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Seattle Mariners Turn Back the Clock, a New Must-See Sculpture Downtown and Four Party Drinks to Make on Memorial Day

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!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Marvelbra href=”http://bit.ly/1kviK32” target=”_blank”The Olympic Sculpture Park Gets a Head/a/strongbrStep aside, Ferris wheel. “Echo,” the new, 46-foot-tall white head—just installed at the shoreline of the Olympic Sculpture Park—faces the Olympic Mountains and serves as a serene beacon for everyone from Puget Sound sailors to Myrtle Edwards joggers./p
pstrongMust Drinkbra href=”http://bit.ly/Re43YM” target=”_blank”Celebrate Memorial Day with Four Boozy Punches/a/strongbrThe long and awesome Memorial Day weekend is finally here, and it’s the ideal time to pull out the punch bowl (a large pitcher will do in a pinch) and whip up an extra big batch of goodness for friends and family./p
pstrongMust Explorebra href=” http://bit.ly/1gnmeHq” target=”_blank”Score Two-For-One Admission to a Slew of Museums/a/strongbrThrough Friday, May 23, more than 40 local museums—including the Bellevue Arts Museum, the Renton History Museum, EMP Museum and The Museum of Flight—are offering two-for-one admission deals and special events for Museum Week Northwest./p
pstrongMust Cheerbra href=”http://bit.ly/1jyqLGB” target=”_blank”Seattle Mariners’ Go Old School/a/strongbrSaturday (5/24, 7:10 p.m.) — Every year, the Mariners roll back the clock to a bygone era for Turn Back the Clock Night at Safeco Field. This year’s time travel goes back to the 1970s with emStarsky Hutch/em, a quintessential television show, as inspiration. As part of the festivities, the first 20,000 fans will receive a commemorative poster with catcher Mike Zunino as Starsky and shortstop Brad Miller as Hutch, styled by emSeattle /emmag lifestyle editor Ali Brownrigg./p
pstrongMust Seea href=”http://bit.ly/1nvPHOd” target=”_blank”bremOnce/em Arrives at The Paramount/a/strongbr(5/27 to 6/8, times vary) — The movie that plucked a million heartstrings was adapted for Broadway—and retained enough sweet, complicated romance to win eight Tony Awards. The touring show may not have Glen Hansard, but it does have all his beautiful music come alive./p

 

Rearview Mirror: Godzilla, Cork, and a New Sushi Spot

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

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

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

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…