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The Ladybug Transistor is again on tour for the primary time since 2011 in honor of the twenty fifth anniversary of their third album, The Albemarle Sound. In the event you’re unfamiliar with the Brooklyn-based indie pop group, let me provide you with a rundown: the band fashioned as a trio in 1995, churning out infectious sunshine pop impressed by ’60s/’70s musical innovators like Brian Wilson and Kevin Ayers. The group might not be as nicely generally known as their style familiars Belle and Sebastian, however they’re maybe the good choose for my favourite late-’90s indie pop band. Within the 2000 movie Excessive Constancy, Rob Gordon (John Cusack) has an enormous poster of the band on his fridge, so you recognize they’re cool. AV
(Madame Lou’s on the Crocodile, Belltown)
READINGS & TALKS
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Potawatomi botanist and creator 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 reveal how interconnected we’re with nature. I am excited for her latest launch, The Serviceberry, described as “a daring and provoking imaginative and prescient for learn how to orient our lives round gratitude, reciprocity, and group, based mostly 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 important message for our present fractured hellscape? JB
(City Corridor Seattle, First Hill; in-person tickets offered out, streaming passes obtainable)
SHOPPING
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The Huge Darkish has me daydreaming about an escape to sunny Santa Fe or Sedona, however within the meantime, I will content material myself with this Southwestern-themed vacation market at Capitol Hill’s desert motel-inspired bar The Wash. Take a look at classic ranch attire from Heavy Responsibility Classic (run by former EverOut worker Kim Promoting), bone artwork and pyrography from Pyromanced, greenery from Seattle Plant Daddy, curiosities from Cryptic Crate, asdzáán/wuhti-made jewellery from Feral, bone jewellery and classic wares from The Steel Botanist, small-batch scorching sauce from Bootsie’s Sauce Co., themed flash ink from tattoo artist Cecil Whitney, and sterling silver jewellery and bolo ties from Down Poor Jewellery. The native org Challenge Nightlight will even be current to debate hurt discount and public well being. JB
(The Wash, Capitol Hill)
VISUAL ART
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When life offers you lemons within the type of a worst-case-scenario presidential election, make lemonade by attending a cat-themed artwork present. Look, I am unable to promise this exhibition will treatment your existential dread. I can, nevertheless, promise that Gallery ERGO has curated an “insanely good lineup” of artists, all of whom have labored their magic on “birch cat head-shaped panels.” Plus, 10% of all proceeds from the present will probably be donated to a neighborhood animal shelter. There’s nonetheless hope for humanity, you recognize. LC
(Gallery ERGO, Pike Place Market; closing)
FILM
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Bob Clark’s filmography might be described as “unhinged,” or, on the very least, “eclectic.” The lo-fi zombie schlockfest Youngsters Should not Play With Useless Issues was one in every 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 telephone calls come from inside the home. Decked out in twinkle lights, the ’74 flick follows a bunch of sorority sisters picked off over winter break. It is one in every of my favorites presently of 12 months. LC
(Grand Phantasm, College District)
FOOD & DRINK
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Everybody’s favourite vacation mild present is again! Test them out whereas celebrating Bait Store’s twelfth 12 months on the hill with drink specials and dancing to the dwell tunes of native Christmas surf band Dancer and Prancer. This beloved dive bar at all times goes entire hog with vacation decorations, and their epic musical mild present kicks off each hour on the hour(ish). Take pleasure in one in every of their blended cocktails or a seasonal sipper (final 12 months we tried “It’s Giving Thanks” and “Dancing Queen,” which used Swedish fish-infused vodka), and really feel your self get swept up within the vacation spirit. SL
(Bait Store, Capitol Hill)
LIVE MUSIC
