Must List: ‘Tosca’ Opens, Seahawks Take on the Panthers
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff January 8, 2015
Must Bravo
Seattle Opera’s Opening Night of Tosca
Saturday (1/10, 7:30 p.m.) A power-crazed chief of police. Fake bullets replaced with real ones. A fatal plunge off a parapet! Puccini’s Tosca is the archetypical opera, with more melodrama than an episode of Scandal and a spicy score that keeps things racing toward the foregone conclusion. Don’t miss out on the snazzy after party, where guests are whisked backstage for champagne, dinner and dancing.
Must See
Frank Boyd’s The Holler Sessions at On The Boards
(1/8 to 1/18, times vary) Actor/writer/director Frank Boyd gained acclaim for his work with prominent performance group Elevator Repair Service. In The Holler Sessions, he introduces the character of Ray, an animated radio DJ from Kansas City whose passionate devotion to jazz results in dancing, swearing and a lot of loud music in his booth.
Must Ohm
4 Meditation Options In and Around Seattle
Going for more calm, balance, joyfulness and efficiency this year? Learning to sit still may be what will put it all in motion.
Must Cheer
Seahawks Take on The Carolina Panthers
Saturday (1/10, 5:15 p.m.) Show your 12th man/woman fever by cheering on the boys in green and blue Saturday at 5:15 p.m., when the ‘Hawks take on Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers. No tickets to CenturyLink? The Seattle Central Library will screen the big game on its massive screen for free.
Must Shop
A New Twist on Monogrammed Necklaces
This Bellevue artist uses a bold, modern font to create one-of-a-kind pieces cast in sterling silver, white or yellow gold.
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Seattle’s Big Holiday Arts Guide
A full lineup of seasonal performances across local theaters and venues.
In the words of William Shakespeare, “All’s well that ends well.” Local theater and arts organizations are hoping for exactly that. Holiday productions often account for as much as half of their annual ticket sales. A 2018 Dance/USA survey found that The Nutcracker alone represented 48% of yearly revenue for many companies producing the Tchaikovsky…
Outside The Frame
In their first solo museum exhibition in Seattle, artist Camille Trautman uses photography to reclaim history, narrative, and self-expression.
You have probably seen Camille Trautman’s work without even realizing it. A huge photograph—20 feet wide—is currently hanging across the exterior of the Frye Art Museum, visible to passersby driving along Boren Avenue. The image is of a wooded landscape in black and white. Its edges are vacuous, with trees swallowed by darkness, but the…
Holiday Hunt in Pioneer Square
A daily ornament drop turns December into a neighborhood-wide scavenger hunt.
The holidays tend to bring out the kid in all of us. And if opening presents and eating too many treats weren’t enough, there’s also a scavenger hunt in Seattle’s oldest neighborhood. Pioneer Square’s Holiday Ornament Scavenger Hunt has returned for its third year. Twenty-five handblown glass ornaments—all made at Glasshouse Studio—are hidden across 25…
Chit-Chat Kids
Phone a friend.
Twenty years ago, before everyone walked around with a device in their pocket, kids used to call each other on a landline—often tethered to the kitchen in their home. It was a simpler time, when parents didn’t have to worry (nearly as much) about a potential predator contacting their child. Nowadays, things are different, which…