Food & Drink
Homemade in Seattle: A Book of Wonders
If you already have tickets to SAM Remix, you can get a FREE copy (1 of 50 limited editions) of a beautiful hand-bound, two-sided book fresh “off the presses” from Folio 2011. The book represents a lovely-sounding combination (I haven’t gotten my copy yet) of several “homemade” works by local artists, including musings and graphics…
More Things to Do This Halloween Weekend
Trick-or-treating? We’ve got you covered. Want to stay in a watch a good scary movie? Double check. Have an awesome costume and want to find something better than your typical, stand-around-until-the-punch-dries-up sorta party? Voila: HalloQueen — tenth anniversary performance by the local Queen tribute band led by Chris and Rick Friel, sons of legendary auctioneers…
Best Scary Movies to Watch on Halloween
In case the weekend shut-ins among us need a little help rounding off the perfect horror movie marathon. (Watch at your own discretion – we can’t be responsible for any “accidents.”) Listed in no particular order: The FlyYou will never look at Jeff Goldblum the same way again. Night of the Living Dead (1968)The zombie…
Who Were Those Liquor-Loving Ladies? LUPEC, That’s Who
As Ken Burns recently illuminated for us, women were at the forefront of the two most significant developments in our country’s history of drinking: the enactment of Prohibition, and then its repeal. And when ladies’ thirst roared in with the ’20s, it wasn’t pink cosmos they were drinking. Around Seattle for the last year or…
The Must List: Remember Rin Tin Tin, Eat Pasta, and Scream as Loud as You Can
MUST SCREAMHorror Film Exhibit at EMPRest up your vocal cords—EMP’s new exhibit Can’t Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film explores the human fascination with scary movies. Indulge in classic film screenings (such as Nosferatu, Bride of Frankenstein and The Exorcist), iconic artifacts (the axe from The Shining and Freddy Krueger’s original glove) and the…
Where to Trick-or-Treat in Seattle
RedTri.com: Maybe your ’hood doesn’t have great sidewalks for trick or treating, or maybe your neighbors are Boo-Humbug and don’t pass out good Halloween loot, or maybe you just want to do something new and go somewhere different around Seattle to show off your adorable costumed kids. Try these various Seattle venues and neighborhoods for…
My Dad Sent Me This: Two Dogs Eating at the Table
Remember when everyone used to send emails with 15 forwards intact and you had to scroll to the very bottom of the page and then it ended up being some stupid joke that wasn’t worth your time anyway? Well, my dad still sends those sometimes (a lot). But this time? My two major life loves–dogs…
New Local Music: A Beautiful, Sordid Romance from Elk and Boar
Stumbled across this new music video from Tacoma folk/soul band, Elk and Boar, the music project of Kirsten Wenlock (aka Elk) and Travis Barker (aka Boar). You may remember them from this year’s Doe Bay Festival. The stop-motion style “Thief” conjures a wonderful effect similar to silent films. Be patient: it grows on you. Also…
Getting Giddy Over Sushi: More Behind-the-Scenes of Best New Restaurants
For the November Best New Restaurants issue, in addition to ranking Seattle’s 10 Best New Restaurants, Food and Dining editor Allison Scheff and I wanted this issue to focus on emerging talents: the chefs, bartenders and other members of our dining and drink community who are poised to become the next big names. A fantastic…
Tonight in Seattle: A Free Play Reading from New Century Theatre Co
The local theatre troupe that brought you The Adding Machine and O Lovely Glowworm continues its free Pipeline series tonight with a dramatic reading of The Lonesome West by Martin McDonagh, the twisted, yet talented, writer who brought you The Pillowman and In Bruges. The performance features Michael Patten, MJ Sieber, Matt Shimkus, and Anastasia…
ZomBcon 2011, or Why I Shared Chapstick with a Stranger
I am in line to meet True Blood’s Sam Trammell at Seattle’s second annual ZomBcon, a conference dedicated to zombie culture. By 11 a.m., I have stood in two different 45-minute lines and bumped into 16 other people in the exact same Sookie outfit as me (“Just another soon-to-be-dead waitress at Merlotte’s”). My make-up needs…
On Saving Aimee, Kathie Lee Gifford and the Sad Fortress of Solitude
You probably already know that the new musical at 5th Avenue theatre, Saving Aimee, is written by American TV darling Kathie Lee Gifford. Because of all the local press hovering around Gifford, however, you may not know that the musical is about the scandalous life of Aimee Semple McPherson, an infamous leader in the early…