ICYMI

The Weirdest Seattle News of 2023

Steamy Kraken fan fic, Costco sushi, and inflatable dinosaurs.

10/24/2023 By Angela Cabotaje, Eric Nusbaum, and Seattle Met Staff

Explainer

Historic Times at Garfield High

The first 100 years of the Central District school produced some of our city’s finest figures—and highlighted some of our worst divides.

09/27/2022 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

AUTUMN HAPPENINGS

Fall Arts Field Guide

Discover—and rediscover—Seattle’s cultural landscape.

08/22/2022 By Sophie Grossman

Feature

What Pitted Seattle’s Glass?

In the spring of 1954 car owners noticed small divots on their windshields. Then things got weird.

04/08/2020 By James Ross Gardner Illustrations by Miko Maciaszek

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: New Soup Dumplings and No Blue C Sushi

Five dining developments on our radar this week.

01/11/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Ticket Alert

Brandi Carlile Tickets Go on Sale Friday

The Grammy-nominee will play the Gorge in June with Neko Case and EmmyLou Harris.

12/13/2018 By Anne Dennon

Last Week in Politics

Boeing Will Send Its Starliner Crew to Space in Style

The shuttle’s astronauts are going to be decked out in a bold new take on the classic space suit.

03/20/2017 By Cassandra Calderon

Hot Take

Book Clubbers

In honor of the Rat City Rollergirls and Seattle Arts and Lectures, we've built an all-star roller derby team of female authors.

12/21/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Met Picks

The Top Things to See and Do This December and Holiday Season

A guide to the most festive festivities this month.

11/29/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Sound Off

Make Batman Fun Again

The case for reshooting 'Justice League’ with a livelier (and locally connected) Batman.

10/21/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Day Trips

A Full Day in Olympia

Just an hour's drive south, spend a day in the capital city tasting moonshine, touring government buildings, and shooting guns—not necessarily in that order.

09/19/2016 By Allison Williams

Northwest Travel

Where to Find Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest

If you're going to catch a Sasquatch, you have to know where to look.

06/28/2016 By Allison Williams

Snap Judgment

The Denny Regrade Is Back

Colloquially obscure since the ’90s, the name Denny Regrade is back to describe the previously underdeveloped pocket of the Denny Triangle where Amazon’s new Doppler building sits. Reasonable return or redundant revival?

04/22/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Met Picks

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

Nerd out at Emerald City Comicon, get the scoop on ‘Newsies,’ and break cinematic rules with Seijun Suzuki.

04/04/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

The Explainer

Seattle’s Gold Rush, Then and Now

Seattle’s population influx—nearly 15,000 newcomers per year since 2010—is fast approaching gold rush rates. But this time around, a whole new breed of prospector is coming ashore, one that covets tech opportunities over gold.

12/08/2015 By Karin Vandraiss

Explainer

What's Behind the Jimi Hendrix Park Delays?

It’s been almost a decade since the City of Seattle named a park after its greatest musical icon, and the project is only just now under way. What took so long?

08/04/2015 By Matthew Halverson