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Must List: Cinerama Reopens, Contemporary Dance Aplenty & More
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must Make Reservations
10 Restaurants Serving Up Thanksgiving Dinner
Restaurants around Seattle are preparing Thanksgiving feasts for dine in and take out. Prix-fixe menus, buffets and smoked turkeys to-go give us plenty to be thankful for this year, but make your reservations, like, now.
Must Hear
David Bazan and Passenger String Quartet Perform
Friday (11/21, 9 p.m.) Seattle singer-songwriter David Bazan (of Pedro the Lion fame) and local string ensemble extraordinaire Passenger String Quartet make beautiful music together.
Must See
A Weekend Teeming with Contemporary Dance
Dance fans have to make some tough choices this weekend—do you see the funny dance memoir by Seattle’s Peggy Piacenza, the touching hip-hop-inflected piece by LA-based David Rousséve, or the intricate work of modern dance icon Tere O’Connor? We recommend going full-bore and hitting all three!
Must Ooh and Ahh
Cinerama Reopens Today
Thursday (11/20, 8 p.m.) At last! Cinerama celebrates its grand reopening—complete with a snazzy new exterior mural and technology upgrades galore—tonight at 8 p.m. with a screening of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. Only a handful of seats are left for the taking, but relax, the beloved theater will be open evermore.
Must Shop
5 Shopping Events You Shouldn’t Miss
(Dates and times vary) Ready the plastic: A host of shopping adventures are happening this weekend and next, including the first-ever Seattle Collective at Melrose Market Studios and the Nordstrom Pop-in Gift & Go.
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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
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
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
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…