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Must List: Symphony Performs ‘Psycho’ Score, ‘If/Then’ at the Paramount
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must Scream
Seattle Symphony to Perform Psycho Score
(10/30 to 10/31, 8 p.m.) End the month with a scream as the orchestra performs Bernard Herrmann’s terrifying Psycho score live while the film plays on the big screen.
Must See
KT Niehoff’s A Glimmer of Hope or Skin or Light
(10/30 to 11/14, times vary) Glam rock meets cabaret meets modern dance in A Glimmer of Hope or Skin or Light, an immersive performance/party directed by longtime Seattle choreographer KT Niehoff and featuring a cast of fine, very feathery friends. Don your most flamboyant get-up and join the fun.
Must Watch
Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Mother Courage and Her Children
(Through 11/22, times vary) Seattle Shakespeare Company takes a break from the Bard to present Bertolt Brecht’s masterful antiwar play, featuring a brassy and clever matriarch, vaudeville music elements and biting satire.
Must Sing Along
If/Then Takes the Stage at the Paramount
(11/3 to 11/8, times vary) With a libretto written by Issaquah’s Tony Award–winning lyricist Brian Yorkey (Next to Normal), this new musical features Idina Menzel as a 38-year-old divorcee who does something we all wish we could do: plays out two life paths to see which is the better choice.
Must Listen
Kristin Hersh reading at Elliott Bay Book Co.
Thursday (10/29, 7 p.m.) The former Throwing Muses singer has penned a personal tribute to her dearly departed fellow musician: Don’t Suck, Don’t Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt.
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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…