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Washington State native Monica Nevi wasn’t all the time a comic—she began out as a collegiate basketball participant, however made a serious profession pivot after sustaining accidents. Nevi has since toured internationally, launched a “comedic guided meditation album,” and appeared in sketches on ESPN’s SportsCenter. I hope she’ll share extra ideas on butts for this set, but it surely’ll be largely holiday-focused, with mistletoe-fresh jokes and different unannounced comedians on the roster. LC
Right here-After on the Crocodile, Belltown (Solar Dec 1)
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Versatile Indian comedian Rahul Subramanian, who’s tapped his humorous bone on every part from stand-up to sketch and improv, will cease by Seattle for a “Hinglish” efficiency (that is a portmanteau of Hindi and English, for those who hadn’t guessed already). I am notably into Subramanian’s stunningly easy life recommendation and his next-level crowd work, the place he follows comedy rule primary: “By no means give the mic to enthusiastic individuals.” LC
Neptune Theatre, College District (Solar Dec 1)
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John Waters, who shall henceforth be generally known as the “anti-Santa,” will glide his perverse sleigh into Seattle for extra Christmas twistedness and vacation jeers. Final 12 months’s efficiency was appropriately filthy—he pulled “celeb blow-up dolls,” “yuletide illnesses with booster photographs that truly get you excessive,” and “kindergarten detention drag exhibits in Florida” out of his huge crimson sack. He may stomp in your completely wrapped presents once more this 12 months, however this night with the cult filmmaker is ideal for these on the holiday-averse finish of the spectrum. Should you’ve been naughty, Waters encourages you to lean into it. LC
Neptune Theatre, College District (Dec 3–4)
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Die Onerous. Scrooged. Nationwide Lampoon’s Christmas Trip. The Gingerdead Man starring Gary Busey. They’re all excellent Christmas films! However my all-time favourite, the one vacation movie that wins out 12 months after 12 months, is The Muppet Christmas Carol. The traditional story is narrated by Gonzo and (the wildly underappreciated) Rizzo the Rat, with Kermit because the earnest Bob Cratchit and Michael Caine because the grumpy Ebenezer Scrooge. However to essentially admire the magic of the film, first learn this fascinating Vulture interview with songwriter Paul Williams. The Muppet Christmas Carol was the primary Muppet film made after Jim Henson died in 1990 and it is also first film Williams scored after getting sober, so all of the heartfelt moments about appreciating life and the individuals you like in songs like “It Feels Like Christmas” and “Grateful Coronary heart” vibrate with real love, grief, and gratitude. Good luck not sobbing your eyeballs out now that you already know that, sorry! Get to this screening no less than half-hour early for a Muppets-related pre-show particular. STRANGER MANAGING EDITOR MEGAN SELING
SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown (Dec 5–8)
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Really feel-bad grindhouse slasher Silent Evening, Lethal Evening follows an axe-wielding Santa’s Christmas Eve punishment of the naughty-listers on the town. Upon its ’84 launch, individuals obtained fussy. The flick impressed what Selection described as a “rising refrain of protests” towards its presumably “traumatizing” depiction of a splatter-happy Santa, and Siskel and Ebert shambled onto their cleaning soap containers to disgrace the movie’s manufacturing crew. In different phrases, it is a whole blast for those who’re into gnarly, low-budget, mean-spirited horror. LC
Grand Phantasm, College District (Dec 6–8)
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Bob Clark’s filmography could possibly be described as “unhinged,” or, on the very least, “eclectic.” The lo-fi zombie schlockfest Youngsters Should not Play With Lifeless Issues was certainly one of his first options, and he’d later go on to direct Porky’s, A Christmas Story, and Child Geniuses. It is cinematic whiplash. Clark’s vacation hunk of horror coal Black Christmas is my favourite of his filmography, although. It is legitimately terrifying and even popularized a persistent horror trope—a homicidal maniac’s cellphone calls come from inside the home. Decked out in twinkle lights, the ’74 flick follows a gaggle of sorority sisters picked off over winter break. It is certainly one of my favorites presently of 12 months. LC
Grand Phantasm, College District (Dec 7–10)
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The BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas sequence broadcasted slow-burn, ethereal chillers every Christmas Eve all through the ’60s and ’70s, so after a full night time of yuletide festivities, Brits might snuggle up for an hour of unusual atmospheres and creepy characters. (If this sounds extremely interesting to you, I agree. I am imagining a live-action model of Edward Gorey’s animated intros for Thriller!) The Beacon will display two of the sequence’ finest movies: The Signalman, tailored from a Charles Dickens story, and Whistle and I will Come to You, tailored from an M.R. James ghost story. LC
