If you see Mario, Lara Croft, Link, or even Pikachu wandering around downtown Seattle this weekend, you can thank the West Coast’s most popular gaming event, PAX West. Think of it as the Burning Man for gamers — PAX West is celebrating its 20th anniversary at the Seattle Convention Center from Aug. 30 to Sept. 2. What began as a small gathering of 4,500 people in Bellevue in 2004 has since moved to Seattle and become a major event, now drawing more than 100,000 people annually. Visit Seattle is projecting an economic impact of $21.9 million for PAX West this year…

Nearly 40 years ago, in 1985, the city of Seattle passed Ordinance 11237, the Teen Dance Ordinance (TDO) — a piece of legislation that essentially banned teen dances outside of schools and barred anyone under the age of 18 from attending a concert without a chaperone. If visions of a young, tank-top-clad Kevin Bacon clandestinely rage-dancing around an abandoned warehouse are starting to edge into your mind, then you’re not far off from reality…

As a barista of three years, I’ve come to admire the many different types of coffee and the people who drink them…

Stroll down the streets of Belltown over the next five days, and you’re likely to see scissor lifts and cherry pickers hoisting local artists up the sides of buildings, with paint cans tucked around the corners of alleys, and a new bloom of vibrant color throughout the entire neighborhood…

James Robinson is set to become the fifth person to lead Seattle Opera in its 61-year history…

Seattle Art Fair is officially open, kicking off its weekend-long run with a packed party at the Lumen Field Event Center last night. Abuzz with the who’s who of the Seattle art scene perusing booths from more than 90 international galleries, the fair had a fresh energy that seemed lacking over the past few years….

It’s a busy week for art in the Emerald City. The summer’s flagship event, the Seattle Art Fair opens its eighth iteration this week with a bevy of new programs, collaborations, and creative partnerships. Held once again at the Lumen Field Event Center, the fair is just a stone’s throw away from Pioneer Square, where…

For me, moving around The Eagle, taking it in outside of traditional gallery walls and interacting with it, choosing how I saw the work, was a totally new way to experience art…

When architect Ian Butcher signed on to design an outdoor space for a local philanthropist and art collector, it turned out to be a double dose of revisiting the past…

After more than 30 years of active involvement in Seattle’s art scene, Mary Ann Peters finally has her first solo museum show…

This tree is dead — Seattle Parks and Recreation had decapitated it — but to Edwin Fountain, it is a canvas. A piece of marble. A sculpture waiting to emerge. I ask him what it’s going to be.
“I don’t know,” he says. “I’m waiting for it to tell me.”