COVID cases are unfortunately up 18% in Seattle, which should serve as your weekly reminder to take social distancing as seriously as you did a year ago (i.e. double-masking, refraining from travel, and limiting your social activity to your immediate pod). Here are our picks for this week's online events for when you need a break from your at-home routine, from a reading with Aftershocks author Nadia Owusu Past Event Like List to Ivan & Alyosha with the Seattle Symphony Past Event Like List , and from the Edible Book Festival Past Event Like List (to which you can submit your tasty tomes through Friday) to a Peruvian-themed live music and dinner-delivery twofer Past Event Like List . Plus, check out our guide to in-person things to do in Seattle.
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MONDAY
COMEDY
Jo Koy with Chelsea Handler
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Round out your Monday on a jovial note with this online discussion between comedians Jo Koy and Chelsea Handler. They'll be talking about Koy's new book, Mixed Plate: Chronicles of an All-American Combo, which the author describes as a "funny, sad, at times pathetic but also kick-ass tale of how a half-Filipino, half-white kid whose mom thought (and still thinks) his career goal was to become a clown became a success."
FILM
Collide-O-Scope: Super Show!
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After a monthlong hiatus, the cavalcade of curated video delights that is Collide-O-Scope will return with a digital show that press materials say will leave you "gobsmacked, giddy, and gasping from laughter."
TUESDAY
COMMUNITY
Objects of Pride: Missing and Finding Community Connections
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In this Museum of History & Industry presentation, local LGBTQ+ guests will share objects that hark back to a time in their lives when they felt a particular sense of inclusion.
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What The Femme: Combatting Patriarchal Demons
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Revisit the patriarchy-smashing female heroines of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Labyrinth, and other '90s classics in this SIFF class led by Kris 'Pepper' Hambrick.
READINGS & TALKS
Jess Zimmerman
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Eleven mythological she-monsters get a fresh, sympathetic set of eyes in Jess Zimmerman's Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology, the topic of tonight's virtual conversation with Elliott Bay.
Local Voices
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SAL Writers in the Schools residents Sara Brickman, Laura Da’, Karen Finneyfrock, David Lasky, and Raúl Sánchez will share new work on the digital stage.
TEDxSeattle Salon: Moving Race Conversations Forward
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Watch Dr. Caprice Hollins's previously recorded TEDxSeattle talk about why we often fail to have productive conversations about race, race relations, and racism in the US, and stay on for a live moderated panel with Hollins and special guests.
WEDNESDAY
FOOD & DRINK
Pizza & Beer from Ballard Pizza Co. and Métier Brewing Co.
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Roll up your sleeves, make a pizza, and sip some beer at this virtual event led by chef Ethan Stowell and Métier Brewing owner Rodney Hines. The two will also discuss United Way’s homelessness work.
READINGS & TALKS
Corky Parker with Nancy Leson
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Former Seattleite Corky Parker chronicles her time spent running an "eco-lodge" in Vieques, Puerto Rico in her memoir, La Finca: Love, Loss, and Laundry on a Tiny Puerto Rican Island. Join her for a virtual conversation with Seattle Times food writer Nancy Leson.
Nicholas Freudenberg with Mark Bittman: Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health
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How autonomous are our daily decisions when only a small number of mega-corporations control the various sectors of our lives, from the food we eat to the doctors we visit? That's the question behind tonight's Town Hall talk with Nicholas Freudenberg (At What Cost: Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health) and Mark Bittman (Animal, Vegetable, Junk: A History of Food, from Sustainable to Suicidal).
THURSDAY
FOOD & DRINK
Guest Chef Night at Home: Chopping Like a Pro
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FareStart will bring their popular Guest Chef Night into a new virtual format hosted by chef Wayne Johnson, with each event focused on a culinary theme or skill and featuring local chefs. In this edition, chefs Kristi Brown and Varin Keokitvon will help you brush up on your knife skills with both beginner and advanced techniques.
Virtual Author Talk: hot for food all day by Lauren Toyota
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YouTube personality and bestselling cookbook author Lauren Toyota will chat with celebrity chef Susur Lee about her newest cookbook hot for food all day, which shares more of her signature vegan comfort food dishes (like stuffed breakfast Danishes and Tokyo street fries).
MUSIC
PARISALEXA | Community Concert Series by Seattle Against Slavery
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Seattle Against Slavery, an organization that works to end human trafficking in the Seattle area, will raise awareness of their mission in this online concert headlined by the spellbinding local R&B/pop star Parisalexa.
