Today Intiman Theater announced big plans to relaunch its 40th season. Actually, the theater just launched a pledge-drive in disguise. The Intiman still has an unclear amount of debt to pay off (the Seattle Times reports it’s around a million). So the board has decided not to spend nor budget anything for future productions without…

Cupcake Royale is offering a sweet deal for Twilight fans. They’re giving away 25 pairs of tickets for a Breaking Dawn, Part 1 preview, playing on November 16 at Pacific Place—two days before the movie officially opens. Each Twilight prize pack includes a pair of tickets, plus two hats and two T-shirts. The contest ends…

It’s 11/11/11 and several shops are celebrating tonight with killer sales and swanky parties: Vian Hunter in Madison Valley is hosting Issaquah-based Lizzie Parker’s newest collection tonight from6-8 p.m. at their 11/11 party, where guests can model the casual wear in the shop while enjoying cocktails.   (Above) One of my favorite shopping haunts (um,…

Apples, pork, booze with character and baked goods with substance… I love the autumn calm before the holiday storm, when food is comforting and uber-seasonal without being too over the top. Here are a few of my favorite November eating events that tread the perfect line between reasonable human behavior and coming wonderfully unhinged.  Will…

Acclaimed indie artist Laura Veirs is back with a much-lauded album Tumble Bee: Laura Veirs Sings Folk Songs for Children (released November 8). Recorded by Grammy-nominated producer (and husband) Tucker Martine in their home in Portland, Oregon, it covers a wide range of American folk songs and features amazing guest artists, many of who are…

MUST SHOPFaux Fur Neck Muff Stay cozy on cool fall nights with a faux rabbit fur neck muff from Seattle based scarf designer extraordinaire Rian Robison, who sells a variety of loop scarves in charming patterns via her Etsy store “Tuesday.” The cowl (which can also be worn as a hood on those really chilly…

[Editor’s note: a touching tribute to local veterans, plus a great visual complement to our September coverage of the iFly Vertical Wind Tunnel.]      

It’s not easy being a clown. Not the kind with frizzy hair and embarrassingly big feet. I mean that certain breed of performer that doesn’t hold as much clout in the world as it used to—the kind you may remember from Sylvain Chomet’s heartbreaking animated film The Illusionist. These performers—the acrobat, the diva, the contortionist,…

I’ve been covering Seattle magazine’s society page, Flash+Talk, for over twelve years and clearly this distinction offers me some sweet perks. Still, when publisher, John Kueber, and editorial director, Rachel Hart, recently asked if I was available to attend An Intimate Evening with Mario Batali, organized by the Seattle Art Museum Supporters (SAMS), they had…

Oh, ballet. It’s so hard to do! So gruelingly technical! And so often… flat. At least to me. I always prefer modern and contemporary dance (which are not the same thing!) to classical ballet. And I think that’s because classical ballet so often feels like all technique, no emotional connection. (Indeed, sometimes contemporary dance fails…

Truth is, I loved Restaurant Zoe from the get-go. When it opened in Belltown 10-plus years ago I was writing for Citysearch and I remember that, during my two review dinners, I tasted some of the best salmon I’ve ever had in a restaurant. (I’m convinced that, like Dungeness crab, salmon is almost always better…