Arts & Culture

Festival Prep

Your Guide to Sasquatch 2018

Advice and thoughts for navigating that lineup poster, from big font to small.

05/24/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Fiendish Conversation

SIFF Directors Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell Talk Sci-Fi in Seattle

The guys behind Prospect are Seattle locals and want to keep it that way.

05/23/2018 By Stefan Milne

Complimentary Tastes

FoodArt Collection Debuts Sunday Salons Inside a Capitol Hill Apartment

The inaugural show on May 27 highlights artist-chef Zachary Pacleb of Brothers and Co. Catch his work, Stacked, this Sunday.

05/22/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Festival Season

Get Ready for the 47th Annual Northwest Folklife

This weekend the year’s freest festival takes over Seattle Center.

05/22/2018 By Stefan Milne

Met Picks

The Top Things to See and Do in Seattle: June 2018

Our top picks for marquee events around town this month.

05/22/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Explainer

How to Move a Museum

The Burke Museum is moving. Here’s what it’ll take to transport millions of artifacts from the old space to the new

05/22/2018 By Rosin Saez

Immigration

Ramzy Baroud Is Stateless

Despite his U.S. citizenship, the Palestinian author can’t return to the place he grew up.

05/22/2018 By Hayat Norimine

Light a Fire 2018: Nurturing Creativity

Fremont Arts Council Has Helped Seattle’s Freak Flag Fly for 30 Years

"It’s never easy to say we need $50 to make a giant beautiful elephant head.”

05/22/2018 By Stefan Milne

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work May 21–24

The Paramount keeps the party swinging, raconteurs hit the stage, and a cult film rises from the dead.

05/21/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Exhibitionism

A LONE Is an Exhibition on a City-Sized Scale

Mount Analogue, Vignettes, and Gramma Poetry team up to make artists—and loneliness—visible.

05/18/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do May 18–20

Five lesbians eat quiche, NW Film Forum revisits Basquiat's chaotic teenage years, and independent radio gets noisy.

05/18/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Fiendish Conversation

La Luz’s Shana Cleveland Talks LA, Nightmares, and Seattle Show Vibes

La Luz returns to Seattle with two shows and their first LA album.

05/17/2018 By Stefan Milne

(Free) Ticket Alert

Death Cab for Cutie Announces a Free Show at the Paramount

Comedian Hari Kondabolu will host the event celebrating the Paramount's 90th anniversary.

05/16/2018 By Stefan Milne

Virtual Virtues

I Went to the SIFF VR Zone

Organizers turned the former BCBG store into mini virtual reality film fest.

05/16/2018 By Stefan Milne

Ticket Alert

Drake Comes to the Tacoma Dome in November

Migos joins the chart-topper for a national tour. Tickets go on sale Friday, May 18.

05/15/2018 By Stefan Milne

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work May 14–17

This year's Seattle Reads author joins the discussion, even ballet loves Bowie, and concerts aren't just for the weekend.

05/14/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do May 11–13

Seattle Asian American Film Festival plays its hits, pierogi-lovers have cause for celebration, and Biz Markie DJs.

05/11/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Ticket Alert

Mudhoney and Young Fathers On Sale May 11

Mudhoney gets quintessentially Seattle, First Aid Kit plays the Paramount, and Young Fathers take over the Showbox.

05/10/2018 By Stefan Milne

Book It

Gary Shteyngart Debuts His New Novel May 9

One of America’s premier satirists gives his first public reading from his forthcoming novel, Lake Success, and talks dystopia at UW’s Stroum Center.

05/08/2018 By Stefan Milne

Blessed Unions

7 Movie Theaters Serving Booze

Because sometimes you need a cocktail to make that romantic comedy go down smoother.

05/07/2018 By Jaime Archer