The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis (Tues Dec 24)
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Inform the world what you’d do “for those who have been a wealthy man” at this eighth night time of Hanukkah (and Christmas Day) screening of Fiddler on the Roof, which invitations people to sing alongside to the American Jewish musical’s festive hits. Orkestyr Farfeleh will fill the air with playful klezmer music, and Leah’s Kosher Catering can be on web site with free veggie noodle fare. LC
SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown (Wed Dec 25)
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Should you requested me what my plans are for December 25, you may anticipate my reply to be “Christmas stuff.” And you would be partially proper. Like, I will most likely do Christmas stuff within the morning. However come afternoon, I will have one aim. Any notions of tinsel and mistletoe will fade from my consciousness like so many ephemeral snowflakes. The sky will darken. A fanged creature will launch untold terrors upon nepo child Lily-Rose Depp. And I, pricey reader, can be seated for Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu. Think about such a plan for your self. When has Eggers ever upset us? LC
SIFF Theaters (Opens Dec 25)
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In 2014, New York bar proprietor Greg Boehm briefly reworked his house right into a kitschy Christmas wonderland replete with gewgaws and tchotchkes galore. Now, the pop-up has expanded to greater than 100 places all around the world and can be returning to Belltown’s Rob Roy beginning November 16. Drinks are housed in tacky-tastic vessels, bedecked with fanciful garnishes like peppers and dried pineapple, and christened with irreverent, pop-culture-referencing names just like the “Dangerous Santa,” the “Yippie Ki Yay Mom F****r” (their asterisks, not ours) and the “You’ll Shoot Your Rye Out.” JB
Rob Roy, Belltown (Dec 1–25)
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Cannot select between the exaggerated cheeriness of a Hallmark Christmas film and the trashy delight of a dive bar? Now you do not have to—this seasonal cocktail pop-up situated at The Woods will present a “festive and unpretentious vacation expertise.” Take pleasure in kitsch-tastic decor (together with classic Christmas lights, quirky ornaments, and a photograph wall adorned with actually 1000’s of bows) and a playlist with all of the Christmas requirements, plus a menu of drinks like spiked sizzling cocoa and retro snacks like Beanie Weenies and popcorn in vacation tins. Additionally, preserve your eyes peeled for upcoming occasions resembling ugly sweater events, an après-ski-themed social gathering, and “Soiled Santa” picture ops. JB
The Woods, Capitol Hill (Dec 1–31)
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‘Tis the season for warming wintry libations, from mulled wine to spiked cocoa. Able to get your nog on? The Stranger has you lined with our Vacation Drink Week, a brand new annual custom that debuted final 12 months. And the most effective half? They’re solely 12 BUCKS! For one week solely, you will discover quite a lot of unique holiday-themed drink specials at collaborating bars and eating places round city. Why not spherical up some buddies, bundle up in your coziest apparel, and head out on a self-guided booze tour? One factor’s for sure: these will not be your extraordinary cups of cheer. JB
Varied places (Dec 2–8)
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Regardless of how outdated you might be, nothing will stoke your sense of vacation spirit fairly like a correct afternoon tea with tiers upon tiers of dainty treats. Gown up in your flounciest ensemble and hoist your pinky firmly within the air as you sip tea and snack on candy and savory bites like ras el hanout curried egg salad on Flora Bakehouse milk bread, gingerbread scones, butternut squash and Rogue blue cheese quiches, and pear cranberry hand pies. Vegan, gluten-free, and child choices can be found, so everybody can partake within the festive enjoyable. JB
Cafe Flora, Madison Valley (Dec 9–20)
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As a result of nothing says Christmas like an enormous ship lined in lights, the waters round Seattle will get a bit of extra sparkly as Argosy Cruises’ Christmas Ship docks in waterfront communities alongside the Puget Sound. Those that pay to hop aboard can get pleasure from holiday-themed foods and drinks, a group choir efficiency, and a studying of “’Twas the Evening Earlier than Christmas” in the course of the 90-minute cruise. The ninth Annual Parade of Boats, the place everyone seems to be invited to deck their boats out in lights and take part on the enjoyable, takes place on December 13 with plenty of wonderful shoreside viewpoints for us plebes who do not personal boats. SL
Varied places, Puget Sound (Dec 1–23)
