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Tilikum Place Chef’s Favorite Ingredient: Walnut Vinegar
Tilikum Place Café chef/owner Ba Culbert reveals her secret culinary touch
A fortuitous souvenir brought back from France by her sister led Ba Culbert, chef and co-owner of Tilikum Place Café, to one of her dearest ingredients—walnut vinegar. While not a fan of other flavored vinegars, Culbert immediately loved how walnut vinegar has a “subtle and nuanced flavor that keeps dishes light.” Walnut vinegar is sold…
The Must List: New Barbecue Resto, the Seattle Design Festival Continues
What to do this weekend
Must NoshJack’s BBQ Opened This WeekNearly six months after announcing that he was turning his famous Seattle Brisket Experience pop-up into a real-life restaurant, Jack Timmons has finally opened Jack’s BBQ. Go now for meat, meat and more meat. Must Meet and GreetTV Host Giuliana Rancic Comes to TownSunday (9/14, 9 to 11 a.m.) —…
Photos Fom the Quality Athletics Opening Party
We welcomed the newest addition to the Huxley Wallace Collective in grand style
On September 6, we celebrated the opening of Quality Athletics in Pioneer Square, the newest restaurant and sports bar from the Huxley Wallace Collective. More than 250 guests previewed the space, sampled the menu items and toasted the world of sports. The night was a slam dunk, ending with house-made cotton candy and seasonal boozy…
#Throwback Thursday: Washington State Fair Way Back When
From 1900 to 2014, the state fair tradition lives on in Washington
“The Valley Fair” as it was formerly called started in the fall of 1900 as a means to help local agricultural and dairy farmers, miners, and manufacturers exhibit and sell their products in a community setting. The first fair took place on October 4th, 1900 and was only a three-day event. Admission for the whole…
4 Drinks to Celebrate the Beginning of School
The kiddos are back in school, so it's time to make a drink
Another school year has begun (or, perhaps for some, is beginning), and I for one think that we should celebrate with a toast–or four. Knowledge and learning are important things (not to mention having the kids out of the house for a number of hours each day is pretty great, too). Also, I firmly believe…
Our Picks for What to See and Do This Fall
This season’s arts lineup is packed with picks that will have you applauding for more
Coming-of-age choreography, sci-fi ceramics, film noir, new memoirs, kinky boots and the great society—pick your poison in one of the categories below for this season’s most impressive arts events, plus the new arts venues that are popping up all over town. VISUAL ARTS DANCE NEW ARTS VENUES THEATER LITERATURE FILM MUSIC
What to Do This Fall: Music Events
From opera to a jazz fest, our picks for the best musical acts in town
JAZZThe Earshot Jazz Festival features more than 50 performances, including an opening-night birthday tribute to Thelonious Monk, “Monk 10/10,” featuring 10 of Seattle’s best jazz pianists playing works by the jazz genius, and a 10-piece ensemble led by local jazz pioneer Wayne Horvitz. Seattle’s avant-jazz scene is well represented at the fest, with performances by…
What to Read this Fall: Literature
In new memoirs, Seattle writers battle demons— and live to tell the tale
My Fluorescent God ($14.95)Almost Live! alum Joe Guppy recounts the story of his self-described “crazy period” in 1971, when he stayed for a stint in a Seattle mental hospital, haunted by the hellfire of his Catholic faith as well as his dark determination to jump off the Aurora Bridge. Using journals and doctors’ notes from…
What to See this Fall: Theater
Angels in America [DRAMA]This year’s edition of the Intiman Theatre Festival features Tony Kushner’s mid-1990s exegesis of the AIDS crisis, the two-part creation collectively known as Angels in America. Featuring stellar local talent, including Marya Sea Kaminski (as the angel), Jennifer Zeyl (set design) and Mark Mitchell (costume design), the production will remind viewers…
What to do This Fall: New Arts Venues
Fresh arts spaces are popping up all over
Read all of our picks for fall arts, including music, theater, film and more here. FILM: We first heard the glorious news back in May: SIFF is taking over the lease on the Egyptian Theatre, and will renovate and reopen the historic space as a year-round movie theater. The grand opening is set for October,…
Behold, the Glorious Bake Sale at Café Pettirosso
Did you realize that Café Pettirosso on Capitol Hill, once closed on Mondays, now opens its door specifically to hold what is arguable this city’s best (only?) bake sale every week? For the past month or so, sisters Yukiko and Miki Sodos have been using their cute little café—nearly hidden with all the recent construction…
Complete Strangers Get Close in this Photography Series
In Richard Renaldi’s photos, strangers share a fleeting moment of intimacy
They clasp hands, link arms or sometimes lay heads on each other’s shoulders. In a few cases, someone kisses another on the cheek. At first glance, New York photographer Richard Renaldi’s street portraits seem to be of oddly paired friends—people you wouldn’t expect to see hanging out together, who paused on the sidewalk for a…
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