Spring Arts 2012: Then and Now

The lasting cultural legacy of the 1962 World’s Fair was the city’s new civic hub, Seattle Center, home to world-class opera, ballet, theater, art—and a visit from King Tut—then, and now.

By Laura DannenWith contribution from Brian Colella and Allie Oosta

Fiction: Jim Lynch’s World’s Fair Tale, Truth Like the Sun

An exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming novel Truth Like the Sun.

By Jim Lynch

Fat Tax Tirades, the City's Best-Dressed Teacher, Craft Distillers

Letters to Seattle Met.

This is Your Brain on Love

Neuroscience has a lot to say about the emotion most celebrated on February 14.

By James Ross Gardner

The Math: Street Charity and the Rules of Engagement

Canvassing, complaints, and codes of conduct, by the numbers.

Romotive Turns Your iPhone into a Robot

Romotive—which gained recognition while participating in Seattle startup incubator TechStars—turns your iPhone into a talking, roving, slightly annoying robot.

Touchdowns for Price Tags

Battered by $1.9 billion in cuts to K–12 education since 2009, educators across Washington increasingly say they have no choice but to foist the cost of athletics onto families.

By Claudia Rowe

Trade Secrets: Kill It at Karaoke

David Boardman, executive editor of The Seattle Times, belts out a mean karaoke number. Here, he shares his secrets.

By Allie Oosta

The Perfect Party

This month’s party guests: Paula Clapp, Philip Eaton, Donald Byrd, Dave Isay, Robin Held, and Ali Tarhouni.

By Allison Williams

Dispatches from Seattlemet.com

The best of Seattlemet.com blogs: Nosh Pit, Culture Fiend, Wear What When, and Sauced.

By Christopher Werner

Northwest Bookshelf: Science on Ice

In Science on Ice: Four Polar Expeditions, Seattle photojournalist and oceanographer Chris Linder offers us an over-the-shoulder glimpse as researchers seek answers in the planet’s most frigid terrains.

La Tienda's World's Fair Beginnings

How the World’s Fair’s Mexican Pavilion inspired Leslie Grace to open Ballard store La Tienda.

By Janet Pelz

One Woman's Quest to Solarize Magnolia

Magnolia will be the site of Northwest Seed’s next Solarize campaign, thanks in large part to Pam Lewis, chair of Sustainable Magnolia.

By Matthew Halverson

Paul Allen's Unlikely Space-Faring Venture

Paul Allen space project Stratolaunch won’t blast off until at least 2016. In the meantime, keep an eye on Space Exploration Technologies, the Silicon Valley startup founded by Tesla Motors mogul Elon Musk.

By Matthew Halverson

Boxer Queen Underwood, 2012 Olympic Hopeful

The “queen of the ring” trains for Olympic boxing.

By Matthew Halverson

Altura's Heavenly Italian Restaurant on Capitol Hill

Altura, Capitol Hill’s new Italian restaurant, serves meals touched by an angel.

By Kathryn Robinson

Mezcaleria Oaxaca Opens on Queen Anne

The little sister of La Carta de Oaxaca opens on Queen Anne Avenue with a few new things.

By Kathryn Robinson

Katsu Burger's Mt. Fuji Mega Burger, Deconstructed

Chef Hajime Sato breaks down the Mt. Fuji Mega Burger at his Georgetown restaurant Katsu Burger.

By Allecia Vermillion

Met List: Belgian Waffles

Where to go for Belgium’s signature treat.

By Allecia Vermillion

That's Amaro

Mike Easton of Il Corvo works with Capitol Hill’s Oola Distillery to bottle and sell amaro.

By Allecia Vermillion

Pacific Northwest Ballet Premiere's a New Quixote

Don Quixote makes its U.S. debut this month at Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Seattle Met Picks

The best things to do in February: Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert at the Paramount, Jennifer Egan at Benaroya Hall, the Wintergrass Bluegrass Festival in Bellevue, and more.

By Laura Dannen

Seattle's Little Intimacy Problem

Confessions of a Seattle freezer.

By Kathryn Robinson

Vintage Video from Seattle's 1962 World's Fair

Listen to President Kennedy’s opening remarks for the 1962 World’s Fair. Join an excited young couple for a ride on the Monorail. And rock out with Elvis in the movie trailer for It Happened at the World’s Fair.

Brave New Fashions

View a slideshow of space-age fashions from Town and Country magazine, August 1962.

An Interview with Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize–Winning Author of A Visit From the Goon Squad

Jennifer Egan, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of A Visit From the Goon Squad, visits Benaroya Hall this month as part of Seattle Arts and Lectures.

By Laura Dannen