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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 lots 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 designed for little ones with quick consideration spans. AV
(Benaroya Corridor, Downtown)
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On her new album Hold of the Shepherd, singer-songwriter Hannah Frances’ vocals dance from delicate whispers to daring runs, drawing comparisons to Joni Mitchell and Jeff Buckley (Pitchfork). The result’s psychedelic, emotionally stirring, and totally timeless, placing her on par with up to date people revivalists like Laura Marling, Fleet Foxes, and Weyes Blood. She’s going to help the brand new album alongside native singer-songwriter Abbey Blackwell (previously of Alvvays). AV
(Barboza, Capitol Hill)
PODCASTS
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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 little thing from the Enron collapse to serial killers, and it was named the Podcast of the Yr on the 2022 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards. Marshall will be a part of forces with American Hysteria host Chelsey Weber-Smith for this dwell present, which is able to provide up comedy, witchy rock and roll by a Fleetwood Mac tribute band, and an enormous séance to shake off the 365-day hex that was 2024. LC
(Moore Theatre, Belltown)
READINGS & TALKS
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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, Guide Larder will host this occasion at Fremont Abbey. Kenji himself will focus on his trendy traditional cookbook with fellow native creator Molly Wizenberg, cohost of the favored Spilled Milk podcast. He’ll even be signing copies, so you’ll be able to snag the proper reward for the geeky gourmand in your life. JB
(Fremont Abbey Arts Heart, Fremont; offered out)
FILM
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“Who amongst us isn’t a critic? That’s a part of being alive—reacting to issues,” says Matt Carey, the documentary editor at Deadline Hollywood. Artwork critics are used to weathering critique themselves, in order an arts author, I recognize the occasional moments we’re thrown a bone. This documentary appears promising: Filmmaker Mary Louise Schumacher’s Out of the Image explores the lives of artwork critics and the way they’re navigating the always-changing panorama of artwork writing. Following this free screening, former Stranger arts author Jen Graves and artist Barbara Earl Thomas will chat about “what’s misplaced and who’s most impacted when artwork critics are absent from cultural conversations.” LC
(Frye Artwork Museum, First Hill)
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Angela Garbes, former Stranger staffer and author of Important Labor: Mothering as Social Change, is internet hosting a collection of conversations on an under-discussed subject: Girls’s experiences of center age. For this dialogue, she’ll be joined by Japanese Shawnee poet Laura Da’, killer whale professional Dr. Deborah Giles, and Seattle journalist Putsata Reang, whowrote 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’d be taught from orca whales about perimenopausal and postmenopausal sexuality.” As an individual who will probably be “perimenopausal” in a frighteningly quick variety of years, take into account me intrigued. LC
(Central Library, Downtown)
LIVE MUSIC
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It is a Christmas miracle! Indie-pop outfit Warren Dunes will give the reward of traditional and unique vacation tunes alongside fellow Seattleites Annie J, Debbie Miller, Tomo Nakayama, Evan Flory-Barnes, Oz (All Star Opera), Babes In Canyon, Shaun Crawford (RUB, Acid Tongue), and Sheldon Rosevear. Within the spirit of giving, proceeds from the occasion will probably be donated to Many Palms Challenge Seattle, which provides native artists with cash for childcare. AV
(Fremont Abbey Arts Heart, Fremont)
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Odie Leigh’s current rise to fame entails a little bit of an oxymoron. Her sound attracts on conventional people music with finger-picked guitars and narrative lyricism, ensuing within the sorts of songs you’d anticipate to be handed down by way of generations. As a substitute, her songs made their method by way of on-line algorithms, gaining reputation in probably the most trendy method. 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 plain. Her guitar enjoying 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)
