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‘Real World Seattle’ Recap: Living in a Bubble

When are these people going to experience Seattle?

11/16/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

EMP Museum Rebrands as Museum of Pop Culture

The Seattle Center institution settles on a new (more accurate) name.

11/16/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Hidden Seattle

Secret Shows, Underground Comedy, and Undiscovered Talent in Seattle

Hidden performances and hidden history lessons are worth the hunt.

11/16/2016 Photography by Seth Sommerfeld

How I Got Here

Meet the Person Responsible for the Collectible Figures You Can’t Get Away From

“I’m not sure why other companies haven’t copied what we’ve done.”

11/16/2016 By Matthew Halverson

Hidden Seattle

You Can Practice Piano Inside the Seattle Public Library

And these private rooms are uniquely Seattle.

11/16/2016 By Josh Feit

A View of Her Own

Meet the Fremont Bridge’s First Writer-in-Residence

Essayist Elissa Washuta worked all summer in the bridge’s 99-year-old tower as its first writer-in-residence, named by the City of Seattle. We caught up with her on her last week perched above the Lake Washington Ship Canal.

11/14/2016 By Allison Williams

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week: November 14–20

EMP throws a free Pop Culture Party, the Antlers's Peter Silberman plays tearful ballads at the Triple Door, and Chastity Belt brings mid-tempo female fortitude to Chop Suey.

11/14/2016 By Jane Kidder Edited by Seth Sommerfeld

The Weekend Starts...Now

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: November 10–13

Jessica Lang Dance steps to UW, Jim Jefferies and John Hodgman offer wonderfully contrasting comedic styles, and NAAM looks at African American imagery co-opted for propaganda.

11/10/2016 By Seattle Met Staff

TV Talk

'Real World Seattle' Recap: Color Me Bad

Let's trade the drama for coloring books.

11/09/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week: November 7–13

SIFF screens Italian cinema and top short films, Crater brings some electro darkness to Barboza, and Tacoma Art Museum looks at C. C. McKim's Northwest impressionist legacy.

11/07/2016 By Jane Kidder Edited by Seth Sommerfeld

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Final Chapters

APRIL Festival Is No More

After five years, the independent literature festival calls it quits...but not without one last party.

11/04/2016 By Darren Davis

The Weekend Starts... Now

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: November 3–6

The Head and the Heart illuminates the Paramount, Gustavo Dudamel brings the LA Philharmonic to Benaroya Hall, and Pacific Northwest Ballet has a fall 'Fling.'

11/03/2016 By Seattle Met Staff

TV Talk

'Real World Seattle' Recap: 'Stranger' Than Reality

An armchair psychologist's investigation into pop culture abandonment.

11/02/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Art Walk

Where to Go This First Thursday: November 2016

Check out this month's offering of painted birds with psyches, unsettled aluminum waters, and iPad art.

11/01/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week: October 31–November 6

The Paramount host a Halloween screen of 'Nosferatu,' PWR BTTM plays its gloriously glittery rock, and standup comedians battle in the Seattle International Comedy Competition.

10/31/2016 Edited by Seth Sommerfeld By Jane Kidder

The Weekend Starts... Now

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: October 27–30

Joel McHale and Nick Offerman bring their comedic tomes to town, John Cleese and Eric Idle team up at the Moore, and Hilary Hahn shows off her violin virtuosity.

10/27/2016 By Seattle Met Staff

TV Talk

'Real World Seattle' Recap: Badness of Blood Power Rankings

A look at the secondary cast's beefs and shoddy reality show writing.

10/26/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Get Lit

Seattle Lit Crawl 2016 Guide

The fifth-annual bar crawl with books promises an expanded lineup featuring a little something for everyone.

10/25/2016 By Darren Davis

Met Picks

The Top Things to See or Do in Seattle: November 2016

Figure out what’s the deal with Jerry Seinfeld at the Paramount, finally see Soundgarden–Pearl Jam supergroup Temple of the Dog play live, and watch Seattle Rep stage a modern royal satire.

10/25/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week: October 24–30

Timothy Egan brings his award-winning nonfiction to Benaroya Hall, Northwest Film Forum screens entertaining political shorts, and local acts imitate classic rock bands for Come As You Aren't.

10/24/2016 Edited by Seth Sommerfeld By Jane Kidder

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