Must List: Italian Cinema, World’s Quickest Theater Fest at ACT
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff January 7, 2016
Must See
Italian Cinema at SAM
(1/7 to 3/17, times vary) Seattle Art Museum’s wide-ranging Italian film series includes classic films directed by Fellini, Antonioni and Visconti, and starring Claudia Cardinale, Monica Vitti, Toni Servillo and Clint Eastwood. 1/7, Il Grido (The Cry); 1/14, L’Avventura; 1/21, I Fidanzati (The Fiancés); 1/28, The Witches.
Must Hear
Pianist Garrick Ohlsson at Meany Hall
(1/12, 7:30 p.m.) World-renowned pianist Garrick Ohlsson performs works by Chopin and Beethoven as well as Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
Must ACT Fast
ACT’s World’s Quickest Theater Festival
(1/8-1/9 and 1/15-1/16, times vary) ACT — A Contemporary Theater challenges Seattle artists to write, cast, rehearse and perform 14 brand-new plays in just 48 hours during “14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival.” Watch the participants’ quick thinking take center stage.
Must Be a Fan
Robin Layton To Sign Copies of 12
(1/9, 1 to 4 p.m.) Robin Layton’s blurred shows of Seahawks fans transform sports photography into impressionistic art. She’ll talk about how she captures the energy and enthusiasm of the crowd and sign copies of her new coffee table book, 12, at Winston Wachter Fine Art gallery in South Lake Union.
Must Discover
Pae White Installation at Henry Art Gallery
(Through 1/24, times vary) Los Angeles artist Pae White’s current installation at the Henry Art Gallery, Command-Shift-4, transforms the spacious lower gallery into a dynamic space where visitors are subject to sudden, disorienting perceptual shifts as they slowly wander through it.
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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,…