The late-spring heat will dip out this Saturday and Sunday, but that shouldn't stop you from having a fun weekend—even if that just means ordering strawberry doughnuts from Mighty-O and reading a new book by a queer author for Pride month. See those and more of our top picks below, from free-drink-bearing vaccine pop-ups on Beacon Hill Past Event Like List and Capitol Hill Past Event Like List to MoPOP's new exhibit Heroes and Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume Past Event Like List , and from the popular Field to Table Pop-Up Past Event Like List at Lumen Field to a lantern-lit sendoff for the Seventy48 Race Past Event Like List at Tacoma's Foss Waterway. For even more options, read our guides to the best movies to watch this week Like List , upcoming events going on sale this week Like List , the best things to do this month Like List , this season's drive-in movies Like List , and our complete guide to in-person things to do in Seattle.

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PRIDE

Stack some new titles from LGBTQ+ authors. Working your way through the queer lit canon is a noble cause, but if you're overwhelmed with options and are looking for a fresh read, start with something released in 2021 (or set to come out by the end of the year) from your nearest bookseller Like List . On the graphic novel front, we're picking up The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Dykes to Watch Out For progenitor and Fun Home author Alison Bechdel, in which the cartoonist regales her lifelong fascination with fitness crazes of the past and present, concluding that, for her, strength comes from facing her interdependence with others. Lee Lai's somber-but-heartfelt-looking debut Stone Fruit, a blue-toned watercolor about queer couple Bron and Ray who grapple with their depleting emotional intimacy just as they're forming a bond with their niece, is also on our list. If you're on the hunt for a non-graphic novel and you don't mind waiting a week, spring for Kristin Arnett's With Teeth (out June 15). Like her terrifically weird debut, Mostly Dead Things, the story takes place in Florida, where a woman who yearns for a loving queer family finds herself instead with a son who scares her and a wife who's never around. And over in the short-fiction camp, the R.O. Kwon- and Garth Greenwell-edited anthology Kink: Stories has some gems, many of them centering LGBTQ+ characters. (We recommend flipping to the one by Carmen Maria Machado first; it's a gay macabre delight.) Want more options? The Seattle Public Library has its own list of fiction picks for Pride month, including André Aciman's Find Me, Zaina Arafat's You Exist Too Much, and K-Ming Chang's Bestiary. Plus, be sure to stop by the Capitol Hill newsstand and bottle shop Big Little News Like List to pick up some "queer-centric titles and goods" newly added to their shelves, from books to zines to tote bags.

Visit some LGBTQ-owned restaurants for Pride Month. Happy Pride Month! This June, consider using some of your hard-earned dollars to support local LGBTQ-owned businesses. Some of our favorites include Harry's Fine Foods Like List , Marination and Super Six Like List , The Station Like List , Cafe Flora Like List , Cafe Argento Like List , Terra Plata Like List , and Frelard Tamales Like List . The newly opened vegan doughnut truck Dough Joy Like List is also queer-owned and doubles as a great place to visit for National Doughnut Day today (more on that below).

Other notable weekend events:

Taking Pride in Capitol Hill Past Event Like List
Volunteers will get breakfast and lunch in return for making Capitol Hill spick and span for Pride month. (The rainbow crosswalks deserve to sparkle even if there won't be a parade!) Space is limited, so be sure to register in advance. 
Cal Anderson Park, Capitol Hill (Sunday)

FOOD & DRINK

Celebrate strawberry season. There's no harbinger of summer like that first bite of an in-season strawberry. The short-lived berry season is upon us, so snap up all the ripe, red, juicy fruit you can before it's gone. Looking for ideas? We suggest strawberry cheesecake cupcakes from Trophy Cupcakes, strawberry doughnuts from Mighty-O, the Harvey Strawberry Milk ice cream flavor at Frankie & Jo's (which is pride-themed to boot), Sidhu Farms strawberry cream cheese at Zylberschtein's Like List , and fresh strawberry tarts from Queen Anne Coffee Company Like List .

Celebrate National Doughnut Day. Today is National Doughnut Day, a holiday originally created to honor the Salvation Army volunteers who distributed doughnuts to soldiers during World War I. We've rounded up Like List some special offerings available for the holiday, as well as some of our favorite local purveyors of glazed, filled, and frosted treats.

