Visual Art

Journeys

Strange Negotiations Delves into David Bazan's Crisis of Faith

A new documentary charts the travels, and travails, of the local singer-songwriter.

08/20/2019 By Stefan Milne

Film Letters

Where'd You Go, Bernadette Is Not Quite a Wreck

Maria Semple's novel is now a movie starring Cate Blanchett, and we have qualms.

08/16/2019 By Seattle Met Staff

Hear Here

Phonic Seattle Explores Our Less Typical Music Venues

The new documentary looks into spaces that don’t fit the standard mold.

08/15/2019 By Stefan Milne

Art Walking

6 Art Shows to See in Seattle This August

A new gallery digs into the Northwest School, Juventino Aranda blows up Golden Books, and Wa Na Wari adds four installations.

07/30/2019 By Stefan Milne and Sam Jones

Arts Notice

Seattle Art Fair 2019 Aims to Be a Room of Wonder

An earthquake simulator, an Instagram star who smashes her face into bread…

07/24/2019 By Stefan Milne

Quote Unquote

Film Director Lynn Shelton Will Always Pick Seattle Over Hollywood

"I love Seattle so much. I much prefer the green here, the gray, the skies, the clouds, the water, a new vista. Seattle sort of ruined me for anywhere else."

07/23/2019 By Allison Williams

School of Thought

A Small-Town Schoolhouse Gets New Life as a Creative Arts Center

Artists and writers use vintage classrooms to uncover a new side of Rainier.

07/23/2019 By Allison Williams

TV Style

The Phluid Project and HBO’s Euphoria Team Up for a Capitol Hill Popup

The one-day event hosts gender neutral apparel from the New York–based brand and appearances by the show’s stars, Hunter Schafer and Barbie Ferreira.

07/09/2019 By Lily Hansen

Arts Notice

At SAM’s Victorian Radicals Emphasis Lands Heavily on the Victorian

As history, the museum’s new exhibit is fascinating—so much so that the text can overwhelm the art.

06/19/2019 By Stefan Milne

Summer in the City

Seattle Summer Outdoor Movie Guide 2019

Want to see The Princess Bride five times under the stars? How about Mary Poppins Returns? Here are all your chances for cinema without walls.

06/11/2019 By Lily Hansen

Changing Art Guard

Seattle Art Museum Announces Its Next Director

Amada Cruz will leave the Phoenix Art Museum and replace Kimerly Rorschach at SAM.

06/10/2019 By Stefan Milne

Seattle Cinema

SIFF 2019 Review Roundup May 29–June 5

This week in PNW premieres: all-male burlesque, a recovered silent film, and a documentary on homelessness.

05/29/2019 By Seattle Met Staff

Cinematic Hacks

A Guide to Seattle's Outdoor Movie Scene

Where to watch cinema in the open air, with a little something extra.

05/29/2019 By Stefan Milne

Loving Death

Jane Wong’s Work Brightly Haunts the Frye

The poet’s new museum exhibition invites you to the table to engage physically with history and its ghosts.

05/29/2019 By Stefan Milne

Seattle Cinema

SIFF 2019 Review Roundup May 22–28

Four more locally grown movies premiere this week—plus a suite of short films.

05/22/2019 By Seattle Met Staff

Seattle Cinema

SIFF 2019 Review Roundup May 16–21

Three movies with local connections hit the festival this week: Sword of Trust, Good Kisser, and Frances Ferguson.

05/16/2019 By Stefan Milne

Movie Review

What Is the Point of Netflix’s Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile?

Yeah, casting Zac Efron as Ted Bundy is silly. But there are deeper problems.

05/07/2019 By Stefan Milne

First Thursday

5 Shows to See at May Art Walk

A revered Seattle artist, some drawings of hallucinatory color, and Mount Analogue’s final show.

05/02/2019 By Stefan Milne

Cinema Paradiso

The 2019 Seattle International Film Festival Schedule Is Here

410 films. 86 countries. 25 days. Get to it.

05/01/2019 By Stefan Milne

On the Big Screen

6 Dark Cinematic Takes on Washington State Ferries

Charting Hollywood’s increasingly grim interpretations of our beloved vessels.

04/23/2019 By Stefan Milne

Seattle Met

Visual Art

Strange Negotiations Delves into David Bazan's Crisis of Faith

Where'd You Go, Bernadette Is Not Quite a Wreck

Phonic Seattle Explores Our Less Typical Music Venues

6 Art Shows to See in Seattle This August

Seattle Art Fair 2019 Aims to Be a Room of Wonder

Film Director Lynn Shelton Will Always Pick Seattle Over Hollywood

A Small-Town Schoolhouse Gets New Life as a Creative Arts Center

The Phluid Project and HBO’s Euphoria Team Up for a Capitol Hill Popup

At SAM’s Victorian Radicals Emphasis Lands Heavily on the Victorian

Seattle Summer Outdoor Movie Guide 2019

Popular Content

A Big Seattle Movie Guide: What to Watch and What to Skip

Scents from a Mall: The Sticky, Untold Story of Cinnabon

What Will Happen to Capitol Hill's Magnificent Russian Murals?

10 Must-See Masterpieces

Baso Fibonacci Believes in Seattle Art

You Can Trace a Century of Seattle History Through the Henry Art Gallery

Seattle Art Museum Announces Its Next Director

SIFF 2019 Review Roundup May 29–June 5

A Guide to Seattle's Outdoor Movie Scene

Jane Wong’s Work Brightly Haunts the Frye

SIFF 2019 Review Roundup May 22–28

SIFF 2019 Review Roundup May 16–21

What Is the Point of Netflix’s Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile?

5 Shows to See at May Art Walk

The 2019 Seattle International Film Festival Schedule Is Here

6 Dark Cinematic Takes on Washington State Ferries

Latest Issue

The Ultimate Sports City