WINTER HOLIDAYS
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We love that Seattle’s distinctive geography lends itself to distinctive Christmas celebrations, together with a parade of sparkly boats. You may seize a spot on the lead boat, comply with alongside in your individual decked-out boat, or stake out one of many many glorious shoreside viewpoints. The parade will collect in Lake Union and head westward by way of the Fremont Reduce, the place a free viewing get together will probably be held at Evanston Plaza. SL
(Gasoline Works Park & Lake Union Park)
COMEDY
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“Rising up with immigrant mother and father, he was taught to not burden others along with your issues. Now, at 26, Ray [has] discovered that really, it’s okay to burden others so long as you’re humorous,” Right here-After explains of the Chinese language American stand-up Ray Lau. These look like phrases to dwell by, so my curiosity within the Gen Z comic is unquestionably piqued. He’ll cease by Seattle to ask us why we’re mendacity for beans. LC
(Right here-After on the Crocodile, Belltown)
FOOD & DRINK
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I gotta focus, I am shifting into soup mode. Cookbook creator and “soup woman” Caroline Wright, who acquired a terminal mind most cancers prognosis in 2017, will arrange in entrance of Guide Larder and sling cozy, soul-soothing goodness impressed by her underground soup membership and her cookbooks, Soup Membership and Seconds. All proceeds go towards glioblastoma analysis on the American Mind Tumor Affiliation. JB
(Guide Larder, Fremont)
LIVE MUSIC
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The charity circuit will get an indie-rock soundtrack as a pitch-perfect lineup gathers to assist elevate funds for the Seattle Youngsters’s Hospital. Attendees will probably be handled to performances from Massachusetts slacker rock legends Sebadoh, Constructed to Spill frontman Doug Martsch, Weapons N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan, and the debut of Nudedragons, that includes Soundgarden members Kim Thayil, Matt Cameron, and Ben Shepherd. AV
(The Showbox, Downtown; offered out)
VISUAL ART
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I am intrigued by the calming, contemplative framework of Mark Templeton’s A GUIDE TO INNER LIGHT—the solo present pairs lo-fi risograph pictures with repetitive tape loops pulled from ’70s- and ’80s-era meditation cassettes the Canadian media artist present in a library. I like to recommend testing the subtleties of the work in individual; subsequent 12 months, Templeton will publish the collection as a photobook and restricted version tape. LC
(Solas Gallery, Pioneer Sq.)
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I am a long-time fan of Gretchen Frances Bennett’s deceptively easy coloured pencil compositions, which mix natural parts (flora, pure phenomena) to consider human emotion, interiority, and the way we is likely to be extra like flowers than we predict. Though Bennett’s flora-inspired works are alluring, I am notably pulled towards this drawing impressed by Wong Kar-wai’s Completely satisfied Collectively. The picture’s hazy, blended coloration discipline appears as if it has been rained on; nonetheless, there is a potent sense of relationship and tactile reminiscence right here. Bennett’s drawings really feel like well-loved pictures: smudged, folded up, and saved protected in a pockets. LC
(Veronica, Mount Baker)
READINGS & TALKS
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For this vacation version of the studying collection exploring human connection, host Jean Sherrard will compile unconventional vacation tales on a “consolation and pleasure” theme alongside co-rogues Kurt Beattie, Marianne Owen, Julie Briskman, and Duwamish elder and Chief Seattle descendant Ken Workman. (Anticipate “mistletoe mishaps, hilarious encounters within the holly, and all of the merry mayhem you by no means knew you wanted.”) Native musical duo Braly Sangster will work some musical magic to set the scene for the storytellers.
