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As a author and producer of Ted Lasso, Brett Goldstein wasn’t imagined to play the lovably gruff Roy Kent. However the story goes that as quickly because the group heard him learn some traces, they could not envision anybody else within the position. What resulted was an enormous fan response towards the character and back-to-back Emmy Awards. Throughout what gave the impression to be a test-run comedy tour in early 2023, Goldstein carried out at The Moore on one in every of his few US stops to a sold-out viewers and roaring laughter. He has since introduced a full tour throughout the nation, together with his return to Seattle in November. The person is greater than Roy Kent, although, so do not anticipate the character to seem on stage. With tried-and-true comedy writing chops (together with co-creating and government producing Shrinking), Goldstein holds his personal as a stand-up comedian with musings on America, being human, and naturally, soccer. SL
Paramount Theatre, Downtown (Fri Nov 1)
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For those who’re keyed into comedy up-and-comers, you are in all probability already accustomed to Julio Torres, the Salvadoran American SNL author who additionally appeared in Search Social gathering, Shrill, Los Espookys, and Fantasmas. Torres’ A24 characteristic Problemista featured Tilda Swinton and a aspect of surreal quirk, following a Salvadoran toy designer whose work visa runs out as he toils as an assistant for an art-world weirdo. I am a fan of Torres’ ideas on all issues millennial—design aesthetics (wavy mirrors, Canva flyers), internship hell, and crushing pupil mortgage debt. This comedy set will proceed to faucet into the zeitgeist. LC
The Crocodile, Belltown (Nov 11–12)
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Welp, what’s below Lewis Black’s pores and skin this time?! Each dad’s favourite ranter will level fingers and identify names—probably for the ultimate time?—in Seattle this November. I am certain he’ll carry extra of the satirical skewering and brutal brilliance for which he is identified and beloved. LC
McCaw Corridor, Uptown (Sat Nov 16)
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Pakistani American comedian-actor Kumail Nanjiani will head to city, hopefully with extra topical reflections on 9/11. (“We misplaced 19 of our greatest guys,” he experiences.) Nanjiani has loved a severely meteoric rise, from Colbert Report segments to a number one position within the Marvel Studios movie Eternals. It is not daily you see a humorous stand-up who can pull off sweaters like this and get jacked for a task. He’ll head to the stage to point out off extra of his expertise. LC
Moore Theatre, Belltown (Sat Nov 30)
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A brand new wave of Romanian filmmakers is producing revolutionary, boundary-pushing movies, and again for its tenth 12 months, the hybrid Romanian Movie Competition will proceed to highlight the most effective creatives from the nation. Showcasing work by rising and established administrators, the pageant (titled “Rhythms of Life”) explores the “many ups and downs which form on a regular basis life” in Romania and explores its administrators’ “unflinchingly sincere views.” Highlights embrace the intriguing crypto flick One other Lottery Ticket and Nora, an intimate documentary exploring the lifetime of “beloved 91-year-old creator Nora Iuga’s world and her seek for youth and love.” LC
SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown (Nov 1–3)
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Over the past 40 years, Studio Ghibli has turn into legendary for its lush visuals, emotional and affecting storytelling, and poetic, clever method to nature and the more-than-human world. One among its central figures is (duh) cofounder Hayao Miyazaki, who has made a few of the studio’s most revered flicks (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Kiki’s Supply Service amongst them). He is additionally essentially the most endearingly idiosyncratic director, like, possibly ever, and has introduced, then damaged, his retirement a complete of 4 occasions. By no means change, Miyazaki!! Anyway, should you’re a Ghibli fan, you in all probability know all of this and are already jazzed for this movie collection, which celebrates all issues Studio Ghibli with screenings of Ponyo, Fort within the Sky, Princess Mononoke, The Secret World of Arrietty, and lots of different crowd faves. LC
SIFF Cinema Downtown, Belltown (Nov 1–14)
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Surreal director, animator, and manga auteur Satoshi Kon is thought for subversive storytelling. In his thriller Good Blue, J-pop idol Mima Kirigoe makes an attempt to shed her “good lady” picture and transition from music to appearing. An obsessed fan and the exploitative leisure business produce other plans. My favourite of Kon’s, Paprika, shines in its postmodern polish—it distorts time, employs a nonlinear construction, and is peppered with cinematic meta-commentary. Dive into Kon’s unusual worlds with this movie discuss and screening collection, which incorporates showings of Good Blue, Paprika, and different fan favorites. “Movie diva” Isabella Worth will analyze his key works in accompanying hybrid lectures. LC
