Food & Drink
Recipe of the Week: Plum Ginger Sparkler
This tasty and festive beverage by Mackenzie Schieck is a perfect non-alcoholic option
Fall is in full effect so it’s time to get festive with food expert and blogger Mackenzie Schieck’s Plum Ginger Sparkler. This delicious drink that comes with non-alcoholic ginger beer and fresh plums is part of a larger party plan Schieck put together in collaboration with Prospect Goods, a company that specializes in creative party…
Free Indian food with UK chef and “Made In India” author Meera Sodha
Bestselling author chats and cooks Gujarati specialties at Book Larder
If you think your local curry house – with its neon sauces and mushy spinach – is the essence of Indian food, get ready to have your mind blown. Meera Sodha, one of the hottest chefs in London right now, is on tour for her debut cookbook, “Made in India,” (Flatiron Books, $35)which stops at Book…
Seahawks Get a Gift for a Victory on Monday Night Football
Kam Chancellor forces a Megatron fumble
There are points in a season where everything can turn. Monday night, Detroit Lions superstar wide receiver Calvin Johnson (a.k.a. “Megatron”) provided one of those moments when he fumbled what would have been a sure touchdown, thanks to former holdout Kam Chancellor’s defense. As Johnson was about to score, Chancellor punched the ball from his…
Video Premiere: Lemolo’s “Low Halo”
Lemolo's "Low Halo" video is like a beautiful séance
When she was 7 years old, Meagan Grandall, lead singer and songwriter for the Seattle-based dream pop band Lemolo, would wade into the ocean and push little boats out into the waves. They say what you did when you were young is what you’re meant to do when you’re older, and while it’s true that…
Brett Hamil’s New Politically Charged Talk Show
Seattle writer and comedian books all-star guests for new show
Tickets for this thing will likely go quick. Seattle comedian Brett Hamil, who writes for City Arts magazine and hosts a regular politically charged YouTube video series, has amassed a star-studded lineup for the inaugural episode of his new monthly talk show, The Seattle Process with Brett Hamil, debuting October 21 at 8 p.m. at…
Seattle Superheroes: Lightning Rachel Belle
The Scrabble-playing, burrito-eating FM radio superhero
Seattle Superheroes is a regular series on seattlemag.com wherein artists depict standout people in our community as superheroes. While we’ve taken some artistic license with the narratives, the sentiment behind them is very real. Don’t adjust your dials. What you’re experiencing is the ecstatic, elastic energy of the one and only Rachel Belle, the dynamo…
Must List: PNB’s ‘See the Music,’ Macefield Music Fest Rocks Ballard
What to do in Seattle this weekend
Must ListenCity of Literature reading at Hugo HouseFriday (10/2, 7 p.m.) Listen to tales from the local book-loving scene at this gathering of contributors to the recent essay collection Seattle City of Literature, a conversational history of Seattle’s literary legacy. The book was edited by Ryan Boudinot, after he founded Seattle’s bid to become a…
Credit Card Security, Marshawn’s Hamstring & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
More secure credit card chip readers are supposed to be installed in stores by Thursday, although only 27 percent of retailers have the new machines, KIRO 7 reports. Cards with chips will no longer be swiped, but dipped into the new readers that provide an added level of security by creating a unique code for…
31 Days of Horror Films
Challenge yourself to an evening of haunts every night of the month
At last, October is here. String up the ghost lights, deck your mantle with pumpkins and add faux spider webs to all surfaces with wild abandon because it’s time to get in the Halloween spirit. To kick off the season of tricks and treats, I’ve compiled 31 days worth of scary movies—old ones, new ones,…
The Force is Strong with the Seattle Seahawks
How this year is the Return of the Jedi season
The Seahawks’ 2015 season will be remembered as their Return of the Jedi year. Allow us to explain. Two seasons ago was the team’s A New Hope year with young Russell Wilson playing the role of Luke Skywalker and leading the upstart rebel team to a universally surprising victory. Their repeat the next year, however,…
New Album from Shaprece out this Month
Seattle songstress Shaprece on her new album, musical idols and her ideal dinner-party guests
Shaprece, the mononymous singer born and raised in Seattle, has gained acclaim for original songs that blend soul, electronica, strings and trip-hop with gorgeous vocals. Her new album, Coals, comes out this month, and she’s celebrating with a humdinger of a release party—playing the record in its entirety with backup by the Seattle Symphony at…
What to See at the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival celebrates 20 years of insubordinate cinema
In 1996, a month prior to the first-ever Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, President Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act into law, codifying marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Two decades later, we are celebrating both the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of same-sex marriage and the 20th…
Pat Graney’s ‘Girl Gods’ Explores Suppressed Rage Through Dance
Choreographer Pat Graney unpacks generations of suppressed female anger
Define rage. Have you ever experienced pure rage? How did you express it? How was anger expressed in your family? These are the questions longtime local choreographer Pat Graney is asking five female dancers to explore in her new piece, Girl Gods. Even more daringly, she’s requesting that they ask the same questions of their…
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