Looking for something to do? We’ve got you!

Thru

Dec 3

A person examines one of the rooms in the Renegade Edo and Paris exhbition. The walls are dark.

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Renegade Edo and Paris @ Seattle Asian Art Museum

A golden age of graphic art 🌟

Visual Art

Dec

14

A promo image for the band Margaritas Podridas, playing at Madame Lou's in Seattle, WA

Margaritas Podridas @ Madame Lou's

Let's rip 💥

Live Music

Thru

Dec 8

A large elf (Will Ferrel) sits in a class with tinier elfs in the North Pole at Santa's Workshop.

Movie Nights @ Freeway Park

Smiling's my favorite 🧝🎁

Film Holiday Kids & Family Outdoors

Dec

10

Josephine Howell performs jazz live

Jazz in the City: Josephine Howell @ Frye Art Museum

Sublime and swanky 🎤

Live Music

Dec

16

Bonsai Solstice in the evening

Winter Bonsai Solstice 2023 @ Pacific Bonsai Museum

Another kind of Christmas tree 🎄

Holiday Kids & Family Museums Outdoors

Nov 28 –

Dec 19

A stern animated Tom Hanks acts as a train conductor in the animated 2004 film Polar Express.

Merry Movie Matinees @ City Hall Park

Lunchtime treats 🎥

Film Kids & Family Outdoors

Dec

7-8

Three cute hair clips designed to look like sushi rest on gold framed mirror.

South Lake Union Winter Market 2023 @ Van Vorst Plaza

Primo craft content ✂️

Holiday Shopping

Dec

8-10

Two smiling vendors at the Punk Rock Flea Market

Holiday Punk Rock Flea Market @ Nii Modo

Get your taxidermy 🐇

Holiday Shopping

Neighborhood: Uptown

A still from Muppet Christmas Carol

The Muppet Christmas Carol @ Central Cinema + SIFF

Celebrate with puppets 🎁

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An overhead shot of hands holding felt embroidered ornaments

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Giving Marketplace @ Gates Foundation Discovery Center

Holiday shopping for a good cause 🛍️

Uptown

An espresso at Caffe Vita's public gathering space.

Where to Study in Seattle Without Spending $$$

Access all these spaces for free free free 💸

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Odegaard Undergraduate Library, Kane Hall

Where to Get Student Discounts in Seattle

Get those discounts, dawgs 🐕

BallardDowntownMontlakeSeatacUniversity DistrictUptown

Train to Busan still featuring a bloodied man turning around on a train.

A Korean Horror Film Series @ SIFF Film Center

Zombies, specters, costumes, and films 🎥 🇰🇷

Uptown

A team of people prepare for a Geeks Who Drink trivia night.

A Guide to Bar Trivia Nights Around Seattle

A pub quiz for basically every neighborhood ✏️

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$4 Movies @ SIFF, Majestic Bay, and More Local Cinemas

National Cinema Day 2023 4️⃣💰

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Seattle Tattoo Expo 2023 @ Seattle Center Exhibition Hall

Lots of ink 🖊

Uptown

A collage of photos from Sea-Meow Convention

Sea-Meow Convention 2023 @ Seattle Center

Paws up, kitties 🐱

Uptown

A poster for Seattle Symphony's Game ON! event. A little robot creature holds a game controller

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Game ON! @ Benaroya Hall

Prepare for righteous scores 🙌

Uptown

The Daily Schedule for Day In Day Out Festival 2023

An indie music mixtape 📼 🔥

Uptown

PNB Dance Film Festival 2023 @ Seattle Center's Mural Amphitheatre

Dancing starts at dusk 🩰

Uptown

Promotional art of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour with multi-colored photos of her from past albums

A Guide to Taylor Swift Parties Around Seattle

Seattle loves Swifties 💙

BelltownCapitol HillTacomaUptown

A vivid sunset on Elliott Bay.

Things to Do Around Seattle Before July 2023 Ends

Taylor Swift, Block Party, and more 🎟

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A happy crowd at a Seattle Storm game

Seattle Storm vs. Chicago Sky @ Climate Pledge Arena

It's Believe in Women Night 🏀

Uptown

Fireworks on Lake Union on the Fourth of July from Gas Works Park.

Four Things to Do for Fourth of July 2023 Around Seattle

Boom boom boom 🧨

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Poster for Fourth at the Mural

Fourth at the Mural @ Seattle Center's Mural Amphitheatre

So much house 🕺

Uptown

A crowd watched The Princess Bride in the evening at the Mural at Seattle Center

Where to Watch Outdoor Movies in Seattle for Free (Summer 2023)

13 movies to add to your list 🎥

Capitol HillSoDoUptownWest Seattle

A crowd watched The Princess Bride in the evening at the Mural at Seattle Center

Movies at the Mural 2023 @ Seattle Center's Mural Amphitheatre

Free and kid-friendly 🎥

Uptown

A woman stands in front of a colorful ice cream mural holding two ice cream cones.

