The Must List: Last-Minute Boozy Gifts, Jazz at Town Hall and a New SLU Art Installation
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle Magazine Staff December 18, 2014
Must Groove
Duke Ellington’s ‘Sacred Music’ at Town Hall
Saturday (12/20, 7:30 p.m.) Earshot Jazz presents the 26th annual concert, a swinging show featuring Ellington’s personal take on “sacred music.” Tickets can be purchased now at Brown Paper Tickets.
Must Shop
5 Boozy Presents Sure to Please
Playing Santa for someone fond of a good drink? This bottled gift guide was designed especially for all you last-minute gift givers.
Must See
New Public Art Installation in South Lake Union
This time of year can start to feel like you’re trapped in a crinkling vortex of wrapping paper with “Jingle Bell Rock” on repeat. But with his new, permanent work of public art, “There Is Another Sky,” suspended four stories above a walkway between two Amazon buildings in South Lake Union, New York artist Spencer Finch reminds us to slow down and look up.
Must Smell
Watch Willy Wonka in Smell-O-Vision
(Through 1/4/2015, times vary) Snozzberries are back! Indulge in the 1971 classic the best way possible—with a complimentary “Wonkariffic” goodie bag of sweets.
Must Go East
Mercer Island’s Big Chanukah Show
Saturday (12/20, 7 p.m.) Celebrate Chanukah with a vaudeville-style performance featuring Jewish Chanukah-related music, comedy and other entertainment.
Follow Us
Studio Sessions: Jo Cosme
The Seattle-based multimedia artist and 2026 Neddy Award winner challenges the postcard version of Puerto Rico and centers the persistence of its people.
Jo Cosme knows how seductive a postcard can be. The Seattle-based Boricua (Puerto Rican) multimedia artist works across photography, installation, video, sound, and interactive elements to examine and pull apart how Puerto Rico is seen, sold, and misunderstood from the outside. Trained in photojournalism, with a BFA in photography from Puerto Rico School of Fine…
Seattle’s Drag Brunch Has History
The city’s Sunday shows started long before the mimosas got bottomless.
There was a time not too long ago, when drag performances—now a mainstay of Seattle’s queer scene—were kept under wraps. And when brunches, complete with singing and dancing queens dressed in dazzling drag as you sipped mimosas, weren’t a Sunday staple. During the 1940s and ‘50s, an era largely shaped by restrictive laws and bias…
Studio Sessions: Sangram Majumdar
Working at the confluence of history, culture, and various painting traditions, UW associate professor Sangram Majumdar is one of this year’s Neddy Artist Award winners.
Discover the art of UW professor Sangram Majumdar, a 2026 Neddy Artist Award winner. Learn about his inspiration and upcoming Seattle exhibition at Cornish.
Rearview Mirror: A Georgian Dinner, Sidewalk Sips, and One-of-a-Kind Clothing
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
A new life for old clothes To celebrate one year in its current studio, the FXRY—a clothing repair service available via in-person appointments, home pickup, or mail-in drop off—is dropping its first collection. A small batch of reworked pieces, Second Mark will feature 13 vintage barn jackets, cropped, chain-stitched, and renewed into a completely unique, one-of-one…