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SIFF Gets Real
Virtual reality may be the breakout star of this year’s film festival
For more than 40 years, the Seattle Independent Film Festival (SIFF) has introduced its patrons to up-and-coming talent and films not seen anywhere else in town. This year, a four-day festival within the festival will do more than show viewers new films—it will offer entirely new ways of experiencing film. Produced by Mad Eye Media…
Keep Your Eyes Peeled for the Rare “Scenic Drive” Sign
Seattle’s enigmatic reminders of roads less taken
These days, Seattle’s streets are peppered with signs proclaiming road closures, revised routes and reminders not to “block the box.” But keep your eyes peeled and you may spot a rare “Scenic Drive” sign. The signs are the legacies of a 1958 collaboration between the City of Seattle and the Chamber of Commerce, created to…
‘Young Blood’ Exhibit now on View at The Frye Art Museum
The Frye presents works of Seattle natives Noah Davis and Kahlil Joseph
Last August, painter and installation artist Noah Davis, who was raised in Seattle but based in Los Angeles, died of cancer at the age of 32. During his brief career, Davis established himself as a significant force in the art world and one of the country’s most prominent African-American artists. His somber, mysterious and emotionally…
The Must List: Spring Book Sale, Northwest Paddling Festival
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must RelateHeartwarming Tales of Motherhood at Town HallSaturday (5/7, 1:30 p.m.) Production company Listen to Your Mother brings Seattle-area writers and bloggers to the stage at Town Hall to share their heartwarming and hilarious original stories celebrating motherhood. The event ($18), which in part benefits nonprofit writing and communications center The Greater Seattle Bureau of…
Author Appearances at Seattle Public Library’s Book Club
It’s time for the next chapter in Seattle’s citywide reading group
Seattle Public Library’s annual citywide book club, Seattle Reads, takes place this month. Each year, the library selects one novel, orders hundreds of copies, and invites individual readers and book groups all over the city to engage with literature and fellow bookworms through discussion groups attended by the author. This year’s book, We Are All…
Q&A with Singer and Musician Andrew Bird
The melody maker is coming to Seattle May 19 at the Showbox
When Andrew Bird, the warm-voiced singer and musician (famous for his whistling and violin playing), picked up the phone after I dialed the 14-digit number to reach him in Ireland where he was to play at the U.S. Embassy, he told me he’d been up for two days straight. “I left my house yesterday at…
Must List: Kinky Boots Returns, Edible Plant Sale & More
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must GawkThe Seattle Modern Home TourSaturday (4/30, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) It’s time for the fifth annual Seattle Modern Home Tour, a self-paced, self-driving cavalcade to eight architecturally significant homes in the city. The design-obsessed will have the opportunity to walk through each home and meet the local architects behind the designs. Notable names…
Style + Design Events: Modern Home Tour, Aesop at Nordstrom
Stay up to date with the latest store openings, collaborations and sales in Seattle
There are ample opportunities in the coming days for you to spend your hard-earned cash, peek ultra-modern architecture, sip champagne and work on your downward dog, or learn red-carpet beauty secrets. Let’s get down to brass tacks. 2016 Seattle Modern Home TourWhen: Saturday, April 30, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.Tickets: $35; $40 day ofWhat: It’s…
Single Premiere: SassyBlack’s “Comicon”
The sci-fi chic Seattle soul singer drops a new solo single
On May 17, Seattle soul singer SassyBlack will release her new solo record, No More Weak Dates. The album is a blueprint on how to navigate new love and blossoming relationships while still keeping one’s own beautifully odd personality intact and in the fore. Helping to kick off the release, which you can attend at…
The Best Looks (And Where to Get Them) for Spring
Spring fashion is ready for takeoff
Spring fashion transports us back to a time when aerospace was the next frontier, when travel was luxurious and flying was the first-class way of getting where you wanted to be. The Museum of Flight cleared us for landing to celebrate Seattle’s history of aviation innovation. Let’s fly away. 1. The T. Evans Wyckoff Memorial…
Q&A with Macklemore collaborator, rapper Xperience
How the Seattle rapper found joy on tour with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Rapper Tyler XP Andrews had a big hand in the latest Macklemore & Ryan Lewis record, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made, including writing credits on the songs “Brad Pitt’s Cousin” and “Let’s Eat.” As such, the hip-hop duo asked Andrews to join them on their latest European tour, where we caught up with the lyricist during…
5 Local Fragrances to Spritz Now
These local fragrances have us stopping to smell the roses (and jasmine, and vetiver, and…)
Olivine Atelier’s Olivine Gardenias, the favorite flower of Fremont-based perfumer Julie Wray, are the key note of Olivine Atelier’s sweet signature scent, Olivine, $80. Available at Queen Anne Dispatch, Queen Anne, 2212 Queen Anne Ave. N; 206.286.1024. Also online at shopolivine.com Gardenias, the favorite flower of Fremont-based perfumer Julie Wray, are the key note of Olivine Atelier’s…
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