The Must List: Earshot Jazz Festival, Lesbian and Gay Film Fest
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff October 9, 2015
Must Listen
Earshot Jazz Festival Takes Over the Town
(10/9 to 11/18, times vary) This year’s citywide jazz-aganza boasts more than 50 concerts, including the Wayne Shorter Quartet (above) (10/11), starring the Grammy-gobbling saxophonist; Colombian jazz harpist Edmar Castañeda (10/16), who plays the instrument in ways you’ve never seen; the Memphis-born, globally influenced Charles Lloyd Quartet (10/17); and Afro-Cuban ensemble Pedrito Martinez Group (10/22).
Must View
What to See at the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
(10/8 to 10/18, times vary) The fest celebrates 20 years of insubordinate cinema with a compelling lineup featuring Freeheld, a movie based on a true story about the right to transfer pension benefits to domestic partners and the new, locally made documentary Drag Becomes Him, about Seattle performer Jinkx Monsoon.
Must Stroll
Intimate Impressionism at SAM
(Through 1/3/2016, times vary) In the new show Intimate Impressionism from the National Gallery of Art, SAM fills its walls with tiny treasures: small-scale paintings by a bunch of French guys you may have heard of, such as Monet, Cezanne, Degas and Renoir and one from the Netherlands who goes by Van Gogh.
Must See
Bloomsday at ACT Theatre
(Through 10/11, times vary) This world-premiere play by prolific local playwright Steven Dietz (Becky’s New Car) spins out from James Joyce’s Ulysses into the time-traveling story of a man searching Dublin for the woman he fell for 30 years prior.
Must Take a Selfie
Photo Center Northwest Presents Me and My Selfie
(10/10 to 10/31, times vary) There’s an “if you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” vibe to the exhibit Me and My Selfie, which explores this worldwide phenomenon in the context of photographic self-portraiture in art history. Yes, you will be invited to submit your selfies!
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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…
Ferry Tales: Eight Indie Bookstores Worth the Ride
Plan a summer day around these bookshops in Seattle, Bremerton, Bainbridge Island, Kingston, and Poulsbo.
Independent bookstores tend to be cornerstones of the communities in which they reside, and Seattle is no exception. In addition to helping customers discover their next read, these neighborhood hubs host weekly gatherings and events, like publication release parties, author talks, and book clubs. Many of them have cafés and reading tables that encourage lingering…
Rearview Mirror: Seattle Art Fair is Back, Nordstrom Throws a Block Party, and a Must-Try Ice Cream Sundae
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
SEATTLE ART FAIR RETURNS The buzziest event of the summer (well, aside from the World Cup), is returning next week. Now in its 10th edition, the Seattle Art Fair will once again take over the Lumen Field Event Center, packing it to the gills with art from 101 local, national, and international galleries. This year,…