Local actors Jessica Skerritt and Dane Stokinger don’t have to stretch too far for their roles this holiday season. The married couple plays a married couple (Ralphie’s mother and father) in the musical A Christmas Story (11/25–12/30; times and prices vary. The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave.; 206.625.1900; 5thavenue.org). And it’s not the first…

For those of you who didn’t get all the shopping out of your system on Black Friday, today is Cyber Monday. And there are steals and deals to be had. But before your bank account dwindles even further, let’s read up on what’s going on around the city: There will be another Ferguson-related protest this…

Must CheerThe Seahawks Take on The 49ersThursday (11/27) The Seahawks play sworn enemies the San Francisco 49ers for the first time since beating them out for last year’s Super Bowl slot. San Francisco may have a fancy new stadium, but we must’nt let them forget: we have those shiny rings. Must DrinkFremont Brewing’s Abominable Release…

Work has finally begun on the stalled Fifth + Columbia tower. The building will soar to 44 stories–one of the tallest in Seattle–and will house a four-star luxury hotel on the third through the 15th floors. The rest will be office space. Look for Fifth + Columbia to open sometime in 2016. More development news:…

Your turkey has settled and it’s time to swap the PSL for eggnog, for the holidays are here. Whether you prefer to celebrate with burlesque dancers, towering wintry ice sculptures, good old-fashioned ice skating (available at Seattle Center, in Bellevue or in Redmond) or all of the above, this index of more than 40 events…

Thanksgiving is supposed to be a joyous occasion wherein relatives young and old gather ’round for an epic feast, convivial conversation, sports (if you’re into that), parades with accident-prone balloons, and general family togetherness. Some of the time, however, it’s a completely dysfunctional event from which you’d like to escape. (Lest my family read this…

Nordstrom has announced some big changes with its semi-annual sales: The luxury department store is abandoning those four semi-annual sales and instead plans to hold six clearance sales each year. According to The Puget Sound Business Journal, “the six clearance sales will be storewide, rather than broken up by specific department, as the half-yearly sales…

It’s Friday. It’s raining. Potentially violent protesters could be mere steps from our offices. Leading off: Warnings are out for the possibility of violent protests downtown today or over the weekend. The fringe activist group October 22nd Coalition Against Police Brutality, Repression and The Criminalization of a Generation is expected to gather at Westlake Park…

Looking into my crystal ball—and yes, I have one, an old green Japanese fishing float—I foresee that the year 2015 promises to be the year of either Big Headaches or Big Solutions. For one thing, we’ll be catching up with many cans we’ve been kicking down the road. It is the year that the complex…

Must Make Reservations10 Restaurants Serving Up Thanksgiving DinnerRestaurants around Seattle are preparing Thanksgiving feasts for dine in and take out. Prix-fixe menus, buffets and smoked turkeys to-go give us plenty to be thankful for this year, but make your reservations, like, now. Must HearDavid Bazan and Passenger String Quartet PerformFriday (11/21, 9 p.m.) Seattle singer-songwriter…

Cornish College of the Arts—one of three colleges in the country that specializes in both the visual and performing arts—has turned 100 years old. Founder Nellie Cornish opened Cornish on Capitol Hill originally as a music school, and then expanded it to become an integrative arts campus. Cornish wanted her college to create “artists, citizens…

Leading off on this rather warm Thursday morning: Councilwoman Kshama Sawant was arrested yesterday at a protest at Alaska Airlines’ Seattle headquarters. The protest was in support of $15 wages for Alaska Airlines workers at Sea-Tac. The Puget Sound Business Journal reports that three other people were also arrested, including two airport workers and a…