Arts
Autumn Arts: Theater
Catch the plays that will define Seattle stages this fall.
This fall, Seattle’s stages are packed with productions that reflect the urgency of our moment, as well as the escapism we sometimes crave. Independent theaters continue to tackle political and social issues head-on, while larger companies are bringing ambitious regional debuts and classics reimagined for today. It’s a season that makes clear how central theater…
Inside PAX West
Seattle’s biggest gaming convention brings fans, creators, and community together
Games are big business in the Seattle area. The city is home to many major gaming studios such as Bungie, Nintendo, Valve, and Wizards of the Coast, plus a thriving independent developer scene. Maybe it’s the rainy weather (or all the coffee) that fosters creativity and draws people together to play their favorite games, whether…
SAM Opens Its First Solo Exhibition By a Pakistani-American Artist
With Geometry of Light, Anila Quayyum Agha presents a dazzling Pacific Northwest debut
Anila Quayyum Agha is an artist who invites you to step closer to her work. To lean in, observe patterns, follow a stitch of thread or a beam of light. Her pieces are large—especially the laser-cut steel light sculptures featured in Seattle Asian Art Museum’s new show, Anila Quayyum Agha: Geometry of Light—but they hold…
Scenes from the Crossing
Photographer Kristopher Shinn captures fleeting moments aboard Washington’s ferries
The first time Kristopher Shinn brought his camera onto a ferry was in 2020, after his sister moved from South Seattle to Bainbridge Island. He went along to help with the move, snapped a few photos, and soon found himself bringing the camera on every crossing. Over the next two and a half years, those…
Art Among the Vines
Wine and contemporary art come together in Tuscany’s countryside
Some of the world’s most unique site-specific works of art are part of private art collections associated with family vineyards. From the diRosa Center for Contemporary Art and The Donum Estate in Northern California to Estancia Colomé in Argentina, which houses the world’s only museum of artwork by light and space artist James Turrell, the…
A Festival Built on Faith
Singer-songwriter Grace Love brings music, food, and radical community care to Jubilee Love Festival
Grace Love (she/they) never meant to run a music festival. But like many things in her life, Jubilee Love Festival emerged from instinct, community, and a little bit of what she calls delusional action. “I just wanted something that feels safe, open to all, and genuine. It feels like home,” she says. Now in its…
Bookstore Love Story
Seattle’s first romance-only bookstore opened with a line out the door and a dream of going steady
It started, as many good love stories do, with a secret longing. McKenna Martin was living and working in L.A., juggling TV production and a photography business, when the pandemic put everything on hold. With shows paused and no way of taking on photography clients, she looked for a new creative outlet. She bought a…
A Taste of Tuscany
Kira Jane Buxton’s latest novel turns her family’s Italian adventure into a funny and heartwarming summer read
Growing up, author Kira Jane Buxton had mixed feelings about her peripatetic childhood. Thanks to her father’s job, her family hopped around the globe, spending time in Dubai, Jakarta, Singapore, Korea and Texas. It was an upbringing full of adventures — playing in dunes, exploring tropical jungles, making friends with the neighborhood animals — but…
Seattle Summer Reads
This crop of PNW books offers the perfect page-turner for every occasion, from poolside lounging to backyard breaks
Elita Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum We wrote about this book when it came out in January, and even though it’s set in the dead middle of a Pacific Northwest winter, the mystery behind this novel makes it hard to put down. Lunstrum’s first novel, Elita (Northwestern University Press/TriQuarterly Books) follows Bernadette Baston — a university lecturer…
The Art of Looking
Sketcher Fest Edmonds brings together 500 artists from around the world
If you were in Edmonds last weekend, you probably noticed them — small clusters of people perched on stairs, tucked into alleyways, and sitting on curbs in the middle of the bustling farmers market or down by the waterfront, sketchbooks balanced on their knees. They were sketching storefronts, crowded sidewalks, ferries, and strangers passing by….
After Tribeca, ‘Songs of Black Folk’ Heads to Indy Shorts
The new documentary captures Black stories, music, and culture in the Pacific Northwest
Songs of Black Folk co-director Haley Watson found herself drawn to the stories of Pacific Northwest natives Rev. Dr. Leslie Braxton and his nephew, Ramón Bryant Braxton for many reasons. But one reason kept rising to the surface. “It was a chance to shine a light on Black culture in the Pacific Northwest that has…
$50 Million for Seattle Arts
Conru Art Foundation opens ArtLove Salon with plans for museum, artist salaries, and a $1 million World Cup Art competition
Seattle’s art scene just got a major investment. The Conru Art Foundation has launched a $50 million initiative focused on supporting artists and expanding public access to the arts. Central to that plan: ArtLove Salon, a new 16,000-square-foot exhibition and event space opening this week across the street from the Seattle Art Museum. The new…
Public Art in Motion
Kinesis Project’s free dance performances hit downtown and the waterfront
If you’re downtown this week, don’t miss one of the best things about living in the city: spontaneous, free public art in the middle of Seattle. Kinesis Project dance theatre is transforming Harbor Steps Staircase Plaza and the new Overlook Walk into its stage, bringing large-scale, site-specific performances to the waterfront — and anyone can…
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