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The Must List: Hot Chocolate Run, ‘Forbidden Fruit’ at BAM

What to do this weekend in Seattle

A person holding up a chocolate bar in front of the space needle.
A person holding up a chocolate bar in front of the space needle.

Must See
Artist Alexander Keyes Installation  

(3/3 to 3/31, times vary) Keyes’ installation at Gallery4Culture, to: europa, is a meditation on the doldrums of domestic life and fantasies of escape, realized through the artist’s transformation of everyday materials. 

Must Remember
Anne Frank Exhibit at Holocaust Center Seattle 

(3/6 to 5/18, times vary) Anne Frank: A History for Today showcases the contrast between photographs of the Frank family and images of historical events at the time to demonstrate how persecuted people were affected by political decisions and the actions of others.

Must Run 
Lace Up for the Hot Chocolate 15K/5K

Sunday (3/6, 6:45 a.m.) Warm up before the Hot Chocolate 15K/5K with stretches, and stay warm postrace with a finisher mug filled with chocolate fondue, dipping treats, and of course: hot chocolate. A live DJ will help runners keep the sugared-up vibes going after the Seattle Center race.

Must Marvel
Sculptor Chris Antemann’s “Forbidden Fruit” at BAM 

(Through 5/29, times vary) Indulge in Oregon-based sculptor Chris Antemann’s traditional Western figurative art works populated with her own cheerfully erotic figures, who are surrounded by a provocative array of dessert, ornamentation and flowers.

Must Watch
Dana Michel’s Yellow Towel at On the Boards

(3/3 to 3/6, times vary) Montreal-based choreographer and performer Dana Michel’s current work, Yellow Towel, was inspired by her childhood practice of wrapping such an item around her head to emulate the blonde girls in her midst. Based upon this memory, she creates a performance alter ego, at once familiar and grotesque, through which she explores racial stereotypes.

 

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…