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 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 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
Culture Bumbershoot is back — and returning to its weird roots After a three-year hiatus, Seattle’s music and arts festival is reborn with extreme pogo sticking, performance rituals, a cat circus and an emphasis on local bands. by Charles R. Cross / August 31, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Seattle gets trolled by a Danish environmental artist Plus, a shimmering new tree-top sculpture now hanging at the Washington Park Arboretum. by Brangien Davis / August 24, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Dancing in Seattle parks and poetry on public buses Plus, finger paintings pop at SAM and the Seattle Design Festival spawns a ‘giggle prism’ in SLU. by Brangien Davis / August 17, 2023
Culture 5 ways to keep the curtain from falling on Seattle’s theater scene With regional stages closing across the country, local leaders weigh in on post-pandemic challenges and offer strategies for survival. by Misha Berson / August 15, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: In Seattle, turning to art in a world on fire Plus, embrace humanity with arts, cultural and film festivals in Tacoma, Vashon, Bainbridge and Seattle. by Brangien Davis / August 10, 2023
Culture ArtSEA: Previewing the Seattle Art Fair and its indie alternatives In addition to the main event at Lumen Field, satellite shows are popping up in vacant Pioneer Square spaces. by Brangien Davis / July 27, 2023