April 2008
Make It Work! Seattle’s Arts Enablers: Stuart Smithers
Category: Arts + Events Articles In 1993, Stuart Smithers, a professor of Buddhist studies at the University of Puget Sound, began work reinventing an old dairy farm near Arlington as a 360-acre arts utopia. Fifteen years after its inception, Smoke Farm (smokefarm.org; named after the original owners) is now a place where local artists…
Cravings: Halloween Treats for Adults
Instead of filling up on mass-produced Halloween eats, opt for our favorite locally made caramel, li
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Instead of filling up on mass-produced Halloween eats, opt for our favorite locally made caramel, licorice, and chocolate. Jonboy CaramelsOur staff is going ga-ga over these locally made Jonboy Caramels. Made of organic sugar, Skagit Valley cream and fleur de sel, this bite-sized sweet and salty treat will have you…
Make It Work! Seatle’s Arts Enablers: Steve Peters
Category: Arts + Events Articles Musician Steve Peters heads Nonsequitur (nseq.blogspot.com), a nonprofit dedicated to experimental music and sound art. Since moving to the Pacific Northwest from Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 2004, Peters has worked tirelessly for countless musicians, artists and poets in an effort to expand the city’s aural horizons. In March 2007,…
Kate McDermott’s Blackberry Pie Filling
Makes one 9-inch pie
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines Makes one 9-inch pie Kate McDermott’s Blackberry Pie FillingIngredients: 1 recipe for double pie pastryThe Pie and Pastry Bible’s recipe on Epicurious.com is a great option. Filling:6 cups fresh picked (about 1 1⁄2 lbs.) blackberries3⁄4 cup sugar plus 2 tbsp. for sprinkling on top of pieA very small grating or…
Annie Leibovitz Comes to Seattle and Other Can’t Miss Events
Not that we're suggesting you miss a single event in our fall arts preview, but here is lean list of
Category: Arts + Events Articles Literary: 10/7 Marilynne RobinsonThe American novelist’s first book, Housekeeping, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and her second, Gilead, won one. Not too shabby for a literary get-go. She’s just published a third book, Home, a companion novel to Gilead, from which she’ll read at the Seattle Public Library….
The Weekend Must List: July 3 – 5, 2009
From an ultimate frisbee tournament to a logging rodeo and Duran Duran, here are our top to-do's for
Category: Eat + Drink Articles From an ultimate frisbee tournament to a logging rodeo and Duran Duran, here are our top to-do’s for this Friday, Saturday and Sunday FRIDAY, JULY 3Redmond’s Annual Ultimate Frisbee TournamentIn 1990 a handful of local ultimate frisbee teams gathered for a tournament in Redmond’s Sixty Acres Park. Dubbed Potlatch,…
Summer Guide 2010: Festivals
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines From the arts to food, here’s our guide to the area’s best summer fests. Looking for more summer events? Check out our Outdoor Music and Outdoor Movies guides. JUNE Edmonds Arts Festival6/18–6/20What to expect: One of the Northwest’s oldest and largest arts festivals, this three-day event takes place against the scenic…
Make It Work! Seattle’s Arts Enablers: Carlo Scandiuzzi
Category: Arts + Events Articles In the past year, ACT Theatre’s Central Heating Lab (acttheatre.org/Community/CentralHeatingLab.aspx)—an initiative providing space and resources for a wide range of up-and-coming artists to develop new work—has put on a showcase for local filmmakers, a poetry slam, a stand-up comedy night and a performance by the Seattle Dance Project, to…
The Weekend Must List: June 26 – 28, 2009
Our top to-do's for this Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Category: Articles FRIDAY, JUNE 26 Treeless Mountain at Northwest Film Forum This multi-award-winning film by Korean-American filmmaker So Yong Kim is a semi-autobiographical story about young sisters growing up in Seoul. Small yet stunning, the story follows the girls as they are repeatedly abandoned by hapless adults and learn to fend for themselves, together,…
Pleased to meet you
Category: seattlepi.com teaser headlines SAM Gallery’s annual Introductions show brings up-and-coming Northwest artists to light. So you’re thinking that Georgia O’Keeffe painting at the Seattle Art Museum would look awesome in your living room (it matches the sofa!). Well, forget it. Even if you could afford to shop there, SAM’s collection is not for…