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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Is 'Bread Face' art? Watch as our reporter embeds herself to find out.

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.

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. 

Hari Kondabolu, Shakespeare, the debut of a new dance company and other cultural happenings.