Must List: Ghosts of Tonkin, Color Run at Seattle Center
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff May 7, 2015
Must Run
The Color Run Takes Over the Seattle Center
Sunday (5/10, 8 a.m.) Pop on a white shirt and prepare to be pelted with puffs of color (aka dyed cornstarch) during this popular 5K, which is less about speed and more about turning Technicolor. Starts and ends at Seattle Center.
Must Fight The Man
Wage Slaves Reading at Hugo House
Monday (5/11, 7 to 9 p.m.) Regale in stories and poems about everyone’s favorite thing to complain about: work. New York Times bestselling novelist Jonathan Evison, Washington State Poet Laureate Elizabeth Austen, poet Daemond Arrindell and YA author Jennifer Longo talk cubes, classrooms, cemeteries and correctional centers in Wage Slaves: Tales From The Grind.
Must See
Bellingham Playwright’s Ghosts of Tonkin
(5/2 to 5/10, times vary) Bellingham TheatreWorks presents the behind-the-scenes true story of how one man, Senator Wayne Morse (D-OR), tried to stop the Vietnam War—by opposing President Johnson’s Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorizing increased U.S. military involvement in the quagmire.
Must Hear
Rock Out to the Sounds of the Fab Four
(5/9 to 5/10, times vary) Seattle’s most rockin’ orchestra, aptly named Seattle Rock Orchestra, gives the classic Beatles albums Let it Be and Abbey Road the symphonic treatment at The Moore Theatre.
Must Brunch
Treat Mom to a Brunch Fit for a Queen
Sunday (5/10, times vary) Nothing says “I love you” and “I won’t do it again” and “Yes, I will clean up my toys and eat my vegetables and let you sleep” like brunch. Celebrate mum at one of these four restaurants, all featuring brand-new brunch menus.
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