Food & Drink
These Seattle Artists Are Exploring China’s Sociopolitical Transformation
Lauren Yee's play "The Great Leap" and poetry by Western Washington University's Jane Wong address China's "Great Leap Forward"
This article appears in print in the April 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. There’s a darkly comic pun in the title of Lauren Yee’s play The Great Leap. Set in 1989, the year of the Tiananmen Square protests, it follows an American college basketball team that travels to China for an exhibition match, during which a…
How Seattle’s Wave Press is Celebrating National Poetry Month
The Pulitzer Prize-winning local poetry press is celebrating with four new titles
This article appears in print in the April 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. “It’s moving, but you can’t predict where it’s going to be next,” said poet Eileen Myles in a 2012 interview, reflecting on why Seattle’s Wave Books chose the perfect name. The poetry press launched in 2005, morphing out of the former Massachusetts-based…
Must List: Pacific Northwest Ballet’s ‘Emergence,’ Orcas Island Literary Fest, Lindy West: The Witches Are Coming
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MUST EMERGE Pacific Northwest Ballet: Emergence(4/13–4/22) For Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite, whose 2009 work Emergence gives PNB’s spring show its name, inspiration came from insects: How do organisms build social structures? More specifically, how might this be a metaphor for a ballet company? Pite’s approach was collaborative: “Get everyone contributing material: delegate, divide and conquer…[a…
The Ichiroll Is Still a Big Hit at Safeco Field
Ichiro Suzuki is back in Seattle, but the Ichiroll never left
Ichiro Suzuki is back in Seattle and Mariners fans are very excited about the return of one of its most popular players of all time. But you know what’s never left Safeco Field? The Ichiroll! This sushi homage to the quiet, fiercely determined outfielder from Japan first arrived at the ballpark’s concession lineup in 2001….
8 Seattle Restaurants to Try Spring Nettles
This prickly green is showing up on menus all over town.
Spring means it’s time to eat your weedies. And by that, I mean stinging nettles, the prickly green that’s suddenly showing up on menus all over the place. What? You’ve never eaten nettles? Well, think of this brilliant wild thing as a kind of spinach, but with a lot more personality. (And tons of vitamins!)…
Ma‘ono Chef Takes on New York–Style Pizza and Veggie Burgers in Seattle
Mark Fuller expands his comfort food repertoire with veggie burgers and pizza at ‘Table and Supreme
This article appears in print in the April 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Seattle first fell in love with chef Mark Fuller over fried sweetbreads and duck egg raviolo when he opened Spring Hill in West Seattle. Now, he’s best known for crafting arguably the city’s best fried chicken at Ma‘ono (Spring Hill’s successor and Rachel’s…
Must List: Brunch Run, An Evening with Anne Lamott, VegFest
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MUST DINE AND DASH Seattle Magazine Brunch Run(4/7) Bring your friends and start the day right at the fourth annual Seattle magazine Brunch Run. The 5K dash begins at Magnuson Park and continues along Lake Washington. Waiting at the finish line will be brunch foods from 15 local Seattle restaurants and a variety of boozy…
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