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After two profitable years after which a four-year hiatus, Enchant Christmas is again to rework T-Cellular Park right into a winter wonderland full with an enormous gentle maze, ice skating path, and vendor market. Nightly actions embrace caroling, images with Santa, story time with Mrs. Claus, and a refreshment listing stuffed with seasonal treats. Try the calendar for particular themed nights: You may deliver your doggo to Paws & Claus on December 1 and eight, and have fun Latin traditions and flavors at Fiesta Navideña on December 17. I went to Enchant Christmas on a date again in 2018 and was a bit of underwhelmed by the “maze” facet and sticker-shocked by the worth of sizzling chocolate, however I usually loved my time and assume children would particularly adore it. SL
T-Cellular Park, SoDo (Dec 1–29)
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Seattle Heart’s annual winter pageant kicks off the day after Thanksgiving with an ice-carving spectacle on the Worldwide Fountain that includes roving carolers, fireplace pits, s’mores, and different seasonal treats. To my excessive pleasure, the winter prepare and village show I bear in mind from my childhood continues to be arrange contained in the Armory, which additionally hosts a world bazaar for all of your gifting wants and on-stage leisure all through the month from the likes of the Dickens Carolers, Xmas Maximus, and Higher Seattle Tubachristmas. Subsequent door on the Fisher Pavilion and adjoining garden, attend the second installment of the Seattle Christmas Market, which echoes the favored European custom with glühwein, bratwurst, and procuring. I did not go final 12 months due to the worth, however I peered over the excessive partitions and was tickled to see an enormous weihnachtspyramide or German Christmas pyramid, which is successfully an ornamental carousel that spins from the warmth of candles. (Though this one wasn’t powered by real-life flames, which might be for the most effective.) SL
Seattle Heart, Uptown (Dec 1–31)
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Seize some sizzling cocoa and get cozy with your mates, household, or Hinge date at this wintertime immersive expertise stuffed with large glowing lanterns, every formed like natural world from across the globe. Youngsters and people of us who’re children at coronary heart will get pleasure from a magical world with a forest prepare, tree fairies, and illuminated unicorns (good luck explaining that these do not exist after your children see this show) alongside brilliantly lit peacocks and different winged creatures within the Birds of Paradise zone and monkeys hiding within the Underneath the Jungle Cover. WildLanterns’ 2024 season contains nightly conventional Chinese language cultural performances resembling lion dances, umbrella juggling, face altering, chair balancing, and extra. This 12 months, the zoo has added two adults-only nights on December 5 and January 2 with specialty cocktails and interactive video games. SL
Woodland Park Zoo, Phinney Ridge (Dec 1, 2024–Jan 19, 2025)
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If we ignore the truth that Germans by no means lived there and the Bavarian theme was chosen by a revitalization committee within the ’60s to spice up tourism, we are able to acknowledge Leavenworth is a reasonably cute place, particularly across the holidays. Rejoice the season with dwell caroling and vacation music, images with Santa, gingerbread home competitions, alphorn blowing, and over half 1,000,000 Christmas lights. Performances and actions run by Christmas Eve, however the lights can be up by February—we advocate stopping by within the new 12 months for a magical sparkly expertise with out the crowds. SL
Leavenworth (Dec 1, 2024–Feb 28, 2025)
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It looks like each legacy artist is billing their tour as a “farewell” as of late. It is tough to decipher that are advertising and marketing ploys and that are really their final (Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Highway tour included 330 exhibits throughout 5 years). Contemplating that Cyndi Lauper hasn’t carried out in Seattle since 2018, I am keen to wager that the Ladies Simply Wanna Have Enjoyable Farewell tour is the actual type. Do not miss your (potential) final probability to see the brand new wave icon carry out her traditional hits like “True Colours,” “Time After Time,” “Ladies Simply Wanna Have Enjoyable,” and numerous others. Personally, I hope to listen to the uncredited theme tune for Pee-wee’s Playhouse, by which Lauper sings about Puppetland in her finest Betty Boop impersonation. AV
Local weather Pledge Area, Uptown (Solar Dec 1)
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The Seattle Males’s Refrain will make the yuletide homosexual with a festive, fun-filled efficiency that proclaims itself the Pacific Northwest’s “gayest sing-a-long.” The refrain will carry out dazzling vacation carols, together with revamped songs like “Pink Christmas,” “Pleasure to the World,” a vacation model of “Holding Out for a Hero,” and plenty of extra. Sit up for snazzy Santa costumes, sensational singing, humorous dancing, and a lot of vacation cheer. Whereas all of the performances are family-friendly, this 12 months’s lineup will embrace an abbreviated interactive present on December 21 particularly designed for little ones with brief consideration spans. AV
Varied places and streaming (Dec 1–21)