SIFF Movie Heart, Uptown (Nov 4–26)
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With a deal with “movies that originated on movie,” the Engauge Experimental Movie Competition will return for its seventh 12 months to point out extra love for the analog, experimental aspect of filmmaking. Engauge will current seven packages of shorts and one characteristic flick over 4 days of screenings, so that you’re certain to scope out some unfamiliar movie methods. The fest additionally features a 35mm screening of Kathryn Ramey’s El Signo Vacío (the empty signal), and a stay efficiency on closing evening by cellist Lori Goldston and others of “authentic compositions over six movies, offered on 16mm.” LC
Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill (Nov 6–9)
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This month’s cinematic chef’s kiss comes within the type of SIFF’s sixteenth annual Cinema Italian Model. The roundup all the time consists of the most effective in up to date Italian cinema, and this 12 months’s slate is not any completely different. Take your choose of flicks throughout eight days of programming; the settimana di straordinari movie italiani will embrace screenings of not too long ago launched movies alongside Antonioni’s bleak basic Il Grido. The primary 150 individuals who buy a Cinema Italian Model move will even rating a 13” pizza courtesy of Tutta Bella. LC
SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown (Nov 7–14)
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The Seattle Polish Movie Competition, produced and offered by the Seattle-Gdynia Sister Metropolis Affiliation, will return for its thirty second 12 months to proceed spotlighting buzzy up to date Polish movies. (It is the second-longest-running Polish movie pageant in the USA!) The pageant kicks off on November 8 with a choice of pupil movies and a screening of the ’30s-era battle drama White Braveness. I am intrigued by Simona Kossak, by which a girl “rejects her household’s traditions to pursue a solitary life as a scientist in Białowieża, defending nature and her beliefs.” (I dare you to not do a deep-dive on Kossak when you see these photographs of her.) LC
SIFF Cinema Egyptian, Capitol Hill (Nov 8–10)
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LA/206 director Zia Mohajerjasbi’s debut characteristic Know Your Place is a movie that everybody in Seattle (and all different main cities) ought to (should) watch. It’s a packed work, and so unpacking all of it is nothing however not possible inside the apparent attentional limits imposed on weblog posts. However, I’ll start by saying the star of this movie is, above all, Seattle. However this star has two essential and completely different components. One: the town that is turning into, class clever, homogenous. This sort of metropolis has much less and fewer area for the working courses. Two: the town that is shedding its shade. Black Individuals have been the primary to go. Now it is black Africans. Subsequent will probably be East Asian Individuals. Know Your Place takes place within the now. Learn the complete evaluation on The Stranger. STRANGER SENIOR WRITER CHARLES MUDEDE
Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill (Nov 13–21)
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Gourmands throughout Seattle rejoice over this twice-yearly occasion, which provides diners the chance to strive curated menus for $20, $35, $50, and $65 at dozens of eating places. It’s a wonderful alternative to department out of your standard rotation of tried-and-true favorites and cross some locations off your culinary bucket checklist. Spherical up some pals to affix you, and remember to tip your server generously. JB
Numerous areas (Nov 1–9)
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The apotheosis of the Pacific Northwest’s unofficial regional pastime, slurping oysters, is the eco-friendly Oyster New 12 months at Elliott’s Oyster Home. The all-out briny bash options greater than 25 styles of bivalves served to order by over 40 skilled shuckers at a 150-foot oyster bar, plus a choice of over 40 drinks, DJ tunes, a photograph sales space, instructional shucking demos, and a shucking competitors. Be just a little superficial and forged your vote for the Folks’s Selection “Most Stunning Oyster,” and don’t miss the oyster luge, by which a shucked oyster glides down a frozen slide in an ice sculpture, into your mouth, and down your gullet. All proceeds profit Puget Sound Restoration’s efforts to protect marine ecosystems. JB
Elliott’s Oyster Home, Seattle Waterfront (Sat Nov 2)
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Simply in time for Thanksgiving (and the next holidays), City Craft Rebellion will host this specialty meals present for the sixth 12 months in a row, promising over 100 native distributors hawking the whole lot from CBD candies to wine and from spirits to artisan scorching sauce (and sure, there are free samples). For those who work up an urge for food whereas procuring, a choice of meals vehicles will probably be on website to gas your searching journey with delicacies like bubble waffles and sushi burritos. This 12 months will even characteristic cookbook signings with a number of authors. JB
Magnuson Park Hangar 30, Sand Level (Sat Nov 16)
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In 2014, New York bar proprietor Greg Boehm briefly reworked his area right into a kitschy Christmas wonderland replete with gewgaws and tchotchkes galore. Now, the pop-up has expanded to greater than 100 areas all around the world and will probably 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 “Unhealthy Santa,” the “Yippie Ki Yay Mom F****r” (their asterisks, not ours) and the “You’ll Shoot Your Rye Out.” JB
Rob Roy, Belltown (Nov 16–Dec 26)
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Ah, lastly a possibility to influence the plenty to take heed to Richard Thompson! As his silver-haired British man identified for guitar solos, Thompson is not the standard musician I might trip for. Nonetheless, this man has performed on so many flawless albums that I’ve begun to assume he is the particular ingredient. Alongside together with his begin within the pioneering people rock band Fairport Conference, numerous solo albums, and duo albums together with his spouse Linda, Thompson has additionally performed with Nick Drake, Françoise Hardy, Shirley Collins, John Cale, and Sandy Denny—the checklist goes on. At this level, if I hear an album that was recorded between 1967 and 1987, it is virtually a on condition that Thompson performed on it. The legend will grace Seattle with songs from his new album Ship to Shore, which options drummer/former bandmate Dave Mattacks of Fairport Conference. AV
The Showbox, Downtown (Solar Nov 3)
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If it appears to be like like I have not slept in weeks, that is that me espresso. Severely, my mind has had each tune from Sabrina Carpenter’s Brief n’ Candy on replay for the reason that album’s launch—I am shedding my thoughts! The songs are flirty, witty, and sex-positive with outrageously catchy choruses (if you have not listened to the observe “Mattress Chem,” queue it up). Plus, the infusion of basic nation and people prospers makes Carpenter’s sound distinctive amongst pop divas. I am calling it now—between her genre-blending songs and luscious blonde locks—she’s this technology’s Nancy Sinatra. Do not miss the IRL Bratz doll (she’s 5 ft tall and identified for carrying large platform footwear) on her extremely anticipated enviornment tour alongside rising glam phenom Declan McKenna. AV
Local weather Pledge Area, Uptown (Wed Nov 6)
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Acid Tongue’s Man Keltner began Freakout Competition with one factor in thoughts—throwing a big occasion for his pals. Now in its twelfth 12 months, Freakout’s lineup could also be larger and extra various than ever, however the spirit of the pageant stays unchanged. Hop between a number of venues throughout Ballard to listen to mind-bending psychedelic tunes whereas tripping out to Freakout’s notoriously hypnotic visible projections (the pageant has a strict no-kids coverage, so substance use is frequent). You will not wish to miss performances from Texas-based psych rockers the Black Angels, experimental hip-hop challenge Shabazz Palaces, storage rock outfit Black Lips, Martin Rev (of synth-punk pioneers Suicide), and counter-culture icon Lydia Lunch. AV
Numerous areas (Nov 7–10)
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Chillwave jack of all trades Ernest Weatherly Greene Jr., aka Washed Out, will cease by to help his newest album Notes from a Quiet Life. The album pulls conceptual inspiration from summary visible artists like Donald Judd, Cy Twombly, Barbara Hepworth, and Henry Moore, in addition to his newly embraced quiet life within the Georgia countryside. “Experimenting with portray and sculpture helps my music,” he explains. “I do not wish to look again on my life at some point, and be like, ‘Oh, it was all about maximizing productiveness’—I wish to take pleasure in this.” AV
The Crocodile, Belltown (Fri Nov 8)
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Duke Ellington’s monumental legacy will probably be paid tribute at this efficiency by the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra. They may deal with Ellington’s 1965 idea album Far East Suite, impressed by his group’s tour of Asia. AV
Benaroya Corridor, Downtown (Nov 9–10)
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Each autumn, my music style glides between the ’60s Appalachian people revival (Jean Richie, Peggy Seeger, Hazel & Alice, and so forth.) to the moodiest, gloomiest indie rock of the ’90s. The San Jose-born slowcore quartet Duster matches the latter invoice exactly. The band went on an prolonged hiatus in 2001 however was capable of maintain a modest cult following with their two albums Stratosphere and Up to date Motion. In 2020, their 1998 tune “Inside Out” had an inexplicable growth on the web (the tune has been streamed over SEVEN BILLION occasions on TikTok alone). It is simple for us longtime supporters to really feel territorial over the band, however we must always remind ourselves that these guys deserve all of the success that comes their means! The band will help their new album, In Desires, after a gap set from the lo-fi hip-hop challenge Soiled Artwork Membership. AV