Other notable weekend events:

Beacon Hill Vaccine Pop-Up Past Event Like List
The first 75 people to get their first or second jabs of Pfizer, Moderna, or J&J at this pop-up clinic will receive a refreshing reward: a free beverage from Perihelion Brewery or the Station.
Red Apple Market, Beacon Hill (Saturday)

Camp Canlis Past Event Like List
Seattle's premier fine-dining establishment Canlis Like List is at it again: The adaptable, branding-savvy restaurant has unveiled its plans for Camp Canlis, the latest (and hopefully final) in a line of pandemic-borne concepts that have included a burger drive-thru, a bagel shack, "Canlis Community College," and a winter yurt village. Camp Canlis will feature a treehouse hanging from the restaurant's roof with a single-party table for dine-in with upscale service sponsored by Dom Perignon, a retooled version of their yurt village with a summer-friendly camp theme, a "Canlis Canteen" in their lower parking lot with a barbecue menu by new chef de cuisine Celeste Peralez as well as beer and bourbon cocktails, and camp-inspired care packages with local goods that you can send to a friend you miss.
Canlis, Queen Anne (Friday-Saturday)

Capitol Hill Brunch Vaccine Pop-Up Past Event Like List
Score a beer (or non-boozy beverage) when you roll up your sleeve for your first or second dose or your COVID vaccine of choice.
Optimism Brewing, Capitol Hill (Sunday)

Field to Table Pop-Up Past Event Like List
The popular open-air Lumen Field pop-up, billing itself as "the first-ever dining series on a professional sports field," returns this month. Some of Seattle's most in-demand chefs, including Melissa Miranda of Musang, Mutsuko Soma of Kamonegi, and Kristi Brown of Communion, will cook up menus for the event.
Lumen Field, Sodo (Friday & Sunday)

ARTS & PERFORMANCE

Peek inside artist studios on the San Juan Islands. Returning for the 30th year, the self-guided San Juan Island Artists' Studio Tour Past Event Like List (Saturday-Sunday) allows you to see behind the curtain of 17 local studios housing work by over 40 artists, like Becky Kilpatrick (whose whimsical watercolors and mosaics are on view at Studio #14) and Bonita Diemoz (whose double-exposed, nature-focused digital photography can be found at Studio #8). Each studio will also offer door prizes, and some will have live artist demos. While you're out there, explore the sandy coves and rocky bluffs at Orcas Island's Obstruction Pass State Park Like List , and stop for simple European-inspired fare at Roses Bakery Cafe Like List . 

Other notable weekend events:

Alden Mason: Tribute
Past Event Like List The late Everett-born artist Alden Mason gets another retrospective (you can see more on view at the Bellevue Arts Museum Past Event Like List ).
Greg Kucera Gallery, Pioneer Square (Friday-Saturday; opening)

In the Backspace: New Works by Ko Kirk Yamahira Past Event Like List
"Ko Kirk Yamahira's works are destruction in suspension," Jasmyne Keimig writes. "Yamahira creatively takes apart sections of canvases, thread by thread (vertically, horizontally), expanding the breadth of the material and forcing it to occupy the gallery space in a new way." Check out his newest tactile exploration that de- and re-constructs canvas and wood.
SOIL, Pioneer Square (Friday-Sunday; opening)

The Campfire Festival Past Event Like List
Commissioned by Ryan Guzzo Purcell's local theater ensemble the Williams Project, this festival embraces old-timey storytelling with half-hour original works presented in pairs (to audiences of 10 or fewer) by resident playwrights, followed by talkbacks with the artists. The program includes Justin Huertas's acoustic musical "Hell Here" (performed by Rheanna Atendid), Aaron Martin Davis Norman's "Storytime: Good Grief" (also a musical!), Dedra D. Woods's "30 Minutes," which explores "life, loss, Blackness, joy, and family," and Maggie L. Rogers's autobiographical "Untitled." 
Rainier Arts Center, Columbia City (Friday-Saturday)

