City Arts Fest isn't just about music--there's actual art, too. more ›

You could be the lucky winner to take home one of four pairs of tickets to a City Arts Festival concert. The shows include Robyn, Felice Brothers, Blue Sky Black Death and Blackalicious. And you love free stuff, right? more ›

A temporary stand that sells top-notch pies? Of course. Why not? This is Seattle, after all. more ›

October is nicknamed Rocktober for good reason. The fall touring season has officially begun and there are more choices than ever no matter what kind of music lover you may be. This week is chock-full of musical goodness due to the City Arts Music Festival. City Arts has surprised us all with the heavy hitters the small local publication has managed to book throughout the city for the next four days. Seattlest is excited to be at many of the goings on throughout the fest. For the next few days we'll tell you where we're planning to be and why you should be there too. Let the insanity begin! more ›

If there is one thing we have learned in the last two months, it’s that summer is so last year. It’s all about fall, or if you’re one of those people, autumn. We’re going to pretend that August is all one big hazy dream and pray for the rains to come and wrap us in their gray, miserable, damp arms. (In case you can’t tell, we’re from here.) more ›

The March issue of City Arts, now on the streets, features an eye-opening Dish-Off. Two chefs must each prepare a dish interpreting Gnarls Barkley's "Blind Mary," a song about a guy who loves a girl because she's blind and doesn't know he's ugly. more ›

Each month, City Arts' Dish-Off challenges two chefs to prepare a dish based on a song. This month's may be the most provocative to date. more ›

This year in Sound magazine turned City Arts, "Dish-Off" challenged chefs at 28 restaurants to create dishes based on songs with food ingredients in the title. The outcomes were interesting, from Olivar's Weezer-inspired pork and beans, to Il Fornaio's white chocolate space eggs--with the Liz Phair song playing in the background. more ›

We've reported about lots of amazing plates in Dishin', many coming from the monthly "Dish-Off" in Sound magazine. The Dish-Off concept continues, as two restaurants interpret a given song as food, but the venue has changed, with Sound magazine now merged with City Arts. And with that merger, chefs now prepare just one plate each instead of multi-course meals. more ›

At last week's First Thursday in Pioneer Square, we happened upon Molly Norris' exhibit at the Marni Muir Gallery and were all the better for it. Culture Complex: Editoons is described in the promotional literature as "illustrated satire and thoughts in both 2- and 3-D by this local writer, artist, and filmmaker," but we'd call it "New Yorker cartoons if they were actually funny." more ›

Seattlest bit on New City Arts' "Build a Bench in a Day" class last year, knowing little about the woodworking studio on Lower Queen Anne that runs classes via Pratt. more ›