Neptune Theatre, College District (Fri Nov 15)
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Is any individual gonna match her freak!? Earlier than the viral hit “Nasty” unfold throughout TikTok, I knew Tinashe for her 2019 album, Songs For You, which referenced the shiny, futuristic R&B sound of Aaliyah and TLC not less than three years earlier than it turned the cool factor to do. To today, I nonetheless cannot imagine that the tune “Hopscotch” hasn’t utterly blown up. The quickly rising star will cease by to help her newest album, Quantum Child, alongside like-minded singer-songwriter Raveena. AV
Showbox SoDo, SoDo (Mon Nov 18)
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As a loyal stan of queer indie pop icons, Gayotic podcasters, and self-proclaimed “biggest band on this planet” MUNA, I’ve loved watching member Katie Gavin step into her personal solo aspect challenge. She cites Alanis Morissette, Fiona Apple, Ani DiFranco, Tracy Chapman, Tori Amos, and Sarah McLachlan as influences on her debut album What a Aid, which was largely written on acoustic guitar over the course of seven years, and their uncooked honesty shines via on nostalgic ’90s-tinged singles like “Aftertaste” (a candy, woozy ode to the vulnerability of a nascent crush) and “Informal Drug Use” (a compassionate affirmation within the face of substance abuse points, penned within the wake of a breakup in 2016). JB
Neumos, Capitol Hill (Nov 18–19)
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Zach Bryan is not like the opposite males in up to date High-40 nation music—he is cool. Bryan leans into the sound of basic, folk-leaning nation greats like Blaze Foley and Man Clark with poetic lyricism and sparse instrumentation. He additionally collaborates with cool individuals—Kacey Musgraves, Maggie Rogers, and Bon Iver, to call just a few. Plus, he completely despises Ticketmaster; he even named his 2022 stay album, All My Homies Hate Ticketmaster, and posted a number of tweets about “[burning] Ticketmaster to the bottom” for his or her exorbitant ticket costs and charges. I advised you, he is cool! Bryan will take over the Tacoma Dome for 2 consecutive nights on his Quittin Time tour with help from indie people artists Matt Maeson and nation troubadour Levi Turner (who was the primary artist signed to Bryan’s label, Belting Bronco Information). AV
Tacoma Dome, Tacoma (Nov 22–23)
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I used to be first turned on to the French digital challenge La Femme out of pure boredom. It was a sluggish, gloomy day on the job as a report retailer clerk, and I turned stressed listening to the identical Joan Baez data on a loop (should you’ve ever been tasked to choose music for eight hours a day at a retail job, you know the way grueling it may be). I impulsively opened a replica of La Femme’s 2013 debut Psycho Tropical Berlin and threw it on the turntable. The second that the opening observe “Antitaxi” started buzzing, I felt revived because the solar shined via the home windows and clients poured via the doorways. La Femme’s retro-futuristic indie rock is the right shot of audio caffeine with hypnotic rhythms impressed by post-punk and yé-yé pop. Simply in time for the sobering late autumn months, the ensemble will cease by Seattle to help their sixth album, Rock Machine. AV
The Showbox, Downtown (Sat Nov 23)
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Native musicians like Shaina Shepherd, Cameron Lavi-Jones (King Youngblood), Kate Dinsmore, Ian Cunningham (Acid Tongue), and lots of others can pay tribute to Canadian roots rock group The Band’s 1978 farewell live performance, The Final Waltz, at this annual fundraiser forNorthwest Harvest. Relive the magical evening that famously featured particular visitors like Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Neil Younger, and Van Morrison and was tailored right into a famed live performance movie directed by Martin Scorsese. AV
Neptune Theatre, College District (Sat Nov 30)
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ACT Up to date Theatre’s second annual New Works Northwest pageant will current new works written by 20 Seattle playwrights over the course of 5 evenings. The fest’s revolutionary format consists of pay-what-ya-can readings of Yussef El Guindi’s race, class, and privilege exploration Refugee Rhapsody, Gloria Majule’s Mount Kilimanjaro dramedy Uhuru, and Naghmeh Samini’s considerate Iranian family story Dwelling, plus a recent “monologue slam” with solo items by 15 native playwrights. LC
ACT – A Up to date Theatre, Downtown (Nov 1–3)
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Former Stranger editor Chase Burns as soon as wrote, “Critter Barn is extra more likely to characteristic queens lip-synching vaporwave tracks and pouring paint on themselves than something resembling RuPaul’s Drag Race. As soon as at Critter Barn, a San Francisco artist named Jader Imaginative and prescient shoved a bottle up a papier-mâché anus they sewed to the liner of their physique swimsuit. It was very effectively obtained.” Anticipate a round-up of Seattle’s greatest drag critters, together with Hoochie Papa, Pupusa, Mona Actual, Uh Oh, and Cucci herself for this barn-burnin’ evening of drag devilry, which ought to make it easier to navigate the psychological warfare of election day with some fascinating distractions. LC