READINGS & TALKS
Artist Talk: Gentrification & the Black Female Body
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Join multi-genre writer and performer Anastacia-Reneé and Wa Na Wari co-founder Elisheba Johnson for a virtual conversation on the gentrification of the Black female body and other central themes of the current Frye exhibition (Don't be Absurd) Alice in Parts
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Diane C. Fujino with Karen Maeda Allman
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Adding to her veritable library of books on the Asian American experience, UC Santa Barbara professor Diane C. Fujino's new Seattle-centered book, Nisei Radicals: The Feminist Poetics and Transformative Ministry of Mitsuye Yamada and Michael Yasutake, tells the story of two siblings who were removed from their home on Beacon Hill and forced into a concentration camp for Japanese Americans during World War II.
Nadia Owusu with Chaya Bhuvaneswar - Aftershocks
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Armenian Ghanaian writer Nadia Owusu tells her story of moving between Europe, Africa, and New York in the wake of her mother's desertion and her father's death in her acclaimed memoir, Aftershocks. She'll appear in conversation with Chaya Bhuvaneswar (White Dancing Elephants).
Reagan E.J. Jackson Discusses Still Here - A South End Mixtape From An Unexpected Journalist
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Reagan Jackson, a journalist at the South Seattle Emerald and the Globalist as well as a poet and children's book writer, shares some of her most prized published pieces in Still Here - A South End Mixtape from an Unexpected Journalist. Join her for a virtual launch with the Seattle Public Library.
FRIDAY
COMMUNITY
Keepers Of Nations—The Power Of Women Of African Descent
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In honor of Women's History Month, settle in for a matinee screening of the documentary Madaraka, about the Kenyan holiday of the same name, followed by a performance by Monique Franklin and a conversation about "Black queens of the past, present, and future."
FOOD & DRINK
Virtual Author Talk: Florentine & The Italian Deli Cookbook by Emiko Davies & Theo Randall
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Australia-born cookbook author, food journalist, and food blogger Emiko Davies will discuss her new cookbook Florentine, which pays homage to the cuisine of her home Florence, with British chef Theo Randall. Randall will also talk about his new release The Italian Deli Cookbook, full of recipes that showcase Italian deli ingredients.
MUSIC
An Evening in the Andes: Music and Cuisine of Peru
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Travel far, far away in your mind with help from the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra, who will treat you to some Peruvian-influenced compositions by Gabriela Lena Frank, José Carlos Campos, and Daniel Cueto, paired with a curated dinner (delivered to your door) from the Seattle-based Peruvian restaurant and food truck Don Lucho's
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Ivan & Alyosha with the Seattle Symphony
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Local indie-rockers Ivan & Alyosha will join forces with the Seattle Symphony for some "Beatles-esque pop harmonies and jangly guitar licks" bolstered by an orchestra.
Third Light
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Saxophonist Sam Priven, bassist Tyler Harlow, and drummer Dillon Vado comprise the Third Light trio, who blend the jazzy improvisation of the Ahmad Jamal Trio and the gentle sensibilities of Nick Drake, according to press materials.
SATURDAY
FILM
Scarecrow Academy presents The Art in Noir: The Asphalt Jungle
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John Huston's The Asphalt Jungle is next up in this Scarecrow series that takes a deep look at the different approaches to the post-WWII genre.
FOOD AND DRINK
17th Annual Poverty Bay Winefest
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The virtual version of the annual Poverty Bay Wine Festival, which supports the local beneficiaries and events of Destination Des Moines and the Rotary Club of Des Moines and Normandy Park, will center around a Facebook Live event with virtual tastings and tours from about 15 wineries, plus information from wine experts. You'll also be able to purchase wines before and during the event if you'd like to savor some sips from the program.
MUSIC
Jocelyn Pettit & Friends
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Fiddle player, singer, and step-dancer Jocelyn Pettit will log on from Western British Columbia for an online show accompanied by her band and special guest musicians.
Jovino Santos Neto Quinteto
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Brazilian pianist and composer Jovino Santos Neto and his legendary Seattle quintet will head up the Town Hall stage.
Learn to Swing Dance with Katie & Mark Kihara of Swing It Seattle
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Spend less than an hour of your Saturdays learning to swing dance from Katie and Mark Khara of Swing It Seattle.
THEATER & PERFORMANCE
NIGHTLIGHT: Worm Moon
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Harness your full-moon energy and join artists Kiki Robinson (aka Opulent Witch) and Alyza DelPan-Monley for a multidisciplinary online performance with Velocity Dance Center.
The Hat: A Love Story
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4Culture and Shunpike present this online performance of Greg Brisendine's play The Hat: A Love Story on Zoom.