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Scooped Ice Cream Festival 2023 @ Seattle Center

All-you-can-eat ice cream 🏃💨

Uptown

A performer dances on a colorful rainbow stage at PrideFest

Seattle PrideFest 2023

All ages and for everyone ✨

Capitol HillUptown

A black and white picture of Dreamdecay

Dreamdecay @ The Vera Project

All ages 🤘

Uptown

A group of astronauts look at the camera sternly

Solaris @ Book-It Repertory Theatre

No little green men 👽

Uptown

Spiderman jumps across the screen in tropical colors.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse @ Ark Lodge, SIFF, and Other Seattle Cinemas

Maybe even better than the first 🕷️

Columbia CityUptown

Dancer Laura Tisserand walks across a darkened stage in a magnificent, trailing dress. Only her outline is visible

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Worlds to Come @ McCaw Hall

Looking toward ballet’s future 🔭

Uptown

A view from high up in the Climate Pledge Arena of a Seattle Storm game.

Seattle Storm vs. Las Vegas Aces @ Climate Pledge Arena

First home game this season 🏀

Uptown

A crowd sits inside a SIFF theatre as three people line up onstage

A Food Writer's Picks and Pairings for SIFF 2023

Columbia CityDowntownUptown

Shrek and Fiona sit in their onion carriage with Donkey in the background

Shrek 2 in Concert @ Benaroya Hall

We’ve all got Shrek on the brain 🧅

Uptown

Poster for Lydia and The Troll. It shows the Fremont Troll on a blue background

Lydia and the Troll @ Seattle Rep

Reimagining a hometown fable 🧌

Uptown

Two young men sit together by a campfire. They smile at each other while one offers the other a marshmallow

NFFTY 2023 @ SIFF Cinema Uptown

The next gen of storytellers 🎬

Uptown

Seattle Kraken team members celebrate their win against Arizona Coyotes at Climate Pledge Arena. A crowd celebrates behind them.

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Where to Watch the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs in Seattle

Let's get Kraken 💥🏒

Uptown

A row of vinyl records

Where to Shop in Seattle on Record Store Day 2023

Let's go crate digging ⛏️

BallardCapitol HillDowntownGeorgetownSoDoUptown

The space needle inside the Seattle Center

Moms Love Lower Queen Anne

Queen AnneUptown

Y Tu Mama Tambien

Movie Club: Y Tu Mamá También @ SIFF Uptown

Screening in 35 mm 🎞️

Uptown

The Fairy Queen, Titania embraces a ballet dancer wearing a donkey head

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A Midsummer Night's Dream @ McCaw Hall

Chaotic romcom x classical ballet 💘

Uptown

A screencap from A Thousand and One. Inez (Teyana Taylor) holds her son, Terry (Aaron Kingsley Adetola) in a supportive embrace.

A Thousand and One @ SIFF

It's brilliant 👨‍🍳 💋

Uptown

A photo of Nnamdi through a hazy filter against a red background.

NNAMDI @ The Vera Project

Genre-bending music from Chicago 🥁

Uptown

A crowd of people throw their hands up at the front of a stage at a night performance at a previous Bumbershoot

Who's Playing Bumbershoot 2023?

It's a very big lineup 👀

Uptown

A photo of a performance of Pacific Northwest Ballet's Snow White. Four of the seven dwarves stand around the sleeping Snow White, looking at each other in shock

Snow White @ McCaw Hall

A bite-sized ballet blast 🩰

Uptown

Rachel Crowl and Shaun Taylor-Corbett sing into microphones in Between Two Knees by The 1491s, at Yale Repertory Theatre.

Between Two Knees @ Seattle Rep

Performances are selling quickly ‼️

Uptown

Puss in Boots jumps into the air with a sword in his hand and a smile on his face.

Where to Watch the Oscar Movies Before Sunday

May the best ones win 🏆

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Choreographer Jessica Lang works with Angelica Generosa and James Yoichi Moore in a Pacific Northwest Ballet studio. The photo is in black and white.

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Boundless @ McCaw Hall

Out of the box and onto the stage 💫

Uptown

A crowd inside the Armory for Irish Festival Seattle.

Irish Festival 2023 @ Seattle Center's Armory

Yes, there's tap dancing 🇮🇪

Uptown

A group doing yoga at Olympic Sculpture Park Pavilion.

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SAM Body & Mind 2023 @ Olympic Sculpture Park PACCAR Pavilion

Need a serotonin boost? 😌

Uptown

N.T. Rama Rao Jr. and Ram Charan Teja being thrown in the air by a celebratory crowd in RRR

RRR Fan CelebRRRation @ SIFF Cinema Uptown

This is peak action cinema 💥

Uptown

Spacemoth's Maryam Qudus stands in front of a bright ring of circles painted on a wall while looking into the air.

17 Seattle Concerts to See in March

From Quasi to HoneyLuv 🍯

BallardBeacon HillBelltownCapitol HillPike Place MarketSoDoUptown

On Sale Now: Bumbershoot 2023 Tickets

Bumber is back to shoot its shot ☂️

Uptown

A designer from Portland-based Laika builds models for iconic films like Coraline and Hidden Link.

