Why spend money on entertainment this weekend when you could go to Georgetown Art Attack, get Theo chocolate at Pike Place, or catch a comedy show featuring Emmett Montgomery and Elicia Sanchez—for free? See details on all of those and more on this list, and find even more events on our Things To Do calendar. Plus, check out our list of holiday gift markets and pop-ups to check out this month.
FRIDAY
1. Holiday Party at Northwest Film Forum
This all-ages bash at Northwest Film Forum promises a cavalcade of alluring activities, from “Cineoke” (karaoke, but with movie musicals) to a DJ spinning rare movie soundtracks on vinyl to John Criscitello as Santa. If all of that isn’t enough for you, come just to learn the art of “back-alley dreidel.”
2. Mom-o-Logues
Fighting a battle of identity and representation is hard. Emotionally, religiously, and politically duking it out with your parents is harder. This multi-genre performance, (song, dance, spoken word, burlesque, comedy and digital media) put on in partnership with Sanctuary Arts Center, explores the experiences of LGBTQ people with their parents–from the loving and adaptable to the thoroughly fucked up.
3. Ada Calhoun
Ada Calhoun reads from her book St. Marks Is Dead: The Many Lives of America’s Hippest Street, a thorough exploration of a New York neighborhood with small square footage but huge impact.
