Must List: Five Fun Things to Do in Seattle This Week

Fall is just about here, showing itself in the chill of early mornings and the fog that settles over the city. It’s the season when Seattle feels like the center of the art world. We dropped into Pioneer Square to catch fashion at its most fun during First Thursday Art Walk, rounded up this season’s dance and theater, and shared a guide to Hispanic Heritage Month.

Here are five more things to do this week.

 

Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

Opening Sept. 11
SIFF Cinema Uptown, Seattle
$15+

The Crawleys return to the big screen for one last installment. Lady Mary finds herself in a scandal, family finances falter, and the staff prepares for sweeping change. With new drama unfolding and the next generation ready to take the reins, the finale bids farewell to the household that became a worldwide phenomenon.

 

Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play

Now-Sept. 20
Theatre Off Jackson, Seattle
$10+

This play brings audiences into the world of 14-year-old Ami, who wants nothing more than a normal American adolescence. Everything changes when a Japanese exchange student arrives at her school, and soon after, she discovers that her grandmother invented MSG. These revelations send her on a time-traveling adventure written by Keiko Green, one of the hottest young playwrights working today.

 

Ten Voices, Ten Murals

Sept. 15-21, 11 a.m
Condon Hall, Seattle
Free

Ten muralists—Latinx, immigrant, first-generation—take over Condon Hall with large-scale works on migration and belonging. Presented as part of the MEXAM Northwest Festival, the project invites the public to watch artists paint live on-site. Expect bold, story-driven works from B-Line, Carlos “They Drift” Aguilar, Cristina Martinez, Esmeralda Vázquez, Gerardo “Periko,” Jose Rodriguez III, Marisol Ortega, Rene Julio, Victor Melendez.

 

Taste of the Sound

Sept. 18, 5 p.m.
West Canal Yards, Seattle
$33.85

More than 75 local food and drink makers gather at West Canal Yards on the Ship Canal for an evening of  local bites and pours, and plenty of dockside shopping. Expect everything from seafood and salami to local wine and beer. The event is part of Seattle Made Week, highlighting the city’s maker community.

 

Whim W’Him Fall ’25

Sept. 12-20
Erickson Theater, Seattle
$15+

This show opens the company’s season and gives its dancers a chance to choose who they work with for the program. Selected from a competitive pool of international applicants, the three artists create pieces for the Whim W’Him dancers, working closely with them on a unique rep. This year, the company marks the 10th anniversary of the Choreographic Shindig, bringing in three female creatives—Chloe Crenshaw, Genna Moroni, and Lea Ved—with singular voices and distinctive points of view.

Visit our events calendar for more ideas.