Culture All-ages music venue to open at the Angle Lake light-rail station Inspired by local dance-hall history, The Roadhouse is part of Sound Transit’s public-art initiative. by Nimra Ahmad / October 24, 2023
Culture The lore behind Washington’s spookiest historic haunts From Port Townsend to Pioneer Square, visit supernatural hotels frequented by ghost hunters from across the country this Halloween. by Francesca Lyman / October 20, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: A flock of bird art migrates to Northwest galleries Cuckoo clocks, carved feathers and avian paintings. Plus, Seattle music shows to lift your wings. by Brangien Davis / October 19, 2023
Culture Fall Arts: Seattle artist explores what it means to be a ‘soft boy’ Rafael Soldi uses video and a 19th-century printing technique to revisit rituals of masculinity from his Peruvian upbringing. by Brangien Davis / October 13, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Seattle art spaces for solace and contemplation Plus, picks for ‘Refract,’ the Northwest glass art festival, and a floating installation of nature as medicine. by Brangien Davis / October 12, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Arctic art for Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Seattle Plus, new installations at the University of Washington’s Jacob Lawrence Gallery and a frenzy of film festivals. by Brangien Davis / October 5, 2023
Culture WA authors are teaching AI how to write — without their consent Companies like Meta and Bloomberg draw upon a database of 191,000 books to train the tools. Local writers aren’t happy, and lawsuits are in the works. by Nimra Ahmad / October 5, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month with NW art and poetry Plus, cultural histories and dark humor on stage in Seattle from Fremont to Queen Anne to Downtown. by Brangien Davis / September 28, 2023
Culture Fall Arts: A new Seattle play rustles up the history of Black cowboys Local playwright Andrew Lee Creech brings post-Emancipation Texas to life in a story of love, ambition and what it means to be free. by Brangien Davis / September 22, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Diving headfirst into Seattle’s fall arts season Plus, a 1903 throwback at Seattle Symphony, acrobatics at Seattle Rep and cavorting cacti at Pacific Northwest Ballet. by Brangien Davis / September 21, 2023
Culture Seattle fashion designer Katrina Hess’s future-noir outerwear Inspired by Pacific Northwest weather, her latest line pairs spy-wear with high fashion, and each garment has a story sewn into the seams. by Nimra Ahmad / September 19, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: A playful barrage of collage at Seattle arts spaces Plus, Local Sightings Film Festival picks and where to get your Tina Turner kicks. by Brangien Davis / September 14, 2023
Culture Pacific Northwest Ballet’s new guard brings diversity center stage Seattle’s largest dance company is at a turning point with a fall roster that’s younger and 50 percent BIPOC. by Marcie Sillman / September 13, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Back to school with new Seattle art shows and nature books Plus, workshops and classes for aspiring artists, from abstract painting to hip hop dance. by Brangien Davis / September 7, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Bumbershoot turns up the volume on visual arts Plus, the new ‘Femme Noire’ outdoor exhibit in Seattle’s Central District celebrates Black women artists from all over. by Brangien Davis / August 31, 2023