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The Must List: Rock with the Beat Connection at Neumos, Get Your SIFF On and Nosh to Fight Hunger
Must Support
Drink for a Good Cause
Through May 31 — Several local restaurants, including Elliott’s Oyster House, Ray’s Boathouse, Ivar’s, Toulouse Petit and Ba Bar, have partnered with broVo Spirits to serve up classic cocktails throughout May in honor of National Brain Tumor Awareness Month. A portion of the proceeds for each cocktail ordered goes to the Kathi Goertzen Foundation, the organization created to help raise research funds for brain cancer cures and patient support.
Must SIFF
Film Festival Kicks Off
If you’ve ever had the desire to crash a giant, impossible-to-get-into red-carpet party, the Seattle International Film Festival’s sold-out Opening Night Gala might be the time to try. But for less adventurous types, SIFF begins this Friday, May 17, and runs through Sunday, June 9. Still deciding what to see? Arts and culture editor Brangien Davis sheds some light with her picks.
Must Hipp, Hipp, Hurra
17th of May
Scads of Scandinavians will march down Ballard streets for the annual 17th of May (aka “Syttende Mai”), a festival and parade celebrating Norwegian Constitution Day. Expect drill teams, marching bands, classic cars and plenty of “hipp, hipp, hurra”-ing. Uff Da!
Must Chow
Food Truck Round Up
Eat and drink for the common good at the Food Truck Round Up at Phinney Neighborhood Center, where all proceeds benefit The University District Food Bank’s efforts to build a new food bank facility. Your $25 ticket scores you eight food tastes and four drink sips from participating vendors, including Fremont Brewing Company, Skillet Street Food, Molly Moon’s Ice Cream, Seattle Biscuit Company and Oola Distillery.
Must Rock
Beat Connection
Catch Seattle-based electro-pop band Beat Connection before the boys embark on a two-month trip to Laos. Seattle magazine named the duo one of the Best New Seattle Bands of 2011, and their fall 2012 debut LP, The Palace Garden, received praise from Pitchfork, Stereogum, BlackBook, and KEXP. See what all the fuss is about at this live show.
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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
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
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
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…