The Must List: New Barbecue Resto, the Seattle Design Festival Continues
What to do this weekend
By Seattle magazine staff September 11, 2014
Must Nosh
Jack’s BBQ Opened This Week
Nearly six months after announcing that he was turning his famous Seattle Brisket Experience pop-up into a real-life restaurant, Jack Timmons has finally opened Jack’s BBQ. Go now for meat, meat and more meat.
Must Meet and Greet
TV Host Giuliana Rancic Comes to Town
Sunday (9/14, 9 to 11 a.m.) — Join E! News host Giuliana Rancic at Southcenter for a champagne brunch, fashion show and pampering event on Sunday, September 14 in support of her charity, Fab-U-Wish, which grants fashion, beauty and celebrity-themed wishes for women undergoing treatment for breast or ovarian cancer.
Must Hear
Joe Guppy Reads From his New Memoir
Saturday (9/13, 7 p.m.) — In My Fluorescent God, Almost Live! alum Joe Guppy recounts the story of his self-described “crazy period” in 1971, when he stayed for a stint in a Seattle mental hospital, haunted by the hellfire of his Catholic faith as well as his dark determination to jump off the Aurora Bridge. Hear him read at Elliott Bay Book Company.
Must See
It’s Design Festival Time
Through 9/19, times vary — The fourth annual Seattle Design Festival is a citywide celebration of, you guessed it, design. On 9/13 and 9/14, the local heavy-weights of graphic design, industrial design and architecture converge at the Central Library for a free series of lectures, talks, film screenings and more.
Must Plant
Bellevue Botanical Garden Hosts Spring Vegetable Garden Class
Thursday (9/18, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.) — Get the rundown on how to prep your plots of earth for next year’s spring veggie garden, including soil prep, the best locations for edibles and which plants thrive in our climate.
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Go See Diné Artist Eric-Paul Riege’s Largest Show to Date at the Henry Art Gallery
With a mix of mediums, ojo|-|ólǫ́ examines questions surrounding the authenticity and ownership of Indigenous work.
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Rearview Mirror: Ballet’s Saddest Story, New Art in the Sculpture Park, and a Home-Grown Wine Label Promoting Social Justice
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
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Studio Sessions: Gabriel Stromberg
For his current show at studio e gallery, Gabriel Stromberg explores the challenges of working with clay.
Gabriel Stromberg has been a name about town for nearly two decades. As one of the cofounders of design firm Civilization (where he was the creative director and lead designer from 2008 to 2022), Stromberg worked on many award-winning projects, helped produce the wildly popular and always packed Design Lecture Series, and co-created and moderated…