Film noir at SIFF, an Afghan arts festival, a Brazilian carnival and a pop-up Black history museum.

Plus, a new installation at the Judkins Park light rail station and Northwest artists making national news.

Soft sculptures at MoM, jazzy paintings in Pioneer Square and ghosts en pointe at Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Plus, new arts leaders take the reins at Pratt, Coyote Central and the Frye Art Museum.

Plus, Lunar New Year celebrations, and two artistic losses for the city.

The Black Lives Matter muralist debuts his first solo show of large-scale self-portraits at Winston Wächter.

Abstract art at NAAM, local psych-rock at Neumos and Roombas roaming Method Gallery. 

The Northwest African American Museum celebrates in-person, new gallery shows open in the Central District and KEXP commemorates Dr. King on the airwaves.

Heart-throbbing cabaret in Pike Place Market, a mysterious hole in Pioneer Square and more arts events.

Plus, more ways to kick off the new year, from artful calendars to gallery shows to a bottomless pit.

The cabaret-dinner-cirque extravaganza is currently camping out in SODO — but still on the hunt for a permanent Seattle home. 

Find affordable, artsy and amusing items by local makers at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle Art Museum, Chihuly Garden and Glass and even the Space Needle.

Paintings in Pioneer Square, hot air balloons in Green Lake and lanterns in Woodland Park Zoo offer glimmers in the dark.

These craft fairs, pop-ups and art shows offer locally made pottery, jewelry, homewares and affordable paintings as gifts you can feel good about giving.

Carve away the non-essentials with cardboard busts at Traver Gallery, sandblasted landscapes in Pioneer Square and neatly unwoven canvases in Georgetown.