March 2018

This Book Should Be Your New Go-To Guide in the Kitchen

This Book Should Be Your New Go-To Guide in the Kitchen

"How to Taste: The Curious Cook’s Handbook to Seasoning and Balance, from Umami to Acid and Beyond—with Recipes" by Becky Selengut hits shelves March 13.

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Like sight, smell and the other senses we take for granted, taste is something we do mostly without thinking. But local chef, cooking instructor and cookbook author Becky Selengut wants us to start noticing the flavors in our food more mindfully.  Selengut’s new…

Playful, Heartfelt 'A Dance For Dark Horses' to Premiere at Velocity Dance Center

Playful, Heartfelt ‘A Dance For Dark Horses’ to Premiere at Velocity Dance Center

Seattle choreographer Kim Lusk's work riffs on a quirky cowboy lineage

bodies in motion Kim Lusk’s playful, heartfelt A Dance for Dark Horses debuts this month at Velocity

Bring on the Bard: 30+ Seattle Arts Groups Will Be Celebrating Shakespeare

Bring on the Bard: 30+ Seattle Arts Groups Will Be Celebrating Shakespeare

Seattle Celebrates Shakespeare honors the world’s most famous dramatist with concerts, plays, musicals and more

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue, as part of the Spring Arts Preview. Click here to subscribe. Before he leaves the 5th Avenue Theatre after the 2018 season, artistic director David Armstrong has a parting gift for Seattle: a citywide, season- and genre-spanning festival about the world’s most famous playwright. It’s called Seattle…

5 Author Appearances and Lectures to Check Out This Spring

5 Author Appearances and Lectures to Check Out This Spring

Featuring Anne Lamott, Ariel Levy, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Ijeoma Oluo, and more.

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue, as part of the Spring Arts Preview. Click here to subscribe. A little bird—or a tweet, rather—told us Anne Lamott, best-selling author of Bird by Bird, will visit Seattle this spring. The author, whose other titles include Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith and Stitches: A Handbook on…

What Would Seattle Look Like if I-5 Was Covered?

What Would Seattle Look Like if I-5 Was Covered?

The "Lid I-5" effort is pushing to reconsider plans to cover the freeway that runs through downtown Seattle.

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Scott Bonjukian and John Feit are pursuing an idea that could transform downtown Seattle: Cover the freeway that runs through it, and in doing so, limit noise and air pollution and create new land for parks, affordable housing and more. Bonjukian, an urban…

2018 Spring Arts Preview: The Full List of Can't-Miss Shows From Seattle's Galleries, Museums, Venues and Theaters

2018 Spring Arts Preview: The Full List of Can’t-Miss Shows From Seattle’s Galleries, Museums, Venues and Theaters

From the provocative to the sublime, this season’s shows and exhibits both reflect our times and rise above them. Here’s what’s in store this spring in the vigorous, vibrant world of the arts

Los Angeles-based street artist RETNA’s bold and graphic hieroglyphic set design in Seattle Opera’s edgy new production of the Verdi classic, Aida