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Billie Eilish is again on the town to help her third album, Hit Me Onerous and Tender, which leans into dreamy alt-pop with out skimping on the stripped-down vocal ballads she’s recognized for. Whereas most younger pop stars are inclined to sing concerning the fortunes that fame brings, Billie takes a unique strategy, sharing horror tales about her fast rise to stardom by crooning whispers over haunting beats made by her brother Finneas. Though the issues she sings about could also be much less relatable than these shared in her earlier materials, it is her clear vulnerability and simple expertise that makes her so beloved. AV
Local weather Pledge Area, Uptown (Dec 5–6)
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Two winters in the past, my finest good friend and I made a decision to courageous the icy roads and trek to the scenic St. James Cathedral to witness the Seattle Medieval Ladies’s Choir’s annual winter live performance. All the expertise was magical and, dare I say, divine. We cozied up on church pews in our winter coats, surrounded by tapered candles and spiritual artwork, and soaked up medieval chants that concurrently warmed souls and chilled spines. Now, I inform everybody to attend this annual winter live performance. No matter private faith or your information of medieval choral music, the MWC hosts live shows which can be welcoming to all, supplying lyric books with translated lyrics so that you can comply with alongside. AV
St. James Cathedral, First Hill (Sat Dec 7)
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Again within the fever dream that was 2016, I used to be fortunate sufficient to see indie folks deity/Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold play a solo acoustic set on Joanna Newsom’s Divers tour. Whereas I might inform that the gang was upset by the primarily instrumental efficiency, I used to be hypnotized by Pecknold’s improvisational guitar taking part in, which landed someplace between the kinds of John Fahey and Joni Mitchell. Pecknold will return to Seattle together with his First (Final?) Solo Acoustic tour, which is not supporting a specific album—making for the most effective type of present, in my view. Based mostly on latest tour setlists, concertgoers can anticipate a mix of Fleet Foxes staples and covers that appear like they have been plucked proper off my file cabinets—Arthur Russell’s “Shut My Eyes,” Bobbie Gentry’s “Courtyard,” and Judee Sill’s “Loopin’ Alongside Through the Cosmos.” AV
City Corridor Seattle, First Hill (Sat Dec 7)
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Listening to “Kiss Me” looks like consuming an Italian soda—the opening guitar like a mouthful of decedent whipped cream, Leigh Nash’s vocals like candy strawberry syrup, and the addictive refrain like fizzy bubbles. It is no surprise that tune has had numerous pop cultural moments resembling showing on soundtracks just like the 1999 rom-com She’s All That and my favourite teen drama Dawson’s Creek, and lately having fun with a resurgence on TikTok. Sixpence None The Richer is likely to be the solely Christian pop band that does not suck. The band will return to Seattle this winter to have fun their twenty fifth anniversary with materials outdated and new, together with tracks from their new EP, Rosemary Hill. AV
The Crocodile, Belltown (Solar Dec 8)
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Odie Leigh’s latest rise to fame entails a little bit of an oxymoron. Her sound attracts on conventional folks music with finger-picked guitars and narrative lyricism, ensuing within the sorts of songs you’d anticipate to be handed down by generations. As a substitute, her songs made their manner by on-line algorithms, gaining recognition in probably the most trendy manner. In fall 2022, Odie Leigh posted a clip of then-unreleased tune “Crop Circles” and TikTok went wild (9.7 million views and counting!) It is simple for non-zoomers to discredit something found on an app, however Odie Leigh’s expertise is simple. Her guitar taking part in is harking back to folk-blues legends like Elizabeth Cotton and Odetta whereas her voice has a soothing grit followers liken to Janis Joplin. Do not miss Odie Leigh on her Service Pigeon tour, supporting her debut album of the identical identify. AV
The Crocodile, Belltown (Fri Dec 13)
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I’m an everyday listener of the Las Culturistas podcast—a “Reader” to be precise (IYKYK)—so the truth that America’s sweetheart Matt Rogers is returning to Seattle looks like a real Christmas miracle. If you already know something about his podcast with Bowen Yang, then you already know that Rogers loves many issues, together with indie pop sapphics MUNA and Christmastime—so it solely is sensible that his debut album, Have You Heard of Christmas, is devoted to the vacation season (and includes a tune with MUNA). He’ll carry out many mirthful songs from the album, like “Hottest Feminine Up In Whoville,” together with tender yuletide ballads like “I Do not Want It to Be Christmas at All.” AV
Neptune Theatre, College District (Thurs Dec 19)
