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There’s still time to get over to the downtown Nordstrom to have a Santa photo taken. The jolly old guy is sitting in an oversized chair in front of a fireplace.
The lines are likely to be long, but isn’t that a small matter when it comes to a photo memory.
Location: Downtown Nordstrom, 500 [...]
For some, the holidays means sugar plum fairies, the pungent smell of a tree, hot cocoa, old-fashioned ornaments, and sharing presents and making memories with friends.
For others, it’s about drag queens, trashy costumes, butchered carols, and bizarre comedy. If you’re a fan of the latter holiday festivities, you probably already have your tickets to [...]
Was it theater? Or a concert? For much of the performance I wasn’t really sure. And I didn’t really care.
Jersey Boys tells the story of the rise to fame of The Four Seasons, the boy band from the wrong side of the New Jersey tracks. The story is told from four different points of [...]
What do you get when you cross an architect and a pastry chef?
"Holidays Around the World," the 15th annual Gingerbread Village at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel.
Local architects and the hotel’s culinary department combine efforts and vision to create this popular holiday display. Over 300,000 visitors stop by each year to check out the detailed gingerbread [...]
Black Nativity, a gospel song play, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year with its holiday run at Intiman Theater. Written by the late Langston Hughes, the performance is an expression of faith through song and dance, both modern and traditional.
The performance has delighted audiences of all ages and faiths, and has become a popular, [...]
You can enjoy a little snow while holiday shopping at Pacific Place, where those flakes will fall right on schedule.
And that schedule is 6 pm every evening, when faux snow comes falling down. Most evenings also feature musical entertainment. Shopping, music, snow? All of a sudden it sounds like your sown personal snow globe.
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It’s not a rumor!
The Crocodile Cafe, a night life institution that climbed to fame during the Seattle grunge era, closed suddenly yesterday. While there had been rumors of financial struggles, the closing took many by surprise.
Hold on to those memories!
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It can’t be Christmastime without a performance of Handel’s Messiah.
Although originally written for Easter services, Messiah has become more closely identified with the Christmas season. Written in 1741, it is undoubtedly the best-known choral work in the English language. It’s inspired music, and message of hope, features the famed “Hallelujah Chorus” and the [...]
While hibernation may be winter’s status quo for many animals, it doesn’t have to be for you, and this special programming coincides with many of the school vacation times.
Find out how animals spend their winter break with Winter Celebration at Woodland Park Zoo. This special event, part of the zoo’s ongoing enrichment program, features [...]
Details: The Pacific Science Center on the Seattle Center Campus.
Photo credit: Personal collection
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