Category Archives: Arts+Entertainment

Arts+Entertainment By Melanie Eng on November 14, 2011

Classical Music With A Little Holiday Spirit

Ditch the kitsch and enjoy the symphony this yuletide season. If you’re looking for a fresh new way to enjoy the holidays — without constructing a gingerbread house or, once again, suffering through the local production of “It’s a Wonderful Life” – these spectacular winter concerts are the perfect accompaniment to a cold, snowy evening. (more…)

A copy of "Nevermind," autographed by the members of Nirvana

Arts+Entertainment By Lena Park on November 11, 2011

Rediscover Why “Everybody Loves Our Town”

The 90′s may be over, but grunge is just getting started (again). Twenty years after the release of “Nevermind,” Nirvana’s monumental breakthrough album, Seattle grunge still lives on. (more…)

Arts+Entertainment By Abbie Glick on November 9, 2011

Music Madness: A Decade Of Minus The Bear

The local group concludes their 10th anniversary tour at Showbox at the Market. (more…)

Photo courtesy of Short Run Small Press Fest

Arts+Entertainment By Lena Park on November 9, 2011

Embrace The “Short Run”

Your guide to Seattle’s first annual small press fest. It should come as no surprise that in 2011, Seattle was dubbed the second most literate city in the nation. Our city is abundant in local bookstores and public libraries, and we Seattleites are known to nerd out with Kindles in coffee shops, cart around worn copies of Danielle Steel novels and catch up on some of Allen Ginsberg’s poetry on the Light Rail. (more…)

Arts+Entertainment By Josh Potter on November 8, 2011

Culture Dose: Eldridge Gravy’s Serious Funk

Joe Simpson and his 11 bandmates aim to reestablish Seattle’s bygone funk scene. Talk to Joe Simpson about music, any kind of music, and he’ll tell you just how much it was influenced by jazz and funk. Especially if the music or band you’re talking about is from Seattle. (more…)

Arts+Entertainment By Kelly Darrah on November 8, 2011

For Great Entertainment, Go Back To School

This month, Seattle campuses host first-rate performances. “Twelve Angry Women” Seattle Pacific University presents “Twelve Angry Women” — a gender-swapping twist on Reginald Rose’s classic play, “Twelve Angry Men” — for two weekends this month on the James Leon Chapman Stage. (more…)

Lauren Max, showing photography at Bauhaus in September, 2011.

Arts+Entertainment Culture+Society By Sara Lake on November 7, 2011

Blitz Capitol Hill: Not Your Typical Art Walk

A festive celebration of Seattle’s most eclectic community. What do you get when you take the vibrant, quirky art scene of the Capitol Hill neighborhood, throw in some local color and top it off with wine and cupcakes? The answer, of course, is Blitz Capitol Hill, the most inspired art walk you’re likely to find in the city. (more…)