Season's Listings

Seattle Holiday Event Guide 2019

From lit cruises to glittering mazes to takes on wintry burlesque, here are the 32 events to catch this season.

11/26/2019 By Seattle Met Staff

Dark Arts

The Best Halloween Events in Seattle

You guessed it—everything’s haunted.

10/15/2019 By Nicole Pasia and Ryan Phelan

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work September 23–26

Local and international folk bands, a night of live painting, and fourth graders' ice cream dreams.

09/23/2019 By Nicole Pasia and Courtney Cummings

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work September 3–5

A blues musician celebrates 50 years, an author examines the Black Lives Matter movement, and a documentary links art to the mind.

09/03/2019 By Lily Hansen and Courtney Cummings

Top Five

The Top Things to Do in Seattle This August

Two jazz luminaries unite, this Thing hits Port Townsend, and half of SNL’s Weekend Update comes to the Triple Door.

07/23/2019 By Stefan Milne

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work July 1–3

Southern soul, stand-up at Lowercase Brewing, and an ex-felon who values education.

07/01/2019 By Lily Hansen and Jonathan Olsen-Koziol

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work May 20–23

A spoken word Olympian, a Seattleite’s response to KOMO, and elaborate time-lapse photography.

05/20/2019 By Lily Hansen

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work April 1–4

A saucy take on Lewis Carroll, a horror-comedy play, and local band members fly solo at Chop Suey.

04/01/2019 By Stefan Milne

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do February 15–17

A modern take on the variety show, two world-class opera singers in concert, and the Academy's short film nominees.

02/14/2019 By Gwen Hughes

In Absinthia

Comedy Cabaret Bohemia Is Back

The local show hits the Triple Door this week with a new light-up dance number.

01/15/2019 By Stefan Milne

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do November 30–December 2

A winter beer fest, comic folk, and English goth-pop.

11/29/2018 By Gwen Hughes

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

Local Traditions

Land of the Sweets Remains December's Best Date Night

'The Burlesque Nutcracker' at the Triple Door is still fun, flirty, and inclusive.

12/18/2017 By Darren Davis

Seattle Sound

Song Premiere: The Maldives' "2 Know U Is 2 Love U"

The Seattle alt-country institution takes things in a new direction with the first single from its upcoming album, 'Mad Lives.'

02/23/2017 By Seth Sommerfeld

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Lily Verlaine

The cocreator of 'Land of the Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker' discusses the show's origins and 10th anniversary.

12/10/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: Nepal Benefit Concert at the Triple Door

Today's picks for civic nerds

07/08/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: 2035 Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing

Today's picks for civic nerds

07/07/2015 By Atoosa Moinzadeh

Ticket Alert

Allen Stone Plans 5 Shows Across Seattle to Celebrate His New Album

Get psyched for the soul singer's new album 'Radius' with April's Evolution of an Artist series.

02/17/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Dress Up

Closet Visit: Costuming for the Burlesque Nutcracker

We visited the closet of burlesque star Lily Verlaine to check out the new costumes for this year's Land of the Sweets.

12/11/2014 By Amanda Zurita Photography by Jenni Moore

Points of Reference

Andy Daly's 5-Star 'Review' Influences

The comedian chats about how Louis C.K. and Hunter S. Thompson shaped his new Comedy Central show.

04/09/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld