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SGN 2015 HOLIDAY EVENTS CALENDAR

Compiled by Justin CraigSGN Contributing Writer

ARTS/CRAFTS/GIFTS

The Handmade Kitchen Pop-Up. Nov. 1-Dec. 31. Mon.-Sat. 10am-8:00pm, Sun. 11am-7:00pm. Pacific Place, 600 E Pine St., This holiday, find locally made small-batch food products and kitchenware at The Handmade Kitchen – a satellite holiday pop-up shop presented by The Handmade Showroom. Both shops are located on the 3rd floor of Pacific Place and carry a wide array of finely made gifts and goods for everyone on your shopping list! www.the-handmadeshowroom.com

27th Annual Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center Holiday Tree (& Greenery) Sale. Nov. 25-Dec. 23, 9am-9pm. SASGCC, 303 17th Ave. E. www.sasgcc.org; 206-322-2437. This holi-day tradition goes to benefit the organiza-tion that provides peer support services to members of the LGBTQ community. Trees range in price from $25-$300, depending on size and species. 100% of proceeds go to support the operating budget of the center. Receipts are available for tax deductions purposes.

Seward Park Clay Studio Winter Holi-day Show & Sale. Dec. 2-24. 5900 Lake Washington Blvd. S. PREVIEW NIGHT PARTY: Dec. 2nd, 6:30-9:30pm, is a great chance to get the pick of the best ceramics in town, with over 40 artists represented in the sale. $10 suggested donation at the door: light food, drink and fun. From Dec. 3-24 the sale is FREE and open to the public: Mon-Fri 11am-7pm; Sat-Sun 10am-6pm. Shop for amazing holiday presents while supporting one of the Northwest’s cultural gems. What is on view and available for purchase includes an impressive range of work: including sculpture, majolica, func-tional stoneware, delicate porcelains, raku, wood-fire, wall hangings. Even if you aren’t in the market for purchasing (and prices are remarkably affordable!), just surveying the range of expression in clay is worth a trip to this event. www.sewardparkart.org.

Arboretum Foundation’s “Gifts & Greens Galore” Holiday Sale. Dec. 3, 10am-3pm. Washington Park Arboretum Graham Visitors Center, 2300 Arboretum Dr E. Don’t miss our popular annual holi-day sale on Saturday, December 3, from 10am-3pm. It features a great selection of nature-inspired gifts including local, seasonal specialty items. You’ll also find a unique selection of botanical decora-tions. Buy something for everyone on your list this year, while helping support the maintenance and children’s education pro-grams at the Arboretum! Free hot drinks: Shoppers can also warm up with compli-

mentary beverages, including ZOKA Ar-boretum Blend coffee, hot chocolate, and cider. All sales benefit the Washington Park Arboretum. 206-325-4510; www.arbore-tumfoundation.org.

WISH LIST: Basic greens we’re look-ing for include Douglas fir, pine, cedar, and spruce. Specialty greens include incense cedar, camellia, mahonia, and red-twig dogwood. Thank you for donating!

INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEER-ING? If you’d like to help out at this event, please email [email protected] or call 206-325-4510.

South Park Arts 12th Annual Art Un-der $100 Holiday Sale. Dec. 10, 2-8pm. Seattle Design Center, 5701 6th Ave S. 70 amazing artists will convene at the Seattle Design Center on Saturday, December 10. From 1-2pm, patrons who wish to be VIP can purchase a $20 ticket (all proceeds benefit South Park Arts) to get first pick of the coveted affordable artwork, along with champagne and chocolate. The be-loved event continues to gather momentum, celebrating its twelfth year in a spacious venue in Georgetown/SODO. For holiday shoppers, AU100 offers an unsurpassed opportunity to discover unique, affordable art while supporting local artists. In store this year: 1) The Art: Paintings, sculptures, jewelry, textiles, photography, blown glass, cast glass, stained glass, wood, encaustic, dioramas, woodblock printing, letterpress and more! And nothing priced over $100. 2) There’s Art made by YOU: Create a handmade treasure with The Makery, a free art lab that runs on reclaimed materials and creativity–the perfect, kid-friendly, fam-ily fun activity. 3) Make history by helping artist Catherine Grisez create a copper leaf pile for her project “Part You.”

Seattle Sampling Artists Studio Tour. Dec. 10 & 11. Seattle Sampling is Seattle’s most established and largest holiday arts and crafts tour celebrating over 27 years of fabulous arts & crafts! This free, self–guided tour offers holiday shoppers a re-laxed and intimate opportunity to meet the artists in their own environments. The tour provides both continuity with established artists and change with new and emerging artists bringing a sense of discovery and wonder to the tour while also connecting customers with their favorite artists they have followed for years.

2016 Native Art Mart. Dec. 17 & 18, 10am-4pm. Daybreak Star Indian Cul-tural Center in Discover Park, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way. Find great holiday gifts at the Native Art Mart. Beautiful work by Native American Artists. Many styles and tribes represented. Clothing, jewelry, woodworking, drums, art prints, and so

much more. Affordable, unique and fun. Support local Native artists.

HOLIDAY EVENTS

Festival of Trees Celebration. Nov. 19-Dec. 30. OPENING CELEBRATION: Nov. 20, 1-4pm. Fairmont Olympic Ho-tel, 411 University St. Join our featured patients, friends and family to enjoy en-tertainment provided by the St. Jude Par-ish Sanctuary Choir and the Seattle Girls’ Choir. Also listen to Christmas stories and enjoy homemade cookies. One of our fea-tured patients will start the Celebration by lighting the Fairmont Olympic’s grand lob-by tree. Another featured patient, will open the Teddy Bear Suite for the season. Nu-merous holiday items, including wreaths, small trees, table decorations, and orna-ments designed and crafted by our guild members especially for our guests will be available for sale. The Children’s Corner will carry gifts of interest to our younger guests. Children can pose with Santa for a photo taken by Yuen Lui Photography. www.seattlefestivaloftrees.com.

Sheraton Seattle Hotel’s 24th Annual Gingerbread Village – “Celebrate the Magic of the Holidays.” Nov. 22-Jan. 1. Sheraton Seattle Hotel, 1400 6th Ave. @ Pike St. Each year the Sheraton Hotel culi-nary team and top local architecture firms and builders’ association design, bake and delight you with larger than life ginger-bread exhibit. This year marks the 24th An-nual Gingerbread Village with creations in-spired by scenes from your favorite wizard-ing world. Wizards of all ages will marvel at the larger than life gingerbread exhibit. Each team’s presentation will transfix you with their spellbinding culinary and design wizardry. Visitors will have the chance to vote for their favorite concept throughout the duration of the holiday season. The event is free to the public, with donations benefitting the JDRF Northwest Chapter. More information is available at www.gin-gerbreadvillage.org where you can view the gingerbread displays, vote for your favorite and donate online.