Large, Capitol Hill (Tues Nov 5)
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Now’s your likelihood to see the musical that, 16 years in the past, made everybody bear in mind musicals existed. You’ve heard the spiel—it’s the Wizard of Oz, besides not boring, and sympathetic to the antagonist (the Depraved Witch of the West). Depraved is spectacular, particularly if the forged you see has a Galinda (initially performed by Kristin Chenoweth) with loads of spunk. However, sadly for all of us, all of Depraved can’t be the bombastic, show-stopping “Defying Gravity.” And as soon as “Defying Gravity” performs out and also you’re completely sated, there’s a complete different act to sit down via. Depraved remains to be good, and at some moments nice. Particularly if, not like me, you haven’t seen it 4 occasions—or performed a medley of the music in your middle-school wind ensemble. STRANGER CONTRIBUTOR NATHALIE GRAHAM
Paramount Theatre, Downtown (Nov 6–Dec 1)
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Seattle-based Indigenous artist Timothy White Eagle will current a poignant, meditative efficiency with Indian Faculty, which attracts from the USA’ genocidal historical past and “hydraulic engineering that reshapes landscapes” to name out structural assimilation and othering techniques. This “avant-premiere” efficiency is certain to be highly effective: White Eagle will weave collectively his grandfather’s experiences on the government-run Phoenix Indian Faculty and his personal navigations round generational trauma. Indian Faculty will probably be supported with “mild, sound, video, and theatrical magic” by a spread of artists, together with Crystal Cortez and DB Amorin. LC
On the Boards, Uptown (Nov 14–16)
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Peep drag royalty of all genders and groove alongside to DJ units at this buzzy celebration of the “artistry of queer and trans Black, Indigenous, individuals of shade and their communities,” deliberate in partnership with the Seattle Public Library and Shunpike. Keep for the slay on a public runway and get an schooling from glamazons Ariyah Jané, Da Qween, Flourish Maxzeal, Londyn Bradshaw, and Rafael/a Luna-Pizano, plus up-and-coming artists from numerous native homes. (Bear in mind: Studying is key.) LC
Olympic Sculpture Park, Belltown (Fri Nov 15)
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At this recurring pageant offered by the Seattle-based group DAIPANbutoh Collective, attendees can feast their eyes on the fascinating artwork of butoh, a up to date type of Japanese efficiency impressed by ghosts, anguish, rapture, and the grotesque. (If that sounds extremely cool to you, that is as a result of it’s.) Visitor artists Mari Osanai (from Japan) and Eugenia Vargas (from Mexico) will lead workshops, and dancer-activist Tebby Ramasike’s distinctive work will probably be shared through video. LC
Yaw Theater, Georgetown (Nov 16–24)
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“Come out to the coast, we’ll get collectively, have just a few laughs.” Or you can head to this Die Exhausting musical parody, which blends the motion basic with pure comedy (plus clean jams and ’80s fashion) 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 and not using a few pesky German terrorists. LC
Seattle Public Theater, Inexperienced Lake (Nov 22–Dec 22)
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It is The Nutcracker—you already know the premise, however it by no means actually will get outdated, does it? Tchaikovsky’s magical rating will spring to life once more within the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 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 must you get a craving.) For example you are all Nutcrackered out, although. Listed below are some little-known information which 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 three,000 sq. yards of cloth, 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 (Nov 29–Dec 28)
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Cascadia Poetics Lab’s eighth Cascadia Poetry Competition will highlight the poetry of our bioregion with writing workshops, panel discussions, and readings. The native poetry occasion returns annually to rejoice lyrical writing in all its varieties, so let’s present ’em some love. This time round, the pageant will rejoice the launch of Cascadia Zen: Bioregional Writings on Cascadia Right here and Now, Quantity II, and you’ll snag a replica onsite. The fest will characteristic lauded word-slingers Claudia Castro Luna, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Meredith Quartermain, and Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, in addition to a few of my private favorites, like C.A. Conrad and Robert Michael Pyle. I am intrigued by the panel and workshop themes, which embrace “Poetry as Strolling and Mapping” and “Writing and Meditative Openness: How They Work together.” LC
