The Must List: Rock with the Beat Connection at Neumos, Get Your SIFF On and Nosh to Fight Hunger
By Seattle Magazine Staff May 16, 2013
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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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,…