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Interview

Anne Helen Petersen Has Serious Thoughts on Random Subjects

The Culture Study writer made her own niche covering sorority rush, celebrity gossip, and millennial burnout.

05/06/2025 By Allison Williams Photography by Charity Burggraaf

Book Club

The Fight to Keep Seattle Schools Open Isn’t New

Life imitates art in our book club selection Supersonic.

05/05/2025 By Thomas Kohnstamm

Oops

Here Are Some of Microsoft’s Most Memorably Forgettable Products

Where would we be without the EasyBall?  

05/05/2025 By Adam Willems

Papers Please

Real ID Is Really Happening This Time

Here's what you need at the airport.

04/22/2025 By Allison Williams

Lingua Franca

Seattle’s Historic Chinook Jargon Is Having a Moment

The Pacific Northwest’s very own trade language never went away.

04/21/2025 By Bess Lovejoy

Child’s Play

25 Things to Do with Kids in 2025

The best places to climb, ride, laze, fly, and have fun in Seattle right now.

04/09/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Seattle Met Staff Illustrations by James Clapham

Neighborhood Guide

Secret Spots in Columbia City

A night market, a nonprofit bike shop, and a jewel box of a cinema.

03/31/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Thirst Trap

Whose Fault Is It That Seattle’s Water Fountains Are Tapped Out?

Elegant, old-school street-style drinking fountains dot the city.

03/26/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Don’t Stream It’s Over

The World Needs Scarecrow Video Now More Than Ever

It’s about more than preserving film history. It’s cool kid culture.

03/20/2025 By Allison Williams

Infinite Possibilities

Here Are Some of Our Favorite Round Objects in Seattle

It's Pi Day. Time to embrace irrational content.

03/14/2025 By Seattle Met Staff

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History in Motion

Ghosts of Transit Past Haunt Seattle Streets

Streetcar scars and trolley track relics hide a history of how people got around.

03/13/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Winging It

Spring Bird Migration Fills Seattle Skies

Welcome home to our favorite part-time residents.

03/10/2025 By Allison Williams

Essay 

Can Hugo House Write Its Next Chapter?

The story of Seattle’s literary nonprofit is the story of the city itself.

02/24/2025 By Emily White

Represent

Why Is There a Space Needle in Macon, Georgia?

Jesse Evans built it as an ode to his late wife, but also as an ode to a city he loves.

02/11/2025 By Nathalie Graham

Know Your Place

Historic Kerry Hall Was Worth Saving

Part of Cornish College of the Arts until last month, the century-old building will return to its original purpose as a theater and arts space.

02/10/2025 By Meg van Huygen

In Memoriam

Remembering Shelley Brothers, Co-Owner of Bar the Wildrose

A queer icon, committed to her bar and community.

02/04/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Hole New Ballgame

A New Operator Will Tee Off at Green Lake’s Pitch & Putt This Spring

A birdie told us the new concessionaires know little about golf, but everything about having a good time.

02/03/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Year in Review

Seattle Met’s Most-Read Longform Stories of 2024

These are the features our readers loved this year.

12/27/2024 By Seattle Met Staff

Essay

What It’s Like to Date a Serial Cheater

Jake seemed too good to be true. He was.

12/17/2024 By Haley Shapley Illustrations by Peter Ryan

Seattle Weather Blog

We Can (Probably) Look Forward to a Snowy Winter

And not just because of La Niña either.

12/12/2024 By Justin Shaw

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