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When the winter blues cowl the home windows of my thoughts in heaps of snow, there may be one factor that may shovel me out: Vince Guaraldi’s rating to A Charlie Brown Christmas. Just like the best way a string of Christmas lights can rework a chilly, darkish metropolis road right into a twinkling cinematic setting, the opening piano chords of “O Tannenbaum” can immediately uncover the fruits of the season; evoking flannel PJs and sizzling cocoa with huge squishy marshmallows. Once I hear the kids’s choir coo “Christmas Time Is Right here,” it really makes me imagine that there’s “magnificence all over the place.” Guaraldi died practically 50 years in the past, however there are many saints carrying on his legacy. Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist David Benoit, who’s finest generally known as the musical director of 2015’s Peanuts Film, will return to Jazz Alley with vocalist Courtney Fortune for a tribute to Guaraldi’s beloved rating. AV
Jazz Alley, Belltown (Dec 19–22)
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Stanger contributor Nathalie Graham writes: “Thunderpussy virtually didn’t make it. The longer term regarded vibrant for the band after they launched their debut full-length Thunderpussy in 2018. They earned essential acclaim for his or her riff-filled model of ’70s-inspired rock, obtained featured in Rolling Stone as Mike McCready’s ‘favourite new band,’ and ended the 12 months signing to a serious label, Republic Information’s subsidiary Stardog. Within the years that adopted, although, issues took a flip. It wasn’t clear whether or not the band would ever launch a second file, not to mention exist. However, after years stuffed with heartbreak, loss, and uncomfortable however vital metamorphosis, Thunderpussy are again, they usually’re stronger than ever.” The quartet will return to Seattle for a hometown present with tracks off their long-awaited album, West. Do not miss a gap set from British rockers James and the Chilly Gun, whose identify comes from my favourite Kate Bush tune. AV
The Crocodile, Belltown (Sat Dec 21)
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Gregory Porter’s voice is a baritone that makes you are feeling proper at house; as for his model of phrasing, it feels very acquainted (Lou Rawls, Johnny Hartman, Nat King Cole), however it’s also like nothing you’ve gotten heard earlier than. And this is the reason the greatness of Porter isn’t straightforward to explain. Should you take heed to him a technique, he appears to be rooted deeply within the custom of jazz tune, however for those who take heed to him one other manner, you hear a giant, heat, blue voice that strikes concerning the music like some liberated balloon rising and falling within the wind. Porter isn’t standard, but he’s, and for some purpose he simply manages to be each with out deciding on one or the opposite. STRANGER SENIOR WRITER CHARLES MUDEDE
Paramount Theatre, Downtown (Mon Dec 30)
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“Come out to the coast, we’ll get collectively, have just a few laughs.” Or you possibly can head to this Die Onerous musical parody, which blends the motion traditional with pure comedy (plus easy jams and ’80s model) for a snarky twist on the Christmas spirit. Yippee ki-yay, am I proper!? Sketch writers from The Behavior have teamed up with Seattle Public Theater once more for the manufacturing, confirming that no vacation season is full with no few pesky German terrorists. LC
Seattle Public Theater, Inexperienced Lake (Dec 1–22)
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“Final 12 months, a brand new vacation custom was born as ArtsWest despatched 4 of Seattle’s hottest musical theater stars on a comfy retreat to put in writing probably the most good vacation present the world had ever seen,” the theater firm reviews. The ensuing present was such a success that they’ve revived the idea once more this 12 months. Yeah, it is a bit of meta; for those who appreciated the show-about-putting-on-a-show vibe of Saturday Evening, you will most likely dig this festive model of the idea. Snowed In (Once more) pulls from the unabashed merriment of vacation TV specials and facilities 4 of the town’s musical theater giants—Alex Kilian, Ays Garcia, Lauren Drake, and Brandon Riel this time round—to craft tune and dance to have fun “the true which means of the vacations.” LC
ArtsWest, Junction (Dec 1–22)
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If the upcoming vacation season elicits your well-deserved “Bah, humbug,” I like to recommend taking this reliable Yuletide delight for a spin. ACT’s A Christmas Carol, returning for its forty ninth 12 months(!!!), will provide up a bit of Dickensian magic with a bunch of intrusive ghosts and a notably grumpy outdated dude. What could possibly be extra Christmassy than that? LC
ACT – A Modern Theatre, Downtown (Dec 1–27)