Macy’s Holiday Parade & Macy’s Holiday Star Lighting. Nov. 25, 9-10am. Come kick off the holiday season with the 26th Annual My Macy’s Holiday Parade. This year’s parade will feature 25 inflatable floats, local middle and high school march-ing bands, nearly 650 costumed characters, professional sports teams and community drill teams. At the conclusion of the pa-rade, Santa will dash in on his reindeer-led sleigh and head directly to his holiday post at Santaland® on the third floor at Macy’s Downtown Seattle. Visiting hours will be-gin at 11am. The Holiday Parade route be-gins at 7th Ave. and Pine St., then travels west down Pine St. to 5th Ave., south on 5th

Ave. to University St., west on University to 4th Ave., and finally north on 4th Ave. to Macy’s front doorstep.

Psst… be sure to come back later in the day for the lighting of the Macy’s Holiday Star, which celebrates its diamond anniver-sary! The famous 161-foot high, 3,600-bulb Holiday Star has shined brightly through-out Seattle’s downtown for 60 years. The Macy’s Star Lighting happens in conjunc-tion with the annual lighting of Westlake Center’s tree and The Downtown Seattle Association’s Carousel at Westlake Park beginning at 5pm and will include a fire-works display (weather permitting).

Argosy Cruise Christmas Ship. Nov. 25-Dec. 23. Holiday traditions in the Northwest start on the water with Argosy Cruises. The Argosy Cruises Christmas Ship™ Festival is a holiday celebration that has been a Pacific Northwest tradition since 1949. Every year, the Argosy Christ-mas Ship™ sails to different Puget Sound waterfront communities, around 65 in total. Choirs on board give 20-minute perfor-mances to these communities, all broadcast via our state-of-the-art speaker system. On shore, thousands of people gather around roaring bonfires anticipating the arrival of the Christmas Ship™. For schedule, visit www.argosycruises.com.

Seattle Center Winterfest. Nov. 25-Dec.

31. Seattle Center Armory, Fisher Pavilion and Seattle Center grounds. A wonderland of sparkling lights, child-sized diversions and spirited entertainment returns in 2016 with Seattle Center Winterfest, in venues and on the grounds of Seattle Center. Five weeks of free and affordable, fun-filled ac-tivities and live performances await those in search of uplifting seasonal spirit or de-lightful diversion from the hustle and bustle of the holiday routine. Featuring Winter-fest Ice Rink, ice sculpting, lively weekend performances, Winter Train & Village and inspiring student showcases. The festival opens with The Zaniac Comedy Show and rings in the New Year with spectacular fire-works, Fountain of Light dance party and live music by premier dance band, The Ma-chine. www.seattlecenter.com/winterfest

Woodland Park Zoo Wildlights. Nov. 25-Jan. 1 (except 12/24 & 25), 5:30-8:30pm nightly. Enter through the Woodland Park Zoo West Entrance on Phinney Ave N. be-tween N 55th & N 56th Sts. Over 600,000 energy-efficient LED lights illuminate the paths of Woodland Park Zoo through dazzling displays of wild animals and ex-otic destinations including “African Wa-ter Hole,” “Jungle Lights” and “Northern Lights.” WildLights guests can enjoy bril-liant indoor and outdoor displays, a peacock scavenger hunt, a Winter Warm Up area, a

WildLights Santa with porcupine –Photo by Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren

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ettes, Columbia City Community Chorus, and Sing Noel! Launch a candle-lit make-a-wish boat at the kids’ activity booth! All while enjoying free cookies and hot cocoa provided by Volunteer Park Trust! www.volunteerparktrust.org/events.

T-Mobile New Year’s Eve Fireworks at the Space Needle. Dec. 31. Seattle Center. T-Mobile New Year’s Eve at the Needle has two ways to ring in the New Year:

Observation Deck Party – Beginning at 9pm, enjoy: Complimentary light appetiz-ers and desserts, dancing on the Observa-tion Deck with KEXP DJ, New Year’s Eve party favors, casino-style gaming tables with cash and prizes, a champagne toast to welcome the New Year! $130 inclusive/person; or

Space Needle Soirée in the Sky – Be-ginning at 8pm in SkyCity, enjoy: A sump-tuous ten-course dinner designed by Exec-utive Chef Jeff Maxfield; live piano accom-paniment with Jason Coult; the option of dancing on the Observation Deck 520-feet above Seattle with KEXP (90.3FM) DJ; party favors and champagne toast at mid-night. $250 inclusive/person www.space-needle.com.

LGBT COMMUNITY CELEBRATIONS

“Snowball! – Express Yourself.” Dec. 3, 7:30pm. Bertha Knight Landes Room, City Hall, 5th Ave. at Cherry St., Seattle. Come celebrate at Seattle City Hall!!! Though donations of any amount will be humbly accepted at the door, online regis-tration will be free until November 19th, starting November 20th general admission will be $25/person.

For 40 years as a non-profit, Ingersoll has provided weekly support groups, educa-tional access, and community engagement in Seattle and beyond. We’re going to honor the work that has been done and celebrate our rapidly developing trans, genderqueer, non-binary, and gender non-conforming communities. There will be live perfor-mances, showcased local art, free food, free beer, free wine, fun auctions, and commu-nity awards!! http://www.brownpapertick-ets.com/event/2709173

“The Legends Gala & Awards Din-ner.” Dec. 9, 7pm. Northwest African American Museum, 2500 S Massachusetts St. POCAAN (People of Color Against AIDS Network) hosts this first annual event to celebrate the contributions of communi-

ride on the zoo’s decorated Historic Carou-sel (additional fee) and a visit from Santa and a couple of his reindeer! Zoomazium, the zoo’s indoor nature play space, will be transformed into Snowmazium which will be open every night for storytelling and the ever-popular [faux] snowball fights.

Keep an eye out for the man in red! Santa will be stopping by WildLights every Fri-day through Sunday prior to Christmas as well as December 19 through 23. Guests can head over to Santa’s Camp to meet jolly old Saint Nick and take a commemorative Santa photo (additional fee).

The Winter Warm Up area will be lo-cated at the southwest corner of the Rain Forest Food Pavilion and open every night to guests of all ages. The Winter Warm Up area will offer delicious winter treats in-cluding mini donuts, apple

fritters, chowder, chili and pizza as well as hot cider, hot cocoa, coffee, espresso, hot tea, soda and water. Guests 21 and older can enjoy a selection of bottled beer, draft beer, cider, spiked hot cider, mulled wine, red wine and white wine while cozying up under the covered [outdoor] space. ID is re-quired to order alcoholic beverages.

A flock of peacocks has taken over Wild-Lights. In honor of the zoo’s two free- roaming peacocks, light-up peacocks have been added to WildLights. Visitors can stop by Guest Services where they’ll find the leader of the peacock flock, as well as en-try forms for the peacock scavenger hunt. There are six peacocks hiding out in the WildLights displays and all have names. Visitors can enter to win a Woodland Park Zoo plush and four tickets to Woodland Park Zoo by writing down the names of the six peacocks on their entry form and sub-mitting it to the West ZooStore. One win-ner will be chosen each week during Wild-Lights (six winners total). www.zoo.org/wildlights

Magic in the Market. Nov. 26, 11am-5pm. Pike Place Market, 1st Ave & Pike St. Celebrate the holiday season at Magic in the Market! Meet and take free photos with Santa under the clock (11am-5pm). Decorate gingerbread cookies (for kids 12 and under and their family) in the Atrium Kitchen while swaying to the cheerful uku-lele music of STRUM. Enjoy festive perfor-mances by caroling choirs, on the street un-der the clock. Purchase fresh cider, hot co-coa and other beverages from farmers and merchants on Pike Place while you shop the Market for seasonal foods and locally made gifts. Pick out the perfect holiday tree from Growing Washington and wreaths from lo-cal farmers on Pike Place.

