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Must List: Elvis Impersonators, Children’s Film Fest Begins
What to do this weekend in Seattle
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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Rearview Mirror: Crocodile Guardians, Late-Summer Potato Salad, and a Halloween Costume Hunt
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
COOKING WITH ASTER PANTRY A few leaves turn, my inbox fills with fall festival pitches and cozy brunch menus, and suddenly I want to stay home with a glass of wine and cook. I love this nesting season, though I’m not ready to give up summer produce. Earlier this year, I wrote about Seattle chefs…
WALKDONTRUN Returns This Saturday, Turning Downtown Seattle Into a Sprawling Art Show
In its second year, the free festival brings 200-plus artists to a 20-block route September 19, with a secret garden and a former 7-Eleven stocked with art.
Most walks through downtown Seattle involve trying to get somewhere. On September 19, the crosswalk itself might be the reason to stop. Heap Troupe will turn a four-way crossing into a performance, one of dozens of encounters planned for this year’s WALKDONTRUN. The free, all-ages art walk stretches across more than 20 blocks. From 11…
At Two Dot Schoolhouse, Ruth Marie Tomlinson Builds an Artistic Community
For nearly 20 years, the Seattle artist and her husband have welcomed artists, writers, and musicians to a historic Montana schoolhouse. Now they’re searching for its next stewards.
At her solo exhibition last year at The Vestibule, Seattle artist Ruth Marie Tomlinson presented a new series of work inspired by her close readings of British nature writer J.A. Baker’s The Peregrine and Icelandic author Sjón’s The Blue Fox. As if on sheets torn from a sketchbook, her pages included excerpts and outtakes of…
Rearview Mirror: Seahawks Off the Field, Seattle on the Board, and Smoked Oysters
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
HOOKED ON KNOCKS Admittedly, I am late to this one. The Seahawks’ first season of Hard Knocks, the HBO series that follows NFL teams through training camp, premiered in August, but until last week, I had never heard of it. To be honest, my football knowledge starts with knowing what a touchdown is and doesn’t…