June 2012
Signing to the Music
Jeff Wildenstein uses ASL to interpret lectures, plays and rock shows for the local deaf community.
1/ Wildenstein also teaches yoga. “Being able to visualize what the ASL translation is going to look like prior to doing a show is very similar to preparing for a yoga class,” he says. 2/ Recent challenge: when Beck sang a brand new rap song in concert. “I ended up signing something like, ‘He’s speaking…
Tia Kramer’s Paper Necklaces
High-art sculpture meets arts-and-crafts fair wear-ability.
A Tia Kramer paper necklace is best described as the love child of an arts-and-crafts fair and a cosmopolitan sculpture: The Northlake-based installation artist uses recycled sterling silver to complement her handmade Philippine plant paper pendants, often layered with wire in intricate patterns for a decidedly contemporary cap to your ensemble. $148–$350 at the Seattle…
New Designs from Seattle’s Fashion Reality-TV Stars
For two seattle designers, a brush with reality TV was surreal: design god John Varvatos draping fabric and Jessica Simpson poring over fashion sketches. Add model Elle Macpherson to the mix and you have NBC’s Fashion Star, which recently featured locals Lisa Vian Hunter and Lizzie Parker as they competed against 12 other designers to…
LeMay: America’s Car Museum Opens in Tacoma
Tacoma’s new car museum is an ode to hitting the road.
Cars may have lost some street cred among bikers, environmentalists and anyone tired of pouring her paycheck into the gas tank, but a new museum in Tacoma is here to remind us of the glory days, when we could rev up and roll down the road free of guilt. LeMay: America’s Car Museum opens this…
Bottled Revolution
A locally developed water bottle makes the impact of sustainability clear.
Most of us recycle religiously in the hopes of preserving our planet for future generations, but what if your sustainability efforts came with more immediate gratification? A proposed product by local tech-design company Artefact (artefactgroup.com) helps you visualize the effects of eco-friendliness. The South Lake Union-based company has been developing ideas for new products since…
Cannon Beach’s Annual Sandcastle Contest
WHERE: Cannon Beach, Oregon. WHY: The 48th Annual Sandcastle Contest (6/9, sculpting starts at 7:30 a.m., judging at noon; cbsandcastle.com), featuring incredible feats of architecture using the world’s most fickle medium. Open to contestants (register online) and spectators, the friendly competition invites sand sculptors of all ages to transform 20-foot-square plots of sand into spectacular…
Local Chefs Share Secret Recipes in Four New Cookbooks
Take your favorite dishes home with recipes from local restaurant royalty.
If you’ve ever wished you could re-create a marvelous dish you experienced at a local restaurant, you’re in luck. Seattle’s own Sasquatch Books has recently released a slew of locally focused cookbooks, featuring recipes from our city’s most recognized chefs, so you can try whipping up a few of your faves at home (and perhaps…
New Music from Favorite Local Songwriters
Three new albums from Seattle artists we love to listen to.
Rocky VotolatoTelevision of SaintsThe acclaimed Seattle crooner’s newest record (his first to be self-released, funded by adoring fans via Kickstarter) features stripped-down arrangements that emphasize the melodious clarity of his voice. Brimming with alt-country confidence, the songs are especially strong when Votolato’s musician brothers Sonny and Cody bring their bass and electric guitars to the…
Seattle’s Olympic Dream Team
Four Olympic hopefuls in three categories hail from our own backyard.
As the world turns its attention toward the Olympic Games in London next month, Seattleites will be cheering on locally based athletes. But at press time, a few of these determined fighters had a few more hurdles to clear—here’s hoping they make it all the way to the big time. [ BOXING ] Quoted as…
Raise a Beaker to Seattle’s First Science Fest
Seattle's first ever science festival brings a plethora of nerdy topics and the one-and-only Stephen
Organized by the Pacific Science Center and timed to coincide with the Seattle Center’s Next 50 celebration, the first-annual Seattle Science Festival features a galaxy of family-friendly festivities. Science Expo Day (6/2) kicks things off with a big bang. Taking place across the Seattle Center grounds, this free event features more than 150 happenings: exhibits,…
PNB’s Beloved “Romeo” Exits, Stage Left
Principal dancer Lucien Postlewaite bids farewell to PNB this month.
The news that principal dancer Lucien Postlewaite was leaving Pacific Northwest Ballet at the end of this season had many fans asking, “Wherefore art thou, Romeo?” The dancer, who joined PNB as a teenager and performed with the company for nine years, quickly became known for his absolutely riveting portrayal of a certain Mr. Montague…
Can Seattle Scientists Save Orcas from Extinction?
Limited numbers of orcas swim the Salish Sea—and new troubles await them.
This February, a young killer whale washed up on the chilly shores of southwest Washington’s Long Beach Peninsula. Scientists looking at the markings on its dorsal fin and saddle patch (the dark gray splotch behind the dorsal fin) identified the whale as L112, a female just over 12 feet long born in 2009. She belonged…
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