The Must List: Affordable Art Fair, Barsuk Records’ Concert Series
What to do this weekend
By Seattle Magazine Staff November 7, 2013
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Get Ticketsa href=” http://bit.ly/1bFM2vR” target=”_blank”brTickets Still on Sale for BREW Seattle/a/strongbrSnap up your $40 pass to Seattle magazine’s inaugural BREW Seattle, a beer tasting festival on November 14 with oodles of brews on tap. Your ticket earns you six tasting tokens, each one good for a five-ounce pour (in your own special BREW Seattle mini mug)./p
pstrongMust Celebratea href=”http://bit.ly/1cGDLZc” target=”_blank”brRock on with Barsuk Records/a/strong/p
p(11/7 to 11/10, times vary) — The Seattle-based indie label celebrates its 15th anniversary with a slew of stellar Northwest bands—including The Long Winters, David Bazan, Nada Surf and Jesse Sykes—playing venues around town.strongbrbrMust Shopa href=”http://bit.ly/HBaT6j” target=”_blank”brDeck Your Walls with Affordable Art/a/strongbr(Through 11/10, times vary) — The Affordable Art Fair at Seattle Center serves up art from all over, priced from $100 to $10,000. Look for work by local artists from Seattle galleries Blindfold, Abmeyer + Wood, G.Gibson, James Harris and Patricia Rovzar.strongbrbrMust Seea href=” http://bit.ly/1bdNzDd” target=”_blank”brHead East for the Telling Tales Exhibit/a/strongbr(Through 1/19/14, times vary) — This group show of visual art that tells a story features Nate Steigenga, Anna Torma and Cappy Thompson, artists who work in collage, fiber and glass, respectively.strongbrbrMust Swarma href=” http://bit.ly/192Jtwb” target=”_blank”brCrystal Pite’s Contemporary Dance at PNB/a/strongbr(11/8 to 11/17, times vary) — The edgy, inventive Vancouver B.C.–based choreographer had swarm intelligence on the brain when she crafted Emergence, a riveting, provocative work that explores the bug-eat-bug world of the hive mind via fluttery, flicky movement./p
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