Arts & Culture

Poetic

Three Poems by Ally Ang

The latest in Seattle Met’s poetry series.

10/03/2025 By Ally Ang

Terror Fix

Seattle's Best Haunted Houses and Frightful Draws

Things are getting spooky at these scary events and Halloween celebrations.

09/30/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

A Rumi Nation

How to Throw a KPop Demon Hunters Party and Make a Huntr/x Costume

A semi-homemade ode to Rumi, Mira, and Zoey.

09/29/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Read All About It

The Seattle Met Book Club Is Back

Our second ever book club selection is Storybook Ending by Moira Macdonald.

09/17/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Cymbals Rule Everything Around Me

Kassa Overall Is Back in Seattle and Back in the Flow

The Garfield alum’s new album is all jazz and all hip-hop.

09/15/2025 By Eric Olson

Hey Mr. KJ

Seattle's Best Karaoke Bars

Cue the vocal warm-ups and songbook flipping. Here’s your guide to the best karaoke around the city—no skill required.

09/05/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Listen Up

Things to Hear in Washington Before You Die (or Leave)

Our bucket list of sounds you can’t get anywhere else.

09/04/2025 By Allison Williams

Puget Sounds

PREMIERE: Watch Tomo Nakayama's New Video for "Ocean"

The local singer-songwriter has a new single out today, and a new album out soon.

09/03/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Planner

What to Do in Washington in September

Fair season, fall activities, and a lot of cider.

08/28/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Excerpt

I Lived with a Fruit Fly Infestation. It Was Totally Worth It.

If you want to make wine, fruit flies are part of the deal.

07/28/2025 By Nicholas O'Connell

Alfresco Film

Seattle Summer Outdoor Movie Guide 2025

Hope you wanted to see Wicked this year.

07/24/2025 By Seattle Met Staff

Poetic

Two Poems by Abi Pollokoff

The latest in Seattle Met’s poetry series.

07/22/2025 By Abi Pollokoff

Jet Ready

Where to Watch the Blue Angels at Seafair This Year

A guide to the aerobatic show over Seattle.

07/17/2025 By Seattle Met Staff

Spectacles

All the Razzmatazz at This Year's Seafair

It's not all about the Blue Angels.

07/10/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach and Seattle Met Staff

Blowouts

What to Do In and Around Seattle for Fourth of July

From parades and fireworks to classic car shows.

07/01/2025 By Seattle Met Staff

Keeping Fremont Weird

Gentrification or Not, the Solstice Parade Marches On

Once a year, Fremont recaptures some of its old spirit.

06/18/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Out and About

Your Guide to Seattle Pride

Where to party, patronize, and get political during Pride Month.

06/10/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Death By Air

Why Have We Had So Many Serial Killers Here?

A new book connects two ugly chapters of Washington’s history.

06/10/2025 By Eric Olson

Book Club

Can Seattle Still Be the Creative Hub It Wants to Be?

The tension between art and commerce in our collective identity is a major theme of Supersonic.

05/19/2025 By Thomas Kohnstamm

Know Your Place

You Can Trace a Century of Seattle History Through the Henry Art Gallery

A railroad tycoon with a fondness for landscape paintings built Washington’s first public art museum in 1927.

05/13/2025 By Meg van Huygen

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