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Kelly Akashi: Encounters
Henry Art Gallery 15th Avenue NE & NE 41st Street, SeattleMaterial tactility, its possibilities, limitations, and transformation form the core of Kelly Akashi's practice. Originally trained in photography, Akashi brings the medium's concern with questions of time and truth to her sculptural work across a diverse array of media, including wax, bronze, glass, rope, and video.
Calder: In Motion
Seattle Art Museum 1300 First Ave., Seattle, United StatesPerhaps the most comprehensive public exhibit of mobiles and stabiles by prolific 20th-century American artist Alexander Calder.
Jessica Jackson Hutchins’ Wrecked and Righteous
Frye Art Museum 704 Terry Ave., SeattleIs perhaps the most complete collection by the Portland, Ore.-based artist ever presented. The show showcases Jackson Hutchins’ provocative sculptures that combine everyday household items, found objects, and fine art techniques.
Washi Transformed
Bellevue Arts Museum 510 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue, WA 98004, Bellevue, WA, WA, United StatesNew Expressions in Japanese Paper. Unique for its strong natural fibers and its painstaking production techniques, washi stands out as a nexus of tradition and innovation. Its continuing, and ever-evolving, importance as an artistic medium is due primarily to the ingenuity of Japanese contemporary artists, who have pushed washi beyond its historic uses to create highly textured two-dimensional works,…
Woven Together: Stories of Bruma/Myanmar
Wing Luke Museum 719 S. King St., SeattleThis Burmese community shares the rich and diverse stories of who they are, where they came from, and their emerging identity as Burmese Americans. Although their ancestral homeland is known as Burma or Myanmar, their stories have more than just two sides – their diversity defies a simple definition of who they are as Burmese…
The Fantasticks
Francis J. Gaudette Theatre 303 Front St. N., IssaquahFull of buoyant humor and charming tunes, The Fantasticks tells the story of a boy and a girl who fall madly in love, and the two meddlesome fathers who try to keep them apart. This production promises a lush new approach to this beloved classic. Don’t miss this magical and witty tale about young love, wild…
Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
Skagit Valley 60 miles north of Seattle along I-5 and 70 miles south of Vancouver, BC, CanadaThe Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, running April 1-30 in Washington state, spans multiple locations without a single address, featuring tulip fields, events, and attractions across the area, detailed on an interactive map and event calendar. Admission requires separate, non-refundable tickets for each garden, with bloom times subject to weather—updates available online. Visitors should prepare for…
Spring Fair
Washington State Fair & Events Center 110 9th Ave. S.W., Puyallup, WASpring is in the fair. Break out of the winter chill with two full weekends in Puyallup, blooming with rides, fuzzy critters, and local flavor. Gather the family, bring a date, or break brews with buddies starting April 11. APRIL 11-14 & 18-21, 2024 Thursdays: 2pm - 10pm Fridays & Saturdays: 10am - 10pm Sundays: 10am - 8pm
The Seasons’ Canon
PNB - McCaw Hall 301 Mercer St., SeattleBritish Columbia native Crystal Pite’s complex yet seamless choreography is set to a modern adaptation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in The Seasons’ Canon at Pacific Northwest Ballet. The program also includes Twyla Tharp’s Sweet Fields, and Jessica Lang’s The Calling. Dates April 12, 7:30 p.m. April 13, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. April 18, 7:30…
Fat Ham
Bagley Wright Theater 155 Mercer St., SeattleTimothy McCuen Piggee will be directing the Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony Award-nominated production of Fat Ham, written by James Ijames. Dates April 12, 7:30 p.m. April 13, 7:30 p.m. April 14, 7:30 p.m. April 16, 7:30 p.m. April 17, 7:30 p.m. April 19, 7:30 p.m. April 20, 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. April 21, 12…
The Plague Master General
West of Lenin 203 N 36th St, Seattle, WA“The Plague Master General (a bubonic comedy),” is a bitingly funny and cynical look at a kingdom that handles, mishandles, and ignores an impending and obvious catastrophe. It’s the mid-1300s (give or take) and a deadly plague no one understands is engulfing Europe. Thankfully, they’ve found someone who’s going to cure it. Is he a…
Seattle Restaurant Week
Various locations SeattleFor two weeks, Seattle Restaurant Week invites diners to explore our diverse and innovative local food scene, through curated menus for $20, $35, $50, and $65 at restaurants, bars, cafes, food trucks, and pop-ups across greater Seattle.
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