The Weekend Starts...Now

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: December 29–January 1

Seattle Symphony goes Motown for New Year's Eve, Jake Johannsen brings the laughs to Tacoma, and Trans-Siberian Orchestra brings belated Christmas rock to KeyArena.

12/29/2016 By Seattle Met Staff

Seattle Sound

Top 10 Seattle Albums of 2016

The best local music the year had to offer.

12/28/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Morning Fizz

Sound Transit's Assumption About Suburban Parking Didn't Pan Out. Now They Should Save $200 Million.

Despite being lured by park and rides, suburban cities say no anyway.

12/28/2016 By Josh Feit

Food & Drink Events

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: December 28–January 3

The week in which: you can dig into Frenchified barbecue at Uncle Mike's BBQ and dip into Lake Union before an on-deck barbecue at Westward.

12/28/2016 By Rosin Saez

Oeno Files

Weekly Wine Pick: Wondrous I.Q. Red Wine Columbia Valley 2013

This red blend is so compelling, we're setting aside traditional talk of New Year's Eve sparkling wine to sing its praises.

12/27/2016 By Sean P. Sullivan

The Sporting Life

Why the Washington Huskies Can Upset Alabama in the College Football Playoff

It won't be easy, but the underdog UW squad has a legit chance of knocking off the defending champions.

12/27/2016 By Jack Russillo

Morning Fizz

Suburban Blue

One bright spot for Democrats in 2016.

12/27/2016 By Josh Feit

Opening Dispatch

Bruce Naftaly's Marmite Is Softly Open in Chophouse Row

There's no better time of year to welcome a restaurant focused on warming soups and restorative broth.

12/27/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week: December 26–January 1

Al Farrow's sculptures mix gun violence and religion, SIFF lets you quote along with 'The Princess Bride,' and Thunderpussy rings in the New Year with racy rock.

12/26/2016 By Jane Kidder Edited by Seth Sommerfeld

Light Shows

Where to Road Trip for New Year's Eve Fireworks

Hail the end of 2016 the way it should be done: with illuminated potatoes..

12/22/2016 By Jack Russillo

The Weekend Starts... Now

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: December 22–25

There's plenty of holiday entertainment on the slate, plus Fly Moon Royalty's final concert and the adult mini golf of Smash Putt.

12/22/2016 By Seattle Met Staff

Morning Fizz

Mayor Murray Says He Can't Intervene in Youth Jail Permit

Murray responds to demands that city deny King County youth jail permit.

12/22/2016 By Josh Feit

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Beer and Hot Pots

Bell and Whete will be reborn as a brewpub; the former Culture Club address will be reborn as a house of Thai-style hot pots. And big changes in store for Sazerac.

12/22/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

TV Talk

'Real World Seattle' Recap: Surprises and Inevitabilities

It's a reality TV trifecta with ugly heartbreak, sister squabbles, and a life-changing revelation.

12/21/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

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 in Seattle: January 2017

Seattle Symphony remembers David Bowie a year after the pop icon’s death, Seattle Rep’s Woody Guthrie musical and Spectrum Dance fight the system, Jim Woodring creates surreal illustrations with gigantic implements.

12/21/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Shop Talk's Best Of

The Best of Seattle Style in 2016

Our favorite news from 2016 in Seattle Met's Style section.

12/21/2016 By Colleen Williams

Morning Fizz

Protesters Against Youth Jail Demonstrate Outside Mayor's House

Jailing kids, rising rents, and biking with electricity.

12/21/2016 By Josh Feit

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: December 21–27

The week in which: Anchovies and Olives does a feast of fishes and Mr. West wins brunch with festive waffles and cereal milk cappuccinos.

12/21/2016 By Rosin Saez

Profile

Black Coders Matter

As an African American in tech in the early 2000s, Arif Gursel was a pioneer. In his quest to put coding in the hands of his community, he may be a game changer.

12/20/2016 By Jake Bullinger