Dave Walters: not so FUNHOUSE Past Event Like List
Responding to "historical moments" that have taken place over the past four years, David Walters' sculptures appear playful at first but more sinister upon closer inspection. 
Traver Gallery, Pioneer Square (Friday-Saturday; opening)

Heroes and Villains: The Art of the Disney Costume Past Event Like List
People in the real world are one thing, but you can tell if a Disney character is up to no good based on their outfit alone. From ball gowns to sorcerer capes to tiaras to glass slippers, this exhibition displays more than 70 original pieces you'll recognize from your favorite heroes and anti-heroes. 
Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle Center (Saturday-Sunday; ongoing)

Gregory Blackstock: The Incomplete Historical World, Part II & III Past Event Like List
Seattle artist Gregory Blackstock succumbs to the human desire to label the things around him through taxonomic drawings of lilies, piranhas, and other various subjects.
Greg Kucera Gallery, Pioneer Square (Friday-Saturday; opening)

Jeremy G. Bell | A Glimpse at Soul Past Event Like List
Jeremy Bell's mixed-media portraits of Black men, women, and children in ink, encaustic, graphite, spray paint, charcoal, wax, and wood celebrate the beauty of Blackness. 
ArtXchange, Sodo (Friday-Saturday; opening)

Neil Youngs: a Tribute to The Music of Neil Young Past Event Like List
Sway to "Harvest Moon" and other classics by the folksy rock legend Neil Young at this tribute show.
Historic Everett Theater (Friday)

Parlor Tricks Presents: Simon Gibson Past Event Like List
LA-based comedian Simon Gibson, whom you can catch on the Amazon docu-series Inside Jokes, will bring his high-energy, physical comedy to the Seattle stage.
Flying Boots, Ravenna (Sunday)

Ray Hill: Watercolors Past Event Like List
This retrospective of watercolors by the late painter Ray Hill comprises simple and peaceful renderings of the natural world.
Greg Kucera Gallery, Pioneer Square (Friday-Saturday; opening)

Surfing & Chess Past Event Like List
While chess pieces maneuver through the tight boundaries of a grid, surfers move fluidly to move with the behavior of waves," SOIL writes about their new exhibition whose title was born from an analog word-generating game. "Chess is calculated and predictable until human fallibility intervenes, and surfing requires human adaptability to a more unpredictable element." Here to explore this tension further are artists Rachel Thomander and Brooklynn Johnson. 
SOIL, Pioneer Square (Friday-Sunday; opening)

The Wealth Walk Past Event Like List
On the heels of his Campfire Festival Past Event Like List , Williams Project director Ryan Guzzo Purcell will lead these two-mile walking tours, which you can also download as an audio guide and use on your own solo stroll. "Part walking meditation, part audio play, part political activism, and part living history, The Wealth Walk will ask you to pay very particular attention to our city. By looking closely, you may find you can’t see things the same way again," write the organizers. This weekend's tours are sold out, but you can still get tickets for next week.
Franklin High School, Mount Baker (Saturday-Sunday)

SPORTS & OUTDOORS

Go kayaking on Alki (and learn about whales). June is Orca Action Month, and who doesn't love an excuse to marvel at the Southern resident beauties of the Salish Sea? Every Saturday in June, Alki Kayak Tours and the Washington Environmental Council are teaming up for kayak outings Past Event Like List from the Seacrest Boathouse to the Alki Lighthouse and back (10 am-1 pm, $65) that double as educational tours highlighting Puget Sound orcas and how to protect them from environmental threats. Participants will also get to make offshore stops to explore tide pools and take walking tours of Alki Point. 

Other notable weekend events:

Ranger-led Hike at Lewis Creek Park Past Event Like List
Explore the natural history of the Bellevue park in a one-mile hike with an expert.
Lewis Creek Park, Bellevue (Saturday)

Seventy48 Race Past Event Like List
This annual human-powered boat race, which challenges brave paddle-bearers to row the 70 miles between Tacoma and Port Townsend in 48 hours, returns this weekend, and you can watch the kick-off from the shores of Tacoma. After that, stick around for a more low-key "lantern paddle" to raise awareness of threatened marine species. 
Foss Waterway, Tacoma (Friday)