Originally from the Midwest, portrait photographer Joshua Huston now resides in Seattle. The graduate of Seattle Central Community College’s commercial photography program focuses on commercial, editorial, and celebrity portrait assignments.

Walls Out

What Will Happen to Capitol Hill's Magnificent Russian Murals?

The menus will change in the old Cook Weaver space, but the neighborhood's loveliest fairy tale remains.

01/27/2026 By Allison Williams

Asked/Answered

What’s the Deal with Pull-Tabs?

Washington’s dive bar–iest form of gambling, explained.

11/25/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Local Letters

A Big Seattle Reading List

An alphabetized list of books—recent releases, stone-cold classics—from Washingtonians past and present.

02/18/2025 By Stefan Milne and Seattle Met Staff

Feature

God Save the Punks: Mars Hill, Tooth and Nail, and Seattle’s Christian Alternative

Seattle’s music scene fed the rise of an influential record label and a controversial church—and turned an oxymoron into big business.

12/23/2019 By Stefan Milne

Waste Not

The Life-Changing Magic of Recycling Right

Seattle startup Ridwell takes what the city’s blue bins won’t.

05/29/2019 By Rosin Saez

Get Active

Two Seattle Productions Bring Protest to the Stage

Seattle Rep and Spectrum Dance perform pieces based on revolutionary songs by Nina Simone and Billie Holiday.

03/26/2019 By Stefan Milne

Character Flaws

History’s Not a Facade

The fight for the Showbox has begun. Yet many such disputes have already been resolved in a strange sort of compromise: facade preservation.

09/11/2018 By Stefan Milne

Two In One

What the Heck Is Duffleboard?

A hybrid, locally hatched invention revives an analog approach to fun and games.

09/11/2018 By Rosin Saez

Elements of Style

Kathy Hattori Gets Technical with Natural Dyes

Dyeing seems like romantic hippie craft, but the Botanical Colors founder proves it's exacting too.

08/14/2018 By Rosin Saez

Born This Way

Conversion Therapy Survivors Still Have Wounds to Heal

Licensed therapists can no longer practice conversion therapy on minors. But new legislation can't erase the anguish of those who lived through the experience.

06/19/2018 By Hayat Norimine

Immigration

Ramzy Baroud Is Stateless

Despite his U.S. citizenship, the Palestinian author can’t return to the place he grew up.

05/22/2018 By Hayat Norimine

Quote Unquote

Meet Rachael Tatman, Professional Emoji Whisperer

"What’s an emoji? What is it linguistically? I think it’s still something of an open question."

12/19/2017 By Jessica Voelker

Iambic Ambassadorships

Seattle, Say Hello to Your New Civic Poet

Anastacia-Reneé caps off a big year with a literary arts ambassadorship.

09/19/2017 By Darren Davis

Feature

The Kings of Suicide Hill: Inside the Famous—and Deadly—Omak Stampede

It’s called the World Famous Suicide Race, a harrowing horseback contest between Native American riders in Washington’s most infamous rodeo. In 2017, one teenager has four days to defend a way of life and keep a family legacy alive.

07/17/2017 By Allison Williams Photography by Shane Moses