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The Must List: Dancing Til Dusk, a Mid-Week Fashion Fete and Classical Music in Quilcene

What to do this weekend

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!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Picnica href=”http://bit.ly/18t4an5” target=”_blank”brAuction of Washington Wines Picnic Barrel Eventbr/a/strongThursday (8/15, 4 p.m.) — Behold, the Top 10 tips for making the most of your time at the Auction of Washington Wines Picnic event.strongbrbrMust Fete Fashiona href=”http://bit.ly/19iKS4X” target=”_blank”brW Hotel’s Wear Wednesdaysbr/a/strongWednesday (8/21, 5 to 7 p.m.) — Join the fun this week at the W Hotel’s Wear Wednesdays to fete emSeattle /emmagazine’s 2013 Seamless in Seattle grand prize winner amid bevs and bites from the W’s Trace restaurant.strongbrbrMust Heara href=” http://bit.ly/17qh4Ru” target=”_blank”brOlympic Music Festival in Quilcene/a/strongbr(8/17 to 8/18, times vary) — Chamber musicians play (a different program each weekend in August) in an historic dairy barn as you picnic on the pastoral grounds. On tap for this weekend are Schubert favorites, including Fantasy in C Major for violin and piano.strongbrbrMust Ferry/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/18vNco6” target=”_blank”strongbrJherek Bischoff Friends/strong/abrFriday (8/16, 7:30 p.m.) — Hop the ferry to Bainbridge Island for a can’t-miss concert by avant-garde composer (and BI native) Jherek Bischoff—whose music is so uniquely beautiful David Byrne agreed to sing on his album last year. We’re betting you’ll be similarly enchanted./p
pstrongMust Watusia href=” http://bit.ly/125NrVW” target=”_blank”brDancing Til Dusk/a/strongbrThursday (8/15, 6 to 9:30 p.m.) — Bust out your best shoes for this high-energy, ‘60s-themed dance session in downtown’s Freeway Park, featuring a dance lesson, live band, and cutting a rug until sundown./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…