Food & Drink
ArtsWest’s ‘The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion’: Review
Justin Huertas’ latest is a coming of age tale that wraps you up
From left to right: Rachel Guyer-Mafune as Lee, Tyler Rogers as David, Christian Quinto as Lee’s brother Todd, Porscha Shaw as Nia, and Corinna Lapid Munter as Grace, Lee’s mom in ‘The Last Octopus Wrestling Champion’
Must List: Seattle Pride Celebrations, Arts in Nature Festival, Negroni Week
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST LOVE ALL Pride Parade and Seattle Center PrideFest (6/30) The 45th annual Seattle Pride Parade is just around the corner and everyone is invited. The parade will move along Fourth Avenue, displaying plenty of color and support for our city’s LGBTQ community. Banners, posters and…
4 New Restaurants You Must Visit in Seattle
In today’s dining scene, it’s hard to keep up with restaurant openings. But it’s our job (and our pleasure) to do just that. Here are a few new places worth checking out
This article appears in print in the July 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. Watson’s Counter Ballard6201 15th Ave. NWAll bets are off at this charming all-day café with a Korean twist, where the menu ranges from poutine topped with braised short ribs ($15‒$18) to thick-cut French toast coated in Fruity Pebbles ($7‒$12). (For the record, both are…
5th Avenue Theatre’s ‘West Side Story’: Big on Sound, Light on Fury
A new louder-than-life production exacerbates a masterpiece’s one problem
Only a bit of the slang has aged (as slang always does) in West Side Story. The rest of it, including probably the greatest score (by Leonard Bernstein) and choreography (by Jerome Robbins) in Broadway history, is as fresh as the day in 1957 it exploded onstage, as the 5th Avenue’s current production proves. It closes Sunday, so…
This Week Then: Celebrating Seattle’s Pride
Plus: Looking back on UFO sightings near Mt. Rainier
This story was originally published at HistoryLink.org. Subscribe to their weekly newsletter. Seattle Pride During the last week of June 1974, local lesbians and gays celebrated Seattle’s first Gay Pride Week, which included the opening of the Gay Community Center, a picnic in Occidental Park, and a “Gay-In” at Seattle Center. The celebration has grown over the…
Must List: ‘West Side Story,’ Solstice Parade, Make Music Seattle
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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST ATTEND West Side Story(Through 6/23) Sure, it’s based on Shakespeare, but as long as one tribe feels threatened by a more recently arrived tribe—and every single day brings more tragic evidence that they do—Leonard Bernstein’s masterpiece will never stop being as timely as a…
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