Seattle Upcoming Events
Lost & Found: Searching For Home
Next Up: Wednesday, June 17 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
This exhibition explores the complex relationship between place and belonging through the lens of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) identity. In this exhibit, artists unpack attempts to reconnect with their cultural homelands, through both physical and emotional…
Almost Live! (Almost an Exhibit)
Next Up: Wednesday, June 17 | All Day | Museum of History & Industry
The sketch comedy show Almost Live! aired on KING 5 from 1984 to 1999. It poked fun at regional stereotypes, gave us memorable characters and sketches, and launched local celebrities and national careers. It was a renowned success at a…
Hello Auntie, Hello Uncle: Conversations with Our Elders
Next Up: Wednesday, June 17 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
Hello Auntie, Hello Uncle explores the many roles Elders play in our communities, celebrates their lives and achievements, and honors the wisdom gained with time. This exhibit elaborates on who an Elder can be and what a society that values…
Free Films For Tacoma Students @ The Grand Cinema! Free
Next Up: Wednesday, June 17 | All Day | The Grand Cinema
The Grand Cinema is pleased to participate in a pilot program funded by Tacoma Creates. Students and EBT/Quest card holders living within Tacoma city limits may now attend most* public showings at The Grand Cinema. Any student of any age…
Permanent Collection: Nordic Journeys
Next Up: Wednesday, June 17 | All Day | National Nordic Museum
The National Nordic Museum’s core exhibition, Nordic Journeys, spans centuries, from prehistoric migrations to Viking adventures to modern-day challenges and triumphs. Go on a journey across 1.3 million square miles and twelve thousand years to explore the Nordic region. Then…
But I'm a Cheerleader – Craft Night
Next Up: Wednesday, June 17 | 7:00pm | The Grand Cinema
It's Craft Night at the Grand! We'll keep lights up for the movie and encourage all attendees to bring a craft or project to work on while they watch socially. Don't have a craft? Snag a craft kit from Puget…
The Handmaiden
Next Up: Wednesday, June 17 | 7:00pm | SIFF Film Center
10th anniversary! With special intro from Hannah Baek at the May 31st showing.Park Chan-wook’s twisty, kinky, divinely decadent period thriller, set in a Japanese-occupied 1930s Korea that’s imagined with baroque flourish by set designer Ryu Seong-hee, follows a hired handmaiden…
Summer Asian ArtsFest
Next Up: Wednesday, June 17 | 7:30pm | Theatre Off Jackson
Drama! Visual Art! Musical Theatre! Beatboxing! And more, as Pork Filled Productions (PFP),in association with Theatre Off Jackson (TOJ), presents the first Summer Asian ArtsFest, June16 to 20, at TOJ (409 7th Ave. S. in Seattle's International District). Doors open…
Lessons from the Institute of Empathy
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Three Empathics have moved into Seattle Art Museum and are a central feature to the latest installation imagined in our African art galleries. The popular and immersive ChimaTEK: Virtual Chimeric Space by contemporary artist Saya Woolfalk was first shown in…
Diego Cibelli: Fiori dei Miei Habiti / La Montagne Enchantée
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
SAM’s ornate Porcelain Room features an evocative ceiling fresco, The Triumph of Valor over Time (ca. 1757) by the greatest Venetian artist of the eighteenth century, Giovanni Tiepolo. Contemporary artist Diego Cibelli presents a site-specific response to the famous painting…
Chris Kallmyer: Song Cycle
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Song Cycle is a kinetic sculpture featuring ever-changing poetry. Part imagined, part remembered, and part observed, the revolving text is continually inscribed and reinscribed by a 256-character split-flap readymade sign reminiscent of the arrival and departure boards seen at airports…
Qiu Zhijie: Map of the History of Science and Technology
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park
For the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park, the artist designed a Map of the History of Science and Technology. In this project, Qiu interweaves scientific and technical advancements in Asia and the West from ancient to contemporary times. The…
A Room for Animal Intelligence
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
We, the animals of the world, invite you to meet with us at SAM. One hundred representatives are waiting to talk about what we see happening on our planet. A few of us share your couch, while others of us…
Samantha Yun Wall: What We Leave Behind
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Samantha Yun Wall’s new paintings use overlapping silhouettes of female figures as portals to unknown spaces and different temporal realms. Impetus for the new body of work is a Korean folk tale in which the Pasque flower is symbolic of…
DRIFT: Meadow
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Art’s capacity to delight and to make you curious is a characteristic trait of the Netherlands-based studio DRIFT, founded in 2007 by Dutch artists Lonneke Gordijn (born 1980) and Ralph Nauta (born 1978). The duo leads a multidisciplinary team that…
