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TURKEY TROTS
Beat the Bird 5K & Lil' Drumstick 1K
Raise money for Bellevue's Renewal Food Bank by running or waddling a 5K course before it's time for dinner.
Thursday, Shoes-n-Feet (Bellevue)
Issaquah Turkey Trot
Support the Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank by running in the Issaquah Turkey Trot.Â
Thursday, Issaquah Community Center
Magnuson Turkey Trot
Make room for the Thanksgiving feast by running a 5k, 10k, or 15k Turkey Trot (or a 400-meter kids dash) to support Teen Feed. The University Food Bank will also be collecting canned food donations.
Thursday, Magnuson Park (Sand Point)
Norpoint Turkey Trot 5K
Choose from a 5K, 2K, or a Kids Dash at this annual pre-dinner run.
Thursday, Center at Norpoint (Tacoma)
Tacoma City Turkey Trot
Everyone who finishes this 5K pre-feast race will receive a medal and a t-shirt.
Thursday, Metropolitan Market (Tacoma)
Wattle Waddle Marathon
If a turkey trot isn't enough for you, take your Thanksgiving run to the next level by opting for a full or half marathon.Â
Thursday, Centennial Trail (Lake Steves)
Seattle Turkey Trot
Before you feast on turkey and stuffing, help feed the hungry through Ballard Food Bank by running in Seattle's annual turkey trot. The route goes from Sunset Hill to Golden Gardens Park.Â
Thursday, NW 85th St and 32nd Ave NW (Ballard)
See also: Our complete guide to where to eat out for Thanksgiving dinner in Seattle.
HOLIDAY MARKETS & SHOPPING
Annual Holiday Native Gift Fair & Art Market
Find gifts for loved ones by local Native artists and makers at this annual market.
Friday-Sunday, Duwamish Longhouse (West Seattle)
Art Under $100
Find affordable gifts from over 100 "crackerjack artists" offering paintings, glass, fabric art, ceramics, jewelry, and more priced under one Benjamin. If you want, you can pay $25 to get in an hour early and receive a swag bag and champagne.
Saturday, Seattle Design Center (Georgetown)
GeekCraft Expo
If Etsy and Comic Con are two of your favorite things, you won't want to miss this annual geeky craft market, which just so happens to align with holiday shopping season. Find unique gifts from local artists, or make your own crafts.
Saturday-Sunday, Magnuson Park Hangar 30 (Sand Point)
Georgetown Trailer Park Mall Holiday Market
Find unique gifts from dozens of vendorsâincluding Nomadia Creatives, Royal Mansion Gallery, and Low Rider Bakingâand enjoy holiday activities like pictures with Mrs. Klaws and her Santa Bear, holiday music, and lots and lots of cookies.
Saturday, Georgetown Trailer Park Mall
Museum Store Sunday
Support local arts by spending the Sunday after Thanksgiving strolling through your favorite museums and taking advantage of deals on artsy finds from their gift shops.
Sunday, Various locations
Record Store Day Black Friday
Time once again for Black Friday Record Store Day, that necessary boost in the bottom line for music retailers like Light in the Attic (and asshole record-flippers) and chronic pain for small labels looking to get their vinyl pressed in a timely manner. Despite the flaws of this manufactured holiday, it always yields sonic treasures. DAVE SEGAL
Friday, Various locations
Seattle Anarchist Book Fair 2019
For its 11th year, the Seattle Anarchist Book Fair will gather radical authors, publishers, and workshop leaders for the intellectual anti-capitalist struggle. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the protests against the World Trade Organization in Seattle, the fair will host a special panel and workshops, plus set up an "archival exhibit." Pick up some books and make new friends to criticize the state with.
Saturday-Sunday, Vera Project (Seattle Center)
Small Business Saturday
Shop local on Small Business Saturday at the Bellevue Arts Museum, Fantagraphics, Queen Anne Book Company, Elliott Bay Book Company, and elsewhere.
Saturday, Various locatoins
See also: A guide to this weekend's holiday markets & gift bazaars.
HOLIDAY FESTIVALS & TREE LIGHTING CEREMONIES
Black Friday Holiday Festival
Families can enjoy reindeer visits, a photo with princesses in a skating rink, and live holiday music by the Side Project for one day only.
Friday, Redmond Town Center
Bothellâs Tree Lighting Festival and Holiday Market
Imagine an old-timey community Christmas gathering, but replace goose vendors with local food trucksâthat's what you can expect at this Bothell family affair, which also promises a visit from Santa, a tree lighting, and a holiday market.
