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Chong the Nomad (aka Alda Agustiano) is a Seattle-based digital music producer and DJ who creates atmospheric sounds which have gained consideration from audiences and critics alike. Over the past 4 years, she’s opened for Loss of life Cab For Cutie, contributed to Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings soundtrack, and co-produced Wafia’s 2020 single “Decide Me.” Agustiano will take the stage with tracks from her debut full-length album, DO WE MAKE OF THIS, alongside JennGreen. AV
(Right here-After on the Crocodile, Belltown)
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Is anyone 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 at the very least three years earlier than it grew to become 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)
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You would possibly already know the boisterous, tattooed, foul-mouthed Canadian chef Matty Matheson for his position as handyman Neil Fak on FX’s The Bear (which he additionally govt produces) or for his joyfully chaotic cooking channel on YouTube. His newest cookbook Soups, Salads, Sandwiches includes all three of the holy consolation meals triad, with recipes like crab congee, “Everybody’s Mother’s Macaroni and Tuna Salad,” and Cubanos. Better of all, the ebook’s commentary stays true to his signature raucous, jovial voice. He’ll chat with “Little Fats Boy” meals author and photographer Frankie Gaw concerning the launch. JB
(City Corridor Seattle, First Hill; in-person tickets bought out)
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Radio character Rachel Belle, host of the James Beard-nominated meals podcast Your Final Meal and the Cascade PBS TV sequence The Nosh, will host this playful occasion that includes trivia, visitor chef appearances, meals challenges, and prizes, reminiscent of Belle’s new cookbook Open Sesame: 45 Candy & Savory Recipes for Tahini & All Issues Sesame. Spherical up your most gastronomy-obsessed buddies to type a trivia group of three to seven gamers and flaunt your culinary savvy. JB
(Cascade PBS Constructing, Yesler Terrace)
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The Seattle Trans and Nonbinary Choral Ensemble (STANCE) hosts its second annual Transgender Day of Remembrance live performance with a night of music and poetry. STANCE’s govt director Haven Wilvich writes, “This yr it’s extra necessary than ever that we collect in group like this to not solely honor our useless however to collectively vow to battle like hell for the residing.” AV
(College Congregational United Church of Christ, College District)
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This night of reside storytelling and archival photo-sharing facilities native Indigenous ladies, which feels like an effective way to watch Native American Heritage Month. The tales shared throughout this installment of the efficiency sequence may also be preserved on movie for a “narrative-driven documentary sequence that [will] seize the creative, cultural, and visible integrity of the locations and folks from which auntie tales emerge.” Present as much as pay your respect to the “aunties” who assist protect Indigenous customs and nurture new narratives. LC
(Moore Theatre, Belltown, $15)
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Two-time James Beard Award-winning pastry chef Christina Tosi, recognized for her famed Milk Bar bakery empire and its related treats like cereal milk delicate serve and cake truffles, will cease by Ebook Larder on her tour for her newest cookbook Bake Membership: 101 Should-Have Strikes for Your Kitchen, co-authored with author and hospitality trade vet Shannon Salzano. A number of Tosi’s recipes are elaborate, multi-day initiatives, however Bake Membership as an alternative goals to be accessible for all ages and expertise ranges, with “with modifications allowed, and no complicated elements or elaborate gear required.” Anticipate pleasant treats like glazed pumpkin pie bars, Ted Lasso-inspired biscuits, and chocolate peanut butter diamonds. Product designer and content material creator Frankie Gaw, founding father of the award-winning weblog Little Fats Boy and creator of First Era: Recipes from My Taiwanese American Dwelling, will be a part of Tosi in dialog. JB
(City Corridor Seattle, First Hill)
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The idea of Christopher Frizzelle’s Silent Studying Social gathering is so simple as it will get (select a ebook and head to Resort Sorrento’s well-appointed foyer to learn in a comfortable chair whereas a reside pianist performs within the background), but it surely’s a Seattle custom of the very best order. In case your disdain for ready in line has prevented you from attending previously, nice information: in celebration of its return to its historic digs, attendees can now reserve a spot upfront. Remember the fact that there is a $25 foods and drinks minimal, along with the reservation price. LC
(Hearth Room at Resort Sorrento, First Hill)
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Have a good time the opening of Seattle Artwork Museum’s newest two-person exhibition, Following Area: Thaddeus Mosley & Alexander Calder, without spending a dime at this gathering. Curator Catharina Manchanda will provide a 15-minute overview of the exhibition, and pianist/composer Victor Noriega will add a contact of sophistication with layered, complicated compositions. Docents will lead excursions of the present to offer extra context, and cocktails and snacks will likely be obtainable for buy. LC
