Must List: Pompeii Exhibit, Sample Sale in Belltown & More
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff February 26, 2015
Must Tour
Pompeii: The Exhibition at Pacific Science Center
(Through 5/25, times vary) Travel back to the year 79 where the Mount Vesuvius eruption is re-created by way of hundreds of artifacts, body casts from the excavated dead and an immersive CGI experience that brings the eruption home (and imparts new ominousness to Mount Rainier).
Must See Dear
Elizabeth Honors Hand-Written Letters
(Through 3/3, times vary) Remember letters? Award-winning playwright Sarah Ruhl (Eurydice, The Clean House) celebrates the hand-written form in this story based on the 30-year correspondence between 20th-century poets Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell. The two were entwined with other partners, but shared a deep intellectual connection, expressed beautifully on paper.
Must Shop
Schai Sample Sale in Belltown
(2/26 to 2/28, times vary) Sell Your Sole Consignment hosts a sample sale for Schai, the effortlessly chic label from local designer Suk Chai. The three-day fashion extravaganza begins with a cocktail soiree on Thursday, February 26, and continues through Saturday evening.
Must Go East
Jason Walker’s Ceramics on Display at Bellevue Arts Museum
(Through 3/1, times vary) In “On the River, Down the Road,” Northwest ceramic artist Jason Walker builds a site-specific surrealist installation that presents the human imprint on the natural world by way of apocalyptic animals crafted of porcelain
Must Eat
9 Things to Try from Seattle Wine and Food Experience
With its more than 50 bites and 600 beverages, the annual foodie event has come and gone again. Couldn’t make it this year? No problem. Below find our picks from the event for best eats, sweets and libations.
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