Seattle Mag
Spring Arts Preview 2013: New Local Music
A few of our favorite local bands are birthing new albums this season.
Hey MarseillesLines We TraceSound: Charming alt-folk chamber popOf note: Album release party at Showbox at the Market (3/1)Online: heymarseilles.com BoatPretend to Be BraveSound: Irresistible indie-pop rockOf note: Album release party at Barboza (3/2)Online: boat.ohnodisaster.com PickwickCan’t Talk MedicineSound: Sway-inducing neo-soulOf note: A much-anticipated debut by the guys who’ve been selling out shows since 2011Online: pickwickmusic.com MudhoneyVanishing…
Unusual Local Spirits
Exploring the new crop of singular local spirits and liqueurs made in Washington.
A growing distilling scene like ours in Washington goes through a series of stages. First, everyone’s excited about what might become available. Next, the clear spirits show up, the gins and vodkas, followed by the darker numbers, the brandies, liqueurs and whiskeys. After that, though, the individual distilleries personalities really begin to shine. This is…
Frances McCue Lives Inside Her Art
Behind the scenes of the local writer's art collection.
“I’ve never thought of myself as an art collector before,” Frances McCue says, with excitement. A poet, McCue considers herself more of the literary type, having served as founding director (1996–2006) of the Richard Hugo House writing center and currently teaching writing and literature to undergraduates as writer-in-residence at University of Washington. But step inside…
Seattle’s Underappreciated Neighborhoods
Your neighborhood not one of our ‘best’ this year? Join the club
My neighborhood, Wedgwood, never tops any best-neighborhoods lists. And even as loyalty prompted me to make a case for it while we planned this story, I knew couldn’t offer convincing evidence that this modest northeast swath, developed as part of the post–World War II housing boom, has it all. We do have a surprising number…
Bill Gates Talks to Reddit
Bill Gates signed on to Reddit earlier this week for his first AMA (Ask Me Anything). That’s a question and answer forum in which Reddit users post questions and the AMA “host” (some celebrities, many not) answer in real-time. Not familiar with the Reddit format? It’s easier to read the streamlined version on Bill Gates’…
See Bhama Roget, Hear Smashing Pumpkins Symphonic-style and Other Weekend To-dos
Sign up to have The Must List delivered weekly to your inbox. It’s free! MUST SEEHippiecrit: I Want to Change the World, I Just Don’t Feel Like itOpens Thursday (2/14-2/23) — Local theater fans who recognize veteran Seattle actor Bhama Roget will be thrilled to learn that her newest funny role is starring in her…
Online Stationer: Dear Uncle Stu
Self-proclaimed “vintage stationery junkie” Riani Townshend and lover of snail mail has opened Dear Uncle Stu, an online stationery shop inspired by a series of correspondences she had as a teenager with the elderly Col. Stuart Townshend. Townshend offers a sophisticated assortment of embossed cards and beautifully lined envelopes in an array of vintage designs,…
Port Townsend Wearable Art Show
Port Townsend’s Wearable Art Show has officially started accepting entries for its May 11 show. In the spirit of unfettered creative freedom, rules of entry are simple: art that is wearable. Whether sculptural, functional or abstract, all forms of expression (and all media platforms) are welcome. This year’s juror will be Layne Goldsmith, professor of…
Free Admission at the Pacific Science Center
Mind-expanding afternoons at our beloved Pacific Science Center just got a whole lot easier on your wallet with free admission on the first Monday of every month from now until April (courtesy of Cigna). The first 200 people to come to the center will get an entire afternoon of awesome physics, dinosaurs and insects, as…
Currently Coveting: Anything by Jessalin Beutler
I have been turned on to many local designers in the last few month by retail curator and photographer Charlie Schuck (Object, Frye Art Museum Store), but right now I’m loving the work of Jessalin Beutler, whose designs range from bold geometric shapes to intense fractal patterns and are rooted in the natural world. …
Get Ready for The Look
King 5 is launching a local version of Project Runway
Since November 30, ten local designers have been competing in The Look, a reality fashion TV show co-produced by King 5’s Evening Magazine, IADT’s Monir Zhanghoreishi and Rose Dennis, designer Luly Yang’s publicist. Each week through February 7 the designers, including Lisa Vian Hunter, Tina Witherspoon, Julie Danforth, Justin Zachary Bartle (all former Seamless in Seattle contestants) and…
Tights of Many Colors
Seattle magazine managing editor, Lisa Wogan, always wears the coolest tights. Arts editor, Brangien Davis, isn’t too far behind Ms. Wogan, with her stylish “uniform” of boots, tights and pencil skirts. So once I found these amazing ombre tights ($45, on sale now for a limited time for $30) from BZR on Etsy, I immediately…