(Seattle Artwork Museum, Downtown)
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Your web besties (former Stranger workers author Jas Keimig and former editor Chase Burns) will current one other flick that you may’t discover anyplace on-line (legally, at the very least) as a part of their ongoing venture Unstreamable, which has blossomed from a column on Scarecrow Video’s weblog right into a reside screening sequence. Burns and Keimig, who’ve written “greater than 350 (!) blurbs and evaluations about offbeat, forgotten, and in any other case unobtainable items of cinematic historical past” (Matt Baume), will proceed to share their exhaustive data of misplaced media on the massive display screen. In Gummo, the dirty, feel-bad nature is a part of its attraction—Concord Korine’s ’97 flick was named the worst movie of the yr by the New York Instances, which is precisely why I like it. Foretelling what would turn out to be Korine’s lengthy profession of weirdo subversion, the movie follows the residents of a forgotten Ohio city crammed with bigots, hedonists, and perverts. However Korine’s objective is not simply shock worth; he at all times makes an effort to humanize his characters, irrespective of how grody. (Chloe Sevigny’s on this one, for those who require a extra palatable purpose to test it out.) LC
(SIFF Movie Heart, Uptown)
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Thus far in 2024, KEXP’s Sound & Imaginative and prescient podcast has hosted a formidable roster of musicians, together with St. Vincent, Kathleen Hanna, La Luz, Kamasi Washington, Sunny Day Actual Property, Suki Waterhouse, and Laura Marling. This week, interviewer Emily Fox sits down with Deep Sea Diver’s Jessica Dobson for a reside recording in entrance of a studio viewers. Musicians Andy Kessler, Matt Dresdner, and Rachel Flotard may also cease by to speak concerning the legacy of the Seattle punk band the Gits. AV
(KEXP, Uptown)
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Created in response to the dearth of arts schooling for low-income youth, The Residency launched 9 years in the past as a collaboration between the Museum of Pop Tradition, Arts Corps, and Grammy Award-winning artists Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. This yr, their annual fundraiser contains alumni performances, group audio system, and a headlining efficiency from Macklemore himself. AV
(Benaroya Corridor, Downtown)
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Detroit-born ambient composer Laurel Halo will carry out a duet with Brooklyn-based sound artist/cellist Leila Bordreuil for this atmospheric efficiency, mixing “Detroit techno, musique concrète, movie rating, and jazz” influences for a meticulous sound that is completely her personal. Portland-based artist Randall Taylor’s solo venture Amulet will open the night with lush cassette loops, subject recordings, and waves of droning sound. The present is curated and introduced by Age of Reflections, a dreamy occasion sequence for “sound, gentle, and house.” They will pair this set with an “immersive, architecturally-mapped gentle present” on the historic Seattle First Baptist Church. LC
(Seattle First Baptist Church, First Hill)
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Extremely-successful podcaster Aaron Mahnke obtained into the sport whereas the iron was nonetheless sizzling—since its inception in 2015, his podcast Lore has been downloaded half a billion instances. Not unhealthy, proper? (He additionally created chart-toppers just like the unsettling Cupboard of Curiosities and the audio drama Bridgewater.) This reside version of Lore will carry the present’s dependable, folkloric eeriness to the stage, analyzing creepy historic tales via a “trendy, digital campfire expertise.” LC
(City Corridor Seattle, First Hill)
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Savor some notably piquant new small-batch releases from Fortunate Envelope, together with their Xtreme Two Pepper Pale Ale, Chili Crisp Lager, and Chili Chocolate Imperial Stout. Do you have to work up an urge for food, the meals truck El Tacky Taco will sling its fromage-rich Mexican fare from 4:30-8 pm. JB
(Fortunate Envelope Brewing, West Woodland)
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I used to be first turned on to the French digital venture La Femme out of pure boredom. It was a sluggish, gloomy day on the job as a document retailer clerk, and I grew to become stressed listening to the identical Joan Baez information on a loop (for those who’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)
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I do know I am not alone within the perception that Trans-Siberian Orchestra makes the most hectic Christmas songs. However maybe that’s not the ensemble’s fault. Possibly it is the truth that their music is at all times taking part in throughout hectic conditions. Final yr, “Christmas Eve / Sarajevo” performed whereas I obtained a cavity crammed on the dentist. The yr earlier than, “Wizards in Winter” blared via Goal’s audio system throughout their Black Friday sale. Their vacation tunes are epic, cinematic, and are scientifically confirmed to hurry up your coronary heart price. Okay, I made that up, but it surely’s most likely true. Expertise the rock opera group in an applicable setting—a large enviornment—with lasers and pyrotechnics abound. AV
(Local weather Pledge Area, Uptown)
