The Must List: Seattle mag’s Brunch Run, PNB’s Season Encore
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff June 4, 2015
Must Run
Lace Up Your Sneaks for Seattle Magazine’s Brunch Run
Saturday (6/6, registration starts at 7:30 a.m.) Grab a friend and run, walk, or stroll this 5K course in Magnuson Park. Then join your fellow runners for a post-race sampling brunch food, mimosas and Bloody Marys from some of Seattle’s top restaurants.
Must Listen
Local Contemporary Choral Group Unites with String Quartet
(6/5 to 6/8, times vary) Seattle singing group The Esoterics team up with Skyros String Quartet for a weekend of contemporary choral works focusing on ecstasy. Ekstasia highlights a combination of instruments and voices and includes pieces from founding director and composer Eric Banks.
Must Plie
PNB’s Season Encore
Sunday (6/7, 6:30 p.m.) Don’t miss the PNB Season Encore, where you can relive the last season by way of the best bits, including excerpts from Balanchine’s Jewels and Forsythe’s The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude, and bid farewell to departing principal dancer Carla Körbes.
Must Cheer
Seattle Storm’s Home Opener
Saturday (6/6, 9 p.m.) Help the Seattle Storm start the season off right by cheering the team on at the home opener against the Los Angeles Sparks.
Must See
Sandbox One-Act Play Festival Takes the Stage
(Through 6/7, times vary) The third-annual installment of this one-act play fest showcases new work by three Seattle playwrights including Vincent Delaney, Phillip Lienau and Carl Sander.
Follow Us
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,…