Sunday, Downtown Bothell
The Bravern Winter Illumination Holiday Lighting Ceremony
Seahawks dancers and Santa Claus will make special appearances at the Shops at the Bravern's holiday lighting ceremony.
Saturday, the Shops at the Bravern (Bellevue)
Christmas Ship Festival
The Puget Sound is filled with lights throughout the holiday season, but no vessel can compete with Argosy Cruises'Â Christmas Ship, which docks in 65 waterfront communities to serenade people onshore and onboard with its resident choir. Those who choose to board the ship will enjoy photos with Santa, a reading of "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," and kids' activities. For a less family-oriented option, you can trail behind in a 21+ boat with rotating themes each week. It's also free to watch from the shore.
Friday-Sunday, Various locations
Downtown for the Holidays
Olympia will pull out all the stops to greet the season, promising a Jingle Bell Parade, a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus, horse-drawn wagon rides, a tree lighting, and an ice rink.
Sunday, Downtown Olympia Â
Downtown Holiday Tree-Lighting and Macy's Star-Lighting Celebration
If you love holiday traditions and don't mind crowds, downtown is the place to be the day after Thanksgiving. Following the Macy's Holiday Parade, the longstanding department store will light up its gigantic star and fireworks will light up the sky after dark (weather permitting). In Westlake Park, where you'll likely be watching the show, there will also be a tree lighting and the reintroduction of the holiday carousel.Â
Friday, Westlake Park (Downtown)
GloCone & Monkey Lighting
Sing holiday carols, enjoy festive treats, and see the holiday monkeys that light up the Phinney air raid tower every year.
Saturday, Phinney Neighborhood Association
Greet the Season Celebration
Once Thanksgiving is over, welcome the holiday season with a miniature train display, a gift market with local makers, festive music, and more throughout Lake Union Park and at MOHAI.
Saturday, Lake Union Park (South Lake Union)
Holidays at the Needle
Santa will park his sleek new glass sleigh on the Space Needle's revolving glass floor, so your photos with the jolly man will feature the Seattle cityscape beneath your feet.Â
Friday-Sunday, Space Needle (Seattle Center)
Macy's Holiday Parade
In this festive procession of holiday cheer, bunches of floats, costumed characters, sports teams, and others march the Christmas-light-adorned streets of downtown for the Macy's Holiday Parade.
Friday, Downtown Seattle
24th Annual Magic in the Market
For the 24th year, Magic in the Market brings a tree lighting, seasonal snacks and drinks, choirs, and photos with Santa to the already-magical Pike Place Market. You can even pick out a tree of your own to take home.
Saturday, Pike Place Market (Downtown)
Pyramid Brewing Keg Tree Lighting and Donation Celebration
At this second annual family-friendly event, watch Pyramid illuminate their towering, 20-foot-tall keg tree made with 236 kegsâthe tallest keg tree on the West Coastâand be the first to try their Snow Cap and Gingerbread Ale beers on draft. Hot cocoa and apple cider will be available for kids.
Saturday, Pyramid Alehouse (Sodo)
Tacoma's 74th Annual Holiday Tree Lighting
This annual traditionâwhich has been going strong since World War IIâkicks off the holiday season with carols, photos with Santa, and the lighting of a giant holiday tree in downtown Tacoma.
Saturday, Pantages Theater (Tacoma)
Winterfest
From a winter train village to an ice rink, and from music and dance performances to ice sculpting, Winterfest promises five weeks of free festive cheer for all ages.
Friday-Sunday, Seattle Center
See also: Our complete winter holdays calendar.
HOLIDAY LIGHT & DECORATION DISPLAYS
Christmas at the Mansion
Per holiday tradition, visitors can marvel at Puyallup's historic Meeker Mansion decked out in Victorian-style Christmas decorations (with 21st-century LED lights).
Friday-Sunday, Meeker Mansion (Puyallup)
Enchant Christmas
Following a successful first year, Enchant Christmas will transform T-Mobile Park into a winter wonderland complete with an impressive light maze, light sculptures, a market curated by Urban Craft Uprising, and more. This year's theme is "Mischievous," so expect to see sly little elves roaming about.
Friday-Sunday, T-Mobile Park (Sodo)
Garden dâLights
Whimsical flora and fauna, birds, animals, and cascading waterfalls get the holiday light treatment at Bellevue Botanical Garden's annual display. (To be clear, actual birds and animals will not be strung with lights.) Wander the grounds and take photos among the "half a million" bulbs.
