Winter Solstice is this Saturday, December 21, 2013
LOCAL EVENTS WEEKEND PLANNER
FOR DECEMBER 20-22, 2013
BELLINGHAM HOLIDAY FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
THU-SUN The 34th Annual Holiday Festival of the Arts features over 100 local artisans and craftspeople. Affordable and locally handmade products of all kinds.www.alliedarts.org
SEATTLE WINTER SOLSTICE CONCERT
FRI-SAT Music in the café features poems plus Celtic & Balkan tunes played by Stanley Greenthal Ensemble on strings, woodwinds and drums at Café Solstice.http://stanleygreenthal.blogspot.com/
AUBURN - “SCROOGE THE MUSICAL”
FRI-SUN Celebrate the season at Green River Community College in this heartwarming musical based on the Dicken’s classic tale. www.heavierthanair.com
FEDERAL WAY - A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME NATIVITY
FRI-SUN Come and experience the birth of Jesus Christ. Walk through the market, meet the Shepherds and the Wise Men, look into the eyes of Herod, see live animals and more! https://www.facebook.com/events/1397597803818388/?notif_t=plan_user_joined
SEATTLE HANDEL’S MESSIAH
FRI-SUN Handel’s Messiah is a holiday tradition performed by the Seattle Symphony & Chorale at Benaroya Hall. http://www.seattlesymphony.org
KENT CHRISTMAS ON ICE
SUN First Annual Kent Valley Skating Club Christmas Spectacular of great skating, a dessert table, gift basket raffle and a visit from Santa.http://www.kentvalleyfsc.org/
SNOQUALMIE SANTA TRAIN
NOW-DEC 21 The Northwest Railway Museum runs a popular 20-minute Santa Train from North Bend to the Snoqualmie Depot for cookies and a visit with Santa.http://www.trainmuseum.org/index.php/visit-us/santa-train
LAKE WASHINGTON CHRISTMAS SHIPS PARADE
NOW-DEC 23 Lake Washington and Puget Sound Ride onboard with the choir or listen from shore at a bonfire during Christmas Ship Festival.http://www.argosycruises.com/dining-cruises/christmas-ship-festival/
SEATTLE CHRISTMAS PLAYS
THU-DEC 24 Unruly kids take over the church pageant every year in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, a family play-within-a-play. The Santaland Diaries for adults starts a day later. Both at the Bathhouse Theater.http://seattlepublictheater.org/events-christmas-pageant.htm
BELLEVUE HOLIDAY SHOW
NOW-DEC 24 Enjoy shopping and the 20-minute show of lights, music, snow and enthusiastic young drummers in uniform on the sidewalks of Snowflake Lane.http://bellevuecollection.com/SnowflakeLane/TicketsSchedule.php
SEATTLE A CHRISTMAS CAROL PLAY
NOW-DEC 29 ACT Theatre performs Charles Dickens’ holiday classic about the miraculous transformation of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge.http://www.acttheatre.org/Tickets/OnStage/AChristmasCarol
STANWOOD LIGHTS OF CHRISTMAS AT WARM BEACH
NOW-DEC 29 One million lights, five stages of entertainment, kid’s activities, and food. Thursdays through Sundays in Stanwood. www.warmbeachlights.com
ISSAQUAH REINDEER FESTIVAL
NOW-DEC 30 Meet Santa and reindeer plus enjoy story-time, animal feeding and gift store at Cougar Mountain Zoo. www.cougarmountainzoo.org
SEATTLE CENTER WINTERFEST
NOW-DEC 31 Winter train and village, holiday décor and entertainment every weekend plus ice skating. www.seattlecenter.com/winterfest
TACOMA MODEL TRAIN FESTIVAL
NOW-JAN 1 See model train displays on all floors and get a photo with Santa at the WA State History Museum.
RAVENNA CANDY CANE LANE HOLIDAY DISPLAY
NOW-JAN 1 It’s the 63rd year of this holiday tradition on Park Road in the Ravenna neighborhood. NE Park Rd and Ravenna Blvd in Seattle. http://www.washingtonhistory.org/visit/wshm/eventsprograms/festivals/trainfest/
SEATTLE WILDLIGHTS AT WOODLAND PARK ZOO
NOW-JAN 4 See the Zoo in a whole new light with over 500,000 LED lights in the shapes of animals and more. www.zoo.org
TACOMA ZOOLIGHTS AT POINT DEFIANCE ZOO
NOW-JAN 5 More than a half-million lights in dazzling displays of animals and more plus ride a camel at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. www.pdza.org
SEATTLE FESTIVALS OF LIGHT
NOW-JAN 5 Exploration of winter celebration traditions including Diwali, Hanukkah, Los Pados, Christmas Around the World and more at Seattle Children’s Museum. www.thechildrensmuseum.org
TACOMA POLAR PLAZA
NOW-JAN 12 Join us for art, ice and everything nice this holiday season when Francsican Polar Plaza comes to downtown Tacoma for its third year of ice skating on Tellefson Plaza located at 17th and Pacific. http://www.polarplaza.com/
BELLEVUE MAGIC SEASON
NOW-JAN 12 Stroll, skate and celebrate during Bellevue Magic Season at the Chaplin’s Belleuve Subaru Ice Arena in Bellevue Downtown Park.www.magicseason.com
MOVIES THIS WEEKEND
· Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
· American Hustle
· Walking With Dinosaurs
· Dhoom: 3
· Saving Mr. Banks
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