At 5pm, Santa will lead a countdown to the lighting of the 20-foot holiday tree and lights throughout the Market.

Join in the fun and invite your friends to the kick off to the holiday season!

Providence O’Christmas Trees. Nov. 28-30. Westin Seattle Hotel, Grand Ballroom, 1900 5th Ave. Providence O’Christmas Trees raises funds for the ministries of Providence Senior and Com-munity Services. Our signature three day event – Christmas Carnival, Silver Bells Luncheon and Gala Dinner & Auction – raises funds benefiting ministries who to-gether serve over 20,000 people a day in need of healthcare, housing and hospice. http://washington.providence.org/donate/pscs-special-events/ochristmas-trees/

Fremont Festivus. Dec. 2-4. Fremont Festivus is a two-day celebration of the FUN of shopping in the Fremont business district. Come along and explore this ex-citing and festive area, and enjoy pop-up entertainment, give-aways, sales, carolers, specials, and other surprises! The annual Lighting of Lenin will be Friday, December 2nd starting at 5pm. This free event is pro-duced by Fremocentrist and in cooperation with the Fremont Chamber of Commerce.

Great Figgy Pudding Street Corner Caroling Competition. Dec. 2, 6-8:30pm. Westlake Park neighborhood on Pine St. between 3rd Ave and 7th Ave. The biggest single musical holiday event of the season and a critical fundraiser for the Pike Mar-ket Senior Center & Clinic & Food Bank, The Great Figgy Pudding Caroling Com-petition kicks off the month of December with a singular evening of entertainment enjoyed by more than 9,000 spectators every year. 1,000 carolers and dozens of caroling teams sing their hearts out on the downtown Seattle street corners of Pine St. and 5th Ave and 6th Ave beginning at 6:15pm.

The top caroling teams compete for the most donations raised in the Figlanthropy category. The categories of Best Choral performances and Most Creative teams are selected by the Famous Figgy Judges; the People’s Choice team is selected by popu-lar vote. The top two teams in each of these categories compete in a sing-off on the Fig-gy Main Stage.

A Seattle holiday tradition, the Great Figgy Pudding is a zany, family friendly and delightful holiday event for every-one. Caroling teams run the gamut from singing lawyers, to costumed co-workers of Seattle landmark businesses to Von Trapp-like families. KING-5 TV “Evening Magazine”’s Jim Dever and Kim Holcomb will share the spotlight as Figmasters this year. Returning caroling team crowd pleas-ers include the Starbucks Coffee Choir, Emerald City Voices, Emerald City Clog-gers, and The Beaconettes. www.pikemar-ketseniorcenter.org.

Saint Nick’s Holiday Open House. Dec. 2-4. Get into the holiday spirit and enjoy the many wines of Washington in Wood-inville! Woodinville Wine Country kicks off the holidays by opening their doors for three days of tasting and festivities.

The annual Saint Nick’s Holiday Wine Tasting Night at Columbia Winery hosts and showcases 25+ Washington wineries, all under one roof, and Saint Nick’s Open House Wine Tasting. Tour 25+ winery tast-ing rooms throughout Woodinville and en-joy their wines and drink in the spirit of the season.

And new this year, St Nick’s Wine Week-end gives wine lovers the chance to win one of three wine country prize packages with every wine purchase they make. Tell your friends and get your tickets for this wonderful holiday wine tasting weekend here. https://woodinvillewinecountry.com/st-nicks-holiday-wine-tasting.

Volunteer Park Trust Holiday in the Park. Dec. 8, 6pm. Volunteer Park, 14th Ave & E Prospect St. A FREE community celebration for everyone! Walk the Volun-teer Park pathways beautifully lit by hun-dreds of luminarias!

Listen to joyful music from The Total Experience Gospel Choir, the Beacon-

ties of color within the Pacific Northwest, as well as raise money to support POCAAN’s justice work. The gala event includes a VIP cocktail reception, dinner, awards presen-tation and live entertainment, followed by a dance. It’s a stellar opportunity to honor community advocates, have a great meal and experience stellar artists in an intimate setting. The event also seeks to recognize outstanding individuals and organizations that continue to empower communities on the margin and fight for health and socio-economic equity. Proceeds from the gala and awards dinner will support POCAAN’s HIV/AIDS outreach work. Donations will go to funding POCAAN’s Same Gender Loving Men of Color and their Women and Girls initiatives in 2017. Admission for the full evening events is free but the suggested donation is $100 per person. Semi-formal attire requested. POCAAN is committed to fighting for health equity for communities of color in Washington state. http://www.pocaan.org/events.html.

“Pictures With Santa.” Dec. 10, 8pm-midnight. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Seattle Men in Leather’s annual holi-day event allows members of the commu-nity to get an individual or family portrait with a hunky Santa and his elves and rein-deer. Sit on (leather) Santa’s lap and let him know what you really want for Christmas. The portraits are professionally printed and distributed immediately following the photo shoot. Suggested donation is $10 per print. All proceeds from the event will go to SML’s charity for the year, Seattle Area Support Groups (SASG). www.seattle-meninleather.org.

Three Dollar Bill Cinema – Auntie Mame. Dec. 14, reception at 6:30pm (addi-tional cost) screening at 7:30pm. AMC Pa-cific Place Cinema, 600 Pine St. Celebrate the season with Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s 10th annual screening of Auntie Mame, the beloved 1958 film starring the incompara-ble Rosalind Russell, returns for one night only, a “homo for the holidays” tradition! Always armed with a colorful dress and an acerbic quip, the flamboyant, vibrant Mame Dennis (Russell) is an unconventional so-cialite from the Roaring Twenties. When her young orphan nephew comes to live in her madcap party pad, Mame takes him un-der her wing for an adventure in living life to its fullest. This is an all-ages event. Join us early for a pre-film soirée from 6:30-7:15pm. Film starts at 7:30pm sharp! www.threedollarbillcinema.org.

“Light the Night: An LGBTQ Hanuk-kah.” Dec. 27, 6:30-8:30pm. Calamus Au-ditorium at Gay City, 517 E. Pike St. Join Kolenu, Seattle’s Jewish LGBTQ group, for our 8th annual Hanukkah celebration! Enjoy tasty latkes, colorful dreidels, music, and a beautiful candle lighting symbolizing both the miracle of Hanukkah and our af-firmation that great leadership and commu-nity action will prevail against oppression. FREE and open to the community. Allies, friends, and family welcome! This all-ages

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event is made possible through the support of JConnect Seattle, Hillel at the University of Washington, and Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.