Saturday-Sunday, Bellevue Botanical Garden
Lumaze
This year, Santa is enlisting the help of young princes and princesses in helping him find six hidden presents. In addition to the prize-bearing hunt, this kid-oriented indoor festival will also have a gift market (complete with fresh produce and seasonal treats) and a light display.
Friday-Sunday, Smith Cove Cruise Terminal (Interbay)
Seattle Festival of Trees
The historic Fairmont Olympic hotel celebrates the winter season each year with caroling, an impressive display of decorated trees in their lobby, and a teddy bear suite.
Friday-Sunday, Fairmont Olympic Hotel (Downtown)
Sheraton Grand Seattle Gingerbread Village
For the 27th year in a row, diabetes research center JDRF Northwest has invited local architecture firms to use their skills for a holiday tradition: crafting an elaborate gingerbread village that uses 1,850 pounds of gingerbread, 150,000 pieces of candy, 350 pounds of fondant, and 15 gallons of egg whites, according to press materials. This year's theme is #ElfLife, featuring pixies, gnomes, and pucks from across genres.
Thursday-Saturday, Seattle Sheraton Hotel (Downtown)
Snowflake Lane
Every year, downtown Bellevue turns into a winter wonderland not just for one night but for a whole dang month, with (fake) falling snow, jolly live music, and a nightly parade filled with dancers and toy drummers.
Friday-Sunday, Bellevue Collection
Swanson's Reindeer Festival
Shop a variety of seasonal plants, bulbs, arrangements, and Christmas trees, as well as other gifts like books, jewelry, and home decor, at the decked-out nursery. Plus, visit with Santa and his real-life reindeer, check out model trains, and enjoy live music throughout the season.
Friday-Sunday, Swansons Nursery (Crown Hill)
WildLights
The zoo will light up with thousands upon thousands of (energy-efficient) LED lights that recreate wild scenes and creatures. You can also throw fake snowballs at your friends, get up close with certain animal residents, and sip hot chocolate.
Friday-Sunday, Woodland Park Zoo (Phinney)
Zoolights
Holiday traditions don't get more classic than strolling through the zoo when it's transformed into a luminous wonderland of 3-D animal light installations. Displays from previous years have included hammerhead sharks and sea turtles, a majestic polar bear family, and a giant Pacific octopus.
Friday-Sunday, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium (Tacoma)
See also: The best places to see holiday lights this season.
FOOD & DRINK EVENTS
Fremont's B-Bomb Friday
It's an annual tradition for Fremont Brewing to release their extremely sought-after "B-Bomb" (a bourbon barrel-aged imperial winter ale) on Black Friday each year. Grab it in bottles at their taproom and compare versions from 2016-2019 and three infused varieties on tap.
Friday, Fremont Brewing
Coffee Beer and Donuts - Black Friday Edition
Enjoy the Homer Simpson-approved pairing of four Reuben's coffee beers made in collaboration with local roaster Kuma Coffee, accompanied by diminutive donuts from Scouts Mini Donuts.
Friday, Reuben's Brews (Ballard)
Miracle on 2nd
In 2014, New York bar owner Greg Boehm temporarily transformed his space into a kitschy Christmas wonderland replete with gewgaws and tchotchkes galore. Now the pop-up has expanded to more than 100 locations all over the world and will be returning to Belltownâs Rob Roy this year. The specialty cocktails are no ordinary cups of cheer: Beverages are housed in tacky-tastic vessels (a drinking mug resembling Santaâs mug, for example), bedecked with fanciful garnishes like peppers and dried pineapple, and christened with irreverent, pop-culture-referencing names like the âBad Santa,â the âYippie Ki Yay Mother F**r,â and the âYouâll Shoot Your Rye Out.â New this year: At nearby Vinnie's Raw Bar, there will be a spin-off holiday-tiki-themed pop-up called "Sippin' Santa," which asks you to "imagine Santa on a surfboard instead of a sleigh and palm trees instead of pine." Drinks include the "Kris Kringle Colada" (dark Jamaican rum, Cynar, allspice, lime and pineapple juice, and cream of coconut) and the "Christmas Eve of Destruction" (dark overproof rum, herbal liqueur, nutmeg syrup, lime juice, and Angostura bitters). JULIANNE BELL
Friday-Sunday, Rob Roy (Belltown)
Sun Liquor Eggnog Preview
Sip a glass of aged eggnog made with Sun Liquor's 2019 Holiday Spirit Blend, a mixture of bourbon, American single-malt whiskey, aged rum, and apple brandy.
