Seattle Mag
The Must List, featuring Bluegrass, Pulled-Pork Pizza and Seattle’s Best Oscar Party
MUST HEARWintergrass This annual bluegrass music festival is taking over the Hyatt Regency Bellevue for the entire weekend, jam-packing it with back-to-back concerts, workshops and impromptu jam sessions in every nook and cranny of the hotel. You can bring your axe and join in, or just meander through, listening to the sounds of a hundred…
PNB’s Gorgeous Trailer for Upcoming New Works
I fell in love with the contemporary dance piece Cylindrical Shadows long before it was finished. Choreographed by Colombian/Belgian Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, it debuted in Seattle at a Whim W’Him show in January 2011. Several weeks before the show (maybe months even), artistic director and dancer at Whim W’Him Olivier Wevers invited me to sit…
Gridlock! Seattle’s Transportation Issue
A comprehensive guide to what's really slowing the Seattle commute. Plus, encouraging updates on the
It’s the least sexy, most flammable cocktail-party topic around: transportation. The horror story about a one-hour crosstown crawl. The strategy swap about how best to cross the lake during a Mariners home stand. And the sharply divisive rhetoric about which multibillion-dollar projects our region really needs—and how to pay for them. Transportation touches us all,…
Spring Arts Preview 2012
The music, theater, books, comedy, performance and film you won't want to miss this spring. Also: th
Spring has sprung! Maybe not in terms of weather, but certainly arts-wise, with beautiful events bursting forth in galleries, theaters and concert halls. We’re fired up for the massive slab of ceramics exhibits opening this month (in conjunction with the big clay conference in town), new work by Seattle dance luminaries Donald Byrd and Mark…
Seeking Singles to Feature in Seattle Magazine
Update! We’ve gotten almost more nominations than we have time to process. Thank you for sending us info about your single friends (and, in some cases, your single selves). We have begun our review process and will soon begin reaching out to nominees we’d like to feature in the magazine (no one will be featured…
7 Family-Friendly Brewpubs in Seattle
You don’t have to save a trip to one of Seattle’s best breweries for date night anymore! Lucky for Seattle beer-loving parents, there are plenty of spots around the city to take your little ones and enjoy a brew. A couple of tips for a family-friendly trip to a brewery – order rootbeer for the…
A Toast to Knute Berger: Best Space Needle Tour Guide Ever
There are two ways to visit the Space Needle: one as a casual observer, mooning over views of Elliott Bay, exploring the checkerboard of Belltown rooftops, and thinking to yourself: Huh. 99 looks really small from up here. The other—and probably the best possible way—is in the company of writer and Seattle history buff Knute…
Downton Abbey – PBS’ Hit Show – Has a Seattle Connection
Seattle fans of the PBS show Downton Abbey are pushing it to ever higher ratings. The show is so popular in the Seattle area, KCTS is consistently the No. 1 or No. 2 PBS station in the country for “Abbey” ratings. Last Sunday’s two-hour episode was second only to the Grammy Awards in the Seattle…
Spring Fashion: The Forecast
Fashion braves the elements with a Northwest mix of high style and quintessential outerwear.
HAUTE WHEELSA blend of couture and bike messenger gear paves the way for a new look, sans Lycra bodysuit, but with the same fierce attitude. Jil Sander sleeveless nylon vest with cashmere lining, $1,840, Neiman Marcus. Patagonia black pullover polyester nano-puff jacket, $159, REI, layered over Marni “Maglia Dolcevita” beaded turtleneck cashmere knit sweater with…
Tamara Murphy’s long-awaited Terra Plata
Our food critic is smitten with a divine new eatery on Capitol Hill.
It’s a shame what you’d miss if you never left your own neighborhood, never took a turn down an unexplored street or planted yourself in one of Seattle’s sensational neighborhood restaurants. The romantic, candlelit tables in Madrona, the increasingly urbane (and decreasingly scruff-friendly) bistros in Ballard, and the thrum of diners, drinkers and rockers perched…
Northwest Home March 2012
The latest issue of our magazine about home design and decor.
The latest issue of Northwest Home (found inside the March issue of Seattle magazine) showcases Cool Kitchens, including a dramatic 1950s remodel, and tips on how to bring some canine chic style to your dwelling. Plus, our Home of the Month features a mod remodel on Mercer Island (tour it March 18), which comes complete…
Go to Momiji Only if You Like “Newshi”
Gorgeous decor can't save the "newshi" at this Capitol Hill restaurant.
There ought to be a word for sushi that has little to do with Japanese food (maybe newshi?). That way, sushi snobs like me—who care about properly cooked and seasoned rice, impeccably fresh fish cut perfectly—could differentiate between the few places that serve sushi and the growing number of places that specialize in newshi, where…