Bang for Your Buck

Cheap Week Seattle: August 18–24

Riot with the Anarchist Book Fair or head to Long Beach where the skies are ablaze with aerial acrobatics: the best ways to spend your week without spending much.

08/18/2014 By Conor Romack

The Ultimate 12th Man Guide

Seahawks Superfans, In Photos

08/15/2014 By Matthew Halverson

The Weekend Starts...Now

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: August 14–17

The Seahawks play at home for the first time since winning the Super Bowl, Intiman opens Angels in America, and Haim rocks the Paramount.

08/14/2014 By Seattle Met Staff

Film News

Scarecrow Video Becomes a Non-Profit and SIFF Lays Out Egyptian Theatre Reopening Plans

Scarecrow turns to Kickstarter, while SIFF Cinema Egyptian targets a fall revival.

08/13/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Sound

Chris Walla Leaves Death Cab for Cutie

The guitarist and producer leaves the local indie rock powerhouse next month.

08/13/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Timothy McCuen Piggee

The actor takes the stage in Intiman Theatre Festival's epic Angels in America production.

08/12/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Slide Show

A Weekend at Doe Bay Fest 2014

A visual recap of Orcas Island's quintessentially Northwest music festival.

08/12/2014 By Allison Williams

Post

Slide Show: Doe Bay Fest 2014

08/12/2014

Seattle Sound

Macklemore Confronts the Fame Monster in Fences' "Arrows" Video

The MC expresses the pressures of success in the new "Made in Seattle" clip.

08/11/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Bang for Your Buck

Cheap Week Seattle: August 11–17

From calm jazz walks to punk pizza parties: the best ways to spend your week without spending much.

08/11/2014 By Conor Romack

The Weekend Starts... Now.

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: August 7–10

Chvrches dances to its '80s-inspired electronic tunes, South Lake Union Block Party rocks out, and Sweet Lou gets a bobblehead.

08/07/2014 By Seattle Met Staff

Theater Review

ACT's 'An Evening of One Acts' Falters

A weak third act derails a night of star playwrights.

08/07/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

The Sporting Life

Soundgarden and Pharrell Williams Celebrate the Seahawks with Free NFL Kickoff Concert

Get "Happy" before the season opening game versus the Packers on September 4.

08/05/2014 Photography by Seth Sommerfeld

Met PIcks

The Top Things to See or Do in August

The Seahawks return to the gridiron, Bumbershoot’s main stage goes outdoors, and boats battle in Lake Washington.

08/05/2014 Edited by Seth Sommerfeld

Bang for Your Buck

Cheap Week Seattle: August 4–10

Green Lake comes aglow with lanterns, and Arcade Fire's Win Butler hits the turntable: the best ways to spend your week without spending much.

08/04/2014 By Conor Romack

In Da Department Store

50 Cent Talks Tall Tees, High-Tops, and the Internet

We talked to the Animal Ambition rapper on his recent stopover at the Nordstrom flagship where he met fans and signed products from his new SMS Audio line.

08/04/2014 By Laura Cassidy Photography by Jessica Carter

Seattle Sound

Album of the Month: Shabazz Palaces' 'Lese Majesty'

The Sub Pop hip-hop returned in July to take us on another cosmic voyage.

08/01/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Guide to the San Juans

Helen Loggie, the San Juans' Most Famous Artist

A house-turned museum on Orcas Island, dedicated to island art.

08/01/2014 By Allison Williams

Advice

Quiz: Should You Attend a Kite Festival?

The skies over the Long Beach Peninsula will be crowded for the 34th straight year August 18–24. Let us help you decide whether to make the drive to see kites swoop and dive.

08/01/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Elements of Style

Tacocat and the Politics of Pink

Feminism has a beat—and color, and lots of glitter, and you can dance to it.

08/01/2014 By Laura Cassidy