The Must List: Pop-Up Skating Rinks, Burlesque Nutcracker & More
What to do this weekend in Seattle
By Seattle magazine staff December 9, 2015
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.
Follow Us
Studio Sessions: Jo Cosme
The Seattle-based multimedia artist and 2026 Neddy Award winner challenges the postcard version of Puerto Rico and centers the persistence of its people.
Jo Cosme knows how seductive a postcard can be. The Seattle-based Boricua (Puerto Rican) multimedia artist works across photography, installation, video, sound, and interactive elements to examine and pull apart how Puerto Rico is seen, sold, and misunderstood from the outside. Trained in photojournalism, with a BFA in photography from Puerto Rico School of Fine…
Seattle’s Drag Brunch Has History
The city’s Sunday shows started long before the mimosas got bottomless.
There was a time not too long ago, when drag performances—now a mainstay of Seattle’s queer scene—were kept under wraps. And when brunches, complete with singing and dancing queens dressed in dazzling drag as you sipped mimosas, weren’t a Sunday staple. During the 1940s and ‘50s, an era largely shaped by restrictive laws and bias…
Studio Sessions: Sangram Majumdar
Working at the confluence of history, culture, and various painting traditions, UW associate professor Sangram Majumdar is one of this year’s Neddy Artist Award winners.
Discover the art of UW professor Sangram Majumdar, a 2026 Neddy Artist Award winner. Learn about his inspiration and upcoming Seattle exhibition at Cornish.
Rearview Mirror: A Georgian Dinner, Sidewalk Sips, and One-of-a-Kind Clothing
Things I did, saw, ate, learned, or read in the past week (or so).
A new life for old clothes To celebrate one year in its current studio, the FXRY—a clothing repair service available via in-person appointments, home pickup, or mail-in drop off—is dropping its first collection. A small batch of reworked pieces, Second Mark will feature 13 vintage barn jackets, cropped, chain-stitched, and renewed into a completely unique, one-of-one…