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The Must List: Snowga Overlooking Lake Chelan, Children’s Film Fest

What to do this weekend in Seattle

A group of people doing yoga in the snow.
A group of people doing yoga in the snow.

Must Stretch
Give “Snowga” a Try

Saturday (1/23, 11:30 a.m.) Yogachelan takes yoga out of the studio and onto the slopes with “snowga,” two-and-a-half-hour sessions ($45) that start off with 30 minutes of yoga followed by a snowshoe trek along the Echo Ridge Trail overlooking Lake Chelan, stopping periodically to practice mountain pose, of course, among others. Healthy treats and hot Yogi tea provide sustenance for the return to base camp.

Must Hear
Inside Radiolab at Tacoma’s Pantages Theatre

Friday 1/22 7:30 p.m. Radiolab cohost Robert Krulwich talks about the behind-the-scenes workings of the popular NPR program, which takes a philosophical look at scientific topics. Live interviews and audience Q&A sessions with local brainiacs round off the “Inside Radiolab” event at Tacoma’s Pantages Theatre.

Must See
The Northwest Children’s Film Festival Kicks Off in Seattle

(1/21 to 1/31, times vary) With more than 150 international children’s films from 30 countries this year, this annual festival is the largest and most respected of its kind on the West Coast. The films, dedicated to stories of children and their families, are selected by the Northwest Film Forum. A subsequent tour will reach 15–20 U.S. cities.

Must Listen
Violinist Baiba Skride Performs with Seattle Symphony

(1/21 to 1/23, times vary) Violinist Baiba Skride performs two lively and exuberant works with the Seattle Symphony: Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 and Haydn’s “London” Symphony.

Must Learn
Lecture on Choreography as Visual Art

Friday (1/22, 7 p.m.) St. John’s University professor of art history Susan Rosenberg, author of the upcoming book Trisha Brown: Choreography as Visual Art (1962–1987), talks about the unique relationship between the two disciplines in Brown’s work.

 

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…