Must List: Elvis Impersonators, Children’s Film Fest Begins
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff January 22, 2015
Must Screen
Children’s Film Festival at Northwest Film Forum
(1/22 to 2/7, times vary) Seattle’s most surprising film festival celebrates its 10th year, with more than 175 kid-oriented flicks from nearly 50 countries. With documentaries, animation, feature films and shorts, there is plenty here to keep grown-ups occupied while the younger set mingles.
Must Shop
New Sephora Store in Bellevue, Spring Trunk Show
(Dates and times vary) Stores are on the move and there’s a fresh crop of sales on the horizon. We’ve pulled together four ways to spend your hard-earned cash. Now, let’s go wild.
Must Love Me Tender
The Crocodile Hosts the 20th Annual Elvis Invitational
Friday (1/23, 8 p.m.) Watch 20+ amateur “Elvi” sing and dance to a live band and compete to win the title of Seattle’s Best Amateur Elvis.
Must See
MadArt Reveals Giant Sculpture Made from an Even More Giant Tree
(1/25, 12 to 5 p.m.) Seattle sculptor John Grade spent nine months plaster-casting a 140-year-old Hemlock tree in North Bend, then meticulously reconstructing it (using latticed wood) in the MadArt Gallery in South Lake Union. See the gorgeous result, Middle Fork, before it packs up and travels the country.
Must Make
How to Whip up a Delish Ahi Tuna Poke
This fresh starter from Ethan Stowell’s Chippy’s Fish & Drink takes just minutes to toss together at home. But if you prefer to sample the pro version first, find it on Chippy’s menu, or even better, at Seattle mag’s Pop! Bubbles and Seafood event on Saturday, February 21.
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Seattle’s Big Holiday Arts Guide
A full lineup of seasonal performances across local theaters and venues.
In the words of William Shakespeare, “All’s well that ends well.” Local theater and arts organizations are hoping for exactly that. Holiday productions often account for as much as half of their annual ticket sales. A 2018 Dance/USA survey found that The Nutcracker alone represented 48% of yearly revenue for many companies producing the Tchaikovsky…
Outside The Frame
In their first solo museum exhibition in Seattle, artist Camille Trautman uses photography to reclaim history, narrative, and self-expression.
You have probably seen Camille Trautman’s work without even realizing it. A huge photograph—20 feet wide—is currently hanging across the exterior of the Frye Art Museum, visible to passersby driving along Boren Avenue. The image is of a wooded landscape in black and white. Its edges are vacuous, with trees swallowed by darkness, but the…
Holiday Hunt in Pioneer Square
A daily ornament drop turns December into a neighborhood-wide scavenger hunt.
The holidays tend to bring out the kid in all of us. And if opening presents and eating too many treats weren’t enough, there’s also a scavenger hunt in Seattle’s oldest neighborhood. Pioneer Square’s Holiday Ornament Scavenger Hunt has returned for its third year. Twenty-five handblown glass ornaments—all made at Glasshouse Studio—are hidden across 25…
Chit-Chat Kids
Phone a friend.
Twenty years ago, before everyone walked around with a device in their pocket, kids used to call each other on a landline—often tethered to the kitchen in their home. It was a simpler time, when parents didn’t have to worry (nearly as much) about a potential predator contacting their child. Nowadays, things are different, which…