February 2008
Arts Festival Picks
Three festivals provide ample arts in August—but each requires a lot of walking
Arts in Nature FestivalOrganized by the Nature Consortium, this fest takes place at Camp Long in West Seattle and emphasizes “interaction rather than transaction” (translation: no vendor booths!). Wandering around the woods, participants will encounter live music (including headlining “eco-rockers” Cloud Cult), dance performances, art installations and a fun “museum of sound” staged in the…
Sophisticated Slushies
Slushies go lushy as boozy frozen cocktails
When it’s hot out, we fondly recall the Slurpees, Slush Puppies and slushies of our youth—something about that cooling combination of crushed ice, high fructose corn syrup and colors not found in nature was irresistible. But there’s no need to fully reject such pleasures just because we’re adults. Several local spots are improving on the…
Road Trip to Elbe, Washington
WHERE: Elbe, Washington, 15 miles west of the Paradise entrance to Mount Rainier National Park. WHY: To take a ride on the historic Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad ($24–$29; 54124 Mountain Hwy. E; 888.783.2611; mrsr.com), the longest continuously operating steam train railroad in the Pacific Northwest. WHAT: Riders travel in open-air, enclosed cars (pulled by a…
Nancy Guppy Interviews Seattle Opera’s Rick Araluce
Nancy Guppy gets perspective with Rick Araluce, master of small worlds and massive sets
COFFEE* DATE: Rick Araluce, lead scenic artist for Seattle Opera (see his set work in The Ring this month) and maker of tiny, haunting dioramas. His solo show, The Minutes, the Hours, the Days, opens at Bellevue Arts Museum on August 16 (bellevuearts.org).SCENE: Café Paloma in Pioneer Square, a sunny evening in JuneRICK’S ORDER: Beer….
Exciting Happenings at Dry Soda: Slim Cans! New Flavors!
I don’t drink soda because, water. (Sorry, fellow Midwesterners, I’ve long abandoned using “pop.”) But for those of you who do, we suggest getting your fizzy drink fixes from Seattle-based Dry Soda, which churns out lower calorie, not-as-sweet (and kosher!) sodas in myriad flavors. Joining its mix of artisanal flavors (think rhubarb, juniper berry and…
News on Renee Erickson’s New Wine Bar, Barnacle
Renee Erickson is on a roll! After opening The Whale Wins to wide acclaim and launching her oyster truck, The Narwhal, earlier this summer, in August she’ll debut Barnacle (Ballard, 4743 Ballard Ave. NW), a wine and aperitivi bar next door to her eminently popular seafood hideaway, The Walrus and the Carpenter. There will be…
New Album from Seattle Cabaret Band The Love Markets
A darkly comic debut CD from Seattle cabaret band The Love Markets
The first thing you notice about Seattle cabaret band The Love Markets are the slips—black, lacy and worn by singer/keyboardist Angie Louise as well as the four esteemed male musicians behind her. “It was the perfect way to express our Weimar-inspired vibe and appear decadent, severe and totally absurd all at the same time,” Louise…
New Memoir: Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin
Seattle writer Nicole Hardy publishes a memoir of faith and fidelity to oneself
While talking with West Seattle writer Nicole Hardy about her new memoir, Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin, I mention British installation artist Tracey Emin and her famously controversial piece consisting of a camping tent, on which she embroidered the names of 102 people she had “slept with” (32 in the sexual sense). Hardy, 41, whose…
Mossback Monday: Microsoft’s Identity Crisis and Seattle’s Garden of Eden
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Last Chance to Vote in the Best of 2013 Readers’ Choice Poll!
If Jillian Michaels were in charge of our Best of 2013 Readers’ Choice poll, she’d no doubt be screaming “last chance workout!” right about now. (For those of you who are above reality TV [clearly I am not] that’s a Biggest Loser reference.) This weekend is your last chance to cast your vote in our…
Urban Craft Uprising
!–paging_filter–pThere are 10 million cool things to do in Seattle this weekend (Queen Anne sidewalk sale, Ballard SeafoodFest, Sub Pop’s Jubilee, West Seattle Summer Fest), including a href=”http://urbancraftuprising.com/” target=”_blank”Urban Craft Uprising/a, an artisan-tastic event at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. It’s like Christmas in July at this sale (seriously, get your holiday shopping done way…
Mudhoney Live Performance Atop Space Needle Tonight at 5 p.m.
If you’ve ever wanted to watch music-playing humans teathered (legally) to the top of the Space Needle, now is your chance. KEXP and Sub Pop, the local record label with 20-plus years under its belt, have partnered for a Silver Jubilee broadcast that will feature the members of the Seattle band Mudhoney rocking out in…