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Must List: Northwest Chocolate Festival, Short Run Comix and Arts Festival, Cinema Italian Style

Must List: Northwest Chocolate Festival, Short Run Comix and Arts Festival, Cinema Italian Style

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST BE SWEET Northwest Chocolate Festival (11/9-11/10) Get your fix of handmade truffles, caramels and quirky confections at the largest celebration in the world for chocolate lovers. Featuring about 100 artisanal chocolatiers from 20 countries, the event entices with handcrafted, dark and milk chocolate treats…

Must List: Seattle Women's Show, Bunka no Hi, 'Beyond Bollywood'

Must List: Seattle Women’s Show, Bunka no Hi, ‘Beyond Bollywood’

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST IMMERSE Beyond Bollywood: Indian Americans Shape the Nation (11/2-1/26/20) This exhibit, which amassed over a year of residency at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, explores the history of Indian-American immigrants and their ancestors. Supplemented by MOHAI’s Northwest-specific addition, the artifacts, photographs and…

16 Best Things to Do in Seattle in November 2019

16 Best Things to Do in Seattle in November 2019

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A dozen all-star dancers execute Jennifer Weber’s explosive choreography for The Hip Hop Nutcracker

VR Brings Evocative Narratives to the Seattle Queer Film Festival

VR Brings Evocative Narratives to the Seattle Queer Film Festival

VR filmmaking is pushing the boundaries of traditional storytelling

Imagine stepping into the mind of a heartbroken lover staring into a bathroom mirror, or a former white supremacist traversing memories of childhood trauma. As virtual reality (VR) technology continues its steady evolution, VR filmmaking is pushing the boundaries of traditional storytelling. Each of the films featured at the “Immersively Queer: VR Showcase” at the…

Must List: 'Dracula,' Ten Tiny Dances, Seattle Lit Crawl

Must List: ‘Dracula,’ Ten Tiny Dances, Seattle Lit Crawl

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Brandon O’Neill as Count Dracula

Must List: Halloween Pet Parade, Kinofest, Refract: The Seattle Glass Experience

Must List: Halloween Pet Parade, Kinofest, Refract: The Seattle Glass Experience

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST DRESS UP  Halloween Pet Parade (10/20) Dress up with your favorite pet (species not specified!) and parade through Volunteer Park to celebrate Halloween. The event is sponsored by Mud Bay pet supply company and will have vendors selling their pet-related wares and services. Prizes will…

Must List: Burke Museum Grand Reopening, Seattle Queer Film Festival, 'Stabbin' Cabin'

Must List: Burke Museum Grand Reopening, Seattle Queer Film Festival, ‘Stabbin’ Cabin’

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST DISCOVER  Burke Museum Grand Reopening (10/12-10/14) The Burke Museum’s $106 million rebuild, designed by Tom Kundig of Olson Kundig, opens up previously behind-the-scenes labs and research spaces via glass walls, making the museum more accessible and integrated. Visitors can now take a peek at the collections at the same time…

Must List: Taste of Seattle Made, Earshot Jazz Festival, Delta's 17:00 Bar

Must List: Taste of Seattle Made, Earshot Jazz Festival, Delta’s 17:00 Bar

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST EAT LOCAL  Taste of Seattle Made (10/6) Make your way to Pioneer Square to sample appetizers, dessert, boozy creations and so much more from local food and beverage makers including Broadcast Coffee Roasters, Gnocchi Bar and Dolcetta Artisan Sweets. This is the fifth annual…

11 Local Events to Get You in the Halloween Spirit

11 Local Events to Get You in the Halloween Spirit

From adult entertainment to family-friendly fun, Seattle has all the spooky happenings to get your Halloween fix

Halloween may technically only be one day, but that shouldn’t stop you from getting the celebration started early. Whether you’re in the mood to eat, run, laugh or scream, October’s spookiest events have you covered.  Here are our top picks for the month: Halloween Pet Parade (10/20) Don’t let your furry friends miss out on…

Must List: Northwest Tea Festival, Refuge Outdoors Festival, Samsoom Pop-up

Must List: Northwest Tea Festival, Refuge Outdoors Festival, Samsoom Pop-up

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST SIP WITH PINKIES UP  Northwest Tea Festival (9/28-9/29) While Seattle may be known for its coffee, our Pacific Northwest climate is perfect for other hot beverage connoisseurs, which has kept the Northwest Tea Festival going for 12 years. Check out the fest at Seattle…

17 Best Things to Do in Seattle in October 2019

17 Best Things to Do in Seattle in October 2019

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‘No Dominion,’ among the films showing at the Seattle Queer Film Festival

One Night in Seattle with Malcolm Gladwell

One Night in Seattle with Malcolm Gladwell

The author, public speaker, and staff writer for ‘The New Yorker’ discusses why we’re so bad at spotting liars at a sold-out show in Benaroya Hall

Malcolm Gladwell—if you haven’t read any of his recent best-sellers, you know him from The Tipping Point and Blink—is not interested in rehashing the election of Donald Trump. At least that’s what he told everyone on Wednesday evening at Benaroya Hall. Gladwell, who famously claimed, in his book, Outliers, that it takes ten thousand hours…

Must List: Luminata, Snohomish Tweed Ride, Seattle Children's Festival

Must List: Luminata, Snohomish Tweed Ride, Seattle Children’s Festival

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Celebrate autumn’s start with lights and sparkle at Luminata

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