Must List: Seattle Pride Weekend, Symphony Presents Disney’s ‘Fantasia’
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff June 25, 2015
Must Fest
2015 Seattle PrideFest
Sunday (6/28, times vary) Follow the rainbow-colored crosswalks in Capitol Hill and make your way downtown where LGBT (and straight) revelers will flock to the sidewalks along 4th Avenue for the 41st annual Seattle Pride Parade, which wildly winds its way toward the PrideFest celebrations at the Seattle Center.
Must Go East
Midsommarfest at Saint Edward State Park
Saturday (6/28, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.) A traditional Swedish solstice celebration, Midsommarfest brings hundreds of costumed merrymakers to Saint Edward State Park in Kenmore for authentic Nordic activities, including langdans (serpentine running dance), the raising of the majstang (garlanded pole) and noshing on a smorgasbord of food.
Must Hear
Seattle Symphony Presents Disney’s Fantasia Live in Concert
(6/26 to 6/27, 8 p.m.) Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Bach come alive via dancing hippos, adorable baby unicorns and a panicked sorcerer’s apprentice when the symphony plays excerpts from Walt Disney’s Fantasia (1940) and Fantasia 2000 as accompanying film clips roll on the big screen.
Must Shop
Urban Craft Uprising at the Seattle Center
(6/27 to 6/28, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) Shop the local, artisanal, indie offerings—including funky bags by Alchemy Goods and lovely prints by Frida Clements—at this ultra-crafty two-day fest at the Seattle Center.
Must See
Threesome at ACT Theatre
(Through 6/28, times vary) Award-winning Seattle playwright Yussef El Guindi presents this world premiere in which two Egyptian Americans decide a threesome will solve their relationship woes. Awkwardness, politics, hilarity and full-frontal male nudity ensue.
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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,…