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Arts Festival Picks
Three festivals provide ample arts in August—but each requires a lot of walking
Arts in Nature FestivalOrganized by the Nature Consortium, this fest takes place at Camp Long in West Seattle and emphasizes “interaction rather than transaction” (translation: no vendor booths!). Wandering around the woods, participants will encounter live music (including headlining “eco-rockers” Cloud Cult), dance performances, art installations and a fun “museum of sound” staged in the…
Nancy Guppy Interviews Seattle Opera’s Rick Araluce
Nancy Guppy gets perspective with Rick Araluce, master of small worlds and massive sets
COFFEE* DATE: Rick Araluce, lead scenic artist for Seattle Opera (see his set work in The Ring this month) and maker of tiny, haunting dioramas. His solo show, The Minutes, the Hours, the Days, opens at Bellevue Arts Museum on August 16 (bellevuearts.org).SCENE: Café Paloma in Pioneer Square, a sunny evening in JuneRICK’S ORDER: Beer….
New Album from Seattle Cabaret Band The Love Markets
A darkly comic debut CD from Seattle cabaret band The Love Markets
The first thing you notice about Seattle cabaret band The Love Markets are the slips—black, lacy and worn by singer/keyboardist Angie Louise as well as the four esteemed male musicians behind her. “It was the perfect way to express our Weimar-inspired vibe and appear decadent, severe and totally absurd all at the same time,” Louise…
New Memoir: Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin
Seattle writer Nicole Hardy publishes a memoir of faith and fidelity to oneself
While talking with West Seattle writer Nicole Hardy about her new memoir, Confessions of a Latter-Day Virgin, I mention British installation artist Tracey Emin and her famously controversial piece consisting of a camping tent, on which she embroidered the names of 102 people she had “slept with” (32 in the sexual sense). Hardy, 41, whose…
Urban Craft Uprising
!–paging_filter–pThere are 10 million cool things to do in Seattle this weekend (Queen Anne sidewalk sale, Ballard SeafoodFest, Sub Pop’s Jubilee, West Seattle Summer Fest), including a href=”http://urbancraftuprising.com/” target=”_blank”Urban Craft Uprising/a, an artisan-tastic event at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. It’s like Christmas in July at this sale (seriously, get your holiday shopping done way…
Pre-Show Jitters: A Sneak Peek at Tonight’s Nordstrom Designer Preview
!–paging_filter–pIf you have tickets, you’re psyched, because a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/nordstrom“Nordstrom’s/a Designer Preview is tonight, which means that Erdem and Dries Van Noten will be gracing the runway, alongside span style=”font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: quot;Calibriquot;,quot;sans-serifquot;;”Gucci /span and Oscar de la Renta. If you didn’t get tickets, no worries, we’ll have a recap for you, hopefully, tomorrow./ppHere’s a sneak…
Update From Barney’s: Shinola
!–paging_filter–pBig haps over at the downtown Seattle Barneys this week. Last night’s a href=”http://local.seattlemag.com/barneys-remodel-and-party“remodel party/a garnered bucks for the Parkinson’s Project (oh, and I got to drape myself in a href=”http://www.barneys.com/on/demandware.store/Sites-BNY-Site/default/Search…” target=”_blank”Hoorsenbuhs/a, my current obsession) and this morning’s media breakie with creative ambassador-at-large, Simon Doonan, and fashion director, Tomoko Ogura,nbsp;offered insight into what the New…
The Must List: An Entire Weekend Full of Festivals
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Get Crabby/stronga href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/events/ballard-seafoodfest” target=”_blank”strongbrBallard SeafoodFest/strong/abr(7/13 to 7/14, times vary) — Celebrate crustaceans, mollusks and more at the 39th Annual Ballard SeafoodFest, a kid-friendly throwdown that features boatloads of tasty fishes, two stages of live music—including awesome bands Kithkin, Star Anna and Bobby Bare Jr.—a Ballard-based brew bonanza and, yes, a lutefisk eating contest./ppstrongMust Head…
West Seattle Summer Fest
!–paging_filter–pIn addition to all the fun festival-appropriate activities (street food, bouncy houses for the kids, great music and beer gardens), the a href=”http://wsjunction.org/summerfest/” target=”_blank”West Seattle Summer Fest/a (July 12-14) also features an amazing sidewalk sale. Local businesses save stuff up all year round to blow out during this three-day long event, and the deals are…
Macklemore’s PSA for Lady Washington
We received a fax (really) the other day alerting us to this slightly weird, but pretty hilarious video of Macklemore touting the Lady Washington tall ship, which was where he filmed parts of his Can’t Hold Us music video. My fave part? Around 0:45 when he says “I was a baby pirate. A little urban…
Gilt City Seattle Warehouse Sale
!–paging_filter–pAfter a brief absence, a href=”http://www.giltcity.com/seattle” target=”_blank”Gilt City Seattle/a is back on the scene with weekly deals and a a href=”http://www.giltcity.com/seattle/gcwarehousesea” target=”_blank”huge warehouse sale/a of mythic proportions. On Friday, July 26 at 415 Westlake in South Lake Union, from 5 p.m. to 12:30 a.m., shoppers will save up to 90 percent off Gilt’s top designer…
The Must List: Kayak Rentals, a Patriotic Burlesque Show and Brewery Night at the Ballpark
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Paddle/stronga href=” http://bit.ly/14NyPcd” target=”_blank”strongbrKayak Rentals at Golden Gardens/strong/abrBallard Kayak, a new rental and tour company, has hoisted its big blue tent on the south end of Golden Gardens Park to help you quench your thirst for recreation and Vitamin D. Outdoorsy types can stop by the beach outpost, rent a kayak ($25 per hour;…
Breaking News: Blackbird in Ballard Closing
!–paging_filter–pTo be honest, I’m kind of shocked by this news, because the store is so awesome and men’s wear is having a moment right now, but according to a message from a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/blackbird-closed“Blackbird/a owner Nicole Miller on Facebook, she is closing her nine year-old brick and mortar store in Seattle on July 31 to focus…