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The Must List: Pop-Up Skating Rinks, Burlesque Nutcracker & More
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must Read
Pick up a Copy of New Book The Best Party of our Lives
Tuesday (12/15) Local poet and The Stranger‘s “Wedding Crasher” columnist Sarah Galvin releases The Best Party of our Lives, a collection of stories of gay weddings. Each story features a same-sex couple–most with Seattle connections–and their journey to the altar.
Must Skate
Take a Spin on Several Pop-Up Skating Rinks
(Through 1/10/2016, times vary) Winter is the time novices and Michelle Kwan wannabes alike strap on their skates and take a spin on area pop-up skating rinks. The ice is open at Seattle Center (and remains through January 4), while a synthetic ice rink (you still use ice skates) is open at Redmond Town Center through December 31. Bellevue Downtown Park hosts the Magic Season Ice Arena through January 10.
Must Listen
Lori Goldston Performs a Suite of New Works
(12/10 to 12/12, 2 to 5 p.m.) Seattle’s renowned contemporary cellist and composer performs Pollen, a suite of three new works as part of the Frye Art Museum’s Genius/21 Century/Seattle exhibition and program.
Must Ooh La La
Land of the Sweets: The Burlesque Nutcracker at Triple Door
(12/10 to 12/27, times vary) A sexy makeover to the classic, with minimal clothing and naughty implications, makes for a provocative holiday performance.
Must Get Festive
Tour Seattle’s Twinkly, Illuminated Streets
Saturday (12/12, 7 p.m.) One tour to conquer all of Seattle’s best Christmas-lighted neighborhoods starts on a vintage Metro bus. Tour departs from Second Avenue and S Main Street.
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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…