Saturday, Sol Liquor Lounge (Capitol Hill)
See also: Where to find booze bargains and special releases on Black Friday weekend.
MAJOR CONCERTS
Battles
Battles have come back with Juice B Crypts, their best album since Mirrored. They proved themselves to be omnivorous collaborators on Gloss Drop, adapting their complex ideas to a wildly diverse array of artists, and that principle enhances the new album. The tracks on Juice B Crypts featuring just Williams and Stanier find ingenious ways to fuse math-rock, abstract electronica, and dance music. "Ambulance" sounds like some new strain of maximalist techno as produced by Boredoms and Magma. The insane title track carries a Squarepusher-esque air of rhythmic hysteriaâmad drum & bass in a packed arcade. If Juice B Crypts proves anything, it's that rock needs to mutate and go off on surprising tangents if it wants to keep sounding vital. Battles' hybrid energy shows no signs of diminishing, even as their lineup does. DAVE SEGAL
Sunday, Neumos (Capitol Hill)
Hanson, Paul McDonald, Joshua & The Holy Rollers
Famous corn-fed brother trio Hanson have weathered 22 years in the music biz since their platinum album, Middle of Nowhere, dropped. They'll be celebrating their longevity on an extended tour, playing throwback tracks from this album, along with newer works.
Sunday, Neptune Theatre (University District)
Illenium
Whether filling an arena or the liminal space between euphoria and heartbreak, Illeniumâs dizzying drops and soaring melodies bring an unprecedented level of genuine emotion and musical talent to the EDM soundscape. 2017âs Awake is filled with heartrending yet danceable tracks like âWhereâd U Goâ and âSound of Walking Away,â which go harder than the cruelest of breakups. At Illeniumâs sets, it is entirely possible (and okay) to dance and cry. SOPHIA STEPHENS
Friday, WaMu Theater (Sodo)
Jay Park
Most notable for his tenure as one of the key bad boys behind Seoul hip-hop label AOMG, Jay Park tops mainstream music charts time and time again for his K-pop collabs and incredibly racy music videos.
Sunday, Showbox Sodo
Kevin Gates
It must be said: Louisiana's Kevin Gates is one of the most exciting rappers out, a wounded, noble hustler, equally at home with detail-rich street narratives, for-the-ladies jams, and radio-ready crossover shots. His guttural baritone is as instantly recognizable as Ja Rule's bark or Method Man's heart-of-gold growl, but what sets him apart is a Scarface-like commitment to gangster storytelling and a fantastic crew of producers, elevating each mixtape track to possible hit status. Not to throw the T-word around willy-nilly, but Gates possesses nearly Tupac-esque levels of self-mythologizing, understatedly serene flow, and gritty realism, which is not praise to be thrown around lightly. KYLE FLECK
Saturday, WaMu Theater (Sodo)
ScHoolboy Q, NAV
One of the cornerstones of Southern Californiaâbased record label Top Dawg Entertainment, Quincy âScHoolboy Qâ Hanley has consistently provided us with tracks that showcase his versatile lyrical approach, oscillating between chilled-out and aggro. Hanley has always been up-front about his past, delving into his history of gangbanging and drug abuse. While his most salient hit has definitely been 2013âs âCollard Greensâ with labelmate Kendrick Lamar, ScHoolboy Qâs CrasH Talk (the capitalized âHâ in reference to his crew, the Hoover Crips) is a solid entry into his catalog, with cuts like âNumb Numb Juiceâ celebrating clubbing, flossing, and sexing over booming beats. JASMYNE KEIMIG
Sunday, WaMu Theatre (Sodo)
Seattle Men's Chorus: 'Tis The Season
In a landmark holiday event, the Seattle Men's Chorus will perform dazzling tracks of the season, like their own revamped takes on "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Festival Gloria," "Here We Come A-Caroling," and many more.
Saturday-Sunday, Benaroya Hall (Downtown)
Seattle's Tribute to the Last Waltz
Local rockers like Smokey Brights, Gypsy Temple, Kelly Van Camp, and many others will pay tribute to Canadian roots-rockers the Band's 1978 farewell concert, The Last Waltz. Northwest Harvest will be collecting canned food donations.
