About Us

Three Editions, All Puget Sound Art

The three monthly editions of City Arts magazine for Seattle, Eastside and Tacoma cover the vibrant and distinct culture of each city: visual art, music, film, theatre and much more. Together, they form the best picture of what’s happening right now in the arts all around Puget Sound.

Throughout Seattle, the Eastside and Tacoma, each edition is available free at coffee shops, libraries, and on the street, in our bright red, old-fashioned news boxes. Every month, three unique editions are a released in a glossy, colorful and stylish format that gives readers the best way to see art and artists, in full-color with stunningly sharp imagery.

City Arts fills its pages with sophisticated and inclusive editorial coverage of the hottest local artists, musicians, writers and those looking to foster a strong and active arts community.

Pick up your copy today and check out our online archives of past issues to see some of the most amazing theatre companies, dance groups, bands and just plain creative people in the Puget Sound.

City Arts History is the Story of Northwest Art

City Arts is a publication of Encore Media Group, a family-owned, Northwest-based publishing company for arts media that produces Encore Arts Programs and is currently celebrating its 40th anniversary.

Since launching its inaugural issue as a bimonthly publication for Tacoma in September 2006, City Arts magazine has traveled a significant distance. In three years we have added two separate magazines for Seattle and the Eastside, increased circulation to monthly in all three markets, launched an expanded Web site and blog (the CAB) and teamed up with Seattle's Sound magazine, to continue strengthening local coverage of Northwest arts and music.