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The Must List: Carrie in Musical Form and the Seattle Opera’s Daughter of the Regiment

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!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Be Afraid/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/15NdgOA” target=”_blank”brGet in the Spooky Spirit with Carrie: The Musical/abr(Through 10/26, times vary) — Check out the Broadway take on Stephen King’s unsettling tale, as interpreted by Seattle’s own Balagan Theatre. Prepare for pig’s blood on prom night!/p
pstrongMust Dine/stronga href=” http://bit.ly/19bSeG2” target=”_blank”brHave Dinner and Cocktails at Monsoon East/abrMonday (10/21, 6:30 p.m.) — Wine pairings are a given. But Monsoon’s sibling chefs Sophie and Eric Banh, along with bar manager Jon Christiansen, will prove food tastes great with cocktails, too, at this three-course dinner./p
pstrongMust Read/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/1bZChsv” target=”_blank”embrSeattle Health/em magazine is on Stands Now/abrThe fall/winter issue of Seattle Health magazine is officially on newsstands. Pick up your copy for the latest information on pregnancy and caring for your baby, plus a timely collection of local health care news you can use.brstrongbrMust Bravo!/stronga href=” http://bit.ly/1fDU4qJ” target=”_blank”brA Lighter Take on Opera: Daughter of the Regiment/abr(10/19 to 11/2, times vary) — It’s not always about horned helmets and blond braids. To wit: Seattle Opera’s production of The Daughter of the Regiment, a funny take on 19th-century composer Donizetti’s tomboy story, set in the 1940s and sung en français./p
pstrongMust See/stronga href=” http://bit.ly/19kfNe2” target=”_blank”brLocally Penned One-Woman Play Bo-nita Opens/abr(10/18 to 11/17, times vary) — Acclaimed Seattle playwright Elizabeth Heffron penned this funny yet harrowing story about a girl forced to grow up way too soon. Young local actress Hannah Mootz stars, channeling seven distinct characters in this tour-de-force role./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…