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The Must List: Patriotism, Penguins and Where to Get a Drink Outside
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff July 2, 2015
Must Cool Down
Symphony Performs Live Score to March of the Penguins
Wednesday (7/8, 7:30 p.m.) Flee the heat for cooler climes—at least as depicted in the movies. The Seattle Symphony will perform the original score from the documentary March of the Penguins while those precious flightless birds frolic on screen. Bonus: Leading the musicians is none other than Hollywood music director Jeffrey Schindler, who originally conducted the score for the film.
Must Be Free
Freedom Fantasia at the Triple Door
(Through 7/3, times vary) Indulge in this cavalcade of glitter-encrusted patriotism, featuring local burlesque stars Cherdonna Shinatra, BenDeLaCreme and Kitten LaRue, all of whom let freedom ring to the beat of their own divine drummers.
Must Ooh and Ahh
Celebrate America at Seafair Summer Fourth
Saturday (7/4, Noon to 11 p.m.) Trek to Gas Works Park or South Lake Union Park (3 p.m. to 11 p.m.) and secure a prime fireworks-watching spot for the evening. While you wait, live it up in the parks with a little all-American barbecue and corn on the cob, beer garden and the Ezell’s Famous Chicken food truck (only at Gas Works).
Must Drink Outside
4 Great Seattle Bars for Outdoor Summer Cocktailing
Your summertime cocktail imbibing should begin in earnest (if it hasn’t already). Luckily, we have a number of swell bars that are prepared for the sunnier days, when you might want to nurse a cold one in the shade.
Must Go East
Lace Up for a Patriotic Walk with Your Pooch
Saturday (7/4, 9 a.m.) The third annual Bellevue Four on the 4th Dog Jog & Walk includes a non-competitive 4K course for you and your patriotic pups and a ton of family/pet-friendly activities. The fun begins on Saturday morning at Ashwood Park in downtown Bellevue. People and puppies both: hydrate!
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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