Friday, Neptune Theatre (University District)
Taj Mahal Quintet
Taj Mahal has a voice that makes me feel instantly warm, comforted, and content. Sometimes itâs low, gritty, easy, set against breezy, ambling grooves with vague island vibes (âSatisfied Nâ Tickled Tooâ), other times itâs husky and booming over bright rootsy melodies (âQueen Beeâ) or low-down, harmonica-piped R&B (âLeaving Trunkâ), and often, itâs plain smoky and soulful and rambling (âCorinnaâ). Taj has been singing, finger-picking, and instrument-slinging (guitar, dobro, steel, kora, etc.) for more than five decades, heavily infusing his loose brand of blues with elements of rock, R&B, jazz, Americana, and world music (as for that last, go listen to Mumtaz Mahal and Kulanjan for some truly transcendent beauty). Heâs also just a cool dude with an impressive collection of wide-brimmed hats, and he is a pleasure to see live. You'll have many chances on this Seattle run: Heâs playing 13 shows over eight days with his quintet, which includes bassist Bill Rich, Bobby Ingano (guitar, Hawaiian lap steel), and drummer Kester Smith, plus special guest Roger Glenn on vibes. LEILANI POLK
Friday-Sunday, Jazz Alley (Downtown)
Thievery Corporation
Few of Thievery Corporation's 1990s-era down-tempo electronic contemporaries have shown the durability of core members Rob Garza and Eric Hilton. What they do isn't innovative or revolutionary, but Thievery Corporation's clever amalgams of classy lounge music, buttery triphop, dub lite, boho hip-hop, chill bossa nova, and other styles from the international sonic bazaar cohere into a good time soundtrack that makes you feel much more suave and affluent than you actually are. And that's good enough to sell out the Showbox, even for two dates. Thievery Corporation will be supporting their typically eclectic and tasteful recent album, Treasures from the Temple. DAVE SEGAL
Friday & Sunday, the Showbox (Downtown)
See also: Our music critics' picks for this week.
COMEDY & PERFORMANCE EVENTS
A(n Improvised) Christmas Carol 2019
You may think you know the story of A Christmas Carol, but you have no idea. Watch a team of improvisers re-create Dickens's tale based on audience suggestions.
Friday-Sunday, Unexpected Productions' Market Theater (Downtown)
Beautiful
The dancers of Can Can and powerhouse singer Renee Holiday (formerly Shaprece, who "ranks among the Northwestâs most radiant, soulful vocalists and producers of torch-song-centric electronic music," per Dave Segal) collaborate on this sensuous coming-of-age story, featuring a leading performance by Holiday and new choreography.
Friday-Sunday, Can Can (Downtown)
A Christmas Carol
ACT Theatre's production of A Christmas Carol is a dependable, simple pleasure, with just enough variation to warrant returning year after year. Kelly Kitchens will direct.
Friday-Sunday, ACT Theatre (Downtown)
George Balanchine's 'The Nutcracker'
If you haven't seen this Christmas classic since you were a kid, give it a go this year. In 2014, Pacific Northwest Ballet replaced its beloved Maurice Sendak set with one by Ian Falconer, who did the Olivia the Pig books, and I'm glad that they did. The new set is gorgeous in a Wes Anderson-like way, and it reflects the genuine weirdness and beauty in the story. I mean, the last 45 minutes of this thing is a Katy Perry video starring dancing desserts and a glittery peacock that moves like a sexy broken river. Bring a pot lozenge. RICH SMITH
Friday-Sunday, McCaw Hall (Seattle Center)
Sasha Velour's Smoke & Mirrors
A lip sync, in many ways, is like an actor's monologue. Both must cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time. They must be interesting. They must change, in big ways or small ways or both. But the great monologues and lip syncs contain a reveal. Sasha Velour is the queen of reveals., and never was this more apparent than at her Drag Race finale lip sync, when she finally went up against her biggest competitor, Shea CouleÊ. The two performed to Whitney Houston's "So Emotional." Like the best performances, hers is full of juxtapositions: curious but wounded, tentative but wild. Velour's new touring show, Smoke & Mirrors, contains 13 new lip syncs. It's a blend of magic, performance, and drag. I don't know much about it, but by the end of the night, she's rumored to transform into a tree. CHASE BURNS
Friday, Moore Theatre (Belltown)
Shout, Sister, Shout!
Rejoice in the music and power of the "Godmother of Rock 'n' Roll," Rosetta Tharpe, the amazing singer and guitarist who transformed American music.