Monochrome: Calder and Tara Donovan
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
At times reminiscent of biological structures and geological formations, Tara Donovan’s work elevates mass-produced industrial materials, such as tar paper, drinking straws, or the silvery metal rings of slinky toys, into mesmerizing installations. Her cumulative process transfigures the mundane into…
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads Free
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park
Get up close with Ai Weiwei's Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads (2010) at the Olympic Sculpture Park, where you can walk among these monumental sculptures. Consisting of 12 zodiac head sculptures arranged in an arcing semicircle, each animal in Circle of…
Beyond Mysticism: The Modern Northwest
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Seattle Art Museum
Inspired by the region’s natural beauty and rapidly changing city, this exhibition showcases artists who told the raw story of Seattle in the 20th century. By sharing the Pacific Northwest’s perspective through trending art styles—including Social Realism, Surrealism, and Abstract…
Eric-Paul Riege: ojo|-|ólǫ́
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
ojo|-|ólǫ́ (pronounced oh-ho hol-ohn) is an exhibition of recent and newly commissioned work by Diné artist Eric-Paul Riege (b. 1994, Na’nízhoozhí [Gallup, New Mexico]) that includes sculpture, textile, collage, and video, activated by moments of performance. Across this work, Riege…
Charlene Liu: Scallion
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Henry Art Gallery
Charlene Liu (b. 1975, Taiwan; based in Eugene, OR) creates paintings, prints, and mixed media installations that blend family histories, cultural references, and decorative patterns. Liu incorporates wide-ranging traditions into her imagery, drawing from nature, food, still life painting, and…
Boren Banner Series: Chloe King
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Frye Art Museum
Chloe King’s vividly layered, monumental compositions project a surreal vision of contemporary existence. For their Boren Banner—the artist’s first museum presentation in Seattle—King extends their ongoing inquiry into the politics of the dance floor, exploring Queer nightlife as a site…
Jonathan Lasker: Drawings and Studies
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Frye Art Museum
For over five decades, American artist Jonathan Lasker has approached the elements of painting like a puzzle—taking it apart, turning the pieces, and putting it back together in new ways. Drawings and Studies offers a close look at how his…
Frye Salon + Jonathan Lasker
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Frye Art Museum
Frye Salon is both a fixture and a living experiment—an ever-evolving installation that invites fresh perspectives on the museum’s founding-era collection. The gallery features more than one hundred paintings in a floor-to-ceiling presentation mode known as “salon style,” recalling the…
Tom Lloyd
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Frye Art Museum
Artist, activist, and community organizer Tom Lloyd (1929–1996) was an early pioneer of using electric light as an artistic medium. Working in collaboration with an engineer at the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), Lloyd developed a radically experimental practice in…
The Sky Is a Diasporic Space by YouthCAN
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
The Sky is a Diasporic Space is YouthCAN’s newest exhibit, exploring collective memory through art. In response to ongoing attacks on migrant communities, students created original works while learning how creativity has supported solidarity movements globally. The exhibit features block…
Ten Thousand Things
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
Curated by award-winning public radio podcast host and former civic poet Shin Yu Pai, Ten Thousand Things is an exploration of the objects that shape our identities, histories, and cultural narratives. Inspired by her experience cataloging artifacts at the Wing…
DISplace
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | All Day | Wing Luke Museum
Co-curated by Native Hawaiian artist and kapa-maker, Lehuauakea, and artist and educator, Kanani Miyamoto, this exhibition sheds light on the often-overlooked histories and movement of people who connect Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Northwest since the arrival of the first documented…
Parisa Ghaderi | The Wrong Order Free
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | 2:00pm | ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery
Artist BioParisa Ghaderi is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and curator. Born and raised in Iran, she earned her Master of Fine Arts from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.Her work has been…
Family Cartoon Happy Hour Free
Next Up: Thursday, June 18 | 6:00pm | Central Cinema
It's the Happiest Hour for the whole family! Two hours of classic cartoons to get your weekend started off right. Every Thursday 5:00 until 7:00.
