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Must List: Super Bowl Parties, PNB’s Don Quixote & More
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must Cheer
Seahawks Take on the Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX
Sunday (2/1, 3:30 p.m.) It’s only a few days until the big game, in which the Seahawks will try for their second Super Bowl win. Make your party plans now at one of these Hawk spots.
Must Tilt
PNB Performs Don Quixote
(1/30 to 2/8, times vary) The Man of La Mancha is tilting at windmills again, and this time he’s surrounded by people pirouetting. Miguel de Cervantes’ ever appealing story was first presented as a ballet in 1869 (by Marius Petipa), and updated by Alexander Gorsky in 1900. If you missed its American premiere in 2012 at PNB, here’s your chance to catch this funny, high-energy performance.
Must See
Mariano Pensotti’s Cineastas at On the Boards
(1/29 to 2/1, 8 p.m.) Acclaimed Argentine writer-director Mariano Pensotti presents an innovative “filmic drama,” which takes place on a captivating double-decker stage that looks like a cutaway apartment building. On the ground floor, film crews scramble to make four different films; simultaneously, on the top floor, we see the filmmakers’ personal stories play out.
Must Hear
Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac Author Reads at Elliott Bay Books
Thursday (1/29, 7 p.m.) In The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac, the expansive new novel by Spokane writer Sharma Shields, Bigfoot inspires a young mother to run off to the woods with him, and sparks her abandoned son Eli’s lifelong quest to seek him out. Hear Shields read tonight at Elliott Bay Books.
Must Save the Date
5 Reasons You Should Attend Pop! Bubbles & Seafood
Seattle magazine’s food-and-drink-filled fete, Pop! Bubbles & Seafood, kicks off on Saturday, February 21 at 6 p.m. The tasting party will be loaded with Pacific Northwest gems such as Dungeness crab and salmon, plus sparkling beverages aplenty. Secure your ticket now.
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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
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
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
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…