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It is The Nutcracker—you already know the premise, but it surely by no means actually will get outdated, does it? Tchaikovsky’s enchanting rating will spring to life once more on this sugar plum-packed rendition of the longstanding vacation custom, full with mice, tin troopers, and a timeless journey to the Land of Sweets. (Scrumptious tip: They promote matching sweets within the foyer throughout intermission, do you have to get a craving.) As an instance you are all Nutcrackered out, although. Listed below are some little-known information that may entice you: The manufacturing’s eight Polichinelle costumes are decked out with 640 black pom-poms, and there are 154 costumes within the present, not counting duplicates. The surroundings is made up of 3,000 sq. yards of material, and 98 yards of fake fur have been used to create the mice. (Personally, there’s nothing like 98 yards of fake fur to get me into the vacation spirit.) LC
McCaw Corridor, Uptown (Dec 1–28)
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Written by revolutionary playwright, poet, and social activist Langston Hughes, Black Nativity first premiered in 1961 and was one of many first off-Broadway performs composed by an African American particular person. This interpretation of the gospel play, offered in partnership with the Hansberry Mission, blends nativity storytelling, dance, and conventional Christmas carols with recent songs. LC
Broadway Efficiency Corridor, Capitol Hill (Dec 4–29)
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Seattle’s personal “Second Woman of Leisure” will return to the stage in December with some Christmassy razzle-dazzle. Alongside Stranger Genius Award-winning composer and musician Chris Jeffries, Dina Martina will ship the surreal comedy and festive tunes for which she’s been recognized and beloved for over 25 years. Buckle in for a vacation fever dream: Martina’s present was described by former Stranger editor Chase Burns as “cozy however disorienting,” and John Waters calls her act “some new type of twisted artwork.” LC
ACT – A Modern Theatre, Downtown (Dec 6–24)
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Host Sarah Marshall’s incisive hit podcast You are Mistaken About challenges viewers beliefs and illuminates forgotten historical past. (How a lot do you actually know concerning the Tonya Harding scandal?) The podcast tackles every part from the Enron collapse to serial killers, and it was named the Podcast of the 12 months on the 2022 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards. Marshall will be part of forces with American Hysteria host Chelsey Weber-Smith for this dwell present, which can provide up comedy, witchy rock and roll by a Fleetwood Mac tribute band, and a large séance to shake off the 365-day hex that was 2024. LC
Moore Theatre, Belltown (Wed Dec 11)
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Rob McPherson (aka the Drunken Tenor) returns for this comedy opera, which will get a bit of topsy-turvy after he is knocked out and despatched to an alternate realm of Christmas ghosts with classes to share. Sound acquainted? The wobbly retelling of a traditional Dickens story guarantees a “flask of recent enjoyable,” so anticipate a fermented twist on the vacation traditional. The sell-out present was described as “charming and spectacular” by Cascade PBS. LC
Opera Heart, Uptown (Dec 11–21)
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This showy burlesque spectacle invitations you to journey to the lascivious Land of the Sweets, which can return for its 18th season with extra sugar plum sexiness and swinging tunes by The Nutcracker Nonette. Anticipate numerous “light-juggling,” plus jazz, ballet, striptease, and songs swirling collectively in a single infectious confection. Yum. (Professional tip for the grown and attractive individuals on the market: All exhibits scheduled after 9 pm are for attendees 21 and over.) LC
Triple Door, Downtown (Dec 11–29)
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Don’t you DARE pout at this “good deranged” (TimeOut New York) jubilee, lest you make the naughty listing of the world’s most fantastic fruitcakes. Jingle All of the Homosexual will stuff your stockings with luminous burlesque, cabaret, dance, drag, and musical performances in a single hilarious celebration of chosen household. In different phrases, they’re making the yuletide homosexual. Get it? It’s Christmas-themed. Bless. LC
Neptune Theatre, College District (Dec 13–15)
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Jinkx Monsoon, the “internationally tolerated Jewish narcoleptic drag queen,” and BenDeLaCreme, the sugary candy RuPaul’s Drag Race icon, will deliver their distinctive mix of bubbly effervescence and quirky realness to the stage for this vacation dragstravaganza. The pair will maximize their joint sleigh and share why they’re the true queens of Christmas cheer, which already appears undebatable. The present will return to city after a wildly profitable run final 12 months; anticipate brand-new songs and a wholesome sprint of spectacle, plus “grownup themes and language.” LC
Moore Theatre, Belltown (Dec 21–24)
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Ho, ho, pricey reader…examine in with Harry, Haggar, and “Roast Beefy Weefy” at this unauthorized parody of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, which has little or no to do with J.Ok. Rowling’s TERFy bullshit and as a substitute celebrates the e-book with self-contained, Thriller Science Theater 3000-style, fourth-wall-breaking schlock. (If you have not but skilled the absurd satire, it is 100% price a hear.) Gown in costume and also you may rating a prize, too. LC
Rendezvous, Belltown (Solar Dec 22)
