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The Must List: Sell Your Sole, Everett Fisherman’s Village Music Festival, Krav Maga Self-Defense

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Must Jam
Fisherman’s Village Music Festival
(3/31-4/2) Seattle isn’t the only place to catch a great show; this weekend, get out of the city and head north to Everett’s annual Fisherman’s Village Music Festival, an all-ages event hosted by the Everett Music Initiative. Check out over fifty local bands from afternoon to night at a number of downtown Everett venues like Tony V’s Garage, Everett Performing Arts Center, Black Lab Gallery and The Anchor. The lineup this year includes acts like Jenn Champion, Fruit Juice and Everett’s own Kevin Murphy of The Moondoggies. All venues are first come, first served, so be sure to get there early if there’s an act you can’t miss. Times and prices vary. Downtown Everett, thefishermansvillage.com

Must Fight Back 
Free Krav Maga Seattle Self-Defense Class 
(4/1) On March 5th, Kelly Herron was brutally attacked by a man in a restroom at Golden Gardens Park, where she was training for a marathon. Using skills she had learned three weeks earlier at a self-defense class, she escaped and trapped her assailant in the bathroom. This Saturday, in recognition of April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Seattle’s Krav Maga (named for the official self defense and combat system of the Israeli Defense Forces) will hold its third annual Women’s Empowerment Seminar, a free, three-hour session where women fourteen-and-up will learn skills like the ones Herron used to defend herself against her attacker. 1-4 p.m., free. Krav Maga Seattle, kmseattle.com

Must Shop ‘til You Drop
Sell Your Sole’s Annual Spring Preview Event
(3/30) Looking to add unique pieces to your spring wardrobe? Head to Belltown’s luxury contemporary consignment boutique, Sell Your Sole, where owner Natalia Wittke reveals the shop’s most coveted, of-the-season items that have been hibernating all winter. Find bags, shoes and apparel at a fraction of its original price, finds from the likes of Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton, Manolo Blahnik, Rag & Bone and more. Enjoy a glass of bubbly, small bites and personal styling by Seattle-based fashion stylist Nicole Jackson while you shop. Get there early! The first twenty people in the door will be entered in a raffle to win a $100 Sell Your Sole gift certificate. 5:30-9 p.m., free. Sell Your Soul; sellyoursoulconsignment.com

Must Be Brave
Telling: Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse Step into the Light
(3/31–4/2) Using original music, dance and poetry, a cast of seven child abuse survivors take center stage with personal stories of childhood abuse. By sharing their experiences and the strength and courage that helped them through, Telling is a roadmap of healing to other victims and survivors. In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month, a portion of the proceeds will be used to benefit local organizations that support sexual abuse survivors and work to prevent abuse. Times and prices vary. Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, telling.brownpaperticket.com

Must Kindle the Home Fire
Our Journey Home
(4/4) Seattle shelters are filled with thousands of men, women and children each night, and almost 2.2 million people throughout the nation live in public housing. The documentary, Our Journey Home, narrated by Jewel, tells true and timely stories of the people behind these statistics as they struggle to support family, educate themselves, give back to society and finally, have a place they can call home. Housing Authority Insurance’s ReThink initiative and a group of Seattle-based organizations join together to host this local film screening. A Q&A featuring local experts will follow. 6:30 p.m., $9. Central Cinema, central-cinema.com

Rearview Mirror: Crocodile Guardians, Late-Summer Potato Salad, and a Halloween Costume Hunt

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

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

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

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…