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What to do this weekend

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!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Park It/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/19ge4H5” target=”_blank”brPARK(ing) Day/abrFriday (9/20, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.) — Parking spaces throughout the city will morph into lounge-worthy mini-parks chock full of activities, music and more for the city’s annual PARK(ing) Day. We especially recommend the artful approach in front of Seattle Art Museum./p
pstrongMust Browse/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/15DJNol” target=”_blank”brSeattle Public Library Book Sale/abr(9/21 to 9/22, times vary) — Bibliophiles should make their way to Magnuson Park in Sand Point for this behemoth annual book sale featuring seriously cheap reads./p
pstrongMust Swoon/stronga href=” http://bit.ly/18acaLa” target=”_blank”brSimon Doonan Book Signing/abrTuesday (9/24, 5 to 7 p.m.) — Our favorite brash Brit is back in Seattle (the Barneys New York creative ambassador was here just months ago for a few fashionable soirees) to sign copies of his latest book: The Asylum: A Collage of Couture Reminiscences…and Hysteria, at—where else?—Barneys downtown./p
pstrongMust See/strongbra href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/nancy-guppy-interviews-seattle-operas-…” target=”_blank”Rick Araluce at Bellevue Arts Museum/abr(Through 2/2, times vary) — The Seattle Opera’s lead scenic artist unveils his painstakingly crafted miniatures during his first solo exhibit, The Minutes, the Hours, the Days. For more on Araluce, check out theem /ema href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/nancy-guppy-interviews-seattle-operas-…” target=”_blank”emSeattle /emmagazine QA/a./p
pstrongMust Get Spooked/stronga href=” http://bit.ly/14utN43” target=”_blank”brMark Mitchell: Burial/abr(9/21 to 10/20, times vary) — The Frye Art Museum celebrates Seattle costume designer Mark Mitchell’s beautiful takes on burial garments, which opens with a hauntingly stylish fashion show./p

 

Rearview Mirror: Crocodile Guardians, Late-Summer Potato Salad, and a Halloween Costume Hunt

Rearview Mirror: Crocodile Guardians, Late-Summer Potato Salad, and a Halloween Costume Hunt

Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).

COOKING WITH ASTER PANTRY A few leaves turn, my inbox fills with fall festival pitches and cozy brunch menus, and suddenly I want to stay home with a glass of wine and cook. I love this nesting season, though I’m not ready to give up summer produce. Earlier this year, I wrote about Seattle chefs…

WALKDONTRUN Returns This Saturday, Turning Downtown Seattle Into a Sprawling Art Show

WALKDONTRUN Returns This Saturday, Turning Downtown Seattle Into a Sprawling Art Show

In its second year, the free festival brings 200-plus artists to a 20-block route September 19, with a secret garden and a former 7-Eleven stocked with art.

Most walks through downtown Seattle involve trying to get somewhere. On September 19, the crosswalk itself might be the reason to stop. Heap Troupe will turn a four-way crossing into a performance, one of dozens of encounters planned for this year’s WALKDONTRUN. The free, all-ages art walk stretches across more than 20 blocks. From 11…

At Two Dot Schoolhouse, Ruth Marie Tomlinson Builds an Artistic Community

At Two Dot Schoolhouse, Ruth Marie Tomlinson Builds an Artistic Community

For nearly 20 years, the Seattle artist and her husband have welcomed artists, writers, and musicians to a historic Montana schoolhouse. Now they’re searching for its next stewards. 

At her solo exhibition last year at The Vestibule, Seattle artist Ruth Marie Tomlinson presented a new series of work inspired by her close readings of British nature writer J.A. Baker’s The Peregrine and Icelandic author Sjón’s The Blue Fox. As if on sheets torn from a sketchbook, her pages included excerpts and outtakes of…

Rearview Mirror: Seahawks Off the Field, Seattle on the Board, and Smoked Oysters

Rearview Mirror: Seahawks Off the Field, Seattle on the Board, and Smoked Oysters

Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).

HOOKED ON KNOCKS Admittedly, I am late to this one. The Seahawks’ first season of Hard Knocks, the HBO series that follows NFL teams through training camp, premiered in August, but until last week, I had never heard of it. To be honest, my football knowledge starts with knowing what a touchdown is and doesn’t…