News & City Life

Rounds on Rounds

Topgolf Is Ready to Tee Off in Renton

The first legit Washington location arrives with summer in full swing.

07/27/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Feature

Cricket’s Up to Bat in Seattle

Seattle’s next major sport has already arrived. Can its local ambassadors get a misunderstood game off the ground?

07/26/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy Photography by Mike Kane

Take me out

Value Games Are the Best Way to Watch the Mariners

Dirt cheap is the only way to baseball.

07/25/2022 By Allison Williams

Refuse to Lose

Just How Good Are the Mariners This Year?

Winning streaks, home run sluggers—is this the year it finally comes together?

07/22/2022 By Allison Williams

It's Back

How to Get Around the Capitol Hill Block Party

Whether you're planning your personal concert tour or detour.

07/21/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Cool Data

How Many Households in Washington State Have Air Conditioning?

A new nationwide survey from the U.S. Energy Information Administration is our best clue yet, but still not the full picture.

07/07/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Blanket Improvement

It’s Finally Showtime for the New Volunteer Park Amphitheater

Years in the making, an outdoor arts venue debuts with a free summer concert series.

07/01/2022 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

This Month in Seattle Tech

The Seattle Tech Workers and Crypto Billionaire Behind Approval Voting

Is voting for more than one candidate the iteration our elections need?

06/30/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Feature

Under the Heat Dome

How Seattle sweltered—and survived—during three blistering days.

06/27/2022 By Seattle Met Staff Illustrations by Matthew Billington

Somali Independence Day

Mama Sahra Isn't Going Anywhere

A housing boom has increasingly displaced Seattle’s Somali community. One holdout still helps them find refuge in a gentrifying city.

06/27/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

News Wire

Washington Reacts to the Overturn of Roe v. Wade

Our national partisan divide is apparent at the state level, too.

06/24/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

It's Happening

Seattle Will Host 2026 Men’s World Cup Matches

FIFA did the right thing for once!

06/16/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Choppy Start

The Weather's Not the Only Thing Raining on Seattle Beach Season

A crackdown on crime and a lifeguard shortage are also cramping dreams of a sandy summer.

06/14/2022 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Footloose

The Gay Dance Club That George Freeman Built

In 1985, the Monastery closed amid a swirl of controversy—but its legacy and community still endures to this day.

06/10/2022 By Angela Cabotaje Photography by Chona Kasinger

Accidental Island Time

The West Seattle Bridge Will Reopen in September. Possibly.

The Seattle Department of Transportation has set a new goal for finishing work on the cracked span.

06/10/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

WEATHER, MAN

Please, Don't Let This Be Juneuary

We just had the most bummer spring ever—don't we deserve a little sunshine?

06/08/2022 By Zoe Sayler

Explainer

The Different Shades of Tree Equity in Seattle Neighborhoods

As Seattle summers warm, some areas will need more leafy protection to fend off the heat.

06/07/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy Illustrations by Gage Murrey

Obsession

Seattle's Ever-Renewing Relationship with the Public Library

Checking in on SPL's mission to serve everyone.

06/03/2022 By Zoe Sayler

Gun Violence

Mass Shootings in Washington

Tracking an unbearable toll.

06/01/2022 By Angela Cabotaje

Essay

Love at the End of the World

I opened my marriage when the pandemic shut everything down. In Seattle, I was hardly alone.

05/31/2022 By Sarah Stuteville Illustrations by Teresa Grasseschi

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