Arts & Culture

Lunch Break

Video: Jeff Ament on the Sonics and Pearl Jam

Courtesy of Sonicsgate: PJ's bassist talks about the band's first week and love of hoops.

12/11/2012 By Laura Dannen

Art Review

BAM Has the Season's Must-See Art Shows

A collection of Japanese bamboo art is awe inspiring, while BAM Biennial 2012 features top regional artists.

12/11/2012 By Sheila Farr

This Week in Macklemore News

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's Tiny Desk Concert

The Seattle hip-hop duo performs "Same Love," "Thrift Shop," and "Can't Hold Us" for NPR.

12/11/2012 By Laura Dannen

A Festival for All Occasions

It's the End of the World!...Film Festival

If the Mayans were right, we have 11 days to live. Might as well see a movie.

12/10/2012 By Laura Dannen

Ticket Alert

Muse Returns to Rock KeyArena in February

The British rock superstars bring their "Madness" back to Seattle.

12/10/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Winter and You

Video: Reading Is Funtertaining

Stay sane in this gray, terrible weather with our new comedy series, Seattle Winter and You.

12/07/2012 By Laura Dannen

TV Timeout

Watch Two Seasons of 'Downton Abbey' in 5 Minutes

The Turk! Bates! Melodrama!

12/07/2012 By Laura Dannen

The Weekend Starts....Now.

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: Dec 6–9

See dragons soar, grab a winter ale, and buy a lot of cookies for a good cause.

12/06/2012 By Seattle Met Staff

Holiday Events

The Grinch List

Test our winter itineraries inspired by holiday movies. This one's for those whose hearts are three sizes too small.

12/06/2012 By Laura Dannen

Art Walk

Art After-Hours: Where to Go This First Thursday (December)

Museums are free, galleries stay open late. So...many...choices.

12/06/2012 By Sheila Farr

Gift Guide

Tiny Artworks Make Great Holiday Gifts

You support a local artist, the art fits in a stocking. Win win.

12/05/2012 By Laura Dannen

Music, Not Muzak

New Indie Christmas Albums

John Roderick and Jonathan Coulton put out a holiday record; Sufjan Stevens puts out five.

12/05/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

Film

Style Series at Northwest Film Forum

This weekend: The first-ever style-focused film series at NWFF contains no Fellini, Audrey Hepburn, or Hitchcock. Discuss.

12/05/2012 By Laura Cassidy

Movie News

Columbia City Cinema Is Back

The newly dubbed Ark Lodge Cinemas will open Saturday with a Lord of the Rings marathon.

12/04/2012 By Matthew Halverson

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Allen Stone

Seattle's new soul king talks about his Muppet dreams.

12/04/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

Local Talent

Meet Kyle Loven, A New Kind of Puppet Master

The Seattle artist is Jim Henson Foundation approved, but much more than a puppeteer.

12/04/2012 By Laura Dannen

Theater Review

Seattle Rep Reboots 'Inspecting Carol'

But the holiday show should have stayed put in the '90s.

12/03/2012 By Sheila Farr

Holiday Events

A National Lampoon Kind of Christmas

Time to test our winter itineraries inspired by holiday movies. For the first, we ask: What would the Griswolds do?

12/03/2012 By Laura Dannen

TV News

'The Killing' May Live On After All

Great?

12/03/2012 By Laura Dannen

Seattle Sound

Album of the Month: The Hoot Hoots' 'Feel the Cosmos'

Get happy with the Hoot Hoots' blissful power pop.

11/30/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Met