LGBT CABARET & MUSIC

“The Dina Martina Christmas Show 2016 – ALL NEW!” Nov. 25-26 & Dec. 2-31 @ 8pm, WEEKEND MATINEES: Dec. 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, & 31 @ 2pm. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. Returning with an ALL-NEW holiday show is the most surreal and hilarious chanteuse you’ll ever find – “The Second Lady of Entertainment” – DINA MARTINA! Accompanied on the ivories by Stranger Genius Award winner CHRIS JEFFRIES and armed with truly legendary songs, stories, costumes and audience gifts, Dina Martina will give you one of the most festive, invigorating and ingeniously funny evenings you’ve ever had! See why she’s a favorite of Whoopi Goldberg, Matt Stone, Margaret Cho, Jennifer Coolidge, Graham Norton and many, many more! What a Dina Martina show is, simply put, is a smart and hilarious evening of entertainment you’ll never forget.

“Dina Martina goes way beyond drag into some new kind of twisted art.” – John Waters

“The most original drag performer work-ing in America today. A master comic!” – The Village Voice

Seattle Men’s Chorus Annual Holiday Concert – Silver and Soul. Dec. 4 @ 2pm & 8pm; Dec. 11, 18, 21 & 22 @ 8pm. S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Bena-roya Hall, 3rd Ave. & University St. SMC’s signature Holiday concert shimmers with the sounds of beloved carols and shakes with a fresh and soulful celebration of the season. All the ingredients are here for Se-attle’s biggest holiday extravaganza: start with 250 joyful voices singing favorites like “Sleigh Ride” and “O Come, All Ye Faithful.” Add a tender David Bowie trib-

ute, mix in a clever karaoke sing-along, heat things up with gospel harmonies and top it off with a disco Santa finale. IN TACOMA: Dec. 10, 3pm & 7:30pm. Rialto Theater; IN EVERETT: Dec. 17, 8pm. Civic Audi-torium, 2415 Colby Ave. www.SeattleMen-sChorus.org

Ham for the Holidays: Jurassic Pork. Dec. 8-24, times vary.. (ASL interpreter date Dec. 15.) ACT Theatre, Falls The-atre, 700 Union St., Seattle. Seattle come-dians Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt (aka Dos Fallopia) return to ACT with their wonky, gender-bending holiday sketch hoo-hah, better known as Ham for the Holidays: Jurassic Pork. Directed by David Hunter Koch, the long-running cult series has found a hammy holiday home at ACT’s Falls Theatre, in collaboration with ACT-Lab. Naughty, nutty, and nervy—nothing is sacred in this mishmash of social sat-ire, musical parody, and campy charac-ters. Platt and Koch take you on a devil-ishly whacky holiday romp! Featuring: Rockers Heartwood Mac host a Seattle music festival; The Dweeb Girls tell ghost stories at Camp Stillasqueemish; Are You Smarter Than A Queen game show pits audience members against famous queens; The tiny Sequim Gay Men’s Chorus sing with glee; Country duo The Spudds pres-ent their sci-fi tribute, Spudd Trek. (NOTE: Ham for the Holidays contains adult humor and themes recommended for ages 14+.) www.acttheatre.org.

Homo for the Holidays. Dec. 8-26. West Hall, Odd Fellows Building, 2nd Floor, 915 E. Pine St. Homo For The Holidays is a sea-sonal spectacle guaranteed to make even the most stubborn yuletides gay! An unfor-gettable all-star cast of burlesque, cabaret, dance, drag, and musical local luminaries come together in a display of glittering grandeur that’s been called “F*CKING GREAT....F*CKING HILARIOUS!” by Dan Savage. With such acclaimed talent as Stranger Genius Award winner Cher-donna, Burlesque Hall of Fame winners and #1 Burlesque Performers in the World (Burlesque Top Fifty) Kitten N’ Lou, Ru-Paul’s Drag Race star BenDeLaCreme, and the recent addition of cult hit series “Capi-tol Hill” star Waxie Moon, this show is the most star-studded feast of queer talent you can find on one Seattle stage! http://homo-fortheholidays.boldtypetickets.com/

MUSIC

Byrd Ensemble – Christmas at the Sistine Chapel. Nov. 26, 7:30pm @ St. Mark’s Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E.; Nov. 27, 3pm @ Trinity Parish Church, 609 8th Ave. A re-creation of Christmas Mass at the Sistine Chapel in the 17th century featur-ing works by composers employed by the Vatican. Featuring Vox16 and actor Nurmi Husa. www.ByrdEnsemble.com.

David Benoit Christmas Tribute to Charlie Brown. Dec. 1, 8pm. Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland. This show is a family friendly, hip jazz show that is warm and entertain-ing. This is a show conceived by pianist, composer David Benoit. The show features the music from the original hit television show “A Charlie Brown Christmas” per-formed by David Benoit and his trio with

Dina Martina – Photo by David Belisle

guest vocalist Selina Albright. While fo-cusing primarily on the music of Vince Guaraldi, the original composer of the show, Benoit and the trio also feature new original music, (Benoit was the composer of the last several episodes), and music from “You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown,” the hit Broadway musical. www.kpcenter.org

The Esoterics – TEASDALE: Across the endless spaces. Dec. 2, 8pm @ St. Ste-phen’s Cathedral, 4805 NE 45th St.; Dec. 3, 8pm @ West Seattle Holy Rosary Catho-lic Church,4210 SW Genesee St.; Dec. 4, 7pm @ Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N K Street, Tacoma. In the final concert of our “voice of the poet” season, The Eso-terics will celebrate our resident composer emeritus, Donald Skirvin, and his choral “love affair” with the rhapsodic American poetess, Sara Teasdale. The repertoire of this concert will include Alchemy, …stars to hold, Stars forever, while we sleep, as well as three brand-new world-premieres: There will come soft rains, The fountain, and Places, like music. Please join The Esoterics for one of these performances of Teasdale. www.theesoterics.org.

Medieval Women’s Choir – Winter Feast. Dec. 3, 8pm. Saint James Cathedral, 804 9th Ave. The Europe of ages past was awash in winter holidays that served to drive away the winter gloom and give peo-ple plenty of reason to celebrate. At a time when the separation of church and state was unthinkable, most holidays were reli-gious, but they were celebrated at court and in the street as well as in the church. Be-sides the Nativity, there were the feasts of St. Nicholas, St. Thomas Becket, The Im-maculate Conception, and the Feast of the Three Kings, which marked the 12th day of Christmas. The Feast of the Circumcision, which fell on New Year’s Day, was cel-ebrated with particular license as The Feast of Fools. Join the Medieval Women’s Choir as we celebrate the Winter Feasts!

Currently in its 27th season, the Medieval Women’s Choir is a nonprofit vocal ensem-ble dedicated to recreating and presenting medieval music through performance, edu-cation, and outreach. Founded by Margriet Tindemans, a life-long scholar of medieval music and performer of international repu-tation, the choir’s programs increase under-standing and appreciation of this beautiful yet less familiar body of music. Under the direction of early music specialist and in-ternationally regarded tenor Eric Mentzel, the women of the Medieval Women’s Choir treasures the opportunity to sing this re-markable music in a friendly and support-ive environment. www.medievalwomen-schoir.org

Leap of Faith. Dec. 3, 8pm & Dec. 4, 2pm. Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave. & Union St. Leap of Faith is the story of a con-man evange-list who rolls into a tiny Kansas town full of people who lead him on a true path to redemption. It is based on the 1992 Steve Martin film and features a soaring gospel music score by Alan Menken that is perfect for the holidays. Louis Hobson, who was featured in the Broadway premiere, stars in this concert production. www.showtunes-theatre.org.

