The Weekend Starts...Now

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: December 11–14

Tune-Yards create a joyous rhythmic cacophony, Maria Bamford delivers meaningful laughs, and Next Fest showcases Northwest dance.

12/11/2014 By Seattle Met Staff

Ticket Alerts

Sleater-Kinney Returns and Neutral Milk Hotel Says Goodbye

Words and guitar / I want it...

12/11/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Concerts

Weezer, Women, and Rock: Deck the Hall Ball 2014

A recap and slide show of 107.7 The End's annual holiday concert at KeyArena.

12/10/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Post

Deck the Hall Ball 2014 Slide Show Recap

12/10/2014

The Holiday Spirit

Seattle Does Christmas Music Better

Songs for the season from Kris Orlowski and Hollis, Pearl Jam, Brandi Carlile, Death Cab for Cutie, Mary Lambert, and more.

12/09/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Countdown to 2015

Seattle New Year's Eve Event Guide 2014

Ring in the new year with concerts, comedy, art parties, and more.

12/08/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week Seattle: December 8–14

Late-night holiday theater, Smell-O-Vision, and Olympic Sculpture Park gets lit up: the best ways to spend your week without spending much

12/08/2014 By Darren Davis

Movies

Another Seattle Theater Closes

This time it's the Harvard Exit. We have a trend, people.

12/05/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Seattle Sound

Album of the Month: Tomo Nakayama's 'Fog on the Lens'

The Grand Hallway frontman's solo debut rolled over Seattle in November.

12/04/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Robert Schenkkan

The Tony and Pulitzer-winning playwright discusses Seattle Rep's productions of All the Way and The Great Society.

12/04/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

The Weekend Starts... Now

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: December 4–7

Ahamefule Oluo's pop opera Now I'm Fine returns and the loaded SMooCH Benefit concert features Iron and Wine, Shabazz Palaces, and more.

12/04/2014 By Seattle Met Staff

Fiendish Conversation

The Stories Behind Maurice Sendak's 'Nutcracker' Designs

The longtime PNB costumer Mark Zappone shares stories of Maurice Sendak and the man's iconic Nutcracker designs.

12/03/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Pop-A-Shot

Breaking Down Ben Gibbard's Basketball Skills

The Postal Service singer conducts interviews for the concert film Everything Will Change in a hoops context. We analyze the tape.

12/02/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week Seattle: December 1–7

Deafheaven gets heavy, a consignment store with booze, and Couch Fest Film Festival: The best ways to spend your week without spending much.

12/01/2014 By Darren Davis

The Sporting Life

Mariners Sign Nelson Cruz: Let's Watch Him Hit Home Runs

The slugger led Major League Baseball in homers in 2014. He hits the ball far. Very far.

12/01/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Quote Unquote

Pacific Northwest Ballet's Nutcracker

Pacific Northwest Ballet principal Laura Tisserand takes center stage in the company’s final season of the Kent Stowell–choreographed ‘Nutcracker.’

12/01/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Passing Through

Mike Birbiglia Comes to Seattle for New Year's

Comedian Mike Birbiglia preps for New Year’s Eve at the Moore and his part in the new season of Orange Is the New Black.

12/01/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Museum Exhibit

The Origins of the Iconic Seahawks Logo

How the Burke Museum tracked down the seed of the Seahawk at a Maine museum.

12/01/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Met Picks

Top Things to See or Do in Seattle: December 2014

Stevie Wonder and Deck The Hall Ball come to KeyArena, and see Willy Wonka in Smell-O-Vision at SIFF.

12/01/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Absurdity

Shameless in Seattle

This is why we can't have nice things.

12/01/2014 By Matthew Halverson