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Local Band The Head and the Heart at the Paramount, Miró on Display at SAM and Seattle Opera’s ‘The Consul’ Opens

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!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Horse Aroundbr /a href=”http://bit.ly/1bmXtJ0” target=”_blank”Odysseo by Cavalia Gallops into Marymoor Park/a/strongbr /(Through 3/16, times vary) — More than 60 horses are the stars of this theatrical, acrobatics-meets-animals show, in which performers showcase equestrian arts underneath an enormous Big Top./p
pstrongMust Rockbr /a href=”http://bit.ly/1mb0woV” target=”_blank”Head and the Heart Perform at the Paramount/a/strongbr /(2/21 to 2/11, times vary) — Seattle indie rockers The Head and the Heart celebrate their new album Let’s Be Still with a show at the grand old Paramount./p
pstrongMust Seebr /a href=”http://bit.ly/1c3kYlt” target=”_blank”Two Influential Artists Grace the Frye Museum/a/strongbr /(2/22 to 5/25, times vary) — Meet two of the most influential artists of the 20th century in the new exhibit Isamu Noguchi and Qi Baishi: Beijing 1930, which features drawings, ink paintings, calligraphic works and sculptures (43 by Noguchi and 23 by Qi Baishi) and shines fresh light on the student/teacher relationship between this young Japanese American and his Chinese mentor./p
pstrongMust Viewbr /a href=”http://bit.ly/1gWYsim” target=”_blank”Joan Miró Goes 3D at SAM/a/strongbr /(Through 5/25, times vary) — Remembered for his declared intent to “assassinate” established painting methods, influential Barcelona-born artist Joan Miró believed he could be truly radical by way of sculpture. The new exhibit Miró: The Experience of Seeing features 48 paintings, drawings and rarely seen sculptures made between 1963 and 1983. After getting your arty fill, saunter down to the museum’s Taste restaurant for Spanish bites inspired by the exhibit./p
pstrongMust Bravobr /a href=”http://bit.ly/1h7MQba” target=”_blank”Opening Night of Seattle Opera’s “The Consul”/a/strongbr /(2/22 to 3/2, times vary) — Big Brother is watching in Seattle Opera’s premiere of The Consul, a gripping, Pulitzer Prize–winning American opera set in the mid-20th century. Peer into a world ruled by a bureaucratic totalitarian state and see if compassion can save the desperate, persecuted Sorel family./p

 

Rearview Mirror: Godzilla, Cork, and a New Sushi Spot

Rearview Mirror: Godzilla, Cork, and a New Sushi Spot

Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).

POPPING OUR SENSES I don’t think I’ve ever given much thought to a wine cork beyond the satisfying pop it makes when opening a bottle, but after spending a morning at DeLille Cellars in Woodinville with about 50 other people, I have a new appreciation for it. The occasion was “(Pop) Open Your Senses,” a…

Best Bookstore: Beguiled Books

Best Bookstore: Beguiled Books

This Pioneer Square darling is easy to spot: pink doors and candy-striped details mark its home near Occidental Square. Beguiled Books started in 2024 as a mobile bookstore, making its way from table to tent to trailer, and finally to its current brick-and-mortar space. Labelling itself as “Seattle’s Original Romance Bookstore,” Beguiled specializes in just…

Best Art Gallery: Foster/White Gallery

Best Art Gallery: Foster/White Gallery

A pillar in Pioneer Square’s arts ecosystem, Foster/White Gallery opened in 1966 (then called Richard White Gallery) as the first space of its kind in the neighborhood. It soon gained notoriety for showing preeminent Northwest artists such as Morris Graves, William Morris, George Tsutakawa, and Dale Chihuly. In the decades after founding the gallery, its…

Best Museum: Seattle Art Museum

Best Museum: Seattle Art Museum

A vote for Seattle Art Museum is really a vote for three different art outings. The downtown museum pairs ambitious exhibitions with a global collection; the Seattle Asian Art Museum occupies SAM’s original 1933 Art Deco home amid the 43 acres of Capitol Hill’s Volunteer Park; and the Olympic Sculpture Park puts art out in…