No fanfare was spared at yesterday's unveiling of "Gerard Schwarz Place" the symbolically renamed stretch of University Ave between 2nd and 3rd in Seattle's downtown core. Arts enthusiast and all-around go-getter Alex Hudson was there to snap a few photos of the new signage. more ›

ATTENTION! GENERAL AT THE HALL!: Hoo-ah! Former Commanding General of Multi-National Force-Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, now Commander of United States Central Command, is truly entering the lion's den--the peacenik Fortress of Solitude that is Town Hall. El General will talk about the lessons that our Afghanistan-bound troops can take from Iraq; how to prevent Pakistan from falling into a state of anarchy, and counterinsurgency that works. It's all part of the World Affairs Council's Leadership series--Petraeus was recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of our 25 Best Leaders--which means that members get in for cheap and the rest of you hoi-polloi types pay full freight. 7-8:30 p.m. // Town Hall, Eighth & Seneca // Tickets: $20 WAC members/$40 general more ›

Friday night local pianist Judith Cohen was featured in the first installment of the Bellevue Philharmonic’s Steinway Series. (The second features John Nauman, performing Liszt, Scarlatti, Haydn, Scriabin, and his own original composition, on January 16th.) more ›

ART/MUSIC DIALOGUE: Cross your artistic boundaries when World music KEXP DJ Jon Kertzer and UW School of Music Professor Philip Schulyer dialogue about how Algerian music influenced and shaped a current Henry Art Gallery exhibit by French-Algerian Kader Attia. more ›

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"Shipping cranes" by Murray plays guitar more ›

Joshua Roman, for those of you more concerned with what's going on at Neumo's than what's happening in Benaroya Hall, is the star cellist in Seattle Symphony. He's also 23, has hair like a young Bob Dylan, and seriously kicks ass. more ›

We don't claim to be an expert on male attractiveness, but if forced to rank television personalities by hotness or notness--well, let's just say that Bill Nye, "The Science Guy", would be closer to Willard Scott than to Matt Lauer. more ›

When Amazon.com announced Amazon Fresh last week, it piqued some bloggers' curiosity, but we didn't spend much time thinking about it. Grocery delivery? Interesting, but we weren't going to dive in. more ›

Last year, at 22, cellist Joshua Roman became the youngest principal player in Seattle Symphony history. What did you accomplish when you were 22? Yeah, we thought so. more ›

Last night, Seattlest checked out the quiz at Murphy's Irish Pub in Wallingford. This evening, we were playing with a full team of 5 members. more ›

Poor Alex Ross. No matter that he's a high-minded music critic, no matter that during his esteemed career he's been a columnist for the New York Times and (currently) the New Yorker, no matter that he's an anti-elitist classical music lover...he's still the second-most famous fella to go by those two four-letter names. Yep, the dude who turns up first in Google and Wikipedia is the other Alex Ross, the comic book guy. It's a shame, because music book guy Alex Ross, who was in town this weekend for the EMP Pop Conference and an "iPod lecture" at On the Boards, well deserves to be the preeminent Alex Ross in all of Alex Ross-dom. more ›

The summer’s dearth of classical music is finally over. In fact, there’s so much happening around town we may have trouble fitting it all in without overwhelming you. more ›

As a classically-trained musician, Seattlest often looks to classical music to get us through the rough times. We all have our crutches, right? Well, we're happy to say that tomorrow will bring a perfect opportunity to sit around and emote with the music. Seattle Chamber Music Society has been performing this month at the Lakeside School, and they wrap up their Lakeside series tomorrow night. (You can buy tickets here.) Perhaps you're thinking, "That Seattlest! Why didn't they tell us about this sooner?" Never fear, dear readers: the series continues in August! The only change is that in August, they play across the lake at the Overlake School (fittingly enough) in Redmond. more ›

Love has bloomed over at the P-I in the form of the most fawning, adoring, lengthy profile we've ever read. more ›

Perhaps Seattlest is overstating things when we say that most people, when they think of classical music, think of stuffy concert halls, people dressed like penguins, and paying a lot of money for an uncomfortable nap. Of course, we say this only when we feel especially pessimistic about people's perceptions of classical music. more ›

Seattle has many classical music outlets, primary among them Seattle Symphony. Next week (from June 23rd to 26th), the Symphony is bringing Verdi's Requiem to Benaroya. more ›

Late last night Seattlest was mingling with the post-concert crowd in the Founders Room at Benaroya Hall. We'd just had our socks knocked off by an Erwin Schulhoff piece in the Music of Rembrance concert commemorating Holocaust Memorial Day. (Which makes Schulhoff's death one more thing we have against Nazis.) According to our notes, try the cheese plate, skip the house Pinot. more ›