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The Must List: Seattle mag’s Brunch Run, PNB’s Season Encore
What to do this weekend in Seattle
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.
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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…