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Prime dancers from the Nationwide Opera and Ballet of Ukraine will deliver the traditional Hans Christian Andersen fairy story The Snow Queen to life, full with musical motifs by Edvard Grieg, Jules Massenet, Mozart, and Vivaldi. Whereas the manufacturing sounds very swish and magical, I am notably pumped to see the “humorous snowman and fabulous trolls” on stage. Followers of movies like Labyrinth and Valerie and Her Week of Wonders will seemingly dig this frosty ballet—the story follows a nightmarish queen in an icy, surreal realm. LC
Paramount Theatre, Downtown (Tues Dec 24)
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Should you’re not already aware of æbleskiver, permit me to introduce you—these delightfully buttery, puffy, roly-poly pancake balls are a prized Danish delicacy, cooked in a particular cast-iron pan and infrequently served at particular gatherings. Half-Swedish, half-Norwegian writer Pim Pauline Overgaard is right here to offer the standard deal with a contemporary twist in her new cookbook, which presents over 70 varieties, from savory (ricotta salata with grilled corn) to candy (white chocolate hazelnut with candy beet ice cream and candied beet chips). Pim will drop by E-book Larder to do a cooking demo, Q&A, and e-book signing, so you can also grow to be an æbleskiver aficionado. JB
E-book Larder, Fremont (Mon Dec 2)
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As the previous meals editor of the Seattle Put up-Intelligencer and the previous chair of the James Beard Basis’s cookbook committee, award-winning author and cooking teacher Hsiao-Ching Chou boasts some critically spectacular food-writing chops. In her debut cookbook Chinese language Soul Meals and its follow-up Vegetarian Chinese language Soul Meals, Chou supplied accessible guides to creating soul-soothing, belly-warming consolation meals like noodle soup, inexperienced onion pancakes, and potstickers. Now, she’s again with Feasts of Good Fortune, an ode to luxurious vacation meals co-written together with her 17-year-old daughter Meilee Riddle. The e-book explores tuan yuan (the act of coming collectively) with 75 recipes designed for events like Lunar New 12 months, Thanksgiving, and extra. The 2 will be part of KUOW reporter Ruby DeLuna for a dialog concerning the joys of cooking collectively. JB
E-book Larder, Fremont (Tues Dec 3)
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Potawatomi botanist and writer Robin Wall Kimmerer’s good nonfiction bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass, which received the 2014 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award, twines deep Indigenous environmental knowledge with Western science to exhibit how interconnected we’re with nature. I am excited for her latest launch, The Serviceberry, described as “a daring and galvanizing imaginative and prescient for methods to orient our lives round gratitude, reciprocity, and group, primarily based on the teachings of the pure world” and a reminder that “hoarding received’t save us; all flourishing is mutual”—are you able to think about a extra very important message for our present fractured hellscape? JB
City Corridor Seattle, First Hill (Mon Dec 9)
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In celebration of native meals author, chef, and famous pizza fanatic J. Kenji López-Alt’s James Beard Award-winning tome The Meals Lab promoting a million (!) copies since its publication in 2015, E-book Larder will host this occasion at Fremont Abbey. Kenji himself will talk about his trendy traditional cookbook with fellow native writer Molly Wizenberg, cohost of the favored Spilled Milk podcast. He’ll even be signing copies, so you possibly can snag the right reward for the geeky connoisseur in your life. JB
Fremont Abbey Arts Heart, Fremont (Wed Dec 11)
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Angela Garbes, former Stranger staffer and author of Important Labor: Mothering as Social Change, is internet hosting a sequence of conversations on an under-discussed subject: Ladies’s experiences of center age. For this dialogue, she’ll be joined by Japanese Shawnee poet Laura Da’, killer whale knowledgeable Dr. Deborah Giles, and Seattle journalist Putsata Reang, who wrote about her expertise as a Cambodian refugee for Politico in 2021, and has since launched Ma and Me: A Memoir. The speak will middle ideas on “what we would study from orca whales about perimenopausal and postmenopausal sexuality.” As an individual who can be “perimenopausal” in a frighteningly brief variety of years, think about me intrigued. LC
Central Library, Downtown (Thurs Dec 12)
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These days, I have been jealously poring over YouTube movies of German Christmas markets aglow with twinkly lights and stuffed with bustling customers bundled up of their puffy winter coats, buying every part from handmade presents to glühwein. I have been daydreaming of a Yuletide escape to expertise certainly one of these idyllic bazaars for myself, however since that is not going within the playing cards, my subsequent best choice is Seattle’s Christmas Market, the native tackle this Previous-World European custom. The occasion options dwell leisure, over 60 artisan distributors, a lineup of German beers, candy and savory treats, and naturally, the requisite mulled wine to cup in your gloved arms as you peruse the cubicles. Plus, trip a Christmas carousel, embark on a scavenger hunt, and snap selfies with the festive mascots Holly and Jolly. JB
