Theater

On Stage: The Art of Racing in the Rain Opens Tonight

Book-It Repertory Theatre adapts Garth Stein’s best seller—just don’t expect furry costumes.

04/20/2012 By Laura Dannen

The Weekend Starts....Now.

Met Picks: Spring Awakening, Sci-Fi Film Festival, Pink Martini with SSO

The top 10 things to see or do this weekend.

04/19/2012 By Seattle Met Staff

Slideshow

Met Picks: Spring Awakening, Sci-Fi Film Festival, Pink Martini with SSO

04/19/2012

Golden Anniversary

Tom Skerritt, Mayor McGinn Kick Off the Next 50 Celebration

Relive the 1962 World’s Fair with free performances and a ton of food trucks.

04/19/2012 By Seattle Met Staff

Free Music

Give It a Spin: Saturday Is Record Store Day

Which means limited-run releases and free in-store concerts.

04/18/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

Film News

Sci-Fi Film Festival Invades Cinerama

Four reasons to check out the newly formed festival.

04/18/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Music News

New Concert Venue Barboza to Open Under Neumos

Smaller space will cater to up-and-coming and local acts.

04/17/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

The Next Fifty

From a Mural to White Light: 50 Years of Public Art at Seattle Center

The story starts in 1962 with the largest artwork in the NW; in 2012, we found an artist who can make the sun rise.

04/17/2012 By Laura Dannen

Article

Washington Casino Guide

04/17/2012 By Matthew Halverson, James Ross Gardner, Karen Quinn, and Laura Dannen

Ticket Alert

Red Hot Chili Peppers to Play KeyArena in November

Are they still relevant? Discuss.

04/16/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

Classical & More

TONIGHT: Opera on Tap at Blue Moon Tavern

Local divas celebrate the bar’s 78th anniversary with some of owner Gus’s favorite arias.

04/16/2012 By Laura Dannen

Film Fan

Go See This: The Kid with a Bike at SIFF Uptown

It’s sad, in a good way.

04/16/2012 By Laura Dannen

Northwest Bookshelf

Sick and Tired of Manny Being Manny

In his new book Trading Manny, author Jim Gullo rages against the steroid machine.

04/13/2012 By Brian Colella

The Weekend Starts....Now.

Met Picks: Elvis Costello, Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Rachel Maddow

The top 10 things to see or do this weekend.

04/12/2012 By Seattle Met Staff

Slideshow

Slide Show: A Fiendish Conversation with Lucien Postlewaite

04/12/2012

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Lucien Postlewaite

The Pacific Northwest Ballet star just gave his notice—find out what’s in his future.

04/12/2012 By Laura Dannen and Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Music News

Little Big Show Returns with Real Estate and Poor Moon

The Seattle concert series to support nonprofits readies its second act.

04/11/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld

Roundup

Art News: Frye Closing for Renovations; New Work at Olympic Sculpture Park; ‘Gauguin and Polynesia’ in Its Final Weeks

04/11/2012 By Laura Dannen

Music News We Love

Seattle Times Digs Up Jazz Gold at the Dump

Including a 1956 Seattle recording of Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie, and Stan Getz.

04/11/2012 By Laura Dannen

Ticket Alert

Julie Andrews’s Book Tour Comes to Seattle

Three chances to catch the actor promoting her new children’s book.

04/10/2012 By Seth Sommerfeld