The Must List: Shiver Shake at the Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival, How to Navigate the Seattle Wedding Show
By Seattle Magazine Staff January 9, 2014
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Shiver Shake/stronga href=” http://bit.ly/JKB2RB” target=”_blank”brBundle Up for the Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival/abr(1/10 to 1/11, times vary) — Featuring such excellent local bands as Hey Marseilles, Telekinesis, The Lonely Forest, The Moondoggies and Cataldo, the first-ever Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival in Leavenworth is the chillier counterpart to summertime’s Timber! Outdoor Music Festival./p
pstrongMust Rock/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/1glwSKx” target=”_blank”brCelebrate the birthdays of Moe’s and Neumos/abr(1/9 to 1/16, times vary) — It’s been 20 years since Moe’s Mo’Roc’n Cafe opened its doors and it’s the 10th birthday of its successor, Neumos. Celebrate with oodles of local bands old and new—including Goodness, Gerald Collier, The Posies, Cataldo and Hey Marseilles—who’ll corral at Neumos to fete this stalwart heart of the Seattle music scene./p
pstrongMust Hear/stronga href=” http://bit.ly/1afMC0X” target=”_blank”brWriter Kim Fu Reads at Elliott Bay Book Company/abrTuesday (1/14, 7 p.m.) — Belltown-based writer Kim Fu will discuss her gripping, insightful debut novel, For Today I Am a Boy, about what it feels like to be born into the wrong body./p
pstrongMust Plan/stronga href=” http://bit.ly/KDBBg0” target=”_blank”brFive Steps for Success at Seattle’s Wedding Show/abr(1/11 to 1/12, times vary) — With more than 400 local, regional and national vendors, the thought of walking into the Washington State Convention Center and narrowing them down can be a bit overwhelming. Follow these tricks of the trade to make your experience worthwhile./p
pstrongMust Lunch/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/1dgfCIx” target=”_blank”brLeaders at Lunch Series/abrWednesday (1/15, 12 to 1 p.m.) — Seattle magazine and Seattle Business magazine invite you to attend a new lunch series featuring local business leaders speaking about innovation, civic responsibility and business growth. This first session features William J. Ruckelshaus, the CEO of Internet business operator Blucora, at Bellevue’s Cast Iron Studios./p
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