Know Your Place

You Can Trace a Century of Seattle History Through the Henry Art Gallery

A railroad tycoon with a fondness for landscape paintings built Washington’s first public art museum in 1927.

05/13/2025 By Meg van Huygen

On View

Packaged Black Bridges the Gap Between Inner and Outer Beauty

Barbara Earl Thomas and Derrick Adams collaborate on Packaged Black to tell stories of joy and pleasure.

10/26/2021 By Sophie Grossman

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do February 7–9

Jack’s BBQ celebrates a year in SLU, Pike pairs sweets and brews, and a Tony nominee opens at Seattle Rep.

02/07/2020 By Ryan Phelan

Monthly Planner

The Top Things to Do in Seattle This November

The Godmother of Rock and Roll gets a musical, the Henry makes the invisible seen, and a sitar goes electric.

10/22/2019 By Stefan Milne

Monthly Planner

The Top Things to Do in Seattle This July

Eddie Izzard continues his polyglot globe trot, Priests bring the other Washington's punk, and Joan Didion's memoir is a one-woman show.

06/27/2019 By Stefan Milne

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work April 8–11

A reggae band makes its comeback, a local film premieres, and a cartoonist hashes out the country’s relationship with weed.

04/08/2019 By Lily Hansen

Artist Interview

Jono Vaughan Talks TEDxSeattle

The artist and activist discusses her ongoing Project 42—which memorializes murdered transgender individuals.

11/14/2018 By Stefan Milne

Arts Notice

Walk Among Doodles and Watery Tapestries at Two New Exhibits

Annie Morris’s New Work and Carolina Caycedo’s Water Portraits bring different takes on immersion.

11/02/2018 By Stefan Milne

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do October 26–28

An all-youth film festival, a play about 1930s Berlin, and an exceptional a cappella singer.

10/25/2018 By Stefan Milne

Figures & Forms

Mickalene Thomas’s and Martha Friedman’s Exhibits at Henry Art Gallery Explore Bodies

Two of the gallery’s current shows take very different looks at human forms.

08/08/2018 By Stefan Milne

Henry Art Gallery

Slide Show: The 2016 Henry Gala

The Met Pages Best Dressed: February--Congratulations to Sylvia Wolf, Director of Henry Art Gallery and Huong Vu with The Boeing Company who were spotted at Dress {Up}: The 2016 Henry Gala on February 6, 2016!

02/07/2016

Bang for Your Buck

Cheap Week Seattle: March 16–22

The James Franco Review debuts, punk on St. Patrick's Day, and Moisture Festival's Vaudevillian flair: the best ways to spend your week without spending much.

03/16/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh

Met Picks

The Top Things to See or Do in Seattle: March 2015

Modest Mouse returns, chamber music heads to the Henry, and Caribou dances the night away.

03/02/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Henry Art Gallery

Slide Show: Future History: The 2015 Henry Gala

The Met Pages Best Dressed: February--Congratulations to Emily Tanner-McLean, Jonna Bell and Jeanie Chun who were spotted at the Future History: 2015 Henry Gala!

03/01/2015