The Weekend List: The arts and culture guide to Seattle's good life

Echo in the Sculpture Park, Cheatahs at the Crocodile, cretzels at Coyle's, The Legend of the Barefoot Bandit at SIFF and more.
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Echo, 2011, Jaume Plensa, Spanish, born 1955, Polyester resin, marble dust, steel framework, height 45 ft. 11 in., footprint at base 10 ft. 8 in. x 7 ft. 1 in., Seattle Art Museum, Barney A. Ebsworth Collection, 2013.22, ©Jaume Plensa.

Echo in the Sculpture Park, Cheatahs at the Crocodile, cretzels at Coyle's, The Legend of the Barefoot Bandit at SIFF and more.

Echo

It’s called Echo, a reference to the nymph from Greek mythology. But we’ll probably all be referring to it as The Giant Head. As in: I’ll meet you in the Sculpture Park over by The Giant Head. For weeks, the 46-foot sculpture has been carefully erected on the shoreline, its size insisting that we form an opinion. Personally, I can’t wait to introduce Echo to my dog Santana who likes to bark at anything vaguely human looking.

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Joseph Sutton-Holcomb

Joseph is a full-time landscaper, part-time journalist and full time culture junkie discovering the hidden joys of life as a UW graduate in Seattle. When not taking care of plants or writing, he spends his time in the company of good friends enjoying film, music and the great outdoors.