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Must List: PNB’s Nutcracker, Seahawks Versus the 49ers & More
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must Cheer
The Seahawks Take on The 49ers
Thursday (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 Drink
Fremont Brewing’s Abominable Release Party
Friday (11/28, 5 to 9 p.m.) Raise a glass to Fremont Brewing’s 2014 bourbon barrel-aged Abominable seasonal beer at the brewery’s Urban Beer Garden. Abominable will be on tap and ready to take home in 22-ounce bottles, plus a brewer will offer insider info on the ingredients and blending process and how the beer changes with age.
Must Bid Adieu
Sendak’s Final Nutcracker Season
(11/28 to 12/28, times vary) This year marks the 31st and final season PNB will perform Tchaikovsky’s classic ballet using Maurice Sendak’s set and costumes. Don’t miss your last chance to see the hidden Wild Thing peeking out from the backdrop!
Must Delight
Bellevue Collection’s Snowflake Lane Begins
(11/28 to 12/24, 7 p.m.) Where else can you find live toy soldiers rum-pa-pum-pumming, glitzy light displays and a picture-perfect snowfall every night? Now in its 10th year.
Must Hear
The Flavr Blue at Neumos
Saturday (11/29, 8 p.m.) Wrap up your month with the smooth electronic sounds of Hollis Wong-Wear and her band, The Flavr Blue.
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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…