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Abraham Verghese, a doctor, creator, and senior affiliate chair at Stanford, lends a uncommon factor of humanism to medication. His 1994 memoir My Personal Nation: A Physician’s Story captured his early days caring for terminal AIDS sufferers, and it made waves—director Mira Nair even tailored the story right into a ’98 movie starring Naveen Andrews. In newer years, Verghese based the “Stanford Medication 25″ initiative for bedside medication examination expertise. He is nonetheless writing, too. Verghese’s newest novel, The Covenant of Water, drew accolades from TIME, NPR, and the New York Instances. LC
(Benaroya Corridor, Downtown)
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Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Rós launched their first correct album in over a decade final yr—EverOut music calendar editor Audrey Vann described ÁTTA as “cinematic, serene, floaty, and harmonious.” Because it seems, although, lead singer Jónsi’s creative 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 plants. The sensory exhibition imagines new plant species and explores “the scientific relationship between scent and reminiscence.” LC
(Nationwide Nordic Museum, Ballard, Tuesday–Sunday)
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I may take or go away Jesse Eisenberg, however really feel strongly that Kieran Culkin is one in all our most interesting up to date character actors. (If you have not seen Succession, watch half an episode and you will perceive why.) In A Actual Ache, Eisenberg’s second function movie as author/director, he stars alongside Culkin. The pair play cousins headed to Poland to “honor their beloved grandmother,” the place, maybe predictably, familial tensions floor. I like a possibility for actors to point out off their chops with out a lot distraction, so the movie’s pared-down premise is intriguing. LC
(SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown, Monday–Thursday)
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Do you know that Alien‘s 1979 world premiere was proper right here in Seattle? Sit again with some xenomorphs and eerie industrialism at this screening—galactic badass Ellen Ripley (and Jonesy, my BFF) will deal with the remainder. You realize the drill. They will navigate the wrath of the slick, Giger-inspired ne’er-do-wells aboard the Nostromo and an much more insidious hazard: the ever-mysterious, megalomaniacal enterprise Weylan-Yutani. LC
(Central Cinema, Central District, Friday–Sunday)
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Sean Baker is one in all my favourite trendy administrators. He has a present for tapping into the realities of poverty and life for underprivileged Individuals in and across the South, which is curious, as a result of he is from New Jersey and appears to have loved a reasonably typical upbringing. That is one in all The Florida Venture‘s strengths. I grew up in Orlando with a low-income single mother, so the movie, set in a dreary motel close to Disney World, really bears an eerie similarity to my very own childhood. However even if you cannot relate to its topics or locale, you may most likely see your self someplace within the childlike hopefulness or the monetary stressors. Baker’s storytelling at all times drives residence that you just’re not alone. Anora is a departure for him–it is set in Brooklyn—however I sense that it’s going to additionally mirror on late-capitalist survival in Baker’s sharp trend. The movie follows a intercourse employee who impulsively marries a person in a Russian oligarch household. LC
(SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown, Monday–Thursday)
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In Eve’s Bayou, which is about within the Nineteen Sixties, a black household is affluent and even claims aristocratic blood from a French ancestor. The daddy, performed beautifully by Samuel L. Jackson, is the physician for the “coloured group” in a sleepy nook of Louisiana. The physician lives in a mansion together with his mom, spouse, and three youngsters (two women and a boy). The physician makes no effort in any way to be trustworthy to his spouse, Roz (Lynn Whitfield). When he’s not at residence, he’s almost definitely sleeping with one in all his shoppers quite than treating them. The 1997 movie revolves round this serial philandering. It breaks Roz’s coronary heart and sexually confuses the physician’s eldest daughter, Cisely (Meagan Good). The movie—which is expertly directed and written by Kasi Lemmons (the director of Harriet), and edited by Terilyn A. Shropshire (one of many few black feminine editors within the trade)—is concerning the messiness of sexual awakening. STRANGER SENIOR WRITER CHARLES MUDEDE
(Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill, Friday–Sunday)
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LA/206 director Zia Mohajerjasbi’s debut function 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 throughout 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 necessary and totally different elements. One: the town that is turning into, class smart, homogenous. This type of metropolis has much less and fewer house for the working courses. Two: the town that is dropping its shade. Black Individuals had been the primary to go. Now it is black Africans. Subsequent will likely be East Asian Individuals. Know Your Place takes place within the now. Learn the total evaluate on The Stranger. STRANGER SENIOR WRITER CHARLES MUDEDE
(Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill, Wednesday–Thursday)
