rican) multimedia artist works across photography, installation, video, sound, and interactive elements to examine and pull apart how Puerto Rico is seen, sold, and misunderstood from the outside. Trained in photojournalism, with a BFA in photography from Puerto Rico School of Fine…
Seattle’s Drag Brunch Has History
The city’s Sunday shows started long before the mimosas got bottomless.
There was a time not too long ago, when drag performances—now a mainstay of Seattle’s queer scene—were kept under wraps. And when brunches, complete with singing and dancing queens dressed in dazzling drag as you sipped mimosas, weren’t a Sunday staple. During the 1940s and ‘50s, an era largely shaped by restrictive laws and bias…
Studio Sessions: Sangram Majumdar
Working at the confluence of history, culture, and various painting traditions, UW associate professor Sangram Majumdar is one of this year’s Neddy Artist Award winners.
Discover the art of UW professor Sangram Majumdar, a 2026 Neddy Artist Award winner. Learn about his inspiration and upcoming Seattle exhibition at Cornish.
Rearview Mirror: A Georgian Dinner, Sidewalk Sips, and One-of-a-Kind Clothing
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
A new life for old clothes To celebrate one year in its current studio, the FXRY—a clothing repair service available via in-person appointments, home pickup, or mail-in drop off—is dropping its first collection. A small batch of reworked pieces, Second Mark will feature 13 vintage barn jackets, cropped, chain-stitched, and renewed into a completely unique, one-of-one…