The Pacific Northwest Ballet will bring back the wintery magic of George Balanchine's The Nutcracker, starting this weekend. Credit: Angela Sterling
The Pacific Northwest Ballet will bring back the wintery magic of George Balanchines The Nutcracker, starting this weekend.
The Pacific Northwest Ballet will bring back the wintery magic of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, starting this weekend. Angela Sterling

Our music critics have already chosen the 23 best music shows this week, but now it’s our arts critics’ turn to recommend the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from the opening of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights to the holiday cocktail wonderland Miracle on 2nd, and from Thanksgiving dinners to the first weekend of the Enchant Christmas light spectacular. See them all below, and find even more events on our complete Things To Do calendar.

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COMEDY
Losing It: Grief Comedy
The witty Claire Webber will host a night of sets on funny sad things by sad comedians, namely Rachel Larendau, Bobby Higley, Matt Valdispino, Sam Miller, Natalie Holt, Dewa Dorje, Lucy Tollefson, Bernice Je, and Heather Paul. This sounds like the perfect balm for a sore heart. It’s presented by the Good Mourning festival.  </p

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