Kirkland Choral Society – Bach at Ba-styr: Bach “Magnificat” with other Songs of the Season. Dec. 3, 7:30pm and Dec. 4, 3pm. Bastyr University Chapel, 14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore. Kirkland Choral Society’s well-loved holiday concert fea-tures selections from J.S. Bach’s “Christ-mas Oratorio” with orchestra partner Philharmonia Northwest. In addition, the program includes holiday gems by German composers Praetorius, Mendelssohn, and Biebl; and a medley of favorite holiday mu-sic by local composer Reginald Unterseher. www.kirklandchoralsociety.org

North Sound Church – Christmas In Edmonds. Dec. 3, 4pm & 7pm, Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave. N, Ed-monds. A delightful evening of holiday mu-sic! North Sound Church presents Christ-mas in Edmonds featuring the Mosaic Arts Choir & Orchestra; a benefit concert for Hand in Hand. www.ec4arts.org.

Northwest Chamber Chorus – Season of Peace. Dec. 4, 3pm & Dec. 10, 7:30pm, Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, 7500 Greenwood Ave N. “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” Leonard Bernstein’s poignant words in response to the assassination of John F. Kennedy echo defiantly today. As we approach Christmas, a season of love, empathy and peace, we draw inspiration from Bernstein’s pledge. We believe that the passion and power of our music can bring forth hope and faith, and that the fear and anger in our world can be overcome by a true Season of Peace. Included in the pro-gram are pieces by Joan Szymko, Herbert Howells, Alberto Grau, and Morten Lau-ridsen and our traditional carol sing-along. www.northwestchamberchorus.org

Seattle Men’s Chorus Annual Holiday Concert – Silver and Soul. Dec. 4 @ 2pm & 8pm; Dec. 11, 18, 21 & 22 @ 8pm. S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Bena-roya Hall, 3rd Ave. & University St. SMC’s signature Holiday concert shimmers with the sounds of beloved carols and shakes with a fresh and soulful celebration of the season. All the ingredients are here for Se-attle’s biggest holiday extravaganza: start with 250 joyful voices singing favorites like “Sleigh Ride” and “O Come, All Ye Faithful.” Add a tender David Bowie trib-ute, mix in a clever karaoke sing-along, heat things up with gospel harmonies and top it off with a disco Santa finale. IN TACOMA: Dec. 10, 3pm & 7:30pm. Rialto Theater; IN EVERETT: Dec. 17, 8pm. Civic Audi-torium, 2415 Colby Ave. www.SeattleMen-sChorus.org

Pacific Lutheran University – A Christ-mas Invitation. Dec. 5, 7:30pm. S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave. & University St. Celebrat-ing the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, Choir of the West, University Chorale and University Symphony Orches-tra will perform J.S. Bach’s advent cantata “Wachet Auf” (“Wake, Awake!”). The program also will include one of Robert Russell Bennett’s beloved carol medleys, “The Many Moods of Christmas.” Join us, in sweet rejoicing! www.seattlesymphony.org/BenaroyaHall.

Earshot Jazz – Art of Jazz: Dmitri Ma-theny Group. Dec. 8, 7:30pm. Seattle Art Museum, 1300 1st Avenue. Noted flugel-hornist Dmitri Matheny plays Jazz Noir: a fresh spin on timeless crime classics. www.earshotjazz.org

Northwest University Concert Choir and Chamber Choir joined by Coro




Amici and the Kirkland Civic Orchestra – Christmas Traditions. Dec. 8, 7:30pm. S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave. & University St. Now in its eighth season, this established Christmas concert celebrates the traditions of Christmas, featuring new carol arrange-ments and traditional selections by Herbert Howells, Eric Whitacre, Dan Forrest, John Rutter, Robert Shaw, and more, including a few traditional sing-a-longs. The perfor-mance will be conducted by William Owen and accompanied by pianist Mizue Yama-da-Fells and the Kirkland Civic Orchestra (James Truher, Artistic Director).

The Third Annual Christmas with the Gothard Sisters. Dec. 8, 7:30pm, Ed-monds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave. N, Edmonds. The Gothard Sisters present the third annual Edmonds Christmas concert full of Celtic music, dance and fun for the whole family! Celebrate a magical Celtic Christmas with the Gothard Sisters, win-ners of Best New Irish Artist in the Sixth Annual Irish Music Awards. www.ec4arts.org

Pacific MusicWorks – ¡Navidad! Christmas Music from New and Old Spain. Dec. 9, 7:30pm @ Edmonds United Methodist Church, 828 Caspers St., Ed-monds; Dec. 10, 7:30pm @ Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 4400 86th Ave SE, Mercer Island, Dec. 11, 2pm @ Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave. & Union St. Colonial Latin America’s unique melting pot of Italian, Spanish, Af-rican, Portuguese, and native traditions led to the creation of the Christmas Villan-cico. This vivacious, rhythmic, and rustic form retells the Christmas story through the characteristic sounds of guitar, harp, harpsichord and strings with a quartet of voices. Experience a rich tapestry of works from Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Bolivia, and Spain in this unique holiday program. The program includes the US premieres of works by Guatemalan composer Rafael Castellanos and Spanish composer Fabián Garcia Pacheco. www.pacificmusicworks.org

Seattle Choral Company – Wintertide. Dec. 9-10, 8pm. Saint Mark’s Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. Gather at Saint Mark’s Cathedral this December for a multi-media concert blending music and images that will heighten our delight in the winter sea-son. Ola Gjeilo’s popular “Sunrise Mass” will be sung with orchestra and visual me-dia presented by Bus No. 8 video produc-tions. Ancora, a Seattle based women’s choir will join us for the world premiere of Wintertide by Seattle composer Donald Skirvin. www.seattlechoralcompany.org

30th Anniversary of Windham Hill’s Winter Solstice. Dec. 10, 8pm. Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland. Celebrate the winter solstice and its warm traditions with a concert of acoustic music drawn from the multi-

platinum selling Winter Solstice series as well as their many solo releases. Windham Hill founder and Grammy-winning guitar-ist, Will Ackerman, and Grammy Award-nominated singer, fiddler, pianist, and song-writer Barbara Higbie, Grammy nominated guitarist, composer Alex de Grassi and supporting musician, bassist Todd Boston, and guitarist Todd Boston come together to lead this joyous holiday concert. www.kpcenter.org

Northwest Boy Choir – A Festival of Lessons & Carols. Dec. 10-23. (See web-site for details.)The Northwest Boychoir celebrates its 38-year tradition with the presentation of its 2016 A Festival of Les-sons & Carols concert series featuring nine regional performances in December. These holiday concerts showcase the 90-member combined chorus of the Northwest Boy-choir and Vocalpoint! Seattle. Patterned af-ter the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, A Festival of Lessons & Carols is a holiday tradi-tion for thousands of families in the Puget Sound region. This classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each fol-lowed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience. For a complete listing of dates, times and locations please visit www.nwboychoir.org.

