Bellwether arts in Bellevue, a show of trashy artists, straight talk with a witty mortician, a choreographic shindig and more cultural happenings.

The Seattle musician talks about her new latest, self love and influences from Comic Con to Chaka Khan.

Midnite madness for the new Margaret Atwood book, Wooden boats afloat in Port Townsend, First Thursday art walk picks, and more cultural must-sees.

Y La Bamba at Bumbershoot, a sculpture park you've never heard of, massive marimba action and last chance to see Preston Singletary's raven story cast in glass.

A festival of Arctic artisans and musicians, Port Townsend’s quirky Thing festival, The Head and the Heart hit the roof of Pike Place Market and more cultural happenings.

Thing founder Adam Zacks says his new boutique music festival is for the underdogs.

Summer festivals spanning urban design, tattoos, and chalk art, plus a Native American artist lecture series and Where'd You Go, Bernadette on film.

The Liberace of lucha libre, new outdoor art installations, the Digable Planets are still “cool like dat” and more cultural happenings.

Seattle Art Fair (and art fair alternatives), a literary zombie apocalypse, last call for jazz at Tula's, and a lantern-lit plea for peace.

A musician wonders what it will take to keep the local jazz scene alive in Seattle. 

Bellevue's bodacious ARTSfair, movies at the Mural Amphitheatre, surreal ecological landscapes and more cultural happenings.

The Capitol Hill Block Party, multiple moon-landing commemorations, a "dark lioness" at SAM and more cultural happenings. 

New American citizens, a talk about orcas and menopause, a festival celebrating Frida Kahlo and more cultural happenings. 

Pride events for introverts, Studio 54 in photos, the Arts in Nature Festival and more cultural happenings. 

A viral spreadsheet revealing salaries of arts workers from across the nation is making a splash. We scoured the list to see how pay in Seattle's art scene compares with the rest of the country.