(City Corridor Seattle, First Hill)
EXHIBIT
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New York-based photographer Victoria Sambunaris car-camps throughout the US 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, highway logs, minerals, discovered objects, and movies from her travels, which doc “the impression of commercial 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, Monday–Sunday; closing)
FILM
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I might take or depart Jesse Eisenberg, however really feel strongly that Kieran Culkin is one in every of our best up to date character actors. (If you have not seen Succession, watch half an episode and you may perceive why.) In A Actual Ache, Eisenberg’s second characteristic 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 indicate off their chops with out a lot distraction, so the movie’s pared-down premise is intriguing. LC
(SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown, Monday–Wednesday)
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Love him or not, Luca Guadagnino and his psychosexual model are kinda unstoppable. The director of Name Me By Your Title and the cannibalistic highway journey Bones and All is releasing not one, however two movies this 12 months. (I am certain you keep in mind Challengers, everybody’s favourite sexy tennis romp, from again in spring.) Queer adapts a William S. Burroughs novella and follows an American expat in ’50s-era Mexico Metropolis (performed by Daniel Craig) who meets a cold, fashionable youthful man. LC
(SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown, Monday–Sunday)
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Taking cues from conventional Japanese ghost tales, Tokuzō Tanaka’s The Snow Girl follows a grasp sculptor and his apprentice, who hunt down a mystical tree with which to carve a statue commissioned by a neighborhood temple. This angers the ghostly witch of the woods, who takes her revenge on the grasp however spares the coed, who goes on to marry the gorgeous Yuki. I am a agency believer that the inherent creepiness of winter must be celebrated. Soak in a few of these vibes at this screening of the ’68 movie. LC
(The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis, Monday–Thursday)
FOOD & DRINK
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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 positioned 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 hundreds of bows) and a playlist with all of the Christmas requirements, plus a menu of drinks like spiked scorching cocoa and retro snacks like Beanie Weenies and popcorn in vacation tins. Additionally, maintain your eyes peeled for upcoming occasions resembling ugly sweater events, an après-ski-themed get together, and “Soiled Santa” picture ops. JB
(The Woods, Capitol Hill, Monday–Sunday)
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Irrespective of how previous 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, Monday–Friday)
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In 2014, New York bar proprietor Greg Boehm quickly 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 everywhere in 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 “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)
LIVE MUSIC
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Northwest people rock stalwarts the Moondoggies are again with their annual household band-style Christmas live performance. The band has promised loads of presents, together with openers Brenna Bruce and Jesse Bonn & the Papusas (evening one) and Chilly Consolation and the Lights (evening two). AV
(Tractor Tavern, Ballard, Saturday–Sunday)
PERFORMANCE
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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 Dickensian magic with a bunch of intrusive ghosts and a notably grumpy previous dude. What might be extra Christmassy than that? LC
(ACT – A Up to date Theatre, Downtown)
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“Come out to the coast, we’ll get collectively, have a couple of laughs.” Or you can head to this Die Laborious musical parody, which blends the motion traditional with pure comedy (plus easy 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 with no few pesky German terrorists. LC
(Seattle Public Theater, Inexperienced Lake, Wednesday–Sunday)
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Rob McPherson (aka the Drunken Tenor) returns for this comedy opera, which will get a bit 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 contemporary 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, Wednesday–Sunday)
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Written by progressive 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 individual. This interpretation of the gospel play, offered in partnership with the Hansberry Challenge, blends nativity storytelling, dance, and conventional Christmas carols with contemporary songs. LC
(Broadway Efficiency Corridor, Capitol Hill, Monday–Sunday)
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Seattle’s personal “Second Girl 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 sort of twisted artwork.” LC
(ACT – A Up to date Theatre, Downtown, Thursday–Sunday)
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It is The Nutcracker—you already know the premise, but it surely by no means actually will get previous, 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, must you get a craving.) As an instance you are all Nutcrackered out, although. Listed below are some little-known details 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, Wednesday–Sunday)
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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, Friday–Sunday)
