FEBRUARY 2020 MUSEUM MANIA Make the most of Seattle Museum Month at MoPOP’s newest exhibition, Body of Work: Tattoo Culture LUNAR NEW YEAR Plus more of February’s best events BELLTOWN BLITZ Eat, drink, and be merry from day to night 2 WhereTraveler Seattle | February 2020 Fresh Northwest seafood on the downtown Seattle waterfront. Dine in a sophisticated waterfront setting at Anthony’s Pier 66. Anthony’s Pier 66 offers the quintessential Northwest dining experience with the finest fresh seafood and an award-winning wine list. Casual dining for lunch and dinner available on the plaza level at the Bell Street Diner. Complimentary valet and validated parking! 2201 Alaskan Way • (206) 866-2699 • www.anthonys.com Follow Us! @anthonyspier66 where-seattle.com 3 Untitled-1 1 1/17/20 11:02 AM February 2020 DEPARTMENTS THE GUIDE From the Editor 6 Shopping 22 8 Where/When 8 Attractions & Tours 28 Insider 13 Museums Stomping Grounds 14 & Galleries 31 Field Trip 17 Dining & Drinking 34 Maps 51 Entertainment 48 My Seattle 54 ON THE COVER FEBRUARY 2020 MoPOP’s newest exhibition, Body of Work: Tattoo Culture. Photo: Grant Hindsley MUSEUM MANIA Model: Amanda Halverson Make the most of Seattle Museum Month at MoPOP’s newest exhibition, Body of Work: Tattoo Culture LUNAR NEW YEAR Plus more of February’s best events BELLTOWN BLITZ Eat, drink, and be merry from day to night 18 FEATURE 18 Museum Mania Find yourself equal parts educated and entranced at Seattle’s storied museums. BY HALEY SHAPLEY NEW YEAR: CIDBI; MUSEUM: DENNIS WISE 4 WhereTraveler Seattle | February 2020 FEBRUARY 1 – MAY 25 where-seattle.com 5 FROM THE EDITOR February 2020 Seattle Chocolate Publisher PAUL HEPPNER Editorial & Design HALEY SHAPLEY Editor in Chief SHAUN SWICK Art Director JENNY SUGDEN Production Manager ANA ALVIRA, STEVIE VAN BRONKHORST Production Artists and Graphic Designers Sales JULANN HILL Advertising Sales Director 206.443.0445 x 111 [email protected] CAROL YIP Sales Coordinator Hospitality Relations & Distribution SUSAN PETERSON Distribution & Circulation Manager AMELIA HEPPNER Client Relations Associate & Concierge Liaison 206.443.0445 x 113 [email protected] All You Need Is Love, WhereTraveler Seattle 425 North 85th Street | Seattle, WA 98103 and Chocolate 800.308.2898 | 206.443.0445 [email protected] Welcome to the new WhereTraveler Seattle magazine! This where-seattle.com is the first edition published under the locally owned Encore Media Group, and we’ve got an amazing team of Seattleites ©2020 Encore Media Group. All rights reserved. WhereTraveler Seattle is published monthly by Encore Media Group. ready to guide you toward all the best the city has to offer. Haley Shapley The Where Traveler name and logo are registered trademarks of I’ve been a contributor to the magazine for several years, Morris Visitor Publications. WhereTraveler Seattle makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information it publishes, and I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to become its editor and highlight the amazing but cannot be held responsible for any consequences arising aspects of the city I call home. from errors or omissions. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part is strictly prohibited. Love is in the air this month, but I don’t need Valentine’s Day as an excuse to enjoy chocolates. Here are a few of my favorite local chocolate purveyors: WhereTraveler Seattle is pleased to be a member of Visit Seattle, Downtown Seattle Association, and Concierge Guild of Seattle. Fran’s Chocolates Seattle Chocolate Theo Chocolate When Fran Bigelow opened You can find Seattle Theo Chocolate’s flagship a patisserie in 1982, she Chocolate’s truffles and in Fremont has a generous was credited with sparking bars all over town, but number of samples the artisan chocolate it’s most fun to go to available, so you can try renaissance. I’m partial to their Tukwila factory for before you buy. There’s Encore Media Group SEATTLE CHOCOLATE; SHAPLEY: SOPHY HOLLAND SHAPLEY: CHOCOLATE; SEATTLE her Gray Salt Caramels. a tour that explains how also a popular hour-long PAUL HEPPNER They come in a beautiful chocolate is made, takes factory tour that takes a President box with a satin ribbon, you on a walkway above deep dive into chocolate- MIKE HATHAWAY so I like to give them as the factory floor, and ends making, and some delicious Senior Vice President KAJSA PUCKETT a housewarming gift. with a tasting. Don’t miss limited-edition confections Vice President, (President Obama was their Jcoco line of culinary- that you can only get Sales & Marketing also known to gift these to inspired flavors; I’m here. For something SUSAN PETERSON Vice President, Production White House visitors when obsessed with the Cayenne different, try the Cinnamon GENAY GENEREUX he was in office.) Veracruz Orange. Horchata bar. Accounting & Office Manager Four