For SpectatorS Best College Athlete What’s long been missing from Seattle Weekly is a heavy reliance on golf references. We…
Makers Best Women’s Wear Designer In the past, Mark Mitchell’s designs have been over-the-top fabulous and flirtatious, borrowing concepts from…
People Best Philanthropist, New-School Already a successful local businessman with his family’s Pacific Coast Feather Company (what could be more…
WORKERS Best Chef In an age that’s all about the celebrity chef, Charles Walpole is a chef all about the…
In a city where restaurants pride themselves on their local, farm-to-table offerings, a farmer’s market dinner almost sounds superfluous. But…
PThe Act of Killing Opens Fri., Aug. 2 at Varsity. Not rated. 122 minutes. “It was like we were killing . . . happily.”…
Friday 8/2 Music: Time Signatures With the John Pizzarelli Quartet, you get the witty singer and guitarist’s contemporary take on…
Paul Allen and the Underthinkers, Everywhere at Once (Aug. 6, Legacy Recordings, legacyrecordings.com): Paul Allen’s major-label debut is Microsoft Windows…
Your Daily Dose of Food + Drink News, Events and Must-Read Miscellany. 1. Beloved gluten-free bakehouse d:floured has changed its…
Free the Mind Runs Fri., July 26–Thurs., Aug. 1 at Northwest Film Forum. Not rated. 80 minutes. This pseudo-scientific documentary…
Classical, Etc. • Seattle Chamber Music Society July 24 Recital: Shostakovich’s searing and autobiographical String Quartet no. 8. Concert: Shostakovich’s…
Dance • Umami Dance Aaron Shwartzman and Aiko Kinoshita both have multiple roles in the dance community as performers, teachers,…
Openings & Events • BAM ARTSfair SEE THE WIRE, PAGE 17. Robert Blatt Elements is a sound installation investigating the…
ENTER TO WIN HERE! Win free registration for you and a friend to the Electric Run! Electric Run Seattle –…
Your Daily Dose of Food + Drink News, Events and Must-Read Miscellany. 1. Capitol Hill’s Canon beat out all other…
Local & Repertory • American Comedy Classics There’s overacting and there’s over-Acting. John Barrymore provides the latter as a gloriously…
ENTER TO WIN HERE! Celebrating its 13th year, Summer Meltdown Festival will host four days of music in a breathtaking…
In this sequel to the hybrid live action/animated family blockbuster comedy The Smurfs, the evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple…
PRapture, Blister, Burn ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., 292-7676, acttheatre.org. $41 and up. Runs Tues.–Sun. Ends Aug. 11. High-achieving feminist…
This time of year, farmer’s market tables seem to buckle under the weight of piles of stone fruit: peaches, plums,…
