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Fall Arts Preview 2016: Arts & Technology
Tapping into the best tech-related events
Seattle in Parody – Maria Semple No author has captured the comedic absurdity of Seattle with more success than novelist Maria Semple, who moved here in 2008. In her 2012 novel, Where’d You Go, Bernadette? Semple gave the world an incisive, hilarious look at the manners and social mores of the Microsoft-era city-state. Its narrative…
Fall Arts Preview 2016: Film Festivals
What to watch for on the big screens this season
Every autumn, our city’s numerous and diverse film festivals present hundreds of short features and full-length movies to Seattle audiences, opening up views into a wide, diverse spectrum of human experience. One of the most important is the Local Sightings Film Festival (9/22–10/1), the Northwest’s premier showcase of new films, produced by the Northwest…
Fall Arts Preview 2016
A complete list of this season's theater, dance, music and more
The leaves may not yet be falling, but the calendar is filling up with dates—a sure sign that the new season of theater, dance, music and more is upon us. This year doesn’t disappoint. From a new book by a Seattle transplant with a wicked sense of the absurd to a show in which the…
Fall Arts Preview 2016: Visual Arts
Welcoming a variety of mediums to kick off the season
Family Tree – Gail Grinnell, Samuel Wildman and Eric John Olson Since 2014, MadArt Studio has operated a storefront in South Lake Union where selected local artists are given a residency of several months to create large-scale, site-specific sculpture and installation work. Visitors can witness art in the making and in its completed form. The…
The Best Getaways for Food and Wine Lovers
Seattle has no shortage of great dining options, but sometimes eating out is about the journey
Eating your fill takes on a whole new meaning when you travel to these destinations. It’s all about the food you experience, from highbrow to low and everything in between. PortlandYou say you’re going to Portland for the forested hikes, the riverside views and the tax-free shopping. But let’s face it—you’re really just going to…
Last Week’s Election Yielded Intriguing Results
Seattle says "yes" to affordable housing, "no" to ballot measure 123
I hate the August Primary election, and apparently do a lot of other people. Turnout was only about 33 percent statewide. I consider it a right for kids and adults to have summer (the weather regardless). Kids should get three full months off from school; adults shouldn’t have to think about politics until after Labor…
The W Seattle Debuts Outdoor-inspired Renovations
Hotel's guest rooms redesigned to reflect Pacific Northwest style
Hotel guests will feel like they’re checking into the great outdoors with the debut of the W Seattle’s Pacific Northwest–inspired guestroom renovations. Each of the 415 guest rooms and nine suites of the downtown hotel have been redesigned to reflect Seattle’s history of aeronautical innovation and outdoor recreation. Illustrating these influences are design details such…
Sasquatch Books: Raising the Region’s Literary Bar for Decades
Local publisher helps shape Seattle's literary scene
Seattle has long been known as a book lover’s haven, and Sasquatch Books, a venerated local publishing company, has played a major role in helping to mold and shape the city’s lit life. For three decades, Sasquatch has been introducing new and unique titles to the region’s (and lately, the nation’s) readers, while cultivating some…
Seattle arts programs expand outreach, take on homelessness together
A look at the impact of experiential arts programs on people living in homelessness
Last November, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray declared a State of Emergency for King County’s homelessness crisis. While addressing the concern has proven to be a lofty task for councilmembers and citizens alike, Seattle’s arts programs continue to take initiative on the complicated social issue. On June 21, the Seattle Symphony announced “Simple Gifts,” a multi-year,…
New Eatery Tarsan I Jane Brings Valencian and Catalan Flair to Seattle
The Spanish Revolution comes to Fremont
Cooking is in PerfecteRocher’s bones. The self-taught Spanish chef, who has worked in Michelin-starred restaurants in London and San Francisco, grew up among the orange trees and rice fields of Villalonga, a mountain town in Valencia, where his grandfather ran a popular paella restaurant called Tarsan. Rocher practically lived in that kitchen, playing soccer…
Woodinville’s Des Voignes Satisfies Beer Lovers and Wine Connoisseurs Alike
Des Voigne Cellars and B-Side Brewing make wine and beer under one roof for the first time
You know when couples or friends go wine tasting and there’s always one person who would rather be drinking a beer? Two worlds finally collide at Des Voigne Cellars and B-Side Brewing, a first-of-its-kind in the area boutique winery and craft brewery in Woodinville’s Winery Warehouse district on Artisan Hill. Inside their 5,000-square-foot industrial warehouse,…
The Must List: Seafair Celebrations, Seattle Art Fair & More
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must Sea Party On During Seafair Weekend (8/5 to 8/7, times vary) Gather along the shores of Lake Washington to say farewell to another successful Seafair in the traditional way: with powerboats and air shows. Enjoy one of the city’s oldest events, as powerboats race on Lake Washington and the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels rocket across…
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