The annual foodie fest has outgrown its week-long time slot into a fortnight of curated prix fixe menus across the Puget Sound. As a taste of what's to come, Fremont's Italian Fiasco dinner starts with a fresh beetroot and citrus combo or spicy prawns; across the water, How To Cook A Wolf's mains feature options from agnolotti to create di gato. 

The Ballard pizza joint hosts a dinner series helmed by the vessels of recipe know-how themselves. For the inaugural night, cookbook author Becky Selengut sets out to change your mind about sunchokes, rutabaga, and eggplant with a five-course meal—and wine pairings. 

The Northgate institution boasts new exhibitions every quarter; the spring show centers art that doubles as resistance against a white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchal world. Posters, zines, and ephemera—some crafted by the public in the gallery's opening reception—populate the space in a road map of movements past, present, and future.

Historically, Japanese washi paper served as a conduit for calligraphy, painting, and printmaking; a new generation of artists take the versatile material three-dimensional. Abstract sculptures, lyrical folding screens, highly textured wall pieces, and dramatic weavings fill Bellevue's art house with new iterations of washi.  

Light artists lend their maximalist works to Pioneer Square common spaces through the month of April. A glowing walking tour weaves through window displays and outdoor sculptures best viewed after sundown.

Portland-based artist Jessica Jackson Hutchins' work runs the gamut: relief paintings, needlepoint work, furniture sculptures, and vaguely wearable art. Look for her fingerprints all over the Frye: The art house's rotunda entryway holds a richly textured, two-story fused-glass window commissioned for the gallery. 

"Live Laugh Love" was a pandemic project that drips with the Washington-born band's goofball wit and feminist satire. The riot grrrl–inspired band tours in support of this 2024 release with a hometown show at the Belltown venue. 

On Seattle Symphony's rare free evening, their artists meld with those from Puget Sound’s First Nations for a program centered on our local land and ancestral history. The Kids In Concert group also lends talents for a side-by-side performance.

The three brothers of multi-platinum indie pop band AJR are growing up, and their recent release follows suit: the record melds personal stories with creative soundtracks primed for stadium audiences. Their Climate Pledge show promises a dreamy and highly-energetic atmosphere.

The headliner of Pacific Northwest Ballet's three-piece lineup features 54 dancers moving as one mesmerizing organism. If that's not stunning enough, Shaker-inspired "Sweet Fields" and choreographer Jessica Lang's solo work "The Calling" round out a powerhouse program. 

A star-studded production and cast list ensure the Disney classic lives up to any genie's magical potential. The colorful stage adaptation features all the film's classic songs—plus new music written by Tony and Academy Award winner Alan Menken, who wrote the tunes for the 1992 film.

Turns out we're funny up here in the Upper Left. The annual fest's third iteration gathers largely local talent (there's a special pass just to watch hometown acts) with nationally-touring comedians at Belltown venues. It's more than just stand-up: The Rendezvous hosts a pun slam competition, an exclusively queer showcase clears the stage for the best LGBTQIA+ performers, and podcast Dumb Pitches records a live show at Here-After.

The 2022 Pulitzer Prize Winner is reminiscent of Shakespeare’s Hamlet—but stars a young queer Black man. The tale straddles comedy and tragedy with ghost-sightings, family disputes, fatphobia, and love. 

Turns out all those fabled Sasquatch sightings were actually actors Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg in ungodly amounts of prosthetics, filming for this oddball project. Almost a nature documentary, the film is decidedly a weird, whimsical showcase of familial ties and might inspire more questions than answers. 

Bill Porter, better known under pen name Red Pine in more than 30 published works, is the portal through which audiences glimpse enlightenment drawn from mountain solitude and ancient Chinese poetry in director Ward Serrill's film. The Seattle premiere is followed by a moderated conversation and book signing with Red Pine and a director Q&A.

Multi-faceted talent—she's a writer, director, editor, and star—Vera Drew crafts The People's Joker script from her own life, rendering a documentary air to the psychedelic, uber creative film. The DIY parody take on the classic thriller centers a closeted trans girl in Gotham City in hopes of making it big as a comedian. 

The brightest minds in Seattle's culinary scene lend their creative genius to support United Way King County. Benefit-goers indulge in eats from 2024 James Beard Award finalists Kristi Brown and Melissa Miranda—just two of a lineup so deep it has seven decorated chefs—and jam to Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service.

The downtown art museum transforms into a family-friendly curiosity cave with storyteller Tania Hino's interactive story time, Samba music and dance, tiny circus acts to try, artists on hand to create alongside young minds, and a film about the kinetic art of Alexander Calder.

A cocktail of poetry, short film, workshops, and community building creates Cadence: a festival highlighting the emerging medium of video poetry. One 73-minute "short" film explores recreating identity, the Frye screens a handful of mini films capped with a discussion from international filmmakers, and workshops for the next gen of talent abound.

Seattle Soup Lady Caroline Wright can't deliver hearty bowls to cancer patients without support. Her fundraising event is an eclectic mix of soup, ceramics, and storytelling: attendees claim a handmade bowl to fill with favorite recipes, a soup photographer and soup watercolorist chat on the food as an artistic subject, and the Barrel Thief's wine bar fills glasses. 

Groovy-looking Museum of Pop Culture has a fresh flagship exhibition that asks the big questions: What is pop culture, anyway? Who decides? Curatorial and collections staff walk members through "Massive," giving away insider design secrets, hidden details, and behind-the-scenes knowledge. 

Scientist George Divoky came across a small seabird colony on Alaska's remote Cooper Island in the 1970s. Studying the birds has become somewhat of an obsession, and he's returned every year since. The bird's population has swelled with conservation efforts and crashed with sea ice melt, all outlined in a forthcoming documentary. Attendees catch a preview of the film and hear about the impacts of recent Cooper Island research. 

Swinging a Duluth, Minnesota guesthouse door wide open transports audiences back to 1934. Rousing renditions of 20 legendary Bob Dylan songs ("Forever Young," "Like A Rolling Stone") bring the lively, Tony Award-winning musical to life.

Slow burn pop songs with love right smack dab in the middle? Enter indie trio Cigarettes After Sex, touring in support of their yet-to-be-released third studio album, X. 

"Dream On" singer Steven Tyler—who is 76 years old—will be back on stage following a fractured larynx to finish out the rock band's farewell tour this fall. Forever dynamic performers, the five piece makes even the largest stadiums feel like a raucous club; pre-injury tour reviews promise the band peaces out with loads of rock style.