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Seattle Symphony Performs World-Premiere Composition Based on Music of Pearl Jam
Composer Angelique Poteat takes her cues from natural elements
Upon being commissioned to create a new orchestral piece for the Seattle Symphony, composer and clarinetist Angelique Poteat, who turns 29 this month, immediately set to work immersing herself in the oeuvre of her musical inspiration: Pearl Jam. Having grown up listening to the band as a rock fan, she spent last January listening to…
How to Exercise Your Rights Against Unfair Gym Contracts
What to expect and what to avoid when you sign up for a new gym membership
This article originally appeared on Avvo.com. It’s a new year, and you’re ready to set out on a healthier lifestyle, complete with a shiny new membership at the local gym. Great! However, it is not uncommon for health clubs, particularly those with higher-than-average membership rates and dozens of amenities, to gouge patrons with fees, lock-in…
Seahawks March to Super Bowl: Richard Sherman Meets Gen. Sherman
The Hawks have been tearing through other teams as if on their own “March to the Sea”
In this bi-monthly Seattlemag.com column, Knute Berger–who writes regularly for Seattle Magazine and Crosscut.com and is a frequent pundit on KUOW–takes an in-depth look at some of the highly topical and sometimes polarizing issues in our city. It’s possible to take this comparison too far, but with the Seahawks marching to the NFC Championship game…
Seahawks Win, Pioneer Square Sees Business Boom & More
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
It’s the first-ever Monday after the Golden Globes that I’m not sitting here in a haze from too much champagne. Let’s dive right in to what’s happening around Seattle! You’ve likely seen cyclist Alvin Graham Jr. outside CenturyLink Field or in front of Westlake Center riding his trainer in support of veterans. Saturday night during…
Where to Watch the Seahawks Game This Sunday
Watch our boys in blue and green take on the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship game
We took to Facebook and asked our very loyal readers to share their favorite spots in which to hunker down with fellow fans and watch the Seahawks. There was an overwhelming consensus for The House Sports Pub in Greenwood–big screens! beer specials! And of course the obvious answer: CenturyLink Field. But if you’re not joining…
Paseo Reopens, Female NFL Fans Growing in Seattle & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Paseo is back! New owner Ryan Santwire quietly reopened the doors of the original Fremont location yesterday for fear of the kitchen becoming overrun. Nonetheless, the legendary sandwich shop that closed suddenly last November amid allegations of unfair pay and other poor treatment for workers had 50 customers in the first half hour. The menu, suppliers and…
Must List: ‘Tosca’ Opens, Seahawks Take on the Panthers
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must BravoSeattle Opera’s Opening Night of Tosca Saturday (1/10, 7:30 p.m.) A power-crazed chief of police. Fake bullets replaced with real ones. A fatal plunge off a parapet! Puccini’s Tosca is the archetypical opera, with more melodrama than an episode of Scandal and a spicy score that keeps things racing toward the foregone conclusion. Don’t…
Chop Suey to Close, Foggy Conditions & More News
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
As the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas speeds along for another day, we’re hearing inklings of some very cool innovations–Audi previewing a self-driving car, for one. And yesterday during the event, Microsoft unveiled the Nokia 215, which Fast Company reports is slated to retail in markets such as Africa, Asia and the Middle…
A Local Sister Duo Starts Seattle Living Room Shows
Siblings Carrie and Kristen Watt host concert series in small venues and private homes
In a small, private Belltown event space, members of Seattle band St. Paul de Vence begin tuning a trumpet and strumming a banjo. As the audience settles in on this winter evening, there’s electricity in the air—a sense that something exciting is afoot, and the people here are lucky witnesses. Everyone is on “the list,”…
Kedai Makan’s Nasi Goreng Makes Prime Late-Night Grub
Malaysian diner's fried rice balances rich, fresh and sweet
Twenty-four-hour diners certainly have their merits, but in Seattle, late-night eating is where it’s at, and it doesn’t get more enjoyable than with takeout from Kedai Makan. There is something incredibly satisfying about grabbing a midnight order of Malaysian grub at the Capitol Hill walk-up window on East Olive Way (open until 2 a.m. on…
Professional Cuddling, ‘Architectural Exclamation Point’ in SLU & More
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Need a good cuddle from a complete stranger? Make your way down to Portland, where a woman has turned the up-close-and-personal behavior into a profession. According to King 5’s Evening Magazine, professional cuddler Samantha Hess charges $35 for a 30-minute snuggle session and $60 for a full hour. And should you book her services, don’t…
A Drink-Free January: Does it Really do a Body Good?
Deep breaths: I won't be in my cups until February 5
On New Year’s Eve, my husband and I each downed a dirty martini and shared two bottles of brut Champagne. Though he was kicking my tail at a rousing game of Monopoly (damn him for always snagging Marvin Gardens), our low-key bubbly- and vodka-fueled evening was a splendid way to ring in 2015. When the…
Dame Edna’s Final ‘Goodbye’ to Start in Seattle
Dame Edna gives Nancy Guppy the royal treatment
Known for her wisteria-colored hair, cat-eye spectacles, regal composure and biting wit, Australian comedy goddess Dame Edna Everage (Barry Humphries) has been entertaining audiences for nearly a half-century. But sadly, the empress of satire is calling it quits; this year, she embarks on Dame Edna’s Glorious Goodbye: The Farewell Tour (1/15–1/18. The Moore Theatre; stgpresents.org)….
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