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With its exterior walls covered in unique clothing, the store is hard to miss.
Even though the temperature is hovering just above freezing, Pepper Petersen doesn’t seem to take notice when the cold gusts of wind rustle her hair as she sews a...
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Earlier this year, Bellevue-based speculative fiction writer Ted Chiang released The Lifecycle of Software Objects, his most stunning work to date. The novella, which chronicles the lives of artificially intelligent autonomous beings,...
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1. I had probably the most undramatic New Year's ever - asleep by 11:30.
2. Even though it was released over five years ago, Mr. Plinkett's profane, surprisingly in-depth review of Star Wars Episode III has really helped me...
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E-readers have evolved since this model. My stock photography has not.
1. I now have a Nook and have suddenly developed strong opinions related to e-readers.
2. It occurred to me, that if you help Santa save Christmas one year, the following...
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Tonight celebrate the lengthening of our daytime hours, (oh how I've missed you sun) with the Mandolin Cafe's Winter Solstice Celebration. Every year the Mandolin Cafe throws a bash, of the classy variety, featuring a candle lighting...
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619 Western, the historic structure located in Pioneer Square, well-known for the over 100 artists who currently inhabit the building as a workspace or gallery, is set to be to evacuated over the next fifteen months, due to structural...
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1. Woody Allen continues to surprise me as to how much he has influenced modern comedy. I'm looking at you cut-away style-cartoons, among others.
2. I am definitely the type of person who listens to a song repeatedly and quickly...
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After months of debate and media speculation, some of which occurred in City Arts last month in "Five Myths About the Chihuly Museum," in a press release earlier today, it was announced that Mayor McGinn would recommend both radio...
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Big News in Little Bits
What makes the Nutcracker ballet so appealing to Americans? It's an institution here now in Seattle during the holidays. The New York Times dances around the subject to find some answers.
City Arts gives a hearty...
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Experience Willy Wonka is Smell-O-Vision at SIFF Cinema this weekend for an all-sensory twist on the classic film.
Christmas spirit hits the stage
With heart of the holiday season upon us and Christmas approaching in fifteen days, ‘tis the...
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Last month, Tomiko Jones, featured in this month's Curator's Eye, "Tomiko's Floating World," transformed a water detention facility in the Bel-Red subarea into a work of art using video projected onto three sail-like screens arranged around...
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Flood, featured in today's Spotlight, is only one aspect of the talented Ryan Molenkamp's career. Also known as "Molo", the Seattle painter has written for City Arts quite a bit in the past, and he's perhaps best known for the series of...
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The Revolutionary War is reexamined in On The Boards' show Gloria's Cause, playing tonight through Sunday.
Revolutionary rock
The Revolutionary War meets dance meets rock music in On The Boards' current production, Gloria's Cause, ...
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Congratulations, Matt Browning.
He got the vote last night at the Best of Art Walk Awards Grand Finale, and took home the $1,000 cash prize. (Read about all six of the nominated artists in our previous post here.)
Here's a bit...
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I love Google Street Views. If I'm bored, a lot of times I'll find myself moving through the streets of some foreign city on the service. The vehicles that take pictures for this service have often times picked up some very disturbing images...
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In this month's Ampersand, Serrah Russell put together a beautiful collection of photos called time-proof. Though they are all great, the picture below stood out to me.
A lot like watching the 2002 film Decasia (though not as depressing...
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The openings you don't want to miss at the most popular Art Walk around the Sound.
Cut bank, 2010, Ryan Molenkamp, oil on panel. Courtesy of the artist.
Flood by Ryan Molenkamp / Gallery4Culture: As we enter Seattle's wettest month, City...
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Part 3 of our original serial, Your Crooked Neighbor, is here! Check it out now in the Ampersand section online.
In this episode, the narrator goes on a first date with Justin, the guy who randomly asked him out while helping a friend "...
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In the past few weeks, several Seattle cinemas have announced they are closing (or possibly closing), including:
the Uptown
the Neptune
the Columbia City Cinema
Seattle Theatre Group announced yesterday that it was taking over the...
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It has been one heckuva year for art here in Seattle. We've said goodbye to some beloved spaces, such as Howard House, Grey Gallery & Lounge (only temporarily, we're promised) and Lawrimore Project's beloved original location. And we...
