Gentle Snark
Gather, a "nontraditional" storefront gallery located next door to the Columbia City Bakery, is the element that will push Columbia City's First Friday "Beatwalks" into must-see territory. The space itself isn't that overwhelming -- just a spare (but handsome) wood-floored and white-walled gallery, adorned with vases of fresh-cut flowers -- but the art that owner Jenn Jones is putting on its walls is something else. Something great.
By Geoff Carter | July 15, 2008
Gentle Snark
Roq la Rue will fete its tenth year much in the way you'd expect: with cupcakes, beer and a "greatest hits" show that'll warp your mind. On Friday, July 11, the gallery begins its second decade with a group show featuring Mia Araujo, Chris Crites, Brian Despain, Lori Earley, Femke Hiemstra, Travis Louie, Scott Musgrove, Lisa Petrucci, Mark Ryden, Shag and many more.
By Geoff Carter | July 10, 2008
Little Kids, Big City
The best way to explore Seattle's attractions with kids? Head out on one of the "free days." You'll be able to visit for a short time, introduce your child to the protocol of museum-going and then duck out if you see a tantrum brewing on the horizon. I would suggest starting out with a quick tour --20 or 40 minutes -- and working your way up.
By Lora Shinn | July 2, 2008
Little Kids, Big City
Every month, museums across the city open their doors on First Thursday, and parents and tots can enter for free. And every month, I'll bring you the best aspects of a new museum. This month, the spotlight is on the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, located at the University of Washington.
By Lora Shinn | July 2, 2008
Gentle Snark
Located in a handsome vintage bungalow at the corner of Summit and Mercer on Capitol Hill, Cairo is a gallery and boutique with a lifeforce worthy of the triumphant city it's named for. Its bright and breezy interior is wholly defined by the art that hangs upon its walls, the locally- and internationally-created art, jewelry and fashions that it sells, and the artists that call it a second home.
By Geoff Carter | June 23, 2008
Gentle Snark
"Inspiring Impressionism" places the works of Manet, Degas, Cassatt, Renoir, Cezanne and the like in a historical and artistic context that gives you a real sense of what the artists had hoped to accomplish. It's wonderful to look at, and thanks to a new cell phone audio tour, it's a joy to listen to as well.
By Geoff Carter | June 19, 2008
Little Kids, Big City
My friend Mariah and I went to the Wing Luke Asian Museum last week with our kids, and it was fab. What I found most interesting was the museum's use of space and light, two elements toddlers and preschoolers can't get enough of.
By Lora Shinn | June 20, 2008
Gentle Snark
Erin Frost's self-portraits occupy a realm between the worlds created by Bunny Yeager, Cindy Sherman and Diane Arbus -- they are at once erotic, desolated, witty, glamorous and phantasmagoric.
By Geoff Carter | June 4, 2008
Pet Dish
If you push back the sleeve (lift up the shirt, roll up the pant leg, etc.) of an animal-loving, tattoo-appreciating Seattleite -- and don't get arrested -- there's a good chance you'll find a "permanent" tribute to a favorite pet.
By Lisa Wogan | May 15, 2008
Gentle Snark
There's this funny thing about empires: They fall. In less than a week, Seattle Art Museum's display of Roman art from the Louvre Museum will close, and all those amazing statues, busts, columns, mosaics, frescoes and decorative objects -- nearly 200 pieces in all -- will be packed up and moved to the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. It's strange, this inexplicable attraction Oklahoma seems to have for the things Seattle holds dear.
By Geoff Carter | May 5, 2008
