Broaden your horizons at these performances, plays + beyond.

With the disheartening state of the news cycle and a collective unease we can’t help but deeply feel, we’re looking to be uplifted by positive people doing inspiring things. Namely, we’re diving into a season of celebrating the arts—on stages, screens and shelves around town. (Sports feel like a good escape right now, too!)

Seattle Sounders face Houston Dynamo Tuesday for the first round of the Western Conference Championship.

The Seattle Sounders Football Club will look to continue their journey to become the first repeating MLS Champions since 2012 on November 21st at the BBVA Compass Stadium against the Houston Dynamo. The Sounders will have history against them as they have never been victorious in their MLS franchise history in Houston.

American Express once again held its annual “Hawks Island” in Seattle on October 1st, hosting several hundred American Express Card Members and American Express-accepting merchants on a 200-foot+ barge (the length of more than two basketball courts) at Pier 66. For the second consecutive year we had the chance to attend this fun pre-game experience. Hawks Island is definitely a must go if you are a casual or diehard Seahawks fan like myself.