Must List: Symphony Performs ‘Psycho’ Score, ‘If/Then’ at the Paramount
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff October 29, 2015
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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Studio Sessions: Jade Solomon Curtis
With an interest in how bodies retain memory, emotion, and experience, the award-winning choreographer and interdisciplinary artist Jade Solomon Curtis presents an immersive work at Seattle’s historic Union station.
Discover choreographer Jade Solomon Curtis and her immersive dance installation, Keeper of Sadness, at Seattle’s historic Union Station this August.
Northwest Tune-Up Bike and Music Festival Brings Big Air and Loud Sets to Bellingham
The three-day festival celebrates its fifth year with bike competitions and a genre-spanning music lineup—plus one unforgettable band of mummies.
If I were to summarize the sensation of attending Northwest Tune-Up, Bellingham’s three-day bike and music festival, in one image, it would be watching Tomomi Nishikubo—a Japanese street trials biker—doing acrobatic acts of derring-do on his bike while Seattle rockers Thunderpussy shred in the distance. My second lasting impression of the festival would be rounding…
Ferry Tales: Eight Indie Bookstores Worth the Ride
Plan a summer day around these bookshops in Seattle, Bremerton, Bainbridge Island, Kingston, and Poulsbo.
Independent bookstores tend to be cornerstones of the communities in which they reside, and Seattle is no exception. In addition to helping customers discover their next read, these neighborhood hubs host weekly gatherings and events, like publication release parties, author talks, and book clubs. Many of them have cafés and reading tables that encourage lingering…
Rearview Mirror: Seattle Art Fair is Back, Nordstrom Throws a Block Party, and a Must-Try Ice Cream Sundae
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
SEATTLE ART FAIR RETURNS The buzziest event of the summer (well, aside from the World Cup), is returning next week. Now in its 10th edition, the Seattle Art Fair will once again take over the Lumen Field Event Center, packing it to the gills with art from 101 local, national, and international galleries. This year,…