Arts & Culture

The Weekend Starts...Now.

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: May 23–27

Memorial Day weekend kicks off the summer with Northwest Folklife, Sasquatch, and SIFF.

05/23/2013 By Seattle Met Staff

Theater

Retro Style Meets Modern Socializing at Seattle Rep's "Party in the Wings"

Club 20/30's post-show event gives young theatre-goers insider access to 'Boeing, Boeing.'

05/23/2013 By Brianna Lantz

SIFF 2013

This Week's SIFF Picks: 'Touchy Feely' & 'The Way, Way Back'

The latest from Lynn Shelton and the screenwriting team behind 'The Descendants' highlight this weekend's offerings.

05/22/2013 By Laura Dannen and Seth Sommerfeld

Summer Festival

8 New Showcases to Check Out at Northwest Folklife

Make the most of the Memorial Day weekend festival with these fresh musical offerings.

05/22/2013 By Seth Sommerfeld

Article

'Sleepless in Seattle' Turns 20

Sleepless in Seattle, every bad headline writer’s go-to inspiration, turns 20 in June. Let’s celebrate with some of the worst (best?) it wrought.

05/22/2013 By Matthew Halverson

Article

Insider’s Guide to the Seattle Icons You Thought You Knew

Behind-the-scenes secrets of everything from the Space Needle to the Duck Tour. Remind yourself what the city’s 10 million tourists are just finding out—Seattle is full of surprises.

05/22/2013 By Allison Williams

Article

Tacoma’s Bid for Domination

Our sibling city’s June events calendar rivals some of Seattle’s best offerings.

05/22/2013 By Seth Sommerfeld

Article

The Top Things to See or Do in June

World Cup soccer and Tracy Morgan visit Seattle; Bainbridge Island gets an art museum.

05/22/2013 By Laura Dannen

Article

Judy Travis Is the 21st Century Video Star

Seattle’s most prolific vlogger lives her life in front of (and behind) the camera.

05/22/2013 By Matthew Halverson

Article

How To: Decorate a Tree Home

05/22/2013

Article

Tracy Morgan Brings Laughs and Unpredictability to the Neptune

Speaking of Neptune, is it possible the 30 Rock star is from outer space?

05/22/2013 By Seth Sommerfeld

Article

MakerHaus Makes the Impossible Possible for Wannabe Inventors

The Fremont space offers affordable access to equipment that would be off-limits to one-person operations.

05/22/2013 By Dameon Matule

Article

Perfect Party

Here’s who we’d invite if we could entertain this month’s most interesting visitors, locals, and newsmakers.

05/22/2013 By Allison Williams

Article

SAM’s Future Beauty

A contemporary Japanese fashion exhibit is bathed in Northwest light.

05/22/2013 By Laura Cassidy

Video Games

Microsoft Unveils Xbox One

The new video gaming console arrives later this year.

05/20/2013 By Seth Sommerfeld

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Sasquatch Music Festival's Adam Zacks

The festival founder talks about the event's growth, ticket demands, and more.

05/20/2013 By Seth Sommerfeld

Dance Review

Men on Pointe: Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Tackles the Classics

The all-male troupe dazzles with its technique and affectionate insider jabs at ballet.

05/17/2013 By Sheila Farr

Feature

An Oral History of ‘Almost Live’

From Bill Nye the Science Guy to the day the Space Needle collapsed, we recall 15 years of trials and triumphs on the set of Seattle’s Saturday Night Live.

05/17/2013 By Matthew Halverson, James Ross Gardner, Laura Dannen, and Cassie Callan

The Weekend Starts...Now.

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: May 16–19

Explore the unnerving artistic vision of Saint Genet and catch a couple documentaries during SIFF's opening weekend.

05/16/2013 By Seattle Met Staff