Numerous areas (Nov 1–3)
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In 2018, former Stranger information editor Wealthy Smith wrote of Brief Run: “You’re going. You’re bringing at LEAST $50 money. You’re choosing up new artwork books, zines, buttons, and little strips of lovely screen-printed ephemera from internationally/nationally/locally-renowned comics creators.” Problem accepted! This 12 months’s version of the now-legendary DIY fest is their final on the Seattle Heart, and it consists of a whole lot of exhibitors, together with particular visitors Mita Mahato, Powerpaola, and Sarah Leavitt. Go to shortrun.org for the complete lineup and schedule. LC
Fisher Pavilion, Uptown (Sat Nov 2)
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If Portland Metropolis Illustrator have been a job, I might need that position to go to Carson Ellis—one thing embedded within the Rose Metropolis-based artist’s naturalistic, folk-inspired, muted, but richly detailed aesthetic falls in excellent concord with the Pacific Northwest panorama. Ellis’ grownup debut is an illustrated memoir full of work depicting reminiscences from a 20-something-year-old journal. One Week in January digs into Ellis’ first experiences dwelling in a Portland warehouse within the early 2000s, throughout which era she met future hubby Colin Meloy (who, as I am guessing you already know, fronts the Decemberists and penned Wildwood). LC
Elliott Bay E book Firm, Capitol Hill (Fri Nov 8)
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David Sedaris, quintessential humorist, modern-day Twain, and a beloved icon of NPR followers all over the place, will appeal the group at his annual Seattle studying and signing. Sedaris’s 2022 guide Comfortable-Go-Fortunate consists of notes on his pre- and mid-pandemic life, which already looks like a very long time in the past. When as soon as he discovered to shoot weapons and frolicked in Serbian flea markets, he shifted to solitary walks and reflections on a “battle-scarred” nation marked by empty storefronts and political graffiti. For those who thought you’d already processed the “pandemic period,” I am keen to wager Sedaris will nonetheless say one thing that makes you scratch your head and assume “Huh, that is true.” LC
Benaroya Corridor, Downtown (Solar Nov 10)
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For those who spend any time on FoodTok, you’ve got seemingly in all probability encountered Justine Doiron. Underneath the deal with justine_snacks, Doiron shares easy, plant-heavy recipes like “baked salads” and kabocha squash and fennel soup, paired with charming, disarmingly weak voiceovers, and her content material has gained her legions of followers (my culinary queen Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen amongst them). She was additionally chargeable for popularizing the viral butter board development in 2022. Her debut cookbook Justine Cooks comprises over 110 of her signature approachable recipes. She’ll drop by Elliott Bay to speak with native cookbook creator Becky Selengut. JB
Elliott Bay E book Firm, Capitol Hill (Thurs Nov 14)
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Put your cash the place your land acknowledgment is and help the Indigenous neighborhood at this curated market and exhibition that includes items from native Native artists. The market runs for a weekend in November and December, so there’s ample alternative to select from a variety of items, together with clothes, jewellery, artwork prints, woodworks, and devices. Already completed along with your vacation procuring? That is nice, these high-quality creations will probably be in fashion all 12 months spherical, and also you’ve earned just a little one thing for your self, don’t you assume? SL
Dawn Star Indian Cultural Heart, Magnolia (Nov 23–Dec 22)
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Billing itself as a “main showcase of unbiased craft and design,” this craft truthful based in 2003 was the primary of its form, and it supplies a refreshing various to the relentless deluge of consumerism and capitalism throughout the vacation season to today. It returns to Hangar 30 in November—the weekend earlier than Black Friday, whew!—with greater than 180 curated indie distributors, plus a choice of out of doors meals vehicles. Handmade items like delicate jewellery, daring ceramics, paper items, scented candles, bathtub and physique merchandise, and different charming trinkets are certain to develop even the grinchiest coronary heart three sizes. JB
Magnuson Park Hangar 30, Sand Level (Nov 23–24)
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Hockey is a quick recreation with a small puck and it is generally laborious to observe the whole lot that is taking place on the ice. For simply 15 bucks, spend a day watching Kraken gamers show particular expertise in quite a lot of challenges, from capturing accuracy to breakaways. On-ice actions embrace a relay race and 3-on-3 scrimmage, and all through the sector, you may get a photograph with Buoy and even make your individual Kraken hockey buying and selling card. For some enjoyable intrateam rivalry, followers are invited to decide on between the beloved goalkeepers and declare themselves Group Grubi or Group Joey for the day. SL