Juneteenth: Day of Celebration Free
Next Up: Friday, June 19 | 3:00pm | Vashon Center for the Arts
Join us for a joyful and meaningful Juneteenth Day of Celebration at Vashon Center for the Arts—a gathering rooted in history, culture, and community.Juneteenth became a federal holiday in 2021, marking a long-fought recognition of emancipation and the enduring legacy…
Movie Night: Do The Right Thing
Next Up: Friday, June 19 | 7:00pm | Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.Runtime: 2 hours with an intermission
Xian Conducts Beethoven 9
Next Up: Friday, June 19 | 8:00pm | Benaroya Hall
Our 2025/2026 season culminates with the ultimate symphony — Beethoven’s Ninth, featuring an all-star cast of soloists chosen by Music Director Xian Zhang and joined by the massed forces of the Seattle Symphony Chorale. Revolutionary, epic and at 200 years…
Proto Kelp Free
Next Up: Saturday, June 20 | All Day | METHOD Gallery
A non-profit, non-commercial, entirely volunteer-run installation gallery in Seattle's Pioneer Square.
Free Family Flick: Nimona Free
Next Up: Saturday, June 20 | 10:00am | The Grand Cinema
FREE FAMILY FLICK! The third Saturday of each month, The Grand Cinema welcomes guests of all ages to a family-friendly movie for free! Doors open at 9:30 am and movies start at 10:00 am. Seating is first-come, first-served. All children…
Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
Next Up: Saturday, June 20 | 12:00pm | SIFF Film Center
With any and all things crypto being pushed by celebrities, influencers, and politicians alike, actor-turned-author and director Ben McKenzie decides to investigate. Leveraging his celebrity status to gain access to eager prospectors, McKenzie finds himself unraveling the loosely regulated world…
VCA's 60th Birthday Bash Free
Next Up: Saturday, June 20 | 3:00pm | Vashon Center for the Arts
Join us as we celebrate 60 years of Vashon Center for the Arts with a joyful, all-ages Birthday Bash on Saturday, June 20, from 3–6pm!For six decades, VCA has been a place where creativity thrives, stories are shared, and community…
Adolescence of Utena
Next Up: Monday, June 22 | 7:30pm | Northwest Film Forum
ADOLESCENCE OF UTENA is a standalone genre classic that brings together the creative genius of director Kunihiko Ikuhara (REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA, SAILOR MOON), writer Yoji Enokido (EVANGELION franchise), and art director Shichiro Kobayashi (ANGEL’S EGG) with J.A. Seazer’s transcendent music…
All the President’s Men in 35mm
Next Up: Thursday, June 25 | 7:00pm | SIFF Film Center
In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward (Redford) covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and…
STANCE: What Trans Joy Sounds Like
Next Up: Thursday, June 25 | 7:30pm | Vashon Center for the Arts
Celebrate Pride weekend with an evening of powerful music, community, and joy as the Seattle Trans and Nonbinary Choral Ensemble (STANCE) brings their Spring 2026 concert, What Trans Joy Sounds Like, to the stage.This vibrant and moving performance is a…
Blue Heron
Next Up: Saturday, June 27 | 11:30am | SIFF Film Center
Award-winning director Sophy Romvari’s feature debut is a lyrical and profound testament to the things we carry with us, masterfully chronicling the haze of a languid summer and the hyaline clarity of the moments that defined it.In the late 1990s…
A Journey to Oz
Next Up: Saturday, June 27 | 4:00pm | Tacoma Armory
Step onto the yellow brick road as dancers of all ages bring “A Journey to Oz” to life. Your registration helps our community celebrate storytelling through movement and supports inclusive arts opportunities across the Pacific Northwest.
