After canceling performances last year, Northwest theater makers are back with shows from old-fashioned to offbeat.

Plus, where to find affordable art over the holidays and events from poetry to protest music.

Craft fairs, gallery shows and pop-up events offer locally made presents for holiday shoppers.

Months before most of Seattle’s other theater companies reopen, ArtsWest is staging the aptly titled musical ‘We’ve Battled Monsters Before.’

As malls across the country peter out, the downtown Seattle shopping center is fighting vacancies with art and local businesses. 

The holiday weekend is packed with gallery shows, museum exhibits, film festivals and craft fairs celebrating work by Indigenous artists across western Washington.

Reasons to hope for a flight delay, plus a new show of Native art at Frye Art Museum.

Ahead of a major retrospective at Seattle Art Museum, six Northwest artists reflect on the photographer’s legacy and local influence.

Plus, a “call and response” knitting collab and new dance video shot at a historic Vashon Island location.

At Nancy Wilson’s comeback show, a Northwest music writer re-discovers the joy of in-person concerts but questions unmasked audience members.

With a new movie fanning the flames of interest in the 1965 classic sci-fi novel, local singer-songwriters translate the epic saga into songs.

Plus, cultural things to do during these dark and stormy Seattle days.

They’re barely over 40, but some members of PNB are nearing retirement age. Returning to live performance looks different for them.

Plus: The new show at National Nordic Museum joins a plethora of paper art.

From delayed exhibits to reconfigured sets to glass artists running out of colors, “unprecedented times” are back.