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
Three Things to See at Seattle Art Fair This Weekend
From tufted wool creatures to shimmering mother-of-pearl waves, these standout works demand a closer look.
There was joy in the air as the Seattle Art Fair opened the doors for its 10th edition Thursday, July 23, with visitors streaming in to the cool, dark interior of Lumen Field Event Center to be greeted with flutes of champagne and a fantastic feast of art. Though the theme this year is textile…
Rearview Mirror: Storytellers in Clay, Wild Seattle, and an Alaskan Feast I’ll Never Forget
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
CLAY RELATIONS I went to see the Seattle Asian Art Museum’s new Kondō family exhibit expecting beautiful ceramics, and there are plenty. What I didn’t expect was a fascinating story that starts with samurai. Long before pottery became the family trade, earlier generations guarded Kiyomizudera, a historic Buddhist temple in Kyoto. That role vanished when…
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…