A conversation with Seattle
It’s almost May, and that means Memorial Day and all it brings: yes, Sasquatch, but also the annual celebration of patchouli stink and singer-songwriters galore known as Folklife. Tickets to the 21+ Folklife Festival Preview Party are $10. The SunBreak has a pair of tickets to this Thursday’s show to give away. Enter below by Tuesday at 5pm PDT to win! Continue reading SunBreak Giveaway: Folklife Preview Party Tickets
It isn’t one of his angry works. I didn’t hear any underlying angst in it. The violin plays almost without a break through the entire half hour of the concerto, serenely above lower winds and strings in the first movement, urgent but jaunty rather than ominous in the second. The unusual passacaglia which is the third movement has more ominous portent in the orchestra while the violin floats above, and at the end is a long cadenza for the soloist which feels like more of an emotional statement than a bravura display of fireworks. Continue reading Auburn Symphony Finds Greats Off the Beaten Track
Bo Ramen hits Seattle’s noodle scene this week. At the helm is Bo Maisano, who’s been fine-tuning ramen recipes for many months. Ahead of his first ramen pop-up on May 1, I had a chance to talk with Bo about his newfound passion.
Q: How might Seattleites know you from pre-ramen days?
A: I opened The Tin Table in Capitol Hill most recently, spent time in Madison Park Cafe doing country French, and ran 1200 Bistro back in 2007. Continue reading Bo Ramen Brings New Noodle Options to Seattle
Everyone is careful to say the debris is only “suspected” of having come from Japan’s March 2011 tsunami; there is plenty of marine debris on the ocean in general. But the newer condition and quantity of the debris that has been seen–“chunks of pink and blue insulation, which appear to be from buildings [and] white and black floats the size of oil barrels”–argue for the use of Occam’s Razor. Continue reading “A Staggering Mess” as Tsunami Debris Hits Alaska Coast Early
While we know not of the exact type of havoc that the bridezilla wrought, we can be assured by the … Continue reading Glimpses: “Bridezilla Wreaks Havoc on Seattle”
My tenth trip to Tokyo came a year later than expected, as last year’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami made me postpone plans. Nerves are shaky as there continue to be small earthquakes, but the Japanese are a resilient bunch, and the country remains as beautiful, delicious, and quirky as ever. Continue reading Postcard from Tokyo: Signs and Other Sights, Some Sexy
The Pitmen Painters is less about the art than it is about society: specifically, the rise of socialist England. The play includes the major players of both the artistic and societal dynamics of the time. These include an artist, an artist/academic, a patron, and five eponymous artist-miners, known as The Ashington Group. Continue reading ACT’s The Pitmen Painters Joins Laughter with Meaty Intellectual Concerns