The Must List: Shelby Earl at Salish, a Hop Harvest Kickoff and Nicole Hardy Reads at Richard Hugo House
Fun-filled events to do this weekend
By Seattle Magazine Staff August 22, 2013
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Picnicbra href=”http://bit.ly/170Uy1E” target=”_blank”Shelby Earl at Salish Lodge/a/strongbrThursday (8/22, 7:30 p.m.) — For the final installment of Music on the Green, sweet Seattlea href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/nancy-guppy-interviews-singer-shelby-earl” target=”_blank” singer/songwriter Shelby Earl/a performs on the intimate lawn at Salish Lodge, while Snoqualmie Falls roars majestically in the background./p
pstrongMust Laughbra href=”http://bit.ly/16tXZz0” target=”_blank”The Half Brothers Brand Baking Products Old-Time Variety Show/a/strongbr(8/23-8/24, times vary) — Seattle’s own neo-bluegrass boys, The Half Brothers, are skilled pickers, grinners and comedians. Now they’re spoofing a cooking/singing variety show to hilarious effect./p
pstrongMust Swigbra href=”http://bit.ly/1dquVw7” target=”_blank”Hop Harvest Kickoff Weekend/a/strongbr(8/23-8/24, times vary) — Bale Breaker Brewing Company in Yakima opens this year’s annual hop harvest with a two-day whale of a party, featuring three guest taps from Icicle Brewing Company, live music on Friday from Seattle duo Impossible Bird and plenty of local grub. Link TK/p
pstrongMust Hearbra href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/new-memoir-confessions-latter-day-virgin” target=”_blank”Nicole Hardy at Richard Hugo House/a/strongbrFriday (8/23, 6:30 p.m.) — Hear West Seattle writer Nicole Hardy read from her acclaimed new memoir,em Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin/em, at Richard Hugo House./p
pstrongMust Festbra href=”http://bit.ly/13E1ODC” target=”_blank”Lo-Fi Arts Festival/a/strongbrSaturday (8/24, gates open at 10 a.m.) — Held at the 360-acre former dairy farm now known as Smoke Farm, Lo-Fi is an ode to both local arts and ambling, where installations, theatrical performances and music is embedded in the trees, along trails and sometimes in the river./p
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