Arts & Culture
Artifacts: Ink Queen
Known as Seattle’s First Lady of Tattoo, Vyvyn Lazonga paved the way for women in the industry—both as artists and clients.
Upon my arrival at Madame Lazonga’s Tattoo parlor, I can’t help but notice that one of the windows is boarded up. After welcoming me inside the corner space on Western Avenue, just across the street from Pike Place Market, owner Vyvyn Lazonga informs me about a recent burglary. The thieves spared most things of monetary…
Ways to Support Women in Seattle This March
Where to gather, shop, connect, and explore around Seattle.
This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is “Give to Gain,” a concept that encourages generosity and collaboration, which in turn will expand opportunities and support for women. In an ever-uncertain world where it can feel like women’s rights are backsliding several decades, solidarity, investment, and support are as important as ever. So how can…
Becoming Bruce Lee
Seattle Children’s Theatre’s 'Young Dragon' traces how five formative years in Seattle shaped a global icon and reminds young audiences that excellence is built, not born.
The dragon first appears as a flicker. Bruce Lee is not yet the untouchable icon of posters and slow-motion flying kicks. He’s a teenager with a temper, wrestling with a little hot dragon inside him—the fire that flares before he knows what to do with it. It’s a feeling many kids (and adults) in the…
Photo Essay: Steady Trails
Words and photographs by Tiffanie Yang.
Every friday, I get the same text message from my parents: “Where are you hiking this weekend? Don’t forget to send us photos!” It’s a simple reminder of how deeply living in Washington has defined who I am today. Hiking, backpacking, and photography have become more than just hobbies—they’re the driving forces behind my personal…
Sing Her Name
Seattle Women’s Chorus Centers Women’s Stories at Benaroya Hall.
The lights will dim at Benaroya Hall, and 75 voices will rise together. That collective sound has long defined Seattle Women’s Chorus. This weekend, the chorus presents Legacy, a show built around women’s lives and the histories they carry. Onstage February 28 and March 1, Legacy moves between protest songs, contemporary choral works, and familiar…
Going Widescreen with Clouds of the West
The chamber-pop band celebrates the vinyl release of 2025’s earthy and compelling Glass Radio.
When bands get described as having a “cinematic” sound, there’s typically a type of film that’s being evoked: a sweeping epic, a magnum opus, fraught with love and peril, careening across time and space and indulging in the highest of drama. This music may be beautiful and engrossing, but something it rarely feels is natural,…
Slow Burn R&B
South Seattle singer-songwriter Jaymin leans into vulnerability on debut EP Sweet Nothings, a self-recorded project rooted in intention and the city that raised him.
Seattle has long been a city that shapes artists before the rest of the world catches on. For Jaymin, that shaping happened in church choirs, suburban bedrooms turned makeshift studios, and late nights spent writing songs that favored feeling over flash. With the release of his debut EP, Sweet Nothings, the South Seattle–born singer-songwriter, backed…
Under the Big Top With ECHO
Cirque du Soleil’s latest show brings live music, astonishing feats of the human body, and circus magic to Marymoor Park.
The moment the lights dropped inside the Big Top, I squeezed my 11-year-old daughter’s arm. The collective thrill of being packed into the circus tent felt palpable, and you could tell everyone was thinking the same thing. Center stage sat a massive cube. What was it going to do? Crack open? Spit people out? We…
Seattle Center Festál at 30
How community backlash to a Disney plan helped shape one of Seattle’s most expansive cultural traditions.
In the late 1980s, Seattle Center was staring down an identity crisis. The city had hired the Disney Corporation to produce a redevelopment plan for the 74-acre campus—the most significant reimagining since the 1962 World’s Fair. When the final proposal was released, the reaction was immediate. Community groups pushed back, arguing the vision felt imported…
From the Emergency Room to ‘The Pitt’
Bellevue-raised nurse Ned Brower brings real-life experience to one of TV’s most medically accurate dramas.
HBO’s The Pitt, now in its second season, has distinguished itself as one of television’s most realistic medical dramas, earning awards like an Emmy and Golden Globe for Best Drama Series. The show has received widespread praise for its clinical accuracy and emotional intensity. Created by ER alums Noah Wyle, John Wells, and R. Scott…
Nord-West Connection
Food for thought.
There has always been a strong connection between Seattle and the Nordic countries, and the National Nordic Museum’s current exhibition, New Nordic: Cuisine, Aesthetics and Place, is a visual reinforcement straight from Norway. A cross-disciplinary show exploring how New Nordic Cuisine—a culinary movement that developed in Scandinavia in the early 2000s that focuses on using…
Black History Month in Seattle
Events, landmarks, and businesses to support year-round.
Black pioneers first arrived in Seattle in the mid-19th century. The city’s earliest known African American resident was Manuel Lopes, who arrived in 1852 from Cabo Verde. A couple of decades later, African Americans began migrating to the Pacific Northwest from Southern states to work in coal mines. During this period, two Black enclaves began…
A New Year of Influence
Seattle magazine’s Most Influential list kicks off 2026 with leaders across the city.
New year, new issue! As we kick off 2026, Seattle magazine is proud to present this year’s cohort of the Most Influential list, which showcases local leaders in politics, philanthropy, arts, hospitality, and business. Determined, creative, empathetic, humble, and bold are just a few of the words you’ll see describing them—each one has achieved great…
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