Arts
Read More ›
The Must List: Urban Craft Uprising, Pioneer Square’s First Thursday Art Walk and the Redmond Winter Festival
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Shop/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/1g7Pr87” target=”_blank”brUrban Craft Uprising/abr(12/7 to 12/8, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) — Shop the local, artisanal, indie offerings—including funky bags by Alchemy Goods, bodacious belts by Steel Toe Studios and lovely prints by Frida Clements—at this ultra-crafty two-day fest at the Seattle Center./p
pstrongMust Cheer/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/191Lspa” target=”_blank”brSeahawks Take on the San Francisco 49ers/abrSunday (12/8, 1:25 p.m.) — Last weekend the Seahawks clobbered the Saints, and in the process fans officially reclaimed the world record for loudest outdoor stadium. This weekend the team has a rematch with the Forty-Whiners, known for their delicate ears and noise complaints./p
pstrongMust Gallery Hop/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/18VoPD3” target=”_blank”brBundle Up for the Pioneer Square Art Walk/abrThursday (12/5, 12 to 8 p.m.) — Slip into your warmest long johns and brave the cold temps for First Thursday, Pioneer Square’s can’t miss, longstanding art walk. Our picks: Seattle photographer Eirik Johnson’s snowy Barrow Cabins at G. Gibson Gallery, and Gregory Blackstock’s home made sheet music at Greg Kucera Gallery./p
pstrongMust See/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/1hyUD5j” target=”_blank”brChekhov Meets Charles Bronson in The Clay Duke/abr(12/5 to 12/8, times vary) — Multidisciplinary Seattle performer Dayna Hanson is known for making dance/theater that is very smart, very funny and very strange. Her new show at On the Boards, The Clay Duke, delivers on that reputation. Read up on Hanson before the show in this exclusive QA./p
pstrongMust Marvel/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/19DxVzT” target=”_blank”brRevel in Redmond’s Winter Festival/abrSaturday (12/7, times vary) — Deck yourself in seasonal sparkle and stroll along the Luminary Walk, starting at City Hall and featuring hundreds of candles and light displays. Round off the night with warm holiday drinks and more fun at Redmond Town Center./p
Follow Us
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…