Spelling It Out

In Her New Book White Magic, Elissa Washuta Searches for Healing

The author’s new memoir fuses an array of sources into a dizzying, brilliant piece of writing.

04/21/2021 By Stefan Milne

Local Productions

SIFF 2021: All the Northwest Connections Films, Reviewed

From bonkers ski jumps to competitive office filing—here the international is right at home.

04/16/2021 By Stefan Milne

TV Review

Netflix’s Firefly Lane Tells a Needlessly Tangled Friendship Story

The 10-episode season is set in Seattle and stars Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke.

02/15/2021 By Karen Reyes

Celestial Drift

Molly Wizenberg’s The Fixed Stars Charts Her Shifting Sexuality

The Seattle writer’s third memoir is an engaging look into budding queerness.

08/03/2020 By Stefan Milne

Book Review

In Corinne Manning’s We Had No Rules, Identity Is a Prism

The Seattle author's debut short story collection features queer characters struggling with definition.

05/14/2020 By Stefan Milne

Ballet Review

Bodies Break Free of Their Earthly Prisons in Carmina Burana

Pacific Northwest Ballet’s season opener takes a big swing with impressive results.

10/01/2019 By Darren Davis

TV Review

Netflix’s Unbelievable Is Not So Hard to Believe

The eight-episode miniseries—based on the rape of a Lynnwood teen—takes a new approach to tackling sexual assault on screen.

09/13/2019 By Lily Hansen

Theater Review

ACT Theatre’s Pass Over Is Wrenching and Stunning

Antoinette Nwandu’s play mashes up Samuel Beckett, the Bible, and modern America.

06/12/2019 By Stefan Milne

Seattle Cinema

SIFF 2019 Review Roundup May 22–28

Four more locally grown movies premiere this week—plus a suite of short films.

05/22/2019 By Seattle Met Staff

Localish Lit

Riots I Have Known Is a Deeply Funny Prison Book

Ryan Chapman's smart, freewheeling first novel sends up both prison and literary life.

05/21/2019 By Stefan Milne

Season Preview

Spring Arts 2019

The events to look for this March, April, and May—from stadium-size concerts to small (but significant!) art shows.

02/26/2019 By Stefan Milne

Book Review

King of Joy Finds Richard Chiem on Weird, Wobbly Ground

The local writer's first novel tells a surreal and lurid story—hippos, porn producers—with uneven results.

02/26/2019 By Stefan Milne

Film Review

Today’s SIFF Pick: The Importance of Being Earnest

A classic Broadway play shows up on screen.

06/06/2011 By Annie Rose Favreau

Mini-review

Fascinating Eats at Huiyona

But does anyone know about them?

06/16/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Food Filings

Food Find of the Week

Snoose Junction’s aglio e olio pizza is something to love, one slice at a time.

02/10/2010 By Christopher Werner

What's not to love?

Full Tilt Rocks

Ice cream, beer, pinball, and utter happiness…now in three locations!

02/10/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Theater

Review: South Pacific

In Bart Sher’s adaptation, "Happy Talk" is racier than you ever imagined.

02/01/2010 By Laura Dannen

Theater

Review: Xanadu

What if all musicals ended with a roller disco scene?

01/20/2010 By Laura Dannen

Theater review

Sex, Love, and Meat

A dinner party devolves but the laughs keep coming in WET’s Hunter Gatherers.

01/12/2010 By Laura Dannen

Theater review

Nobody Puts Electra in a Corner

Seattle Shakespeare Co. goes Greek, enthralls and exhausts in the process.

01/12/2010 By Laura Dannen