News & City Life

Coaxing Canucks

Seattle Businesses Are Embracing Reluctant Canadian Tourists

This year's Mariners–Blue Jays series is gonna be a strange one.

05/02/2025 By Allison Williams

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

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

Play Ball

Dan Wilson Is All Caught Up

Twenty years after he retired as a Mariners catcher, he’s calling the shots as manager and eyeing a World Series.

03/04/2025 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

On Montlake

UW Legend Nate Robinson Needed a Kidney. This Fan Knew He Could Help.

The story of a beloved player in need, a fan's act of kindness, and an unlikely bond.

02/11/2025 By Christian Caple

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

Generational Change Agent

Meet Seattle’s Newest (Elected) City Councilmember

Will Alexis Mercedes Rinck lead the Seattle City Council into the future, or get bogged down in the present?

02/03/2025 By Adam Willems

Cooperstown Bound

Ichiro Suzuki Is Going to the Hall of Fame

Let's be grateful we got to watch him for so long.

01/21/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

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

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