The Washington K-Ensemble Presents: Begin Again, Dream Anew
Next Up: Sunday, June 28 | 5:00pm | Federal Way Performing Arts & Event Center
The Washington K-Ensemble (formerly Washington Chamber Ensemble), a premier Korean choral group, proudly invites you to its 14th Annual Concert. Experience a captivating program featuring the majestic sounds of a live orchestra paired with sacred hymns and crossover hits. The…
Poison
Next Up: Monday, June 29 | 7:30pm | Northwest Film Forum
35th anniversary of Todd Haynes's New Queer Cinema classic.The second feature directed by Haynes, this groundbreaking American indie was one of the most fervently debated film of the early 1990s and a trailblazing landmark of queer cinema. A work of…
Rubber’s Lover
Next Up: Tuesday, June 30 | 7:30pm | Northwest Film Forum
30th anniversary screening of the cyberpunk nightmare underground classic in memory of makeup effects artist Yoshihiro Nishimura (TOKYO GORE POLICE) and director Shozin Fukui. Presented in a new 4K remaster.Rogue scientists conduct sadistic experiments, pushing the boundaries of sensory overload…
Free Admission @ Seattle Asian Art Museum Free
Next Up: Thursday, July 2 | All Day | Seattle Asian Art Museum
This 1933 Art Deco building in lush Volunteer Park is SAM’s original home and the location of our extensive Asian art collection, making it one of the most beloved treasures in our creative, cultured, and curious city. Seattle Art Museum…
Free Admission at the National Nordic Museum Free
Next Up: Thursday, July 2 | 10:00am | National Nordic Museum
On the First Thursday of every month, general admission to the Museum is free!
11th Annual Star-Spangled Spectacular Free
Next Up: Thursday, July 2 | 7:30pm | Benaroya Hall
This FREE annual concert, conducted by Dr. John Falskow, will celebrate 250 years of freedom and independence for our nation. Benaroya’s stage will ignite with energy, color, and festive music in honor and celebration of America’s birthday. The concert will feature a…
First Friday Art Walk
Next Up: Friday, July 3 | 5:00pm | Collective Visions Gallery
In Downtown Bremerton and Manette you will find businesses and galleries that host local artists to show their fine art, ceramics, sculpture and other creations. Every month has different entertainment and live music sprinkled in breweries and cafes. Many businesses…
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar – Craft Night
Next Up: Wednesday, July 15 | 7:00pm | The Grand Cinema
It's Craft Night at the Grand! We'll keep lights up for the movie and encourage all attendees to bring a craft or project to work on while they watch socially. Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme (Patrick Swayze) and Noxeema Jackson (Wesley…
Free Family Flick: Surf's Up Free
Next Up: Saturday, July 18 | 10:00am | The Grand Cinema
FREE FAMILY FLICK! The third Saturday of each month, The Grand Cinema welcomes guests of all ages to a family-friendly movie for free! Doors open at 9:30 am and movies start at 10:00 am. Seating is first-come, first-served. All children…
Seattle Art Fair
Next Up: Thursday, July 23 | All Day | Lumen Field Event Center
Seattle Art Fair, a one-of-a-kind showcase for the vibrant arts community of the Pacific Northwest, and a leading destination for the best in modern and contemporary art, returns for its tenth edition, July 23–26, 2026. Working alongside Beneficiary Partner Seattle…
MOURNING SICKNESS VOL. 5: 9 to 5
Next Up: Saturday, July 25 | 8:00pm | Northwest Film Forum
7:30PM - DOORS8:00PM - SPECIAL INTRODUCTION WITHMISS MONDAY MOURNING8:30PM - SHOWTIME!What begins as another miserable day in corporate purgatory for three overworked women under the rule of their sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot of a boss spirals into a laugh-out-loud…
Free Family Flick: The Goonies Free
Next Up: Saturday, August 15 | 10:00am | The Grand Cinema
FREE FAMILY FLICK! The third Saturday of each month, The Grand Cinema welcomes guests of all ages to a family-friendly movie for free! Doors open at 9:30 am and movies start at 10:00 am. Seating is first-come, first-served. All children…
Mamma Mia! – Craft Night
Next Up: Wednesday, August 19 | 7:00pm | The Grand Cinema
It's Craft Night at the Grand! We'll keep lights up for the movie and encourage all attendees to bring a craft or project to work on while they watch socially.A spirited young bride-to-be (Amanda Seyfried) living with her single mother…
Labyrinth - Craft Night
Next Up: Wednesday, September 16 | 7:00pm | The Grand Cinema
It's Craft Night at the Grand! We'll keep lights up for the movie and encourage all attendees to bring a craft or project to work on while they watch socially.Frustrated with babysitting on yet another weekend night, Sarah (Jennifer Connelly)…
MOURNING SICKNESS VOL. 5: Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Next Up: Saturday, October 24 | 8:00pm | Northwest Film Forum
7:30PM - DOORS8:00PM - SPECIAL INTRODUCTION WITHMISS MONDAY MOURNING8:30PM - SHOWTIME!A mysterious inheritance brings horror hostess Elvira to the most uptight town imaginable, where pearl-clutching locals and a dangerously low neckline collide in one of the silliest and spookiest camp…