Must List: Dame Edna’s Farewell, Seahawks and Portland’s Pink Martini
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff January 15, 2015
Must Laugh
Dame Edna’s Final ‘Goodbye’ Starts in Seattle
(1/15 to 1/18, times vary) Australian comedy goddess Dame Edna Everage (Barry Humphries) is calling it quits after entertaining audiences for nearly a half-century. Catch her last show, Dame Edna’s Glorious Goodbye: The Farewell Tour at The Moore Theatre.
Must Hear
Pink Martini Teams up with Seattle Symphony
(1/20 to 1/22, 7:30 p.m.) Portland’s Pink Martini plays its jazzy swing sounds, backed by the Seattle Symphony.
Must Cheer
Seahawks Play in the NFC Championship Game
Sunday (1/18, 12:05 p.m.) The Seahawks battle it out this Sunday against Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers for a chance to return to the Super Bowl. If you’re not joining the 12s at CenturyLink Field on Sunday and need a place to cheer on ‘Hawks, we’ve got a full list of spirited spots.
Must Eat
Your Guide to the Best Soups in Town
Warm up with a bowl of savory, house-made soup from some of the top restaurants in Seattle and on the Eastside.
Must See
Whim W’him Dance Company’s New Show
(Through 1/18, times vary) With Threefold, Seattle modern dance company Whim Whim (helmed by former PNB star Olivier Wevers) presents three new works, including one titled “We Are Not the Same,” which explores the choreographer’s peeve with the phrase “same love.”
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Three Things to See at Seattle Art Fair This Weekend
From tufted wool creatures to shimmering mother-of-pearl waves, these standout works demand a closer look.
There was joy in the air as the Seattle Art Fair opened the doors for its 10th edition Thursday, July 23, with visitors streaming in to the cool, dark interior of Lumen Field Event Center to be greeted with flutes of champagne and a fantastic feast of art. Though the theme this year is textile…
Rearview Mirror: Storytellers in Clay, Wild Seattle, and an Alaskan Feast I’ll Never Forget
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
CLAY RELATIONS I went to see the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s new Kondō family exhibit expecting beautiful ceramics, and there are plenty. What I didn’t expect was a fascinating story that starts with samurai. Long before pottery became the family trade, earlier generations guarded Kiyomizudera, a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto. That role vanished when…
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…