The Must List: Bumbershoot, Counter-Couture at BAM
What to do in Seattle this weekend
By Seattle magazine staff September 3, 2015
Must Rock
Jam Out at Bumbershoot
(9/5 to 9/7, times vary) It’s time once again to rock out with big famous folks (Ben Harper, Built to Spill, The Weeknd) and stellar local bands (Smokey Brights, Grace Love and the True Loves, The Cave Singers and Chimurenga Renaissance among them). Good news: it looks like the weather will clear long enough that you don’t have to lug an actual bumbershoot around the grounds.
Must Go East
BAM Presents Counter-Couture: Fashioning Identity in the American Counter Culture
(9/4 to 1/10/2016, times vary) Curated by Seattle fashion designer Michael Cepress, this exhibit celebrates the DIY vibe of hippie style during the 1960s and ’70s. Expect wildly hand-beaded jackets and boots, embroidered garments and hand-tooled accessories, all of which put a daisy in the gun barrel of corporate fashion.
Must Get Dark
Animals Lurk in the Shadows at Roq La Rue Gallery
(9/3 to 9/26, times vary) Based in Montreal, Evergreen State College grad Brad Woodfin paints deep, dark canvases in which animals linger in the shadows and beckon viewers closer.
Must See
Sound Takes the Stage at ACT Theatre
(9/9 to 10/4, times vary) Martha’s Vineyard was once known for its unusually high percentage of deaf residents–so much so that Alexander Graham Bell, whose mother was deaf, did research there in search of a cure. Playwright Don Nguyen intersperses Bell’s story with a modern-day tale about a deaf father on the island who doesn’t want his daughter to get cochlear implants.
Must Hear
Jonathan Franzen Reads at Town Hall
Wednesday (9/9, 7:30 p.m.) The award-winning and often controversial author Jonathan Franzen will read from his latest book Purity: A Novel, in which the main character crosses continents and generations while struggling with family history and personal identity.
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Studio Sessions: Jade Solomon Curtis
With an interest in how bodies retain memory, emotion, and experience, the award-winning choreographer and interdisciplinary artist Jade Solomon Curtis presents an immersive work at Seattle’s historic Union station.
Discover choreographer Jade Solomon Curtis and her immersive dance installation, Keeper of Sadness, at Seattle’s historic Union Station this August.
Northwest Tune-Up Bike and Music Festival Brings Big Air and Loud Sets to Bellingham
The three-day festival celebrates its fifth year with bike competitions and a genre-spanning music lineup—plus one unforgettable band of mummies.
If I were to summarize the sensation of attending Northwest Tune-Up, Bellingham’s three-day bike and music festival, in one image, it would be watching Tomomi Nishikubo—a Japanese street trials biker—doing acrobatic acts of derring-do on his bike while Seattle rockers Thunderpussy shred in the distance. My second lasting impression of the festival would be rounding…
Ferry Tales: Eight Indie Bookstores Worth the Ride
Plan a summer day around these bookshops in Seattle, Bremerton, Bainbridge Island, Kingston, and Poulsbo.
Independent bookstores tend to be cornerstones of the communities in which they reside, and Seattle is no exception. In addition to helping customers discover their next read, these neighborhood hubs host weekly gatherings and events, like publication release parties, author talks, and book clubs. Many of them have cafés and reading tables that encourage lingering…
Rearview Mirror: Seattle Art Fair is Back, Nordstrom Throws a Block Party, and a Must-Try Ice Cream Sundae
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
SEATTLE ART FAIR RETURNS The buzziest event of the summer (well, aside from the World Cup), is returning next week. Now in its 10th edition, the Seattle Art Fair will once again take over the Lumen Field Event Center, packing it to the gills with art from 101 local, national, and international galleries. This year,…