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Must List: What to See at Bumbershoot, Tall Ships & More Events
What to do this weekend
By Seattle Magazine Staff August 29, 2014
Must Fest
Bumbershoot
The city’s best summer fest is back, featuring stellar big names (Elvis Costello! Mavis Staples! The Afghan Whigs!), killer local bands (The Head and the Heart! Pickwick! La Luz!) and cool “words and ideas,” from The Failure Variety Show (artists celebrating major fails) to Stephin Merritt (of the Magnetic Fields) talking to arts editor Brangien Davis about Scrabble tactics.
Must Cheer
Kick off Seahawks Season with an NFL Fun Run
Monday (9/1, 7:30 a.m.) — Celebrate our Super Bowl champions with this 5K NFL Kickoff Run, which starts outside CenturyLink Field on Occidental Avenue, winds down First Avenue South, then finishes on the sidelines at CenturyLink Field.
Must See
SAM Displays Contemporary Art from India
(8/30 to 2/15/15, times vary) — From the collection of ex-Microsoftie Sanjay Parthasarathy and wife Malini Balakrishnan comes a fresh perspective on today’s India, seen in photographs and sculptures by contemporary Indian artists, such as the hyperrealist, wildly hued photos by Nandini Valli Muthiah.
Must Set Sail
Historic Tall Ships Come to Kirkland
(8/30 to 9/2, 2 p.m.) — Set sail aboard one of several mighty vessels and experience the booming cannons, close-quarters maneuvers and a taste of 18th century maritime life. This three-hour adventure invites passengers to raise the sails, taunt opponents and sing a sea shanty.
Must Make
Grilled Corn with Tomato Butter
Enjoy the last few days of summer with this grilled take on a warm-weather favorite, courtesy of local chef, author, urban gardener and Seattle magazine contributor Amy Pennington.
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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
