Must List: PNB Presents Romeo et Juliette, Design Center Sample Sale
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff February 4, 2016
Must Hear
Seattle Improvised Music Festival
(2/4 to 2/6, 7:30 p.m.) Seattle musicians put their talents to the test during the 31st Seattle Improvised Music Festival. During the three-day event at Wallingford’s Good Shepherd Center Chapel, you can catch on-the-spot and off-the-cuff collaborations between the city’s bravest vocalists, saxophonists, guitarists, bassoonists, violinists and other musicians.
Must Plie
PNB Presents Romeo et Juliette
(2/5 to 2/14, times vary) Jean-Christophe Maillot’s spare, emotional interpretation of Shakespeare’s famous love story, set to the stirring score by Sergei Prokofiev, is once again part of the Pacific Northwest Ballet season. Maillot’s romantic take on love, family strife and death has become an enduring part of the company’s repertoire.
Must Shop
Seattle Design Center Sample Sale
(2/6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) This once-a-year, open-to-the-public sample sale is packed with lighting, rugs, bedding, furniture and beyond from luxe designer showrooms such as J. Garner Home and Mafi International. Snag perfect pad-sprucing furnishings with wallet-friendly price tags.
Must Make
How to Shop Asian Markets to Create a Chinese New Year Feast
The eve of Year of the Monkey falls on February 7, and that’s when Asian families will gather for what’s called the reunion feast. Here, contributing writer Hsiao-Ching Chou navigates the uninitiated through the aisles of our plentiful Asian markets.
Must Listen
Amber Tamblyn Poetry Reading at Town Hall
(2/10, 7:30 p.m.) Writer and actress Amber Tamblyn reads her poetry and prose as her mother, Bonnie Tamblyn, plays guitar. Together they will weave together an intimate evening of music and storytelling.
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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…
Ferry Tales: Eight Indie Bookstores Worth the Ride
Plan a summer day around these bookshops in Seattle, Bremerton, Bainbridge Island, Kingston, and Poulsbo.
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,…