Northwest Associated Arts YCEP – Christmas Treats. Dec. 10, 2pm. Highline Performing Arts Center, 401 S 152nd St., Burien. NWAA’s youngest singers touch your hearts and bring a smile to your face as they take the stage for their annual cel-ebration of Christmas joy! This year, for the first time, the performance will be a Satur-day matinee, and Artistic Directors Col-leen Thomas-Reitsma and Kerstin Shaffer have programmed a concert that is sure to fill your stocking with all the familiar and favorite musical treats of the season. www.nwassociatedarts.org

Seattle Pro Musica – Star of Wonder. Dec. 10, 3pm @ Seattle First Baptist, 1111 Harvard Ave.; Dec. 17, 3pm & 7:30pm @ Bastyr University Chapel, 14500 Juanita Dr NE, Kenmore. Music from around the world that evokes the winter lights of the holiday season. The program covers over a thousand years of choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works. Centerpieces include the ethereally beau-tiful “Stars” by Ēriks Ešenvalds, Morten Lauridsen’s “O magnum mysterium,” and Eric Whitacre’s shimmering “Lux Au-rumque.” Also featured will be recent works by Judith Weir, John Rutter, and Ga-briel Jackson. www.seattlepromusica.org

Northwest Chamber Chorus – Season of Peace. Dec. 4, 3pm & Dec. 10, 7:30pm, Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, 7500 Greenwood Ave N. “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.” Leonard Bernstein’s poignant words in response to the assassination of John F. Kennedy echo defiantly today. As we approach Christmas, a season of love,

empathy and peace, we draw inspiration from Bernstein’s pledge. We believe that the passion and power of our music can bring forth hope and faith, and that the fear and anger in our world can be overcome by a true Season of Peace. Included in the pro-gram are pieces by Joan Szymko, Herbert Howells, Alberto Grau, and Morten Lau-ridsen and our traditional carol sing-along. www.northwestchamberchorus.org

Seattle Pro Musica – Christmas with Seattle Pro Musica – A Family Holiday Concert. Dec. 11, 3pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Bring the whole family for a joyful concert of traditional carols, holiday stories, and an audience sing-along. Students from area schools will join us in this one-hour concert that’s per-fect for children and their families! www.seattlepromusica.org

Northwest Associated Arts – Winter-Light. Dec. 11, 2pm. Highline Perform-ing Arts Center, 401 S 152nd St., Burien. Whether it’s the reflection of the moon on fresh snow or the warmth from a glowing ember on a frigid night, light offers hope, joy and serenity. Artistic Director Ryan El-lis has chosen a program that celebrates that energy, including such beautiful and mov-ing favorites as “Keep Your Lamps” and “True Light,” a joyous gospel arrangement by Keith Hampton. In addition, the chorus will sing “Glow,” Eric Whitacre’s stunning commission written for Disney’s World of Color: Winter Dreams. Add in a dash of fun with a medley from Elf: The Musi-cal and the fun-filled “Twelve Days After Christmas,” a moving performance of the Bing Crosby/David Bowie duet of “Little Drummer Boy” and “Peace on Earth,” and many other choral gems for a Christmas Concert certain to give your family’s sea-son a bright musical note. www.nwassoci-atedarts.org.

Bellevue Chamber Chorus – O Mag-num Mysterium. Dec. 11, 3pm @ First Congregational Church, 11061 NE 2nd St., Bellevue; Dec. 17, 7:30pm @ St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 3030 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue; Dec. 18, 4pm @ Maple Leaf Lu-theran Church, 10005 32nd Ave NE. Expe-rience the wonder and mystery of Christ-mas and the holidays with this program of glorious music for the season. Featuring multiple settings of “O magnum myste-rium” (O great mystery) by William Byrd (England), Ivo Antognini (Switzerland), Cesar Carrillo (Venezuela), and David Childs (New Zealand/US), the program also includes Christmas treasures by Char-pentier and Berlioz, delightful arrange-ments of French carols, and beautiful con-temporary works by David Dickau (“Calm on the Listening Ear of Night”), Abbie Betinis (“In the Bleak Midwinter”), and more… www.bellevuechamberchorus.org

Strawberry Theatre Workshop – A Charlie Brown Christmas. Dec. 11, 1pm & 6pm. Cornish Playhouse Studio, 201 Mercer St. at Seattle Center. “Linus and Juicy” is back! The Jose “Juicy” Gonzales Trio returns to Strawberry Theatre Work-shop for the jazziest Christmas party in Seattle. Groove to the fresh sounds of Vince Guaraldi’s holiday classic, A Char-lie Brown Christmas, played in its entirety. Now in its fifth year, Charlie has jammed its way onto the list of the region’s most hip holiday traditions. Sip your cocktails at the Cornish Playhouse. Dress in your favorite jazz threads and step back into 1965, when the music was fly, and Snoopy was still just

a drawing on the comics page. Featuring a silent auction of holiday gifts, and the uniquely fine chocolates of Margaret Savas. All proceeds to benefit Strawberry Theatre Workshop programs for 2017. www.straw-shop.org

Cascade Symphony Orchestra – Holi-day Pops. Dec. 11 & 12, 7:30pm. Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 Fourth Ave. N., Edmonds. Due to popular demand, the Cascade Symphony Orchestra is offering two performances of the tradition, Holi-day Pops. A variety of holiday and pops favorites will feature the music of Strauss, Anderson, Tchaikovsky, and Herbert with Maestro Michael Miropolsky on violin. www.cascadesymphony.org

The Irish Tenors’ Holiday Concert. Dec. 13, 7:30pm. Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave. & University St. Hear Irish music and beauti-ful holiday favorites performed with a full concert orchestra. The world renowned Irish Tenors have performed all over the world. Ronan Tynan, Anthony Kearns, and Finbar Wright’s voices are individu-ally beautiful, and together inspirational and magnificent. This is the perfect start for the holiday season for your family and a great gift for friends and business col-leagues. Share this beautiful performance with those who matter in your life. This concert benefits the programs and services of Ballard NW Senior Center a community partner of Sound Generation. www.seattle-symphony.org/benaroyahall.

Ensign Symphony & Chorus – A Joy-eux Noel. Dec. 19-20, 7:30pm, S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave. & University St. Seasonal music with guest artist GENTRI. www.se-attleensign.org/performances.

Geoffrey Castle’s 9th Annual “Celtic Christmas” Celebration. Dec. 16, 8pm. Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirk-land Ave, Kirkland. With sold out shows across the Northwest, Castle’s “Celtic Christmas” is fast becoming a new North-west tradition! This year will feature songs from his critically acclaimed holiday re-leases Underhill’s Angel and Noel: A Celtic Christmas Celebration plus some very spe-cial guests! The Seattle Irish Dance Com-pany will dazzle with their footwork, and Veronica Nim and Pamela Cassella Nim, the mother and daughter singers from the Metropolitan Opera will return, and the band will be rocking! Get in the Christmas Spirit with violinist Geoffrey Castle! www.kpcenter.org

Northwest Baroque Masterworks – Christmas Magnificat. Dec. 14, 7:30pm @ Town Hall Seattle, Great Hall, 1119 8th Ave; Dec. 16, 7:30pm @ Bastyr University Chapel, 14500 Juanita Dr. NE, Kenmore. Alexander Weimann leads the Northwest Baroque Masterworks ensemble of five in-ternationally renowned soloists, a full ba-roque orchestra, 3 trumpets, and timpani in a performance of the original version of J.S. Bach’s “Magnificat in E flat major.” Written for Christmas Vespers in 1723, this version

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includes four rarely heard and delightful in-serts that illuminate the Nativity story. Join us for a fascinating new slant on a familiar masterpiece.www.earlymusicguild.org.

