Arts & Culture

Talk About a Freeze

We Heart the Big Dark: Seattle's Top Winter Activities

Cold-weather fun starts right...now.

12/08/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

A Day in the Life

How a Pacific Northwest Ballet Dancer Keeps Turning

Principal Lesley Rausch prepares for the PNB’s 50th anniversary season with pilates and pointe shoes.

12/02/2022 By Sophie Grossman

Oh. My. Gawd.

The Friends Experience Comes to Seattle in February 2023

Could we be any more excited?

12/01/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

Get Your Cheer On

Holiday Events to Get You in the Festive Spirit

Whether you're ready or not.

11/29/2022 By Spencer Brown

Bookkeeper

Bill Gates Shares His Holiday Book List for 2022

And a literary scavenger hunt awaits.

11/21/2022 By Angela Cabotaje

Seattle After Dark

Things to Do at Night in Seattle

Aside from restaurants or straight-up bars, though many of these spots serve booze. Just saying.

11/07/2022 By Sophie Grossman Illustrations by Bridgette Huhtala

Live and Unfiltered

Brooke Jarvis Tells a Firefly Love Story at Pop-Up Magazine

The immersive live experience returns to Seattle for the first time in three years.

11/04/2022 By Sophie Grossman

Quote Unquote

Jo Koy Impersonates His Mom All the Way to the Tacoma Dome

With a new movie and a series of Netflix comedy specials under his belt, our homegrown stand-up has learned a little about being specifically American.

10/25/2022 By Allison Williams

On View

Molly Vaughan’s After Boucher Brings Rococo to the Frye

The artist and trans activist’s work queers the drawings of French painter François Boucher.

10/21/2022 By Sophie Grossman

Buy the Book

A Guide to Seattle’s Independent Bookstores

Where to buy literature in a City of Literature.

10/19/2022 By Stefan Milne With Sophie Grossman

Ready Player One

Halo World Championship Lands in Seattle This Weekend

The esports sphere arrives at the convention center—and Twitch.

10/18/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

SCARE SHOW

Washington State's Most Horrific Film Achievements

Some are horrific in a good way, some are horrific in a bad way—and we're not telling you which is which.

10/17/2022 By Sophie Grossman and Sophia Struna

Never Be Bored Again

Seattle Arts and Entertainment Guide

From bookstores to bar trivia.

10/14/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

Cryptic Promises

Crypto Winter: Could the Web3 Revolution Be a Lifeline for Seattle Artists?

Or will it leave them out in the cold?

10/10/2022 By Sophie Grossman

Boredom Buster

Our 50 Favorite Things to Do In and Near Seattle

When it rains, when it snows, when it's sunny, and when everything else blows.

10/07/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

Live Laugh Leaf

We Heart Fall: Seattle's Top Autumnal Activities

There's more to the season than pumpkin spice.

10/04/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

Bogged Down

Can Annie Proulx’s New Book Meet Climate Crisis Urgency?

The former local’s book on environmental history—Fen, Bog and Swamp—aims to revitalize our views of wetlands.

09/27/2022 By Stefan Milne

Parental Controls

What Banned Books Week, 40 Years After Its Founding, Means for Seattle Readers

Our liberal bubble doesn’t shield us from a rising tide of book bans nationwide, nor should it foreclose critical engagement with controversial titles.

09/23/2022 By Sophie Grossman