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Super Bowl Parties Aplenty and an Exhibit on African-American Baseball in WA

What to do this weekend

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!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Seea href=” http://bit.ly/1jOqgIZ” target=”_blank”brThe Long History of African-American Baseball in WA/a/strongbr(2/1 to 11/9, times vary) — Washington state didn’t have a professional Negro League team until 1946, which means much of the state’s black baseball history has gone undocumented. But the Northwest African American Museum’s new exhibit “Pitch Black” aims to rectify that, with artifacts, photographs and oral histories from this unheralded community./p
pstrongMust Hear/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/1e7SxFH” target=”_blank”strongbrMary Lambert Sings Solo at the Showbox/strong/abrSaturday (2/1, 9 p.m.) — Seattle songstress Mary Lambert (known for singing the hook in Macklemore’s “Same Love,” plays the Showbox at the Market on February 1 (with awesome local bands Lemolo and Pollens)./p
pstrongMust Cheera href=”http://bit.ly/1ib14tq” target=”_blank”brWhere to Watch the Super Bowl/a/strongbrSunday (2/2, 3:30 p.m.) — From Miller’s Guild to Poquitos to Von Trapp’s, we’ve corralled several local spots that are celebrating the big game in grand fashion, complete with Super Bowl-themed food and blue-hued drinks galore./p
pstrongMust Garden/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/1n1semy” target=”_blank”strongbrGreen Thumbs Up at the Flower Garden Show/strong/abr(2/5 to 2/9, times vary) — The 26th Northwest Flower Garden Show provides acres of imagination and inspiration by way of a magnificent showcase of gardening ideas big and small./p
pstrongMust Celebrate/stronga href=”http://bit.ly/LeESSV” target=”_blank”strongbrLunar New Year at Bellevue Collection/strong/abr(2/8 to 2/9, times vary) — The Bellevue Collection is partnering with The Taiwan Benevolent Association of America, The Overseas Chinese Affairs Council (ROC) and Seattle Chinese Cultural and Arts Association to welcome the 2014 Lunar New Year with two days of festive events, including traditional and contemporary cultural demonstrations of martial arts, music, dance, and visual arts./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…