Friday-Sunday, Seattle Repertory Theatre (Seattle Center)
A Very Die Hard Christmas
Marxiano Productions will restage last year's hit holiday musical from a script by the top-notch sketch comedy outfit the Habit (plus Jeff Schell), which peppers the rip-roaring action with songs, jokes, and more.
Friday-Sunday, Seattle Public Theater (Green Lake)
See also: Our arts & culture critics' picks for this week.
FILM
'Queen & Slim' Opening
Queen & Slim may be the bestâand is almost certainly the Blackestâfilm of 2019, and is perhaps most poignant for its gorgeous, complex, and multifaceted portrayal of the Black experience, where sparks of joy and love exist alongside pain, struggle, and oppression. One of the reasons director Melina Matsoukas and screenwriter Lena Waithe's made the film with Universal Pictures was their guarantee that Matsoukas and Waithe would have say over the final cutâa choice Waithe says was to ensure the film wasnât influenced whatsoever by the white gaze. They only did one test screening, with an all-Black audience; the result is a new American romance/drama written in the Black American language, told via a fully Black lens, and including a diverse array of characters who show that Black people are not a monolith. While there are definitely triggering parts (I cried twice), I also laughed a lot and, like many of the filmâs characters, I genuinely enjoyed rooting for the criminalized, on-the-run protagonists. For 48 hours after seeing this movie, I couldnât stop thinking about it. JENNI MOORE
Wednesday-Sunday, Various locations
'Marriage Story' Opening
Noah Baumbach (Mistress America et al.) creates a portrait of a marriage falling apart and the family trying to endure in this drama featuring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Alan Alda, and Laura Dern.
Friday-Sunday, Crest Cinema Center (Shoreline)
'Waves' Opening
The third feature-length film from writer-director Trey Edward Shults, Waves furthers Shults's obsession with the forces that keep families together and those that tear them apart. It follows a suburban black American family in Florida, at the center of which is Tyler (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), a successful student athlete who's balancing schoolwork, partying, training, and hanging with his girlfriend, Alexis (Alexa Demie). He's under immense pressureâespecially from his father, Ronald (Sterling K. Brown), whose dogged protectiveness of his family goes too far for their own well-being. The first half of Waves follows Tyler and the consequences of pushing past his physical limits; a shoulder injury threatens to sideline his wrestling dreams and deteriorate his relationship with Alexis. The second half shifts the focus to his sister, Emily (played by Taylor Russell with dazzling effect), who is left to deal with the fallout of her brother's explosive behavior, both in her family and in the greater community. The film's use of careening cinematographyâits spinning, dizzying opening sequence; the greenness of the greens; the low, urgent movement of the cameraâseems to almost-just tip the story over into disarray before righting itself and soldiering on. JASMYNE KEIMIG
Wednesday-Thursday, SIFF Cinema Egyptian (Capitol Hill)
OTHER NOTEWORTHY HAPPENINGS
Day With (Out) Art World Aids Day Film & Discussion Panel
This World AIDS Day event reminds us that the fight against AIDS and its social ramifications isn't over. See videos by seven artists, namely Shanti Avirgan, Nguyen Tan Hoang, Carl George, Viva Ruiz, Iman Shervington, Jack Waters/Victor F.M. Torres, and Derrick Woods-Morrow, that range in subject matter from "anti-stigma work in New Orleans to public sex culture in Chicago."
Sunday, Northwest African American Museum (Atlantic)
Free Admission Black Friday
Instead of storming the sliding glass doors of your local immersion blender purveyor the day after Thanksgiving, take advantage of free admission to the Bellevue Arts Museum to check out current exhibitions like Robert Williams: The Father of Exponential Imagination. To satisfy your holiday shopping fix, there will be a Small Business Saturday pop-up market.Â
Friday, Bellevue Arts Museum
State Park Free Days
If you don't have a Discover Pass but you still want to take in Northwest wildlife in all its evergreen-hued glory, take advantage of free admission to state parks on Autumn Day.
Friday, Various locations
See also: Quirky and unusual things to do this week.
SPORTS & RECREATION
Seattle Marathon
Seattle's biggest annual marathon/half marathon will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year, with upwards of 15,000 runners expected to participate.
Sunday, Seattle Center
UW Huskies vs. Washington State
The UW Huskies will host the Washington State Cougars in the Boeing Apple Cup Series matchup.
