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Must List: Cocktail Party Dance Show, Political Thriller on Stage
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must Interact
On The Boards Presents Complex Movements
(4/16 to 4/19, times vary) A hip-hop activist, a graphic designer and a creative technologist walk into a bar. Or something like that. This innovative, interactive, futuristic Detroit collective blends music, high-tech visuals and immersive activism as they invite viewers to imagine themselves as post-apocalyptic survivors.
Must See
Monica Bill Barnes and Company at Velocity Dance Center
Thursday (4/16, 7:30 p.m.) Choreographer Monica Bill Barnes holds up a mirror to our most awkward and ambitious moments and makes us laugh at our shared humanity. See her dance with Anna Bass in Happy Hour, “the world’s first-ever cocktail party dance show.”
Must Eat
The 10 Best New Restaurants In and Around Seattle
Poor us. We spent the year eating delicious things at new restaurants, and there were more than a few. Our list of 10 knockout restaurants you absolutely cannot miss starts right here.
Must Watch
Political Thriller Comes to Life on Stage
(Through 5/17, times vary) The immigration issues explored in Chris Cleave’s bestselling book, Little Bee—a political thriller about a Nigerian teenage refugee—are brought to life on stage by the Book-It crew.
Must Hear
New Book Gives a Personal Take on Pot Legalization
Tuesday (4/21, 7:30 p.m.) Hear local writer Bruce Barcott read from his book Weed the People: The Future of Legal Marijuana in America when he speaks at Town Hall with Christian Hageseth, author of Big Weed: An Entrepreneur’s High-Stakes Adventures in the Budding Legal Marijuana Business.
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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
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
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
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…