Local weather Pledge Area, Uptown (Sat Nov 9)
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If waking up early on a vacation and transferring your physique appeals to you, Magnuson Park is the place to be. This 12 months’s Turkey Trot presents a children’ sprint at 9:15 am, adopted by a 5K, 10K, and 15K at 9:30 am. Stroll, run, or channel a turkey in a leisurely trot! This 12 months’s featured charity is Teen Feed, and any non-perishable meals merchandise donations will go to the College Meals Financial institution. Lean into the theme by dressing like a turkey, or possibly a hangry dinner visitor chasing down these tasty birds. SL
Magnuson Park, Northeast Seattle (Thurs Nov 28)
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Kraken hockey is again, child! This season brings some participant additions and staffing adjustments (a brand new head coach and the NHL’s first girl assistant coach), and we’re to see how that performs out. If you do not have a ticket to a recreation at Local weather Pledge, you’ll be able to all the time head to one in every of these bars to observe or cease by the Seattle Heart Armory for pregame festivities earlier than choose dwelling video games. SL
Local weather Pledge Area, Uptown (A number of dates)
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New York-based photographer Victoria Sambunaris car-camps throughout the USA for a number of months a 12 months, creating large-scale pictures that hint the transformation of the nation with “particular consideration given to increasing political, technological and industrial interventions.” In Traces of the Manifest, Sambunaris shares snapshots, street logs, minerals, discovered objects, and movies from her travels, which doc “the influence of business websites, geological forces, and human traces present in panorama” from the Texas Gulf Coast to the southern California desert. LC
Photographic Heart Northwest, Capitol Hill (Nov 1–Dec 15)
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To some, similar to myself, Keith Haring is seen as part of the hiphop tradition that emerged in New York Metropolis within the early ‘80s. He labored with Dondi White, a grasp and founding father of the sort of graffiti you discover in the present day in Berlin, Rome, Tokyo, and, sure, Seattle. Certainly, Haring and Dondi did the quilt artwork for Malcolm McLaren’s weird however basically hiphop album Duck Rock. For a lot of, this cowl launched Haring, whose work was easy however not simplistic, breezy however cosmically vibrant. After which there’s the quilt of McLaren’s Would Ya Like Extra Scratchin’. Right here, now we have nothing however Haring. His chalk-drawn figures popping and locking. You possibly can hear the scratching and chopping. You possibly can see New York Metropolis when it was the capital of the artwork world. Haring will all the time be hiphop to me. STRANGER SENIOR WRITER CHARLES MUDEDE
MoPOP, Uptown (Nov 1, 2024–Mar 23, 2025)
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The Henry’s newest exhibition reimagines the position of sunshine in pictures, not merely as a “beacon of fact” however as an energetic drive that shapes, conceals, and distorts our perceptions. Featured artists like Karen Truax and Manuel Lucero look at how mild reveals hidden layers of fact by shifting standard senses of area, identification, and time. With intentional overexposures, shadows, and subtle glows, their works additionally problem mild’s affiliation with objectivity. Head to Overexposures to glimpse the layered, complicated relationship between mild and actuality—the present consists of experimental works from the Henry’s collections, together with photos by Aneta Grzeszykowska and Arthur S. Siegel. LC
Henry Artwork Gallery, College District (Nov 2, 2024–Mar 2, 2025)
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Brat summer time is lastly behind us, which suggests it is time for what EverOut music calendar editor Audrey Vann calls “scorching troll fall.” Seattle Japanese Backyard is the best place to put on a sweater and stroll like a cute little troll among the many autumnal bushes, simply as their leaves begin to tackle tinges of purple and gold. Whilst you’re busy being troll-like, shuffle over to okayirie (paper-cutting) artist Kanako Abe’s poetic solo exhibition Flower, Chook, Wind, Moon, a set of meticulous, season-appropriate paper-cut compositions. The serene, introspective present’s title is pulled from the Japanese philosophy of kachou fūgetsu, which is usually interpreted as “experiencing the fantastic thing about nature” or “discovering your self in nature.” I really feel calmer already. LC
Seattle Japanese Backyard, Madison Park (Nov 3–30)
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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 apply 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 flora. The sensory exhibition imagines new plant species and explores “the scientific relationship between scent and reminiscence.” LC
Nationwide Nordic Museum, Ballard (Nov 8, 2024–Jan 26, 2025)
