Yet, because they were so hidden, in both spaces, Waters has had to coax people in. She painted the railing outside Martyr Sauce pink this year, to show that the gallery is still there. âI always felt like a carney,â she says of trying to draw people in. âIâm like, âStep right up!ââ
The pandemic only exacerbated the struggle to show art underground. Martyr Sauce has no windows and, since it sits in the belly of an old building in a historic district, Waters had limitations on how much she could alter it to, say, improve airflow. So when Ebbets Field Flannels vacated its well-fenestrated adjacent storefront, Waters decided to expand.
As experts track the official metrics, we pause to consider the personal ones.
By
Seattle Met Staff
5/6/2021 at 9:30am
Our dogs will be awfully lonely when remote workers head back out into the world.
Photograph by Chona Kasinger
Washington s spike of infections and hospitalizations just as all the state s adults finally become vaccine eligible is just the latest point of proof: Our fight against coronavirus isnât exactly straightforward. Amid all the data dashboards and vaccine stats, most of us have some sort of personal benchmark for what it will mean when we really, truly, finally make our way back to normal.
Seattle Independent Bookstore Day Is Back for 2021
The local seller celebration retains its book passport but is now both virtual and IRL, and runs for 10 days.
By
Stefan Milne
4/23/2021 at 8:00am
Madison Books is one of the stores participating in this year s altered Independent Bookstore Day.Â
This year Seattle Independent Bookstore Day is a âdayâ in the way that Seattle Restaurant Week is a weekânot even slightly. The annual celebration of indie sellers was mostly canceled last year (pandemic). This year (still pandemic) itâs spread across 10 days (April 24âMay 3) and straddles online and brick and mortarâall to make the typical tsunami of book people more of a gently lapping tide.Â
Since the longtime Bop Street Records closed, Ballardâs main drags have only one record store. Luckily, itâs one of the best in the city. At Sonic Boom youâll find a big catalogueâboth deep and rangingâalong with excellent in-store concerts (when such things are allowed).
This little shop lives in the back of Chocolat Vitale, which sells chocolates, coffees, and other fineries. With relatively few crates, Stumbletown manages to cram a lot of albums many vinyl buyers will seek (if they donât own them already), like Roxy Music, the Replacements, and Wu-Tang Clan. Bonus: It smells like chocolate and coffee instead of dust.