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Mossback Monday: Bellevue Beats Seattle on Racial Diversity, St. Paddy’s Day More News
!–paging_filter–div class=”storify”script src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-39.js?header=false”/scriptpnoscript[a href=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-39″ target=”_blank”View the story “Mossback Monday” on Storify/a]/noscript/div
Designer Kristie Metcalf Heads to Vancouver Fashion Week
!–paging_filter–pEvery year, a great designer heads up to Vancouver for that city’s a href=”http://vanfashionweek.com/index.html” target=”_blank”fashion week/a (VFW). Last year it was a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/carole-mcclellan-show-vanc…“Carole McClellan/a and this year, it’s a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/local-designer-and-model-b…“Kristie Metcalf/a, who, you might recall, shot to prominence with her appearance on Bravo’s emStyled to Rock/em, Rihanna’s fashion reality show./ppMetcalf, whose line is called a…
St. Patrick’s Day Events in Seattle
!–paging_filter–pstrongPike Place Market/strong/pp3/14–3/18 Celebrate St. Paddy’s Day at Kells Irish Pub in Post Alley, where gingers toast to dear old Ireland with live music from the old country—and quite a few pints o’ Guinness as well. a href=”http://www.kellsirish.com/seattle/index.php” target=”_blank”kellsirish.com/a/ppstrongDowntown /strong/pp3/15, 12:30 p.m. Don your finest green-and-white wares for the 2014 St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Starting…
The Bellevue Collection’s Spring Fashion Celebration
!–paging_filter–pEven if the weather is still iffy, and will continue to be for months, once late March hits it’s time for spring fashion. That means brighter colors, lighter weight fabrics and a reassessment of what’s in your closet. a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/bellevue-collection“The Bellevue Collection’s/a a href=”http://bellevuecollection.com/SpringFashion/” target=”_blank”spring fashion offerings/a come at just the right time to inspire…
Anne Sportun Trunk Show at Essenza
!–paging_filter–pToronto jeweler Anne Sportun is known for her subtle asymmetry and unconventional, yet sophisticated design. a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/essenza“Essenza/a, in Fremont, is known for an inventory of gorgeous, subtle, yet sublime jewelry from small designers (not to mention generous self space for sweet smelling perfume and body care). It’s a retail match made in heaven between Anne…
A Knitter’s Paradise, St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations and ‘The Suit’ Opens at Seattle Rep
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Knitbra href=”http://bit.ly/1cVzvpm” target=”_blank”Yarn Lovers Unite at ‘Vogue Knitting’ Live/a/strongbr(3/14 to 3/16, times vary) — Should your bucket list include learning to knit a runway stunner, head to the Meydenbauer Convention Center in Bellevue for three days worth of high-style knitting, crocheting and crafting lessons and demos, plus a marketplace filled with items made from…
Wear Wednesdays at W Seattle Debuts with Schai
!–paging_filter–pDesigner Suk Chai has taken Seattle by storm with Salt, the fall/winter debut collection from her line a href=”http://schaischai.com/” target=”_blank”Schai/a, and the inaugural Wear Wednesday, March 19, at a href=”http://www.wseattle.com/” target=”_blank”W Seattle/a is your chance to check it out./ppInspired by salt and its myriad chemical reactions, as well as “Earth’s most salient shades” of color,…
Where to Buy Artisanal Toothpicks, Toothbrushes and More Precious Goods
Seattle is awash in painfully precious products— why are they so appealing?
!–paging_filter–pConsider the toothpick: A sliver of wood used to liberate stubborn foodstuffs from between one’s teeth. It’s been pretty much the same design since Neanderthal times, but the current Northwest mania for all things artisanal has raised this common object to lofty status. The so-called “worthy and fulsome” toothpicks produced by Toronto company Daneson, for…
Knute Berger on Rediscovering Seattle’s Culinary Offerings
Inspired by his foodie son, Knute Berger works up a new appetite for his hometown cuisine
!–paging_filter–pA little more than a year ago, my son, Gus, returned from 10 years in the desert. He went off to college in Albuquerque, worked for computer game companies there and in Austin, but finally, like a coho salmon, found his way home./ppHe seems happy to have traded in green chiles for green moss, but…
Nancy Guppy Interviews Visual Artist Joey Veltkamp
Nancy Guppy gets nostalgic with Seattle-based multidisciplinary visual artist Joey Veltkamp
!–paging_filter–pJoey Veltkamp is known for making art that highlights the beauty of comfort—such as his drawings of striped blankets, paintings of bears with rainbows and his sweet ceramic ghosts. In his new show, emThis Is Not a Protest. It’s a Celebration!/em, he premieres a series of handmade quilts and flags (one, an homage to Pussy…
Local Math Camp for Girls Encourages Collaboration
Educator Jessica Johnson’s Girls Rock Math aims to instill a love of numbers in little learners
!–paging_filter–pIf you’re not a math person, the mere idea of math camp probably strikes terror in your heart. But if you’re a little girl, just beginning to understand math, it could mean a fun week engineering a dollhouse out of cardboard (complete with a carport and a spiral staircase), or exploring where math and art…
Mini Free Libraries Around Seattle
With neighborhoods spilling over with books, Seattle aims to raise its literary profile
!–paging_filter–pMarch may be National Reading Month, but in hyper-literary Seattle that’s the case every month. We boast outstanding bookstores img src=”/sites/default/files/newfiles/0314_library_2.jpg” style=”float: left; margin: 10px;” height=”266″ width=”400″(Elliott Bay), niche shops for poetry (Open Books), math/science (Ada’s Books) and mysteries (Mystery Bookshop), several publishers, packed reading series and one of the largest and busiest library systems…
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