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‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ Opens, Drink and Draw on Capitol Hill and Get Ready to Run for a Good Cause

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!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Multitaskbra href=”http://bit.ly/1qlbfiR” target=”_blank”Draw a Masterpiece and Drink a Pint/a/strongbrThursday (4/10, 7 p.m.) — Capitol Hill Cider is taking an active approach to the neighborhood’s second-Thursday art walk with “Drink and Draw,” curated by the Gage Academy of Art, wherein patrons use free drawing supplies to sketch live models while sipping suds./p
pstrongMust Marvelbra href=”http://bit.ly/1ka5qms” target=”_blank”PNB’s emA Midsummer Night’s Dream /emOpens/a/strongbr(4/11 to 4/19, times vary) — Pacific Northwest Ballet brings Shakespeare’s woodland comedy to life with George Balanchine’s incomparable choreography and Felix Mendelssohn’s memorable score. The familiar story of how love, mischief and mishaps arise when humans and fairies mix is as appealing as ever./p
pstrongMust Seebra href=” http://bit.ly/1gQ7HOa” target=”_blank”Bellevue Arts Museum Hosts Contemporary Craft Exhibit/a/strongbr(Through 4/27, times vary) — Where is the line between art and craft? The answer proves elusive in this show featuring more than 60 works in wood, ceramic and fiber by emerging and established artists from all over./p
pstrongMust Hearbra href=” http://bit.ly/1lNebmi” target=”_blank”Author Lorrie Moore at the Downtown Seattle Library/a/strongbrSaturday (4/12, 7 to 8:30 p.m.) — Beloved fiction writer Lorrie Moore (Birds of America; A Gate at the Stairs) reads from her new collection of short stories, Bark, at the Central Library in downtown Seattle./p
pstrongMust Runbra href=”http://bit.ly/1lT7OQW” target=”_blank”What to Expect atem Seattle/em Magazine’s 2014 Earth Day Run/a/strongbrSaturday (4/19, 9:30 a.m.) — Celebratory pints from West Seattle Brewing Company and sustenance from Chopstix and Curb Jumper Street Eats food trucks will be at the ready when you cross the finish line of our fun 5k run along the Alki waterfront./p

 

Rearview Mirror: Crocodile Guardians, Late-Summer Potato Salad, and a Halloween Costume Hunt

Rearview Mirror: Crocodile Guardians, Late-Summer Potato Salad, and a Halloween Costume Hunt

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

COOKING WITH ASTER PANTRY A few leaves turn, my inbox fills with fall festival pitches and cozy brunch menus, and suddenly I want to stay home with a glass of wine and cook. I love this nesting season, though I’m not ready to give up summer produce. Earlier this year, I wrote about Seattle chefs…

WALKDONTRUN Returns This Saturday, Turning Downtown Seattle Into a Sprawling Art Show

WALKDONTRUN Returns This Saturday, Turning Downtown Seattle Into a Sprawling Art Show

In its second year, the free festival brings 200-plus artists to a 20-block route September 19, with a secret garden and a former 7-Eleven stocked with art.

Most walks through downtown Seattle involve trying to get somewhere. On September 19, the crosswalk itself might be the reason to stop. Heap Troupe will turn a four-way crossing into a performance, one of dozens of encounters planned for this year’s WALKDONTRUN. The free, all-ages art walk stretches across more than 20 blocks. From 11…

At Two Dot Schoolhouse, Ruth Marie Tomlinson Builds an Artistic Community

At Two Dot Schoolhouse, Ruth Marie Tomlinson Builds an Artistic Community

For nearly 20 years, the Seattle artist and her husband have welcomed artists, writers, and musicians to a historic Montana schoolhouse. Now they’re searching for its next stewards. 

At her solo exhibition last year at The Vestibule, Seattle artist Ruth Marie Tomlinson presented a new series of work inspired by her close readings of British nature writer J.A. Baker’s The Peregrine and Icelandic author Sjón’s The Blue Fox. As if on sheets torn from a sketchbook, her pages included excerpts and outtakes of…

Rearview Mirror: Seahawks Off the Field, Seattle on the Board, and Smoked Oysters

Rearview Mirror: Seahawks Off the Field, Seattle on the Board, and Smoked Oysters

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

HOOKED ON KNOCKS Admittedly, I am late to this one. The Seahawks’ first season of Hard Knocks, the HBO series that follows NFL teams through training camp, premiered in August, but until last week, I had never heard of it. To be honest, my football knowledge starts with knowing what a touchdown is and doesn’t…