Assistant Editor (Arts)

Seth Sommerfeld runs the arts department at Seattle Met, crafting the magazine's On the Town section, editing the Culture Fiend blog, and contributing to reader service features such as “The Ultimate Seahawks Guide” and the front-of-the-book department, Mudroom.

Seth has written about music and culture for Rolling Stone, Spin, Pacific Northwest Inlander, Charleston Post and Courier, Syracuse Post-Standard, and Billings Gazette. He also extensively covered the NBA Draft for years for Fox Sports and NBADraft.net, and was published as part of Myth, Media, and Culture in Star Wars: An Anthology.

Originally from Billings, Montana, Seth first lived in Washington while earning an undergraduate degree in journalism and broadcasting at Gonzaga University. He followed up those studies at Syracuse University, where he earned a master’s degree in arts journalism.

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week: October 17–23

KEXP hosts its first record fair, Stephen Tobolowsky brings his storytelling podcast to Town Hall, and Flock of Dimes migrates to Barboza.

10/17/2016 Edited by Seth Sommerfeld By Jane Kidder

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Sam Akina and Jules Jones

How a pair of Seattle screenwriters became a Polish sensation with their hit romantic comedy 'Planet Single.'

10/12/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Ticket Alerts

Coldplay Schedules CenturyLink Field Concert

The band brings its cavalcade of pop rock hits to Seattle in September 2017.

10/11/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Sound

Death Cab for Cutie Releases a New Anti-Trump Track

The Seattle group indie rock mocks the GOP nominee with a music video for "Million Dollar Loan."

10/10/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week: October 10–16

Icelandic bands team up with locals for Reykjavik Calling, the Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival rebrands as Twist, and Charles Burns returns with his latest dark comics collection.

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

Visual Art

Frye Art Museum's 'To: Seattle | Subject: Personal' Is An Artistic Care Package

Director Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker's final exhibit at the Frye looks back over seven years to examine context and repetition.

10/06/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Art Walk

Where to Go This First Thursday: October 2016

See glass art the touches on mathematical boundlessness and cultural archeology during fall's first art walk.

10/04/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week: October 3–9

The Julie Ruin hits reset at the Showbox, SIFF shows off some of the year's best French films, and the wee ones invade Seattle Center for the Seattle Children's Festival.

10/03/2016 Edited by Seth Sommerfeld By Jane Kidder

Seattle Sound

Binge Watch the Seattle Music Scene at Macefield Music Festival

A guide to the the fourth edition of Ballard's loaded local music fest.

09/28/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Ticket Alerts

The Minds Behind 'Serial' Bring Bingeable Journalism to Seattle

Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder give a behind the scenes look at their process when they travel to the Paramount Theatre next March.

09/28/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Sound

Music Video Premiere: Rabbit Wilde's "Howl"

The local quartet debuts a time-hopping clip packed with indie folk partying.

09/28/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Frye Art Museum's Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker

The departing director of the Frye discusses her tenure and the state of art in Seattle.

09/27/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Met Picks

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

Nick Offerman takes us inside his wood shop, Mario Batali whets our appetites, and Nosferatu delivers Halloween frights.

09/27/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week: September 26–October 2

Noted Indian authors head to Asian Art Museum, puppets misbehave at Market Theater, and BrickCon brings Lego masterpieces to Seattle Center.

09/26/2016 Edited by Seth Sommerfeld By Jane Kidder

Seattle Sound

Ranking the Songs of Nirvana's 'Nevermind'

A look back at the classic grunge album as it turns 25.

09/24/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Sound Off

Hey, Let’s Stop Rooting for the Thunder to Fail

It's not a good look.

09/21/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

(Formerly) Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Comedian Quincy Jones

The Seattle native hasn't let a terminal cancer diagnosis stifle the laughs or stop him having a career year.

09/20/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week: September 19–25

The Moondoggies marks a decade of rocking, Local Sightings premiers a variety of Northwest films, and Velocity Dance puts its best feet forward to start a new season.

09/19/2016 Edited by Seth Sommerfeld By Jane Kidder

Theater Review

The Hollow Core of 'Bad Apples'

ACT Theatre's new rock musical about the Abu Ghraib torture scandal misguidedly ignores the horrors in the name of love.

09/16/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with SketchFest's Randall Cleveland

The festival's new artistic director discusses "Comedy Christmas" and why the Seattle's sketch scene is "the quietest explosion you’ve never seen."

09/13/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld