The Must List: WA Brewers Festival, Father’s Day Festivities
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff June 16, 2015
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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Studio Sessions: Jade Solomon Curtis
With an interest in how bodies retain memory, emotion, and experience, the award-winning choreographer and interdisciplinary artist Jade Solomon Curtis presents an immersive work at Seattle’s historic Union station.
Discover choreographer Jade Solomon Curtis and her immersive dance installation, Keeper of Sadness, at Seattle’s historic Union Station this August.
Northwest Tune-Up Bike and Music Festival Brings Big Air and Loud Sets to Bellingham
The three-day festival celebrates its fifth year with bike competitions and a genre-spanning music lineup—plus one unforgettable band of mummies.
If I were to summarize the sensation of attending Northwest Tune-Up, Bellingham’s three-day bike and music festival, in one image, it would be watching Tomomi Nishikubo—a Japanese street trials biker—doing acrobatic acts of derring-do on his bike while Seattle rockers Thunderpussy shred in the distance. My second lasting impression of the festival would be rounding…
Ferry Tales: Eight Indie Bookstores Worth the Ride
Plan a summer day around these bookshops in Seattle, Bremerton, Bainbridge Island, Kingston, and Poulsbo.
Independent bookstores tend to be cornerstones of the communities in which they reside, and Seattle is no exception. In addition to helping customers discover their next read, these neighborhood hubs host weekly gatherings and events, like publication release parties, author talks, and book clubs. Many of them have cafés and reading tables that encourage lingering…
Rearview Mirror: Seattle Art Fair is Back, Nordstrom Throws a Block Party, and a Must-Try Ice Cream Sundae
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
SEATTLE ART FAIR RETURNS The buzziest event of the summer (well, aside from the World Cup), is returning next week. Now in its 10th edition, the Seattle Art Fair will once again take over the Lumen Field Event Center, packing it to the gills with art from 101 local, national, and international galleries. This year,…