Fantastic fungi on film, a new take on Cabaret, Gloria Steinem and a gorgeous graphic novel about a 17th century painter.

The Office of Arts and culture welcomes Ashraf Hasham as the Youth Arts Manager today

A local playwright pens a rip-roaring tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

The Short Run comics and arts festival, the movie music of John Williams, top picks for First Thursday Art Walk and more cultural must-sees.

Dracula, Dia de los Muertos festivities, a dance devoted to Italian detainees in WWII and a new exhibit on the history of the Indian American diaspora.

A magical Tempest, legends of Seattle jazz, a literary pub crawl and scary-good picks for Halloween season.

Renaissance paintings, a surprising view of the Space Needle, 1,845 blown-glass potatoes and more cultural happenings.

‘The Christians’ tackles faith, damnation and the limits of religious tolerance. 

The new Burke Museum’s big debut, the Seattle Queer Film Festival, a Donald Byrd dance retrospective, and more cultural must-sees.

Pioneers of African American cinema, Filipino plays performed in Tagalog, the Seattle Latino Film Festival, the legendary Patti Smith and more cultural happenings.

Performing in their native tongue, Filipino actors connect a Seattle audience with their roots.

Festivals from South Asian film to kids books to wooden boats, plus contemporary Salish art and more cultural must-sees.

Complexity, truth and ferocity define a crop of new plays produced locally.

Seattle Symphony’s new director digs in, Bill Gates profiled in a new doc, an indie director makes a kung fu movie in Seattle and more cultural happenings.

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