Fall Arts Preview: 60 Top Events, 7 Guilty Pleasures

Illustration: Thomas Pitilli
Despite Seattle’s late-blooming summer (80 degrees today? yes please), the fall arts season has officially arrived. It kicks off tonight with the return of homegrown indie band the Fleet Foxes for a two-night stand at the Paramount Theatre. Tomorrow in Tacoma, Taylor Swift arrives with an entourage of tweens and parents who would gladly snub Kanye West in her honor. No fewer than three plays are in previews in the coming week, a new art exhibit at Vignettes opens (and closes) on Wednesday, and film series Catch a Wave: The Art of Surf Culture opens at Seattle Art Museum on Friday. Endless Summer, indeed.
To help navigate the coming arts season, we rounded up 60 top events (and seven guilty pleasures), and took a closer look at some of the new spaces and fresh faces across Seattle. Meet the new maestro of the Seattle Symphony, and go inside Robert Yoder’s living room-turned-art gallery, Season.
It’s all in the Fall Arts Preview. Enjoy.