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Must List: Cinerama Reopens, Contemporary Dance Aplenty & More
What to do this weekend in Seattle
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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Rearview Mirror: Godzilla, Cork, and a New Sushi Spot
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
POPPING OUR SENSES I don’t think I’ve ever given much thought to a wine cork beyond the satisfying pop it makes when opening a bottle, but after spending a morning at DeLille Cellars in Woodinville with about 50 other people, I have a new appreciation for it. The occasion was “(Pop) Open Your Senses,” a…
Best Bookstore: Beguiled Books
This Pioneer Square darling is easy to spot: pink doors and candy-striped details mark its home near Occidental Square. Beguiled Books started in 2024 as a mobile bookstore, making its way from table to tent to trailer, and finally to its current brick-and-mortar space. Labelling itself as “Seattle’s Original Romance Bookstore,” Beguiled specializes in just…
Best Art Gallery: Foster/White Gallery
A pillar in Pioneer Square’s arts ecosystem, Foster/White Gallery opened in 1966 (then called Richard White Gallery) as the first space of its kind in the neighborhood. It soon gained notoriety for showing preeminent Northwest artists such as Morris Graves, William Morris, George Tsutakawa, and Dale Chihuly. In the decades after founding the gallery, its…
Best Museum: Seattle Art Museum
A vote for Seattle Art Museum is really a vote for three different art outings. The downtown museum pairs ambitious exhibitions with a global collection; the Seattle Asian Art Museum occupies SAM’s original 1933 Art Deco home amid the 43 acres of Capitol Hill’s Volunteer Park; and the Olympic Sculpture Park puts art out in…