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Considered one of my most steadfast kaiju-related opinions is that Mothra may be very cute, particular, and must be protected in any respect prices. Between her typically cunty demeanor and her atmospheric theme tune/hymn sung by miniature priestess-fairies the Shobijin, mystical Mothra and her 250-foot wingspan can hearth vitality beams at me any day of the week. The 1961 entry Mothra is a superb introduction to her character for those who’re not acquainted. Right here, we be taught that kidnapping tiny princesses and forcing them to turn out to be a nightclub act is a troubling notion, particularly after they can telepathically talk with a colossal sentient larva. LC
(Central Cinema, Central District, Monday–Tuesday)
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Surreal director, animator, and manga auteur Satoshi Kon is understood for subversive storytelling. In his thriller Excellent 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 trade 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 sequence, which incorporates showings of Excellent Blue, Paprika, and different fan favorites. “Movie diva” Isabella Value will analyze his key works in accompanying hybrid lectures. LC
(SIFF Movie Heart, Uptown, Monday–Tuesday)
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Get your recreation on and go play swamp-style at this five-day fest of all issues Shrek-related. SomeBODY as soon as instructed me that Shrek is cool once more—did he ever cease being cool?—and the current proliferation of Shrek raves appears to recommend that is the case. This sequence may not function inexperienced physique paint and EDM, however you can catch the traditional that spawned a thousand millennial memes, or one in all its many sequels and spin-offs. LC
(SIFF Cinema Downtown, Belltown, Monday–Tuesday)
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Returning for its fourth yr with extra exploratory brief movies from artists primarily based within the South Puget Sound space, the South Sound Experimental Movie Pageant spotlights creatives whose work might have in any other case gone ignored on account of “identification, inadequate assets, or {qualifications} of apply or approach.” Followers of hybrid and experimental movie will not need to miss it. I am jazzed to listen to concerning the stacked shorts applications this yr and the screening of Tony Conrad: Fully within the Current, which honors the drone pioneer and experimental filmmaker. LC
(Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill, Saturday–Sunday)
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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.” Get pleasure from 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 reminiscent of ugly sweater events, an après-ski-themed celebration, and “Soiled Santa” picture ops. JB
(The Woods, Capitol Hill, Monday–Sunday)
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For the month of November, native burger joint Li’l Woody’s is cleverly recreating iconic quick meals favorites for its weekly specials. Subsequent is the fry-sauce-laden McDonald’s dupe Li’l Large Mac (November 12-18). The Taco Bell tribute Li’l Crunch Wrap (November 19-25) comes after that, adopted by the In-N-Out-inspired Woody’s Type (November 26-December 2). Higher but, every Monday, Lil Woody’s Burger 4 Burger program will match and donate the identical variety of burgers to be served at Seattle space organizations, chosen by area people members: Puget Sound Sage (chosen by Dae Shik Kim Jr.) on November 11, RISE (chosen by Keanna Rose Pickett) on November 18, The Residency (chosen by Meli Darby) on November 25, and a TBD beneficiary chosen by Khalil Kinsey on December 2. JB
(Li’l Woody’s, Monday–Sunday)
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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 will likely 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, Monday–Sunday)
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As a faithful stan of queer indie pop icons, Gayotic podcasters, and self-proclaimed “best band on the earth” MUNA, I’ve loved watching member Katie Gavin step into her solo facet venture. 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, Monday–Tuesday)
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Zach Bryan is not like the opposite males in up to date Prime-40 nation music—he is cool. Bryan leans into the sound of traditional, 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 a number of. Plus, he completely despises Ticketmaster; he even named his 2022 reside 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 costs. I instructed you, he is cool! Bryan will take over the Tacoma Dome for 2 consecutive nights on his Quittin Time tour with help from indie folks artists Matt Maeson and nation troubadour Levi Turner (who was the primary artist signed to Bryan’s label, Belting Bronco Data). AV
(Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, Friday–Saturday)
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“Come out to the coast, we’ll get collectively, have a number of laughs.” Or you could possibly head to this Die Onerous musical parody, which blends the motion traditional with pure comedy (plus clean 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, Friday–Sunday)
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Playwright, librettist, and longtime Time Out New York theater journalist David Cote brings a singular story to the stage in Lucidity, an operatic manufacturing that follows an aged singer-composer’s expertise with dementia. As Lili’s son Dante provides up his personal pianist profession to look after her, a younger clarinetist enters their lives, and the connection between music and reminiscence complicates their intertwined narratives. Lucidity‘s composer, Laura Kaminsky, is “recognized for addressing social points in her work,” and was described as “one of many high 35 feminine composers in classical music” by the Washington Publish. LC
