Must List: Cinerama Reopens, Contemporary Dance Aplenty & More
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff November 20, 2014
Must Make Reservations
10 Restaurants Serving Up Thanksgiving Dinner
Restaurants 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 Hear
David Bazan and Passenger String Quartet Perform
Friday (11/21, 9 p.m.) Seattle singer-songwriter David Bazan (of Pedro the Lion fame) and local string ensemble extraordinaire Passenger String Quartet make beautiful music together.
Must See
A Weekend Teeming with Contemporary Dance
Dance fans have to make some tough choices this weekend—do you see the funny dance memoir by Seattle’s Peggy Piacenza, the touching hip-hop-inflected piece by LA-based David Rousséve, or the intricate work of modern dance icon Tere O’Connor? We recommend going full-bore and hitting all three!
Must Ooh and Ahh
Cinerama Reopens Today
Thursday (11/20, 8 p.m.) At last! Cinerama celebrates its grand reopening—complete with a snazzy new exterior mural and technology upgrades galore—tonight at 8 p.m. with a screening of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1. Only a handful of seats are left for the taking, but relax, the beloved theater will be open evermore.
Must Shop
5 Shopping Events You Shouldn’t Miss
(Dates and times vary) Ready the plastic: A host of shopping adventures are happening this weekend and next, including the first-ever Seattle Collective at Melrose Market Studios and the Nordstrom Pop-in Gift & Go.
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Seattle’s Big Holiday Arts Guide
A full lineup of seasonal performances across local theaters and venues.
In the words of William Shakespeare, “All’s well that ends well.” Local theater and arts organizations are hoping for exactly that. Holiday productions often account for as much as half of their annual ticket sales. A 2018 Dance/USA survey found that The Nutcracker alone represented 48% of yearly revenue for many companies producing the Tchaikovsky…
Outside The Frame
In their first solo museum exhibition in Seattle, artist Camille Trautman uses photography to reclaim history, narrative, and self-expression.
You have probably seen Camille Trautman’s work without even realizing it. A huge photograph—20 feet wide—is currently hanging across the exterior of the Frye Art Museum, visible to passersby driving along Boren Avenue. The image is of a wooded landscape in black and white. Its edges are vacuous, with trees swallowed by darkness, but the…
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…