Your next visit to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport will include the sights and sounds of northwest music. The Sea-Tac Airport Music Initiative, Experience the City of Music -- a cooperative effort by the Port of Seattle, Seattle Music Commission and PlayNetwork-- launches this week to showcase the northwest region's music culture. The Sea-Tac Airport Music [More]

Join Mayor Mike McGinn, the Seattle City Council, City Attorney Peter Holmes, and city departments for a City Hall Open House, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28. City Hall is at 601 Fifth Ave. The event will feature a Q&A with elected officials, tours of the offices of the mayor [More]

Are you a library user? Does your organization use the library? Do you perform at the library?  Do you hold joint programming with the library? The Seattle Public Library wants to hear from you! Give your input on priorities for improvement at a community meeting, 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28, [More]

  Jon Rosen, new Seattle Arts Commission Chair. Photo by Martin Genev.   We're pleased to announce the recent appointments of three new members to the Seattle Arts Commission. Mayor Mike McGinn appointed landscape architect and urban designer Jeff Benesi of Mithun. With more than 30 years of experience, Benesi’s portfolio [More]

      Ludovic Morlot, music director, Seattle Symphony. Photo by Ben VanHouten.   Don't miss this! The Seattle Symphony will perform a free community concert at City Hall, 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 25. Ludovic Morlot, the symphony’s new music director, will lead the orchestra in a program featuring Weber’s Overture [More]

As the arts are essential in a complete education, we're sharing the news that the Seattle Office for Education (OFE) is seeking requests for qualifications (RFQs) from organizations to support one of four program areas of the city's Families and Education Levy. The $232 million seven-year levy was passed by voters last [More]

The arts create positive ripple effects throughout our communities. Advocate for the arts on Arts & Heritage Day,  Feb. 1. The Washington State Arts Alliance (WSAA) is partnering again this year with the Washington Museum Association to coordinate Arts & Heritage Day, an annual gathering of arts advocates in Olympia where volunteers [More]

Temperatures are rising. Rain is on the way, and the City is shifting its focus to clearing storm drains to prevent localized flooding. The mayor has some tips in this video:  [More]

    Stacy Levy, 2012, Straw Garden: from Wattle to Watershed (proposal drawing).   Stacy Levy will create a temporary artwork at Seattle Center's Broad Street Green as part of its The Next Fifty 50th anniversary celebration. The Broad Street Green—Green Infrastructure Project will address protecting the water quality of local [More]

    Detail of Kate Sweeney's proposed artwork for City Light's North Service Center.   Artists Kate Sweeney and Lanny Bergner will create new artwork for Seattle City Light's North and South Service Center auditoriums, respectively. The North and South Service Centers are hubs for City Light's work. Sweeney is a Seattle [More]