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The Must List: WA Brewers Festival, Father’s Day Festivities
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must Drink
Fill Up a Glass at the Washington Brewers Festival
(6/19 to 6/21, times vary) Spend Father’s Day weekend tasting 350 beers from 100 Washington state brewers when Marymoor Park hosts the 10th annual Washington Brewers Festival.
Must Be Quiet
Portland’s Quiet Music Festival Warms Up in Seattle
Thursday (6/25, 6 to 10 p.m.) Dubbed the “lowest-key festival in the land,” the fifth annual Portland-based fest kicks off this year with a special one-day concert in Seattle featuring the tranquil sounds of Sonny and the Sunsets, Irma Vep and Sun Foot.
Must See
New Exhibit Launches at SAM
(6/18 to 9/7, times vary) Including 50 masks and 10 costumes from Seattle Art Museum’s African art collection, and about 100 such objects on loan, Disguise: Masks & Global African Art examines the history of disguise.
Must Celebrate Dad
5 Father’s Day Festivities
Sunday (6/21, times vary) Not sure where to take pops this Father’s Day? We’ve got you covered no matter what kind of dad you’ve got–from a bratwurst-lover to an ice cream fiend.
Must Putt Putt
4 Must-Play Seattle Miniature Golf Courses
Didn’t qualify for the U.S. Open? No problem. While the competitors show off their strokes at the tournament in nearby Chambers Bay, you can ply your putter at one of Seattle’s miniature golf courses.
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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…