The Food and Fireworks You Need to Help Ring in the New Year
Must List: Your Guide to Seattle's hottest events.
By Seattle Magazine Staff December 29, 2017
MUST MASK
Jai Ho! Bollywood Masquerade
(12/30) Jai Ho! returns to Seattle for one final time in 2017 for a pre-NYE Bollywood masquerade party at Columbia City Theater. Enjoy dance lessons, henna and dance group Live2Dance, while DJ Ki and DJ Skee play Bollywood dance music. Fret not, mask-less partygoers. Your ticket includes one. 9 p.m.–2 a.m. Prices vary. Columbia City Theater, Columbia City, 4916 Rainier Ave S; 206.722.3009; columbiacitytheater.com.
MUST BLOW
Fireworks at the Space Needle
(12/31) Gather on the grounds to ring in the new year as our city’s icon blows its top. Show starts at midnight. Free. Seattle Center under the Space Needle, 400 Broad St.; 206.905.2100; spaceneedle.com.
MUST LEARN
Seattle Children’s Museum
(12/31) Ring in every time zone of the New Year with your little ones at the New Year’s Eve Celebration at Seattle Children’s Museum. As 2018 reaches different parts of the globe, guests may raise a glass of juice and enjoy a craft or activity that represents a tradition in countries like India, Ethiopia and Brazil. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Prices vary. Seattle Children’s Museum, Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St.; 206.441.1768; thechildrensmuseum.org.
MUST GO GATSBY
Gatsby & Gold at The Shop
(12/31) Gearhead hangout The Shop in SoDo rings in the New Year with a 1920s-themed Gatsby & Gold party. Festivities include aerial artists, casino games and a whiskey and dessert bar, plus a chance to peep The Shop’s classic cars and private members-only rooms. Come for the cars, stay for the party. Cocktail and ‘20s attire strongly encouraged. 9 p.m. Prices vary. 206.736.9966; SoDo, The Shop, 2233 6th Ave. S; theshopclubs.com.
MUST FREEZE
Resolution Run 5K and Polar Bear Dive
(1/1) Kick off your New Year’s resolutions with a frigid dip into Lake Washington at Club Northwest’s annual 5K and Polar Bear Dive. This fun run, walk and (optional) dip—you can choose to “detour” through the lake before crossing the finish line—includes a free Kid’s Dash, free chili and hot chocolate and a beer garden. Registration at 9 a.m. Prices vary. Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE; 206.729.9972; promotionevents.com/resorun/home.html
Follow Us
Holiday Hunt in Pioneer Square
A daily ornament drop turns December into a neighborhood-wide scavenger hunt.
The holidays tend to bring out the kid in all of us. And if opening presents and eating too many treats weren’t enough, there’s also a scavenger hunt in Seattle’s oldest neighborhood. Pioneer Square’s Holiday Ornament Scavenger Hunt has returned for its third year. Twenty-five handblown glass ornaments—all made at Glasshouse Studio—are hidden across 25…
Chit-Chat Kids
Phone a friend.
Twenty years ago, before everyone walked around with a device in their pocket, kids used to call each other on a landline—often tethered to the kitchen in their home. It was a simpler time, when parents didn’t have to worry (nearly as much) about a potential predator contacting their child. Nowadays, things are different, which…
A Plate for Pickleball
The design celebrates the state’s official sport. Additional plates are on the way.
Washington served up a new license plate last week, honoring the state sport of pickleball. In the works for three years, it’s the second of seven specialty plates to hit the market since getting approved by lawmakers earlier this year. “We’re thrilled to see our efforts become reality,” says Kate Van Gent, vice president of…
Seattle-Based Agency Brings Real Voices to NBC’s New Campaign
DNA&STONE built the project around candid conversations to understand what audiences want from reporting.
“I turned off news altogether. I want to be able to form my own opinions. Just tell the truth.” These lines open NBC News’ new national campaign, a 60-second ad that drifts over forests, farms, neighborhoods, and cityscapes while Americans talk about how worn out they feel by the news. The landscape carries the conversation…