Cappella Romana – Byzantine Christ-mas. Dec. 16, 7:30pm, St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 2100 Boyer Ave E. Bos-ton-based Psaltikon performs Byzantine chant and traditional Greek carols (kálan-da) for the Christmas season, directed by Cappella Romana’s own Dr. Spyridon An-tonopoulos. Presented in collaboration with the Greek Institute of Cambridge, Mass.www.cappellaromana.org.

The Coats Annual Holiday Show. Dec. 16-18, times vary, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave. & Union St. Seattle’s Premiere Vocal Band, The Coats, performing their Annual Holi-day Show at Benaroya Hall. A holiday event like no others that will become a fam-ily tradition! www.seattlesymphony.org/beneroyahall

Orchestra Seattle/Seattle Chamber Singers – Handel’s “Messiah.” Dec. 17, 7:30pm @ Seattle First Free Methodist Church, 3200 3rd Ave W; Dec. 18, 3pm @ Everett First Presbyterian Church, 2936 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. No other work has become more closely associated with OSSCS than Georg Frideric Handel’s most celebrated oratorio, “Messiah.” For four decades, audiences have delighted in our complete and uncut performances. www.osscs.org/concerts.

Earshot Jazz – 28th Annual Concert of Sacred Music by Duke Ellington. Dec. 17, 7:30pm. Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave. Ellington’s wonderful “Sacred Music” is both serious and swinging. It is a reverent and hip body of jazz composition, written late in his career, for jazz big band, vocal and instrumental soloists, gospel choir, and tap dancers.

For the past 27 years Earshot Jazz has presented an annual concert of Ellington’s Sacred Music. The concert features the Se-attle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, co-directed by Michael Brockman and Clarence Acox, the NW Chamber Chorus and guest vocal-ists, and special guest tap dancer. www.ear-shotjazz.org

Byron Schenkman & Friends – Bach & Corelli. Dec. 29, 7pm. Illsley Ball Nor-dstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave. & Union St.. The “Dazzling Duo” (Nuvo Magazine) of Ingrid Matthews and Byron Schenkman lead us through some of the most brilliant sonatas for violin and harpsichord by Johann Sebastian Bach and Arcangelo Corelli. www.byronschenkman.com.

THEATRE & DANCE

5th Avenue Theatre – Disney’s The Lit-tle Mermaid. Nov. 23-Dec. 31. 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 5th Avenue. This holiday sea-

son, join us “Under the Sea” for a spectacu-lar production of the Broadway musical, Disney’s The Little Mermaid. Headstrong Ariel is no longer content to live on the ocean floor under her father, King Triton’s rule. Convinced she’ll only find happiness on land, she sets off to find a world where she belongs, battling a cruel sea witch and finding true love along the way. Adults and children alike will revel in the Academy Award®-winning hits by the legendary Alan Menken including “Kiss the Girl” and “Part of Your World.” This spectacular new production will feature dazzling costumes, a stunning pop-up book inspired set and visual effects that are pure magic. So trade in your fleece for flippers this winter and make Disney’s The Little Mermaid part of your world. www.5thavenue.org.

ACT Theatre – A Christmas Carol. Nov. 25-Dec. 30. ACT Theatre, 700 Union St. Join us for a Seattle tradition: a ripping good telling of the classic story of Ebene-zer Scrooge, the curmudgeonly business-man who requires the intervention of a few spectral guides to understand the true meaning of Christmas and life. Well over a century after its writing, Dickens’ classic tale of hope and redemption continues to remind us what’s really worth celebrating – at the holidays, or any time! Want to go behind the scenes? Reserve a spot on Inside A Christmas Carol! You’ll visit The Allen Theatre, production rooms, and more, to get behind the scenes access to ACT’s be-loved annual holiday tradition. Tours are Saturdays in December at 1:00pm. www.acttheatre.org.

ACT Theatre – Ham for the Holidays: Jurassic Pork Dec. 8-24. (ASL interpreta-tion on Dec. 15.) ACT Theatre, 700 Union St.. Seattle comedians Lisa Koch and Peg-gy Platt (aka Dos Fallopia) return to ACT with their wonky, gender-bending holiday sketch hoo-hah, better known as Ham for the Holidays: Jurassic Pork. Directed by David Hunter Koch, the long-running cult series has found a hammy holiday home at ACT Theatre, in collaboration with ACTLab. Naughty, nutty, and nervy—nothing is sacred in this mishmash of so-cial satire, musical parody, and campy characters. Platt and Koch take you on a devilishly whacky holiday romp! Featur-ing: Rockers Heartwood Mac host a Seattle music festival; The Dweeb Girls tell ghost stories at Camp Stillasqueemish; Are You Smarter Than A Queen game show pits audience members against famous queens; The tiny Sequim Gay Men’s Chorus sing with glee; Country duo The Spudds present their sci-fi tribute, Spudd Trek.

Ham for the Holidays contains adult humor and themes recommended for ages 14+. www.acttheatre.org.

Bainbridge Performing Arts – A Christmas Story, The Musical. Dec. 4-20.

Bainbridge Performing Arts, 200 Madison Ave. N, Bainbridge Island. Offering sweet nostalgia for adults, and great fun for the kids, this laugh-out-loud holiday tale of American Christmases past has been clev-erly re-wrapped as a new musical. “You’ll shoot your eye out!” This musical, which received rave reviews on its Broadway run, is based on the movie classic that runs round-the-clock on television every Christ-mas. Set in the 1940s in the fictional town of Hohman, Indiana, the musical follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker and his quest for the Holy Grail of Christmas gifts – an Of-ficial Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot Range Model air rifle. Rebuffed at every turn with a similar echoing response, Ral-phie plots numerous schemes to achieve his desperate desire for the coveted BB gun. All the iconic scenes from the movie are here: Ralphie’s friend, Flick, getting his tongue stuck to the flagpole; his brother, Randy, getting dressed in his snowsuit; the bullies, Farkus and Dill; the leg lamp award; the bunny suit; the Chinese res-taurant; Christmas dinner; and many oth-ers. The delightfully versatile score ranges from gentle ballads to show-stopping full-ensemble numbers such as “Ralphie to the Rescue!,” “A Major Award,” “Sticky Situ-ation,” “Up on Santa’s Lap,” “Somewhere Hovering Over Indiana” and the inevitable “You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out!” A Christmas Story, The Musical will bring an exciting new dimension to those who have seen the movie and and is the perfect introduction to this new classic for those who haven’t!. www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org.