SUNDAY
COMMUNITY
King/Snohomish County Regional Spelling Bee 2021
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At least one former Stranger employee has attested to the joy of seeing middle-schoolers knock out words like "zwieback," "alluvium," and "thalweg" at the annual King-Snohomish regional spelling bee, which brings together brainy students from across counties.
NAAM’s Descendants Series Madam CJ Walker | A’Lelia Bundles
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Spend the afternoon with A’Lelia Bundles, the great-granddaughter of the legendary beauty entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social activist Madam C.J. Walker, who was best known in her community for expanding the local Black YMCA.
MUSIC
Staycation Solos & Duos: Alex Guy/Wayne Horvitz and Skerik Solo
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Pretend you're spending a Sunday evening in the plush red booths at Vito's while jazz heavies Alex Guy, Wayne Horvitz, and Skerik play their jazzy and funky tunes for you.
PERFORMANCE
Tiger Queens: The Tiger King Musical
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Remember TikTok's crowd-sourced, community-written musical adaptation of Pixar's Ratatouille at the start of the year? No? Well, it was a hit, and Netflix is producing a redux inspired by their insanely popular and chaotic original documentary series Tiger King on its first anniversary, which will also include appearances from a few Drag Race favorites (Kim Chi, Willam, and Heidi N Closet will take on the roles of Carole Baskin, Joe Exotic, and a tiger, respectively). Catch Tiger Queens on Netflix's TikTok account.
MULTI-DAY
COMMUNITY
Salvage Exchange- on sustaining
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Salvage Exchange, a companion project to the performance piece Salvage Rituals, which was born from a private ritual to mourn lost friends, investigates sustainability with a focus on mutual aid and "embodiment." They'll partner with On the Boards for a series of online workshops, conversations, and skill shares with their creative team Jeffrey Azevedo, Sophie Franco, Alice Gosti, Alex Harding, Erin McCarthy, Alyza DelPan-Monley, Stefan Richmond, and Tim Smith-Stewart.
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FILM
ByDesign Festival 2021
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As Charles Mudede has written, "One of the richest institutional collaborations in this city is that between the ByDesign Festival and Northwest Film Forum. Here, two arts that are very similar, film and architecture (both are capital intensive), meet in the theater." For the second time, this festival will be online only, which means you can watch films about urban design and architecture, hear from guest artists, take workshops, and more from home.
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FOOD & DRINK
Taste Washington
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Billing itself as "the nation's largest single-region wine and food event," Taste Washington will get even larger this year by filling out the entire month of March (instead of its usual five days). Rather than in-person tastings, though, they'll offer weekly kits that you can enjoy at home, as well as recipes you can make on your own.
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GEEK
WonderCon
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Who knows what conventions are going to look like after all this is over, but I don’t entirely hate how they’ve made the transition from in-person panels to streaming. Of course, nothing will ever take the place of settling into those awkward linked-together convention center chairs; gazing around at the mix of cosplayers; getting lost in the maze of escalators while searching for that one weird hallway that leads to a Subway; and dreading the moment when someone gets up to the mic to ask a question that starts with “so, a quick story about me.” I miss IRL cons very, very much. But honestly, this weekend’s WonderCon@Home is shaping up to be a pretty nice online experience. Normally held in LA or Anaheim, the ComicCon offshoot has been a welcome springtime fixture of the nerd con calendar since the 1980s. Its proximity to Los Angeles meant a higher concentration of stars in attendance than you might find, well, in Seattle; but it also meant traveling to Southern California, which, ha, no thank you. But now you can attend from anywhere in the world, which you should absolutely do, because these panels honestly look fantastic. MATT BAUME
PERFORMANCE
All in the Timing
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These four "hilarious and sometimes absurd" one-act plays by David Ives are presented by Twelfth Night Productions.
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UW Dance Presents: New Works from Acclaimed Dance-Makers
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Performing against backdrops like Magnuson Park and on stage at Meany Center for the Performing Arts, nationally and internationally recognized choreographers like Alethea Alexander, Rujeko Dumbutshena, Alana Isiguen, Rachael Lincoln, Juliet McMains, "Majinn" Mike O'Neal, and Jennifer Salk (with guest artists Alex Dugdale and Alice Gosti) will fill out this program presented by UW Department of Dance.
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Wad
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An unhappy high school student with a true-crime obsession exchanges letters with a man on death row in this ACT Theatre production.
(All week)
VISUAL ART
Edible Book Festival
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View tasty tomes on display at this festival devoted to punny "books" made out of food and inspired by famous literary titles—past winners have included Donkey Oaties and A Pringle In Time. You can't eat the submissions this year since the event has moved online, but you can still submit your creation (through Fri March 26) and vote for your favorites.
(Saturday-Sunday)