Seattle Heart, Uptown (Dec 1–24)
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City Craft Rebellion has blossomed from its humble, 50-booth beginnings in 2005 to grow to be the most important indie craft occasion in Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Providing a considerate different to mass-marketed vacation presents and large field shops, the winter present will have fun its twentieth anniversary with all of the resin earrings and chunky ceramics your coronary heart needs. You may discover artsy choices from unbiased companies like Sunday’s Dream, Inna Patina, Crunch Provide, and Snowmade. LC
Seattle Heart Exhibition Corridor, Uptown (Dec 7–8)
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Put your cash the place your land acknowledgment is and help the Indigenous group at this curated market and exhibition that includes items from native Native artists. You may select from a variety of presents, together with clothes, jewellery, artwork prints, woodworks, and devices. Already completed along with your vacation procuring? That is tremendous—these high-quality creations can be in model all 12 months spherical, and also you’ve earned a bit of one thing for your self, don’t you assume? SL
Dawn Star Indian Cultural Heart, Magnolia (Dec 21–22)
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If collaborating in a Turkey Trot did not sate your inclination to pound the pavement within the chilly, signal as much as run or stroll the total or half Seattle Marathon, whose course will wind over hills and throughout bridges. Present forecasting predicts little to no rain on race day, so I will preserve my fingers crossed for all you weekend warriors on the market. A 2024 pattern asserts that working golf equipment are the brand new courting apps, so perhaps you will get entangled in end line faucet along with your subsequent particular somebody—a meet-cute price racing towards! SL
Seattle Heart, Uptown (Solar Dec 1)
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Kraken hockey is again, and whereas the crew appears to alternate profitable and shedding fairly constantly, we’re nonetheless watching to see how participant additions and staffing modifications this season (a brand new head coach and the NHL’s first lady assistant coach) play out. Should you want a bit of additional incentive, the primary 10,000 followers on the sport on December 17 get a fuzztastic Kraken trapper hat or a bobblehead of Oliver Bjorkstrand as a maestro on December 30. If you do not have a ticket to a sport at Local weather Pledge, you possibly can all the time head to certainly one of these bars to look at or cease by the Seattle Heart Armory for pregame festivities
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earlier than choose house video games. SL
Local weather Pledge Area, Uptown)
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Should you assume STÖR is a parody of a sure meatball-serving Swedish mega-retailer, you would be proper—but it surely’s greater than that, too. The labyrinthine Base Camp Studios mission was imagined as an “immersive rebrand of how we expertise, devour, and buy artwork.” Which means you possibly can discover and store the STÖR house whereas considering the confluence of commerce and inventive manufacturing. Mary Anne Carter, Lilia Deering, and over 25 different collaborating artists have outfitted the set up with “surreal reinterpretations” of mass-produced house items and decor. LC
Base Camp Studios, Downtown (Dec 1, 2024–Jan 10, 2025)
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Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Rós launched their first correct album in over a decade final 12 months—EverOut music calendar editor Audrey Vann described ÁTTA as “cinematic, serene, floaty, and harmonious.” Because it seems, although, lead singer Jónsi’s inventive observe extends past his immediately recognizable falsetto. Alongside his sisters (who make up the family-run artwork collective and perfumery Fischersund), he’ll current Fake Flora, an immersive choice of sculptures, sounds, scent experiences, and extra impressed by Icelandic native plants. The sensory exhibition imagines new plant species and explores “the scientific relationship between scent and reminiscence.” LC
Nationwide Nordic Museum, Ballard (Dec 1, 2024–Jan 26, 2025)
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This solo exhibition celebrates Bethany Collins, the recipient of the 2023 Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Prize, which SAM awards biennially to an “early to mid-career Black artist—outlined loosely as an artist within the first decade of their profession.” I am intrigued by the text-and-image interaction of Collins’ work, which explores the subtleties of “language, racial identification, and American historical past” with a fragile hand. (Try The Odyssey: 1862 / 1837 for a way of what this implies.) LC
Seattle Artwork Museum, Downtown (Dec 1, 2024–Could 4, 2025)
