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A Haiku Review of New Century Theatre Company’s “O Lovely Glowworm”
A Haiku Review of “O Lovely Glowworm,” an absurd, wistful story by playwright Glen Berger, told from the twisted but sweet perspective of a taxidermied goat and performed by New Century Theatre Company. Lyrical writingActing, directing superbI love that dead goat Seriously, you should see this play. It is odd (a mermaid, Irish soldiers and…
Two Local Film Fests, Marination Station, Regina Chang’s New Vintage Furniture Shop and More Top To-do’s
Must WatchFilm Fests!This year, the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (4/28 – 5/2) will showcase 200 films (culled from a record-breaking 700 submissions) from 20 countries, all directed by auteurs 22 and younger. The lineup includes work by more than 30 local filmmakers, including 14-year-old Ben Kadie, a film fanatic from Bellevue who has…
Space Needle Writer-in-Residence: Knute Berger Lands the Coolest Gig Ever!
This just in! Knute Berger, Seattle mag’s editor-at-large and expert on all things Pugetopolis has landed the coolest gig ever: Space Needle Writer-in-Residence. As part of the 50th anniversary of the Seattle Center landmark, Knute (or “Skip” as he’s known here around the office) has been commissioned to write the Needle’s official history. From its…
Fashion + Style Friday: Meet the 2011 Seamless in Seattle designers, plus see the amazing designs
The first round of judging is underway; see the looks from 28 emerging designers
We’ve been busy this week. (Hence the internet silence, hello Twitter and Facebook followers! How are you? I miss you!) But man do we have a good excuse. We’ve spent the week burrowed in our hole prepping this year’s Seamless in Seattle fashion design competition. Perhaps we could have emerged a bit sooner this week,…
Producer Jennifer Roth to Receive Mayor’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film
We can’t keep this news under our hats any longer! The recipient of the 2011 Mayor’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Film is… Seattle-based producer Jennifer Roth. Hooray! Roth will be presented with the award at SIFF‘s opening night on May 19th. She’s receiving the prestigious award because she has played a crucial role in…
Meet the designers: Round 1 of the 2011 Seamless in Seattle competition
Twenty-eight emerging local designers kick off the first round our annual fashion design competition
If you’re a Project Runway fan, you’ll love Seamless in Seattle. We’re combing the city for the best up-and-coming fashion designers hungry to change the face of local fashion. This year, we’re offering the winners big prizes like a feature in the September 2011 Seattle magazine. It’s time for round two of the 2011 Seamless…
Langdon Cook at Hugo House, “This” at Seattle Rep and more Top To-do’s for the Week
Langdon Cook at Richard Hugo HouseWednesday (4/27) – As part of the monthlong poetry celebration at Hugo House, famed forager and Seattle mag columnist Langdon Cook will crack open the oyster chapter of his book, Fat of the Land, while Seattle poets Martha Silano, Kevin Craft and Kate Lebo share odes to sausages, pies and…
The Truth About Bigfoot
From canyon to cave, the Sasquatch legend persists.
Rumors have circulated for years that Washington’s Cascades are the native habitat of Bigfoot (aka Sasquatch). Some certainly emanate from events that occurred (or not) one evening in 1924 in a canyon—ever since known as Ape Canyon (elevation: 4,200 feet)—southeast of Mount St. Helens. A group of miners shot at a mysterious 7-foot-tall apelike creature…
Goods from the Woods: A Local Forest to Table Movement
We’ve seen the farm-to-table movement open up a whole new way of eating well while supporting local
On a damp spring day, Seattle floral designer Katherine Anderson climbs a tree in some woods south of Duvall. She clips and collects delicate fronds of licorice fern—which she’ll use as bouquet greenery at her Capitol Hill flower shop Marigold and Mint—then shinnies back down to the ground. Just 30 miles east of Seattle, Anderson’s…
Rachel Hart’s Mountain High
Our fearless leader talks mountains, chocolate cake and Seattle's soul.
That whole thing about climbing a mountain because it is there? Yeah, I’ve never quite understood that philosophy—unless it’s a metaphor that applies to something like a big piece of chocolate cake that happens to be in my line of vision. Many years ago, my husband and I were hiking Mount Rainier—this was pre-kids, so…
REI’s In-Store Shoe Specialist Helps Seattle Hikers Find the Perfect Boots
Seattle’s Pete Smith has been fitting hikers with boots for the last 24 years.
NAME: Pete Smith OCCUPATION: Footwear sales specialist at REI CHILDHOOD DREAM JOB: Forest ranger ON CURIOUS CUSTOMERS: “A year after a customer has bought a pair of boots, they’ll come back saying, ‘I’ve been hiking for a year, and I just realized that I’ve had two left boots.’ It’s happened more than once.” FUN FOOT…
Seattle’s IndieFlix Offers Short Films in a Sweet Format
Vote for your indie picks with the Film Festival in a Box.
We love SIFF, but sometimes the hugeness of our local film fest can be a tad overwhelming. Wouldn’t it be cool to attend a film festival where you didn’t have to stand in line or scramble for good seats? Say, a film festival in your living room? Enter FILM FESTIVAL IN A BOX, an interactive…
DIY Nick Cave ‘Soundsuits”
Meet Nick Cave at the center of the earth with a Value Village-sourced soundsuit.
If you’ve been to Meet Me at the Center of the Earth, Seattle Art Museum’s show of sculptor/dancer/designer Nick Cave’s stunning “soundsuits” (through 6/5), you know it’s impossible not to be inspired by the artist’s ingeniously crafted costumes. Part of the beauty of the suits is that they’re constructed from everyday materials—in fact, a recent…