Arts & Culture

The Weekend Starts... Now

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: March 23–26

Patton Oswalt and Marc Maron bring their standup humor to town, Taste Washington overtakes CenturyLink Event Center, and the Seattle Symphony winds down its Beethoven cycle in style.

03/23/2017 By Seattle Met Staff

SxSeattle

Making Sense of SXSW 2017

From Seattle bands to up-and-coming acts that will be visiting soon, we recap an exhausting week in Austin.

03/22/2017 By Seth Sommerfeld

Met Picks

The Top Things to See or Do in Seattle: April 2017

Alec Baldwin brings his memoir to town, Sera Cahoone and the Maldives celebrate new albums, and Seattle Symphony musically explores Andy Warhol.

03/21/2017 By Seth Sommerfeld

Bang for your buck

Cheap Week: March 20–26

Seattle Fringe Festival give an outlet for Seattle's more out there artistic voices, Victor Lodato and Geoffrey Nutter read selections from their latest books, and Bambu brings a social bent to his rapping.

03/20/2017 By Kelli Kauakanilehua Adams Edited by Seth Sommerfeld

Things to Do with a Kid

12 All-Ages Museum Outings

What our civic heavy hitters offer visitors young and old.

03/20/2017 By Allecia Vermillion

Screen Time Savant

How Much Screen Time Is Too Much? Ask Seattle's Dimitri Christakis.

The latest guidelines for kids and media use began with pushback from one local researcher.

03/20/2017 By Allecia Vermillion

Preschool of Rock

Caspar Babypants Makes Children’s Music That Won’t Drive Parents Insane

And he's helped Seattle become a hotbed for other up-and-coming kindie artists.

03/20/2017 By Seth Sommerfeld

Street View

How Capitol Hill's Pac-Man Park Came to Be

SDOT’s Pavement to Parks program turned an underused roadway into a gaming delight.

03/20/2017 By Seth Sommerfeld

City of Lit

A Final Chapter for APRIL Festival

As the annual celebration of independent literature says goodbye, the writing community reflects on the fest that brought them all together.

03/20/2017 By Darren Davis

The Weekend Starts... Now

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

Japandroids makes its blissfully noisy rock return, the minds behind 'Serial' visit the Paramount, and PNB showcases choreographic diversity with its 'Director's Choice' program.

03/16/2017 By Seattle Met Staff

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week: March 13–19

John All shares his harrowing scientific adventures, author Mary Gaitskill muses on fiction's "inner weave," and Japandroids rock the Neptune.

03/13/2017 By Kelli Kauakanilehua Adams Edited by Seth Sommerfeld

The Weekend Starts... Now

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: March 9–12

Dance Theatre of Harlem gets a boost from Seattle Symphony, top authors convene for McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, and KT Niehoff's latest choreographic creation takes flight.

03/09/2017 By Seattle Met Staff

(Formerly) Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Ann Wilson of Heart

The rock and roll legend preps for a homecoming solo show at the Moore.

03/07/2017 By Seth Sommerfeld

Summer Festivals

Run the Jewels, Diplo, and Lord Huron Headline Capitol Hill Block Party 2017

The urban summer music festival's lineup also features Angel Olsen, Thundercat, Wolf Parade, and Perfume Genius.

03/07/2017 By Seth Sommerfeld

From Page to Stage

'Pop-Up Magazine' Goes Live at Town Hall

The traveling multimedia event brings together authors, visual artists, podcasters, musicians, and reporters to capture the essence of a general interest magazine live on stage.

03/07/2017 By Darren Davis

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week: March 6–12

Rapper Porter Ray finally drops 'Watercolor,' poet Morgan Parker adds pop culture flair to her powerful prose, and the Northwest's best young musical acts compete at the Sound Off! Finals.

03/06/2017 Edited by Seth Sommerfeld By Kelli Kauakanilehua Adams