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Fashion + Style Friday: Late summer sales + a local twist on Fashion Night Out at Neiman Marcus
Snag some late summer wear at the following local sales this weekend: Menswear retailer Road is offering up to 60 percent discounts on madras shirts, blazers and chic men’s shorts this month at both their Bellevue and downtown locales. Extra bonus: select denim and pants are buy one and get one free. Get thee to…
Fall Arts 2011
Our guide to the very best arts events of the season, plus our 2011 Spotlight Award winners.
Fall. It lands with a sudden, resounding clunk, causing a city-wide knee-jerk reaction: We lament the fact that summer was (way!) too short, and we begin the hunkering-down process, bracing ourselves for winter. But we’re here to suggest another response to the season: Rejoice in the fact that dance, film, music, theater and visual arts…
Seattle Magazine 2011 Spotlight Award: Garrett Fisher
NEW ARIA CODE: Composer Garrett Fisher is creating a new genre of note
Sitting on the living room floor of his modest Capitol Hill home, a cup of tea in hand and a large cat lounging nearby, Garrett Fisher hardly seems poised to upend opera as we know it. But he might just do so. The acclaimed composer has earned accolades nationwide for his fresh approach, blending ancient…
Seattle Magazine 2011 Spotlight Award: Kyle Loven
MASTER OF PUPPETS: Kyle Loven performs a magical hand jive
At Kyle Loven’s studio space in Belltown, the worktable is littered with ears—latex ears, which he’s been perfecting for his recent work, When You Point at the Moon. The spooky story is based on Chinese moon mythology that warns, “Don’t point at the moon, or the moon will cut your ears off.” Loven, a skilled…
Seattle Magazine 2011 Spotlight Award: Troy Gua
POP EYE: Troy Gua turns pop culture into high art
Visual artist Troy Gua wants to be famous. His deadpan stare and signature slicked black topknot are unmistakable at local art gatherings—and often the subject of his own artwork. He’s hung large-scale photographs of himself, fashioned a small sculpture of himself urinating (after the famous “Manneken Pis” in Brussels), and even translated his face into…
Seattle Magazine 2011 Spotlight Award: Mandy Greer
HIGH IN FIBER: Installation artist Mandy Greer weaves dreams from detritus
“This is my eight-year-old dream come true,” says Mandy Greer, surveying her home studio, which her husband (artist Paul Margolis) recently built with a friend in a space adjoining the laundry room. Countless clear plastic tubs are packed to bursting with colorful fabrics. Sparkly garments hang from hooks, as does a furry wolf head and…
Seattle Magazine’s 2011 Fall Arts Preview: Must-See Events
40 MUST-SEE FALL ARTS EVENTSDANCEPilobolus Part gymnastics, part pantomime and part Slinky, Pilobolus Dance Company always entices with its physical contortionism and brainy bravado. The Connecticut-based troupe got its start 40 years ago, using the shape of the human body to make statements about sexual politics, personal relationships and societal mores. Though it has since…
Cookus Interruptus: Raita (Yogurt Cucumber Topping)
cool, minty and loaded with friendlies
(Steve is transformed by a chef’s coat)Word in nutritional research is that we all need more probiotics in our diet. Get the friendly bacteria in an awesome topping for vegetable curries, fish, chicken, rice by making this dish with high-quality whole milk yogurt. Get printable recipe here. Cookus Interruptus is devoted to educating viewers about…
Our Top To-do’s for the Week of August 11-17
Must Get Arty Art Up Phinneywood Friday (8/12) – Phinneywood is shutting Greenwood/Phinney Avenue from N 67th Street to N 87th to cars for its neighborhood arts walk featuring work from local artists, live music, a farmers’ market and food ($5 happy hour menu all evening at Carmelita’s). Part of the City of Seattle’s Summer…
Eat Yourself Silly this Sunday at the 12th Avenue Festival
Today I accidentally referred to the 12th Avenue Festival as the 12th Avenue Food Festival in conversation. Same difference, if you ask me. There’s so, so much good to eat on that street. This Sunday, from noon until 6pm, 12th Avenue between Madison and Pike Streets will shut down so that hungry folks like you…
Seamless in Seattle Winner: Bri Seeley
The local designer was recognized for "Best Coat" in our 2011 competition.
Bri Seeley (pictured right)Line: Bri Seeley DesignsAvailable at: Spun Sustainable Collective (Capitol Hill); briseeley.com The creative spark: Take Betty Draper and mix her with a dash of Jackie O circa 1970, and you get a visual of Seeley’s effortless, classic aesthetic. “I get a lot of inspiration from history and historic fashions. My grandmother entrusted…
Seamless in Seattle Winner: Angela Allen
This Queen-Anne based designer was recognized for "Best Reinterpretation of the Little Black Dress"
Angela Allen (pictured left) Line: Angela Allen DesignAvailable at: angelaallendesigns.com Studying at: New York Fashion Academy, Class of 2011 The creative spark: The Queen Anne–based designer is all about juxtaposition: hard and soft, natural versus industrial. Her tactile, earth-tone designs merge solids with classic patterns like houndstooth. “While I find inspiration in nature for my…