Must List: Capitol Hill Block Party, Seattle Opera Summer Fest
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff July 21, 2016
Must Fest
Rainier Beach Arts & Music Fest
Saturday (7/23, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.) The Rainier Beach Arts & Music Fest is a day-long celebration featuring musicians, dancers, spoken word poets and visual artists. Just a few of the day’s offerings: performances by Grace Love & the True Loves, Somali Community Dancers and the Pacific Northwest Drumline, art appreciation workshops and food trucks aplenty.
Must Marvel
Malala Yousafzai to Speak at UW
Sunday (7/24, 7:30 p.m.) Shot point-blank in the head for speaking out against the Taliban’s ban on girls’ education in her native Pakistan, Yousafzai has become a powerful voice for human rights. The youngest recipient (at 17 years old) of the Nobel Peace Prize will share her inspirational story.
Must Party in the Streets
Rock Out at the Capitol Hill Block Party
(7/22 to 7/24, times vary) Stage dive into the urban music festival vibe at the Capitol Hill Block Party, featuring awesome bands including Seattle’s high-octane rock band Thunderpussy, Odesza, Chvrches and more.
Must Bravo
Bring the Family to Seattle Opera’s Summer Fest
Saturday (7/23, 12 to 3 p.m.) Experience highlights from Seattle Opera’s upcoming season at its annual, free and family-friendly Summer Fest at McCaw Hall. Expect live music and dance performances, costume viewings and an opera artist singing tweets in real-time.
Must Shop
Glassybaby Hosts Holiday Shopping Event
(7/23 to 7/24, times vary) It’s never too early to get jazzed up about the holiday season. To showcase its new holiday collection, local hand-blown glass votive maker Glassybaby is hosting a Holidays in July event for two days only at its Madrona, Bellevue, University Village and Sea-Tac stores.
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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,…