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Degenerate Artwork Ensemble, visible artist Senga Nengudi, and musician/performer yuniya edi kwon come collectively for this considerate new work, which attracts from a “various lineage of queer, anti-colonial, and care-based” inventive practices to kind a contemporary, “transcestral” lineage. The West Coast premiere of Boy mom / faceless bloom is fiercely collaborative and multidisciplinary: Anticipate a mix of dance, ritual, and sculptural set up set to musical and poetic parts. LC
(On the Boards, Uptown, Thursday–Saturday)
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This showy burlesque spectacle invitations you to journey to the lascivious Land of the Sweets, which is able to return for its 18th season with extra sugar plum sexiness and swinging tunes by The Nutcracker Nonette. Anticipate a number of “light-juggling,” plus jazz, ballet, striptease, and songs swirling collectively in a single infectious confection. Yum. (Professional tip for the grown and horny folks on the market: All exhibits scheduled after 9 pm are for attendees 21 and over.) LC
(Triple Door, Downtown, Wednesday–Sunday)
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Spotlighting up-and-coming choreographers in Seattle, Velocity’s experimental new works competition Subsequent Fest NW continues celebrating up to date motion artwork this 12 months. Impressed by this 12 months’s theme of “TOTAL CHAOS,” inventive movers and shakers will “examine cacophony” in a collection of forward-thinking new items. I like mess! I am excited to see Hannah Krafcik and Emily Jones on this 12 months’s lineup—the duo’s experimental efficiency was one in every of my favorites on the 2021 Time-Primarily based Arts Competition. LC
(twelfth Avenue Arts, Capitol Hill, Thursday–Saturday)
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Scott Shoemaker (aka Ms. Pak-Man) will lead a gaggle of Seattle’s most Yuletide-lovin’ burlesque, music, and comedy stars on this subversive celebration of Christmas. Anticipate tune and dance, utter hilarity, and partial nudity from this forged of cheery queerdos. LC
(Theatre Off Jackson, Chinatown-Worldwide District, Friday–Saturday)
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Introduced in collaboration with the Nationwide Nordic Museum and Western Washington College, this kid-centric interpretation of a traditional Hans Christian Andersen fairy story (it impressed Disney’s Frozen) comes full with leaping reindeer and singing flora. Adults will discover one thing to like right here, too—in case you’re a fan of movies like Labyrinth or Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, this frosty ballet’s nightmarish queen and icy, surreal realm will possible enchantment. LC
(Seattle Youngsters’s Theatre, Uptown, Friday–Sunday)
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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 comfortable retreat to put in writing probably the most good vacation present the world had ever seen,” the theater firm studies. The ensuing present was such a success that they’ve revived the idea once more this 12 months. Yeah, it is a bit meta; in case you preferred the show-about-putting-on-a-show vibe of Saturday Evening, you will in all probability 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 a good time “the true which means of the vacations.” LC
(ArtsWest, Junction, Thursday–Sunday)
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These days, I have been jealously poring over YouTube movies of German Christmas markets aglow with twinkly lights and filled with bustling customers bundled up of their puffy winter coats, buying every little thing from handmade presents to glühwein. I have been daydreaming of a Yuletide escape to expertise one in every of these idyllic bazaars for myself, however since that is not going within the playing cards, my subsequent most suitable choice is Seattle’s Christmas Market, the native tackle this Outdated-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 palms as you peruse the cubicles. Plus, journey a Christmas carousel, embark on a scavenger hunt, and snap selfies with the festive mascots Holly and Jolly. JB
(Seattle Heart, Uptown, Monday–Sunday)
VISUAL ART
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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 “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 may additionally wish to microdose first—laser exhibits of yore have confirmed that nothing’s extra psychedelic than a great light-and-sound projection.) LC
(Seattle Chinese language Backyard, Riverview, Thursday–Sunday; closing)
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Russian-born studio e gallery artist Polina Bertou and Portland-based creator Jess Perlitz come collectively on this curious exhibition, which senses “the perimeters of their proprioceptive discipline” with reflections on containers, portals, and the physique. I am stoked to see Perlitz’s 16-foot fabric-and-sand arm sculpture paired with Bartou’s Flashe work, with figures that curve like banana bunches. Perlitz’s Rain Rainbow is particularly lovely, a stone-like kind streaked with rainbow hues. “Even what appears stable can spill,” the gallery explains. Right here, not all inventive expression might be neatly contained. LC
(studio e, Georgetown, Thursday–Saturday)
WINTER HOLIDAYS
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Seattle Heart’s annual winter competition 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 practice and village show I keep in mind from my childhood remains 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 Better 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 purchasing. I did not go final 12 months due to the value, 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 very best.) SL
(Seattle Heart, Uptown, Monday–Sunday)
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Seize some scorching cocoa and get cozy with your mates, 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 practice, 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 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)
