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The Must List: Twister Beach at Cafe Nordo, Outdoor Festivals
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must See
SAM Summer Film Series: Cary Grant for President
(7/7 to 7/28, times vary) Hollywood icon Cary Grant is the subject of the Seattle Art Museum’s summer film series. July’s films include The Awful Truth (7/7), Bringing Up Baby (7/14), Arsenic and Old Lace (7/21) and My Favorite Wife (7/28).
Must Laugh
Hit the Beach with Café Nordo
(7/7 to 7/30, times vary) Café Nordo’s new musical cabaret Twister Beach is a modern parody of the summer comedies from Annette Funicello’s heyday complete with beach games, sing-a-longs, dancing, squirt guns, a live band, tropical food, tiki drinks and a man-eating shark. Flip flops and Hawaiian shirts are the perfect attire.
Must Fest
West Seattle Summer Fest This Weekend
(7/8 to 7/10, times vary) Expect a jam-packed weekend full of food, games, rides, music and more on the closed-down streets of the West Seattle Junction. Local bands including Tacocat, Chastity Belt and Grace Love & the True Loves will take the California Stage for free (yes, free) concerts.
Must Fest Some More
Chow Down at the Ballard SeafoodFest
(7/9 to 7/10, times vary) The annual Ballard SeafoodFest celebrates this Northwest borough’s historic connection to the fishing industry and the neighborhood’s Nordic roots. Enjoy a traditional salmon barbecue, local music, arts and crafts, family entertainment, a beer garden, a skateboard event and more seafood.
Must Watch
Contemporary Plays by Black Women
(7/12 to 7/16, times vary) This is the first of two programs developed in collaboration between The Hansberry Project, a Seattle-based theater lab that supports black theater artists, and Intiman Theatre. This reading series presents works by national authors as well as locals, including Kathya Alexander, Rosalind Bell, Alma Davenport, Nina Foxx and Storme Webber.
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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…