Burien Actors Theatre – The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged). Nov. 25-Dec. 18. Burien Actors Theatre, 14501 4th Ave SW. For those of you who can’t take one more Christmas Carol or Miracle on 34th Street–style homage to the wonder of the Season, The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged) has your antidote, with an irreverent look at the holidays. When inclement weather prevents the planned acts from showing up, three intrepid ac-tors take on the task of presenting every Christmas show imaginable (abridged, of course). www.burienlittletheatre.org

Can Can – Wonderland – A Carnival of Winter Wonder. Nov. 11-Jan. 29. Se-attle’s classic winter show is back at Can Can Kitchen & Cabaret in the Historic Pike Place Market. 94 Pike St. B. Celebrate the holidays as our cast of A-list performers swing from the chandeliers into a new show full of classic beauty and flirtatious artist-ry. It’ll be a glittering parade of nostalgia, exploding with dance, laughter, and all the cheer of yesteryear. This carnival of mer-riment will mesmerize audiences as soon as they enter Can Can’s intimate theater turned whimsical winter chalet, making this a holiday entertainment spectacular to remember. In the kitchen and behind the bar you’ll find a variety of food, wine, and spirit menus carefully crafted with local market-fresh winter ingredients, prepared to tantalize even the most refined palates. ‘Tis the season to eat, drink, and be merry in a wintry Wonderland where theater and Cabaret meet. Consider this your invita-

tion to the holiday soiree that you’ve always dreamed of! www.thecancan.com.

Jet City Improv – Uncle Mike Ruins Christmas. Nov. 27-Dec. 19, Fri & Sat, 10:30pm. Jet City Improv, Historic Uni-versity Theatre, 5510 University Way NE. When you walk in the door of the theater, you’ll be asked to write down a heartwarm-ing (and real) memory from a Christmas of yore. Any cherished holiday memory will do! The cast of Uncle Mike Ruins Christ-mas will then begin to re-enact the sweetest stories from the collection, piece by pre-cious piece.

But it’s only a matter of time before your once-sacred holiday memory is invaded by the obscene, vulgar, and generally per-verse mind of Uncle Mike (played by Mike Murphy, who returns for his seventh season in this role). Mostly everyone (yourself in-cluded) will delight at the thoroughly dis-gusting twist to what was once a cherished memory that will change how you remem-ber Christmas forever. Oh, if you wish for it real hard, Uncle Mike just may take us all to the North Pole for a lesson on the true meaning of Christmas and meet Santa!

It’s the perfect escape for those wishing to replace the sickening sweetness of some holiday specials with a completely different sickening feeling. www.jetcityimprov.org

Seattle Children’s Theatre – Stellalu-na. Dec. 1-Jan. 15. Seattle Children’s The-atre, 201 Thomas St. Nocturnal adventure awaits in Stellaluna, a luminous adaptation from the internationally-renowned artists at Speeltheater Holland, of the beautiful picture-book classic about a baby fruit bat. When Stellaluna is separated from Mother Bat in the forest, she is adopted by a fam-ily of birds who teach her their boisterous, baby bird ways. Young audiences will de-light in the music, artistic puppetry, and dance, empathizing with Stellaluna as she swoops and crashes through the forest try-ing to be just like her feathered friends. Themes of friendship, self-discovery, cel-ebrating differences, and trying new things will entertain all ages, and flip your world upside-down. www.sct.org.

Seattle Public Theater – The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Dec. 10-24. Se-attle Public Theater, 7312 W. Greenlake Drive N.. The delightfully horrible Herd-man clan descends on the Bathhouse for their 15th consecutive year, turning a pe-destrian pageant into sidesplitting chaos and bringing new life to an old tradition. Featuring a cast of young actors along-side adult professionals, The Best Christ-mas Pageant Ever is the not-to-be-missed holiday favorite for families and kids of all ages. www.seattlepublictheater.org.

Seattle Public Theater – Christmas-town: A Holiday Noire. Dec. 1-24. Seattle Public Theater, 7312 W. Greenlake Drive

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N. In this film noir-inspired holiday thriller by Seattle playwright Wayne Rawley, hard-boiled detective Nick Holiday investigates some un-holiday-like shenanigans taking place in Christmastown. Add a glamor-ous elf, a used-Christmas-tree salesman, a muckraking reporter, and a quick-thinking cab driver, and you’ve got the “best new holiday romp of the year!” (Seattle Times). www.seattlepublictheater.org.

Seattle Radio Theatre – Classic Radio Christmas Carol. Dec. 9, 8pm. Town Hall Seattle, Great Hall, 1119 8th Ave. Enjoy a new interpretation of the ghosts of Christ-mas past, present, and future. Join Seattle Radio Theatre for our 17th annual night of live holiday radio drama! Starring KIRO Radio’s Dave Ross as Ebenezer Scrooge along with a stocking full of other North-west favorites, and featuring live music and sound effects performed right in front

of your eyes. Bring the whole family to experience a classic 1930s radio version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Produced and directed by Feliks Banel, Seattle Radio Theatre founding director, the performance will be broadcast live on KIRO-FM. Plan to be in your seats no later than 7:45 p.m. for a little “studio audi-ence warm-up” prior to the program. www.townhallseattle.org/events.

Taproot Theatre – A Charlie Brown Christmas. Nov. 30-Dec. 28. Taproot The-atre, 204 N. 85th St. A Christmas Tradition Reinvented – Charlie Brown is depressed by the never-ending commercialism sur-rounding the holidays. Thankfully, Linus is there to help him find the true meaning of Christmas in this musical adaptation of the cartoon classic. Tickets: www.taproot-theatre.org.

Taproot Theatre – The Trial of Ebene-zer Scrooge. Nov. 18-Dec. 30. Taproot The-atre, 204 N. 85th St. In an unbelievably bold

move, Ebenezer Scrooge has charged Jacob Marley and the Christmas Spirits with tres-passing, kidnapping, assault and battery: certain proof that he’s reverted to his old disagreeable self. Can the goodness and grace of Christmas survive? Full of laugh-ter and goodwill, this is a delightful twist on Dickens’ classic tale. www.taprootthe-atre.org

Unexpected Productions – A(n Impro-vised) Christmas Carol. Nov. 25-Dec. 24. Unexpected Productions, 1428 Post Al-ley (down the cobblestone alley or down the stairs next to Rachel the Pig at the Pike Place Market). We all know the story of Charles Dickens classic, A Christmas Carol. Or do we? Unexpected Productions brings back its holiday favorite, “A(n Im-provised) Christmas Carol.” Based on au-dience suggestions, our improvisers bend and twist Charles Dickens’ tale of Ebenezer Scrooge in all sorts of hilarious directions – and each show is different. Where does Scrooge work? What ails Tiny Tim? Does

Scrooge even get reformed? It’s all up to you in this wild, hilarious, holiday ride. A holiday tradition for countless locals since 1985, it’s the perfect way to celebrate the holidays with friends or family. www.unex-pectedproductions.org.

Village Theatre – Singin’ in the Rain. Nov. 10-Dec. 31. Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N., Issaquah. “What a glorious feel-ing, I’m happy again!” Embark with us on a dance-filled journey to the golden age of cinema as one of the greatest movie musi-cals of all time comes back with a splash! This faithful and loving adaptation by the original award-winning screenplay team is exuberant, funny, and filled with songs you know and love _ plus live, on-stage rain! Join us at Monumental Pictures and make this monumental show a must-see part of your holiday plans. (Run continues Jan. 6-29 at Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett). www.villag-etheatre.org.


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