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Must List: ‘Tosca’ Opens, Seahawks Take on the Panthers
What to do this weekend in Seattle
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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Rearview Mirror: Godzilla, Cork, and a New Sushi Spot
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
POPPING OUR SENSES I don’t think I’ve ever given much thought to a wine cork beyond the satisfying pop it makes when opening a bottle, but after spending a morning at DeLille Cellars in Woodinville with about 50 other people, I have a new appreciation for it. The occasion was “(Pop) Open Your Senses,” a…
Best Bookstore: Beguiled Books
This Pioneer Square darling is easy to spot: pink doors and candy-striped details mark its home near Occidental Square. Beguiled Books started in 2024 as a mobile bookstore, making its way from table to tent to trailer, and finally to its current brick-and-mortar space. Labelling itself as “Seattle’s Original Romance Bookstore,” Beguiled specializes in just…
Best Art Gallery: Foster/White Gallery
A pillar in Pioneer Square’s arts ecosystem, Foster/White Gallery opened in 1966 (then called Richard White Gallery) as the first space of its kind in the neighborhood. It soon gained notoriety for showing preeminent Northwest artists such as Morris Graves, William Morris, George Tsutakawa, and Dale Chihuly. In the decades after founding the gallery, its…
Best Museum: Seattle Art Museum
A vote for Seattle Art Museum is really a vote for three different art outings. The downtown museum pairs ambitious exhibitions with a global collection; the Seattle Asian Art Museum occupies SAM’s original 1933 Art Deco home amid the 43 acres of Capitol Hill’s Volunteer Park; and the Olympic Sculpture Park puts art out in…