locations; 1180 Andover Park W; 3400 Phinney Ave N; 425 North 85th Street, Seattle, WA 98103. frans.com seattlechocolate.com theochocolate.com 800.308.2898 | 206.443.0445 | encoremediagroup.com 6 WhereTraveler Seattle | February 2020 where-seattle.com 7 19_6344_SEA_AD_Where_R1.indd 2 12/19/19 4:56 PM February 2020 WHERE/WHEN at a glance FEB Welcome the Year of the Rat at this annual event in Chinatown- LUNAR International District’s Hing Hay Park, where you can expect to see cultural entertainment, such as traditional dragon and lion dances, 8 NEW martial arts, and Japanese taiko drumming; a kids’ costume parade and other family-friendly activities; and a $3 Food Walk that offers visitors delicious bites of the district. More than 20,000 people attend every year, YEAR celebrating the diversity of Seattle’s Asian community. Admission is free; the festivities begin at 11 a.m. and run until 4 p.m. cidbia.org 8 WhereTraveler Seattle | February 2020 Valentine’s Day Weekend February 20–22 Seattle Wine and February 14–15 COMEDY OF LOVE: A VALENTINE’S DAY IMPROV Food Experience Laughter and love go hand in hand at this improv show, where performers will be infusing comedy into sponta- Back for a 12th year, this culinary showcase neous scenes of passion, romance, and heartbreak. includes three distinctive events. The first, unexpectedproductions.org Comfort, is all about those foods you crave: think fried chicken and French fries, burgers and beers, February 14–15 macaroni and cheese and more. The second, Pop! THE SEATTLE BLIND CAFE EXPERIENCE Experience a Valentine’s Day dinner entirely in the dark, Bubbles + Seafood, is a dress-to-impress affair, accompanied by performances from Rosh & The Blind filled with the finest Northwest catches and plenty Cafe Orchestra. of sparkling wine. The grand finale is the Grand theblindcafe.com/seattle Tasting—you’ll want to come hungry for this all- out extravaganza featuring some big-name chefs February 15–16 and filled with sensory experiences, educational WINE ON THE ROCK: WINE & CHOCOLATE opportunities, and, of course, lots and lots of Take the ferry to Bainbridge Island for this celebration of two of life’s great pleasures: wine and chocolate. Tickets tasting. Choose one or buy a weekend pass and include a tasting at five Island wineries, a wineglass, and a try it all (we hope you packed stretchy pants). four-bottle wine tote. seattlewineandfoodexperience.com bainbridgewineries.com MORE FEBRUARY EVENTS Through February 16 and their overprotective father, A NIGHT LIKE THIS! they find a world chock-full of While noshing on frisée salad, beautiful balls and handsome caramelized carrot and sweet princes—but will they live hap- potato bisque, dry-aged flat pily ever after? iron steak, and chocolate 5thavenue.org truffon, take in this enchanting Through February 29 show at Teatro ZinZanni in STEEL MAGNOLIAS Woodinville. Hoops will spin, This heartwarming classic ballerinas will pirouette, singers being staged at Greenwood’s will sing, glitz and glamour will Taproot Theatre Company will reign supreme, and you will be transport you to Chinquapin, Through February 9 thoroughly entertained. Louisiana, where six women are zinzanni.com as delicate as magnolias but as KENT STOWELL’S Through February 23 tough as steel. CINDERELLA BLISS taproottheatre.org Making its world premiere at February 6 : ANGELA STERLING Ethereal and romantic, this retelling The 5th Avenue Theatre, the FIRST THURSDAY of a classic story is all sparkling stage new musical Bliss turns the tra- ART WALK CINDERELLA ditional fairytale on its head in costumes, delightful set design, and Pioneer Square’s First telling the tale of four distinc- Thursday Art Walk began in dreamy dancing, choreographed tive, sheltered sisters who just 1981, making it the longest by Kent Stowell with a score from so happen to be princesses. established art walk in the NEW YEAR: CIDBIA; Sergei Prokofiev.pnb.org Escaping from the castle walls country. Hours vary by gallery, where-seattle.com 9 WHERE/WHEN February 2020 at a glance February 22 SEATTLE POLAR PLUNGE Special Olympics Washington promises that you’ll be “freezin’ for a reason” when you plunge into the chilly waters of West Seattle’s Alki Beach. If you’d prefer to stay dry, there’s a beer and food truck festival that runs at the same time, so you can grab a snack and a beverage while watching the brave souls run into the surf. specialolympicswashington.org February 22 SEAFOOD FROM THE PNW Seattle Cake Con This two-hour class at Atrium Kitchen in Pike Place Market will acquaint you with fresh, but the event officially kicks off Seattle vocalists and musicians February 16–17 local ingredients like shellfish, at 5 p.m. performing the music from the SEATTLE CAKE CON king salmon, Alaskan halibut, pioneersquare.org musical at Benaroya Hall. Billed as an event for anyone scallops, and crab.