The Films of LAIKA @ MoPOP

LAIKA's biggest exhibition ever 📸

Uptown

The band members of Alien Boy pose sassily together against a blue background

Dazy & Alien Boy @ The Vera Project

Always all ages 😊

Two performers from LQ Lion Dance perform at a Lunar New Year celebration at Wing Luke Museum in the Chinatown-International District

A Quick Guide to Lunar New Year Celebrations Around Seattle

Chinatown International DistrictKentUptown

A crowd of people gather in Seattle Center for Vietnamese Lunar New Year. Lion puppets are raised above

Tết: Vietnamese Lunar New Year @ Seattle Center

Celebrating the year of the cat 🐈

A girl in a T-shirt with a long braid over the crook of her arms holds up an open composition notebook, covering her face. It is saturated in blue while the book is bright orange and the white text "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" is overlayed on top

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter @ Seattle Rep

Stay true 🦋

Cool blue lasers shoot around Seattle's Space Needle during a virtual New Year's Eve show in 2021.

A Quick Guide to New Year's Eve 2022 in Seattle

Beacon HillDowntownSoDoTacomaUptownWhite Center

A screencap from Fiddler on the Roof of a man reaching up hopefully

Fiddler on the Roof Sing-along @ SIFF Uptown

Feat. live klezmer 🎻

Performer Joseph Keckler performs against a dark stage, he leans into a microphone with a bright stage light behind him.

Joseph Keckler: Train With No Midnight @ On the Boards

You'll go from France to Michigan in one night 🚂

Uptown

A member of USA Women's National Hockey Team

Women's Rivalry Series @ Climate Pledge Arena

Vamp it up 🧊

M'Baku (played by Winston Duke) points offscreen while waist-deep in water

Black Panther 2 @ Seattle Movie Theaters

A tribute to Boseman, T’Challa, and community ✊🏿

BellevueCapitol HillCentral DistrictDowntownUniversity DistrictUptownWest Seattle

Lilas and Shery from the band, Slave to Sirens, play electric guitars in a field of wheat

Sirens @ SIFF Film Center

One of the best movies of the year 💯

Uptown

Performers in traditional Hmong dress dance onstage at the Hmong New Year Celebration

Hmong New Year Celebration @ The Armory

Goodbye harvest, hello New Year 🌾

Graphic of Midsommar vs. The VVitch SIFF poster

Midsommar vs. The VVitch @ SIFF Film Center

May queens square off against witches 🥊

Uptown

A photo from Dracula's Daughter, carrying a cross

Dracula Unleashed! @ SIFF

How'd Dracula get so sexy? 🧛‍♂️

Uptown

Yellow graphic photo of Heidi Schreck, main character of What the Constitution Means to Me

What the Constitution Means to Me @ Seattle Rep

Appreciate where our nation has been and where we can go 🗳️

A nighttime shot of the Seattle waterfront in the low lying fog

Where to Encounter Paranormal Activity in Seattle

An incomplete list 🕵️‍♀️

Beacon HillEastlakeGreenwoodUniversity DistrictUptownWedgwood

Misanthropy promo flyer

Misanthropy @ Theatre Puget Sound

Bloody hilarious and hilariously bloody 😈

Interior aerial shot of the Antiquarian Book Fair

Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair @ Seattle Center Exhibition Hall

Calling all lovers of old-ass books 📖

A screencap from The Slender Thread. Sidney Poitier sits in a classic convertible looking over his shoulder

The Slender Thread @ SIFF Cinema Uptown

Sidney Poitier and a forgotten Seattle 📽️

A screencap from Showgirls

Showgirls @ SIFF Cinema Uptown

All that glitters—and then some ✨

Northwest Film Forum

How Many Film Festivals Are in Seattle?

A lot. Let's start by looking at the ones this fall 🍂

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You're Wrong About @ The Vera Project

Shining new light on old perceptions 🔦

A screencap of Virgil Tibbs, played by Sidney Poitier, facing off with a crowd

In the Heat of the Night @ SIFF

"They call me MISTER Tibbs" 😠

80+ pumpkin and seasonal beers (plus a couple surprises) from near and far will be poured, including twenty or so from Elysian Brewing’s pumpkin-crazed brewers.

Great Pumpkin Beer Festival @ The Seattle Center

Pumpkin fiends, consider this your call to action 🎃

CentralQueen AnneUptown

Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba look at each other in a still from Three Thousand Years of Longing. Elba wears elf ears.

Three Thousand Years of Longing @ SIFF, Regal, and More Theatres

Ambitious, weird, and full of Tilda 👽

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A promo image for Scooped Ice Cream Festival featuring a giant cup of ice cream with the Space Needle in the background

Scooped! Ice Cream Festival @ Seattle Center

The best way to chill out this weekend 🍦

A shot from a trailer for Where We Belong, featuring a solo performer on a bare stage with lights floating above her

Where We Belong @ Seattle Rep

"Somewhere I'm not hated for being me" 📚

The cover of the novel In the Time of The Butterflies

In the Time of the Butterflies @ Book-It Repertory Theatre

Join the feminist resistance 🦋

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