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I used to be fortunate sufficient to identify Alexander Calder’s summary cell Lizard (Lézard) on the Palm Springs Artwork Museum just a few years again and was immediately enthralled by its buoyant, playful, but considerate means of occupying area. For this two-person exhibition, the kinetic modernist sculptor’s work will probably be showcased alongside wooden sculptures by the good 98-year-old artist Thaddeus Mosley, whose works additionally really feel curious and animated. LC
Seattle Artwork Museum, Downtown (Nov 20, 2024–June 1, 2025)
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Los Angeles-born mild expertise Astra Lumina will return to light up the Seattle Chinese language Backyard for 2 months this 12 months, reworking the botanical area right into a “surprise of visiting stars” with projections, dazzling lights, music, and “astral vitality.” Ooooo. Bundle as much as stroll down the celestial pathway; you are promised to come across “cosmic visions and astral tune.” (You might also wish to microdose first—laser exhibits of yore confirmed that nothing’s extra psychedelic than a superb light-and-sound projection.) LC
Seattle Chinese language Backyard, Riverview (Nov 1–Dec 15)
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Seize some scorching cocoa and get cozy with your folks, household, or Hinge date at this wintertime immersive expertise filled with large glowing lanterns, every formed like natural world from across the globe. Children and people of us who’re children at coronary heart will take pleasure in 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 consists of nightly conventional Chinese language cultural performances similar to 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 (Nov 15, 2024–Jan 19, 2025)
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The Nationwide Nordic Museum’s annual Julefest is a weekend full of vacation celebrations, together with music, dancing, and winter fare from Northern Europe. Modeled after a standard Christmas market, it consists of photographs with Santa, wares from dozens of native artisans, and engaging Scandinavian snacks like aebleskiver for when you have to heat up your insides. New this 12 months, the market will open on Friday night for the 21-and-up crowd with festive drinks within the Valhalla Beer Corridor and giving adults first dibs on goodies from distributors like Hygge Candies and Sky River Mead. SL
Nationwide Nordic Museum, Ballard (Nov 22–24)
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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 mild maze, ice skating path, and vendor market. Nightly actions embrace caroling, photographs with Santa, story time with Mrs. Claus, and a refreshment checklist filled with seasonal treats. Take a look at the calendar for particular themed nights: you’ll be able to carry your doggo to Paws & Claus on December 1 and eight, and rejoice Latin traditions and flavors at Fiesta Navideña on December 17. I went to Enchant Christmas on a date again in 2018 and was just a little underwhelmed by the “maze” side and sticker-shocked by the worth of scorching chocolate, however typically loved my time, and I feel children would particularly adore it. SL
T-Cellular Park, SoDo (Nov 22–Dec 29)
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As a result of nothing says Christmas like an enormous ship coated in lights, the waters round Seattle will get just a little extra sparkly as Argosy Cruises’ Christmas Ship docks in waterfront communities alongside the Puget Sound. Those that pay to hop aboard can take pleasure in holiday-themed foods and drinks, a neighborhood choir efficiency, and a studying of “‘Twas the Night time Earlier than Christmas” throughout 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, will happen on Friday, December 13, with numerous glorious shoreside viewpoints for us plebes who do not personal boats. SL
Numerous areas, Puget Sound (Nov 23–Dec 23)
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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 indoors on 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, you may get tickets to attend the second installment of the Seattle Christmas Market, which echoes European custom with glühwein, bratwurst, and procuring. I did not go final 12 months due to the worth, however 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 (although this one wasn’t powered by real-life flames, which might be for the most effective). SL
Seattle Heart, Uptown (Nov 29–Dec 31)
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Pike Place Market likes to kick off the Christmas season proper after Thanksgiving with its annual Magic on the Market occasion. You possibly can take a free photograph with Santa below the long-lasting clock and neon signal, craft an decoration, enhance seasonal cookies, and switch your ear to stay vacation music from buskers and native choral teams. Be sure to’re round at 5 pm for the lighting ceremony led by Mr. Claus himself. You possibly can even pick a fresh-cut tree (should you’ve received the area) or a vacation wreath (if your property is extra economy-sized). SL
Pike Place Market (Sat Nov 30)
