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What to do this weekend in Seattle

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Must Listen
Two Music Greats Play the Paramount

Saturday (3/14, 8 p.m.) With 32 Grammy Awards between them, music legends Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea take the stage together in a show that very well may cause fans to spontaneously combust.

Must See
PNB’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Forsythe
(3/13 to 3/22, times vary) Our own Pacific Northwest Ballet performs The Vertiginous Thrill of Forsythe, a triple bill of stunning work by the contemporary choreographer, known for his exacting, relentlessly paced pieces that put dancers through the paces and audiences over the moon.

Must Go Green
St. Patrick’s Day Events In and Around Seattle

(Dates and times vary) Pull out the cable-knit sweater and gather ’round the Guinness, because St. Patrick’s Day is coming and celebrations aplenty are brewing all over town.

Must Screen
Jewish Film Festival Kicks Off

(3/14 to 3/22, times vary) Join the 20th-anniversary celebration of this festival of Jewish cinema, this year boasting 31 films from 10 countries, including Hanna’s Journey (surrounding the continuing evolution of German-Israeli relations), Mr. Kaplan (about an elderly Jew in South America who becomes convinced he’s discovered a former Nazi) and Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem (about an Israeli woman who spends five years trying to get a divorce).

Must Go East
Bellevue Arts Museum Showcases Political Pins

(3/13 to 6/7, times vary) Who among us can boast a Presidential Medal of Freedom and a killer brooch collection? Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright knows politics, and she also knows how to accessorize. Showcasing her signature “diplomacy through pins,” Read My Pins features standouts from her collection including a golden serpent, a Lady Liberty with clocks for eyes, and a ruby-eyed eagle gripping a pearl in its talons.

 

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…