Culture Fix

What to Do After Work November 5–8

A concert tracking the slave trade through music, a study in Seattle’s evolving landscape, and a dance show for the 80s kids.

11/05/2018 By Aly Brady

Theater Review

A Bright Room Called Day Is Aggressively Timely

The Williams Project's new production of Tony Kushner’s play belabors parallels between 1930s Berlin and now.

10/30/2018 By Stefan Milne

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do October 12–14

Pulitzer Prize–winning poetry, a Green Lake–adjacent play, and a Broadway-inspired tale.

10/11/2018 By Gwen Hughes

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work October 1–4

A talk with Sally Field, a curious seven-year-old, and a pre-Lit Crawl bash.

10/01/2018 By Aly Brady

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work September 17–20

An all-female Richard III, some psychedelic jams, and an audience-directed play.

09/17/2018 By Aly Brady

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do September 7–9

Independent booksellers get physical, walkin' (before and) after midnight, and jokes with gravitas.

09/06/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do July 27–29

Plant-lovers cultivate a garden arsenal, opera gets less stuffy, and navigating your own home isn't as easy as you'd think.

07/27/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do July 13–15

Spend the whole weekend outside, don't recycle your milk cartons yet, and would ya look at all that free stuff.

07/13/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work June 25–28

A former security adviser talks about the state of the world, summer dreams get wonky, and a carnival performer braves a literary stunt.

06/25/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do June 8–10

One of the great female rock n roll photographers, a musical ode to butts, and more offerings from festival season.

06/08/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work May 7–11

A former prisoner in North Korea speaks, the new Nordic Museum welcomes its first musical performances, and the Frye shows impressionist influences.

05/07/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work April 30–May 4

Podcasting in person at SAM, a cartoonist tackles bipolarism, and epidemic survivors remembered through dance.

04/30/2018 By Mac Hubbard

Shadow Play

How One Theatre Troupe Keeps Shadow Puppetry Alive in Seattle

Sgt. Rigsby and His Amazing Silhouettes pays tribute to shadow puppetry's ancient traditions with topical (sometimes raunchy) performances that often dissect themes of trauma and loss.

02/15/2018 By Manola Secaira

Theater

Hamilton Gets His Shot in Seattle

With the Broadway sensation debuting in Seattle this month, lead Joseph Morales talks inheriting the iconic role originated by Lin-Manuel Miranda.

01/26/2018 By Darren Davis

Met Picks

Your Guide to Seattle Holiday Events, 2017

Feel merry in Seattle this year with a trip down Candy Cane Lane, or take in the ‘The Nutcracker’—ballet or burlesque, your choice.

11/28/2017 By Darren Davis

Met Picks

The Top Things to See or Do in Seattle: July 2017

Take scissors to art in Cut Up/Cut Out, feel lovesick over a Jane Austen musical, and dance with dragons in the International District.

06/20/2017 By Darren Davis

Local Legends

After 22 Years, Carrie Imler Says Goodbye to Pacific Northwest Ballet

Days before her final performance, the longest-tenured principal dancer at PNB reflects on her storied career and what it means to retire so young.

06/07/2017 By Darren Davis

Met Picks

The Top Things to See or Do in Seattle: June 2017

Game on at the Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show, catch three Pacific Northwest Ballet premieres, and spend some time alone with Chastity Belt.

05/31/2017 By Seth Sommerfeld

Theater Review

The Extremely Weird Feminism of 'Cherdonna's Doll's House'

Washington Ensemble Theatre's new play (or maybe drag show?) is mostly a hot mess until it succeeds wildly.

05/03/2017 By Darren Davis

Theater Review

'Here Lies Love' Turns Romance and Politics into a Disco Dance Party

David Byrne and Fatboy Slim's musical about the Marcos regime offers a unique and immersive theatrical experience at Seattle Rep.

04/27/2017 By Seth Sommerfeld