Food & Drink
Fremont Gets a New Live Theater Space
AJ Epstein’s small, experimental arts space brings live theater back to the "Center of the Universe.
AJ Epstein doesn’t know quite what to call himself. The 40-year-old producer/director/lighting designer, who in June opened live theater venue West of Lenin in Fremont, has jokingly labeled himself “Responsible Party” and “El Presidente,” and has recently enjoyed the ring of “Arts Entrepreneur.” After verbally volleying all these options, he decides: “I’m an artist and…
Seattle choreographer Amy O’Neal
O’Neal prepares for a series of new solo and duet dances at Velocity Dance Center.
Amy O’Neal has worked with Pat Graney Company and Scott/Powell Performance, as well as her own companies, Locust and (currently) AmyO/tinyrage. She is artist-in-residence at Velocity Dance Center and will perform new solos and duets with Kathleen Hermesdorf as part of Velocity’s Guest Artist Series. 10/28–10/29. 8 p.m. Prices vary. Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th…
Nordic Museum Shows Lady Gaga-Approved Fashion
The Nordic Fashion Biennale brings cutting-edge arts to Ballard.
Surely there is no better name than Hrafnhildur Arnardottir, the New York–based Icelandic artist famous for her outlandish sculptures, installations and costumes made of braided hair and wildly woolly fabrics. Arnardottir, who also goes by the handle “Shoplifter” and is a frequent collaborator with Björk, is the curator of Looking Back to Find Our Future,…
New Cookbook Store Comes to Seattle
The Book Larder in Upper Fremont caters to cookbook consumers.
“I love cookbooks,” says Lara Hamilton. “I read them as if they were novels.” The former Microsoft employee began collecting cookbooks a couple of years ago, and after visiting other cookbook-only bookstores (such as Books for Cooks in London) decided Seattle needed one, too. This month, she’s opening Book Larder: A Community Cookbook Store (4252…
Where to Eat Before the Game
To all Sounders, Mariners and Seahawks fans: Not to suggest that garlic fries and hot dogs aren’t amazing – but we thought you might like to explore a few places off the beaten path, where you can refresh your palate (without relinquishing your paycheck) before a game. Fuji Sushi Try the bento box with sushi…
Seattle Installation Artists SuttonBeresCuller Throw a Surprise Party at On the Boards
Tonight is opening night of the new season at local performance venue On the Boards, and I’m thrilled to go see … well… I have no idea what I’ll be seeing, actually, but I’m excited for the surprise. At some point mid-summer, Seattle installation artists SuttonBeresCuller (John Sutton, Ben Beres and Zac Culler) were given…
This Weekend’s Musts: See New SIFF Digs, Eat Gyros, Spell
MUST WATCH Nora’s Will Friday through Thursday (9/16–9/22)Emerging Mexican writer and director Mariana Chenillo’s Nora’s Will provides the perfect excuse to check out SIFF’s brand-new Film Center at the Seattle Center (which doesn’t have any spilled drinks on the floor yet!). The warm comedy—which won Mexico’s Best Picture in 2010—carefully balances melancholy, romance and humor…
Red Tricycle Recommends: Seattle’s Kid Friendly Indoor Market
When seasonal neighborhood farmers markets end in early fall and rainy days revisit the Emerald City, the indoor shops at Capitol Hill’s indoor Melrose Market offer families the chance to discover fresh food and artisan goods and the opportunity to grab lunch inside a recently restored warehouse. With Doug Fir beams and exposed brick, the…
Meet Seattle Busker Gregory Paul
Seattle mag editorial assistant Patrick Hutchison and local musician Matt Badger, of Ravenna Woods, team up to explore Seattle’s street music scene, recording the stories and songs that help compose our city’s soundtrack. The first in a five-part series: When Gregory Paul moved to Seattle from upstate New York, he wasn’t sure what the future…
Behind the Page: A Restaurant Reviewer’s Average Day
I’ve been thinking a lot about social media (Twitter, Facebook), how people use them, what they choose to share and what they don’t. That’s because I can’t share most of what I do (most importantly, what I eat) every day because of the job that I have. On the average work day, I order, taste and sample various foods–desserts, burgers,…
Viaduct for Dummies: What’s Fun About Shutting Down the Viaduct?
There’s been a lot of uneasy muttering here at SeaMag World Headquarters lately, ever since SDOT made it real and announced the dates of the first Viaduct-wrecking party (Oct. 21-31). Though we know it might one day try to kill us, several of us still insist upon using the thing to get to and from…
Hilliard’s in Ballard Has Great Beer in the Can
It’s not easy to distinguish oneself as a brewer in this microbrew-soaked city. But Ryan Hilliard is off to a good start before his Ballard brewery, Hilliard’s Beer, is even open. Hilliard, thanks to a relatively new small-scale packaging machine called the ACS 3.5 (by Cask Brewing Systems), is putting his prize-winning home brew-turned-professional-project craft…
Fashion + Style Friday: FNO Recap, Lady Konnyaku Trunk Show and Looking Ahead to Fashion First
Kids, Seattle outdid itself last night: the fun and fashionable were out and about all over town from Eastside to west for Fashion’s NIght Out, shopping, gabbing and ready for fall fashion (despite the summer-like heat, though nobody complained too much). I hung out at the Bravern, catching a delightful (and packed) Neiman Marcus fashion…