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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The three-day festival celebrates its fifth year with bike competitions and a genre-spanning music lineup—plus one unforgettable band of mummies.
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Ferry Tales: Eight Indie Bookstores Worth the Ride
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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,…
Studio Sessions: Jennifer Leigh Harrison
Seattle artist Jennifer Leigh Harrison uses layers of paint and abstraction to explore what we carry beneath the surface.
Jennifer Leigh Harrison’s paintings are dense with movement. Color and texture gather into mosaic-like fields, as if they have been fractured and reformed. There are places in the work where a frenetic buzz seems trapped between the canvas and the first layer of paint. That energy runs through Patterns of Belonging, her current exhibition at…