(Opera Heart, Uptown, Thursday–Sunday)
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At this recurring competition introduced by the Seattle-based group DAIPANbutoh Collective, attendees can feast their eyes on the fascinating artwork of butoh, a recent 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 likely be shared by way of video. LC
(Yaw Theater, Georgetown, Friday–Sunday)
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“Final yr, a brand new vacation custom was born as ArtsWest despatched 4 of Seattle’s hottest musical theater stars on a comfy retreat to write down essentially the most excellent vacation present the world had ever seen,” the theater firm experiences. The ensuing present was such a success that they’ve revived the idea once more this yr. Yeah, it is just a little meta; for those who appreciated the show-about-putting-on-a-show vibe of Saturday Evening, you may 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, Wednesday–Sunday)
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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 quite a lot 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 an entire different act to take a seat via. Depraved continues to be good, and at some moments nice. Particularly if, not like me, you haven’t seen it 4 instances—or performed a medley of the music in your middle-school wind ensemble. STRANGER CONTRIBUTOR NATHALIE GRAHAM
(Paramount Theatre, Downtown, Monday–Sunday)
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Billing itself as a “main showcase of impartial craft and design,” this craft truthful based in 2003 was the primary of its sort, and it supplies a refreshing various to the relentless deluge of consumerism and capitalism in the course of 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 vans. Handmade items like delicate jewellery, daring ceramics, scented candles, tub and physique merchandise, paper items, and different charming trinkets are certain to develop even the grinchiest coronary heart three sizes. JB
(Magnuson Park Hangar 30, Sand Level, Saturday–Sunday)
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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. 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 positive—these high-quality creations will likely be in model all yr 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, Saturday–Sunday)
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I used to be fortunate sufficient to identify Alexander Calder’s summary cellular Lizard (Lézard) on the Palm Springs Artwork Museum a number of years again and was immediately enthralled by its buoyant, playful, but considerate means of occupying house. For this two-person exhibition, the kinetic modernist sculptor’s work will likely be showcased alongside wooden sculptures by the sensible 98-year-old artist Thaddeus Mosley, whose works additionally really feel curious and animated. LC
(Seattle Artwork Museum, Downtown, Wednesday–Sunday; opening)
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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 lively power that shapes, conceals, and distorts our perceptions. Featured artists like Karen Truax and Manuel Lucero study how gentle reveals hidden layers of fact by shifting standard senses of house, identification, and time. With intentional overexposures, shadows, and subtle glows, their works additionally problem gentle’s affiliation with objectivity. Head to Overexposures to glimpse the layered, complicated relationship between gentle and actuality—the present contains experimental works from the Henry’s collections, together with pictures by Aneta Grzeszykowska and Arthur S. Siegel. LC
(Henry Artwork Gallery, College District, Thursday–Sunday)
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Los Angeles-born gentle expertise Astra Lumina will return to light up the Seattle Chinese language Backyard for 2 months this yr, remodeling the botanical house right into a “marvel 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 need to microdose first—laser reveals of yore have confirmed that nothing’s extra psychedelic than a superb light-and-sound projection.) LC
(Seattle Chinese language Backyard, Riverview, Thursday–Sunday)
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The Nationwide Nordic Museum’s annual Julefest is a weekend crammed with vacation celebrations, together with music, dancing, and winter fare from northern Europe. Modeled after a conventional Christmas market, it contains images with Santa, wares from dozens of native artisans, and attractive Scandinavian snacks like æbleskiver for when you want to heat up your insides. New this yr, 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 Goodies and Sky River Mead. SL
(Nationwide Nordic Museum, Ballard, Friday–Sunday)
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Seize some sizzling cocoa and get cozy with your pals, household, or Hinge date at this wintertime immersive expertise stuffed with big glowing lanterns, every formed like wildlife 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 reminiscent of lion dances, umbrella juggling, face altering, chair balancing, and extra. This yr, 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, Tuesday–Sunday)
