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Must List: Cocktail Party Dance Show, Political Thriller on Stage
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle Magazine Staff April 16, 2015
Must Interact
On The Boards Presents Complex Movements
(4/16 to 4/19, times vary) A hip-hop activist, a graphic designer and a creative technologist walk into a bar. Or something like that. This innovative, interactive, futuristic Detroit collective blends music, high-tech visuals and immersive activism as they invite viewers to imagine themselves as post-apocalyptic survivors.
Must See
Monica Bill Barnes and Company at Velocity Dance Center
Thursday (4/16, 7:30 p.m.) Choreographer Monica Bill Barnes holds up a mirror to our most awkward and ambitious moments and makes us laugh at our shared humanity. See her dance with Anna Bass in Happy Hour, “the world’s first-ever cocktail party dance show.”
Must Eat
The 10 Best New Restaurants In and Around Seattle
Poor us. We spent the year eating delicious things at new restaurants, and there were more than a few. Our list of 10 knockout restaurants you absolutely cannot miss starts right here.
Must Watch
Political Thriller Comes to Life on Stage
(Through 5/17, times vary) The immigration issues explored in Chris Cleave’s bestselling book, Little Bee—a political thriller about a Nigerian teenage refugee—are brought to life on stage by the Book-It crew.
Must Hear
New Book Gives a Personal Take on Pot Legalization
Tuesday (4/21, 7:30 p.m.) Hear local writer Bruce Barcott read from his book Weed the People: The Future of Legal Marijuana in America when he speaks at Town Hall with Christian Hageseth, author of Big Weed: An Entrepreneur’s High-Stakes Adventures in the Budding Legal Marijuana Business.
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Finding Place in Pictures
Artist Sky Hopinka’s first solo museum exhibit in the northwest showcases his creative approach to language and identity
“I had cassette tapes and workbooks, but it was hard because I was living in Washington, and my tribal language has roots in Wisconsin,” Sky Hopinka says. Learning alone, he could listen to prerecorded Hocak phrases and practice writing letters and words, but an essential component was missing — another person to speak with. Photo
Feeding Ghosts to Free Them
Artist Tessa Hulls creates a revealing graphic novel to help her deal with childhood trauma
Seattle artist Tessa Hulls’ new graphic novel Feeding Ghosts is a deeply stirring narrative of loss, mental illness, and intergenerational trauma. She says that she wrote it to answer this question: What broke my family? Much of the book is about repetition, and how three generations of women in Hulls’ family were emotionally crippled by
