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Aardvark Curry Bus on Kickstarter

Aardvark Curry Bus on Kickstarter

!–paging_filter–pLast winter I introduced you to my favorite Snoqualmie Pass lunch stop, a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com/my-latest-greatest-food-find-aardvark-curry-bu…” target=”_blank”the Aardvark Curry Trailer/a. I’ve got a soft spot for folks who live their passion, and strongDan’s the happiest guy cooking out of a trailer I’ve ever met. /strongHis curry bowls are a huge hit with boarders, skiers and snowshoers, but…

Fall Arts Preview 2013: Visual Arts

Fall Arts Preview 2013: Visual Arts

Keep your eyes open for painters, photographers and sculptors working to shift your point of view

Seattle’s own Gala Bent paints and draws tiny, otherworldly, watercolor scenes in The Ether and the Mantle, a show of intriguing new work. 8/30–10/5. Times vary. Free. G. Gibson Gallery. ggibsongallery.com In Hometown Boy, contemporary Chinese artist Liu Xiaodong paints lush, hauntingly realistic portraits of a crowded, often naked homeland. And in Inked, fellow countryman…

Fall Arts Preview 2013: Theater

Fall Arts Preview 2013: Theater

Actors are doing double duty this season, playing characters pretending to be something they aren’t

Having nothing better to do on Mount Olympus, the Greek muse Clio descends to 1980s Venice Beach in the form of an Australian roller girl to help a struggling artist open a roller disco. (Like you do.) A surprise hit on Broadway, Xanadu skates into Issaquah’s Village Theatre, promising high camp and big laughs. 9/12–10/20….

Fall Arts Preview 2013: Film Festivals

It’s the perfect time to dive back into dark movie theaters. Here are several good reasons to do so

ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST The theme of this year’s Seattle Design Festival is “Design in Health”—which, thankfully, has been interpreted loosely for the featured film screenings. The lineup includes recent documentaries on such diverse topics as a 1960s commune, a wind-powered home and the first park built exclusively for parkour. Also on the bill are films about…

Fall Arts Preview 2013: Music

Fall Arts Preview 2013: Music

Fall offers a veritable satellite radio of music choices to match every mood

A CAPPELLA  Experimental vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth earns automatic points for its excellent name. In addition, the group combines Tuvan throat singing with yodeling and pop-style belting, and one of the members is composer Caroline Shaw, who took home the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for music. We call that a win-win-win. 9/19. 7:30 p.m. Prices…

Fall Arts Preview 2013: Dance

Fall Arts Preview 2013: Dance

This season’s dance performances aim to change your perspective

Choreographers always seem to see life from a different angle, and that’s nowhere more apparent than in this fall’s lineup of dance performances. In Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite’s “Emergence” (11/8–11/17. Pacific Northwest Ballet; pnb.org), black-clad dancers emerge from a dark tunnel to swarm and flit across the stage, moving alternately like leggy spiders and insects…

Fall Arts Preview 2013

Fall Arts Preview 2013

All the fall arts must-sees and must-dos that are worth adding to your calendar

The best part about art—be it a painting, dance, play, book, film or rock show—is that it has the power to change your perspective, maybe on something small, such as earthworm mating rituals, or maybe something conceptually huge, such as what sort of bodies make for excellent dancers. Free your mind and let the season’s…

The Must List: Dancing Til Dusk, a Mid-Week Fashion Fete and Classical Music in Quilcene

The Must List: Dancing Til Dusk, a Mid-Week Fashion Fete and Classical Music in Quilcene

What to do this weekend

!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Picnica href=”http://bit.ly/18t4an5” target=”_blank”brAuction of Washington Wines Picnic Barrel Eventbr/a/strongThursday (8/15, 4 p.m.) — Behold, the Top 10 tips for making the most of your time at the Auction of Washington Wines Picnic event.strongbrbrMust Fete Fashiona href=”http://bit.ly/19iKS4X” target=”_blank”brW Hotel’s Wear Wednesdaysbr/a/strongWednesday (8/21, 5 to 7 p.m.) — Join the fun this week at the W…

Lifelong Thrift Gets a Facelift

Lifelong Thrift Gets a Facelift

!–paging_filter–pThrifters take note: The Lifelong AIDS Alliance’s a href=”http://www.llaa.org/get-involved/thrift-store” target=”_blank”Lifelong Thrift store/a has recently undergone a renovation and is better than ever. They’ve moved the housewares and given that section almost twice the square footage, in addition they’ve added double the hanging racks, mingled the clothing by type rather than gender, improved merchandise organization and…

Hitchcock Madrona Welcome Faris

Hitchcock Madrona Welcome Faris

!–paging_filter–pOne of our fave local jewelry designers, a href=”http://farisfaris.com/” target=”_blank”Faris Du Graf/a, has been picked up by a href=”http://\/\/staging.seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/hitchcock-madrona“Hitchcock Madrona/a (because they know a good thing when they see it) who is hosting a welcoming party and trunk show for the designer on Thursday, August 22 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This is your chance…

The Best Lingerie Shops

The Best Lingerie Shops

While clothes can make the woman, it’s what’s underneath that can make her feel great. Downtown’s Nancy Meyer (1318 Fifth Ave.; 206.625.9200; nancymeyer.com) has been providing tasteful underpinnings for 35 years and was one of the first boutiques to introduce European brands such as La Perla and Eres to the United States. Nancy Meyer is…

Best Shops for Aroma Retail Therapy

Best Shops for Aroma Retail Therapy

Aromatherapy is a proven component of feeling good, as is self-pampering in the form of scented soaps, fragrant lotions and soothing candles. Ted Kennedy Watson has been a purveyor of such simple extravagances since he opened his first store, Watson Kennedy Fine Living, near Pike Place Market in 1998. His second store, Watson Kennedy Fine…

Covetable Cashmere From Paychi Guh

Covetable Cashmere From Paychi Guh

After 15 years at Nordstrom, textile designer and design director Paychi Karen Guh struck out on her own in the spring of 2012 with Paychi Guh, a line of cashmere sweaters, scarves and tops from yarn sourced and spun in Mongolia. Guh uses very fine, lightweight cashmere, culled from the downy undercoats of Mongolian goats,…

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