Seattle Events Calendar
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Visual Arts | Exhibit
Fischersund: Faux Flora
Jónsi returns to the National Nordic Museum with the Icelandic artist collective Fischersund. Fischersund presents an immersive multimedia exhibition integrating scent, sound, sculpture, 3D-graphics, and photography to capture the five life cycles of a plant.Faux Flora invents new plant species, the…
2:00pm
Theater
Happy Christmas, Jeeves
World Premiere! Step into the whimsical world of Bertie Wooster and his impeccable valet, Jeeves, in this brand-new holiday play. All Bertie wants for Christmas is a quiet night at home with no relatives, but his tranquility is shattered by…
7:30pm
Music | Theater
Two Clowns: Pierrot Meets Petrushka
Meany Hall (Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater)
The Israeli Chamber Project — a dynamic ensemble of strings, winds, harp and piano — celebrates the 150th anniversary of Arnold Schoenberg’s birth with a semi-staged production of his groundbreaking expressionist cabaret, Pierrot Lunaire, featuring soprano Hila Baggio as the…
7:30pm
Theater
Blithe Spirt
When Charles arranges a séance in his home as research for his upcoming novel, scatterbrained psychic Madame Arcati accidentally summons the spirit of his late wife, Elvira—which infuriates his current wife, Ruth. Charles suddenly finds himself caught in a supernatural…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Almost Live! (Almost an Exhibit)
The sketch comedy show Almost Live! aired on KING 5 from 1984 to 1999. It poked fun at regional stereotypes, gave us memorable characters and sketches, and launched local celebrities and national careers. It was a renowned success at a…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Christine Sun Kim: Ghost(ed) Notes
Christine Sun Kim (b. 1980, Orange County, California; based in Berlin, Germany) is a groundbreaking artist exploring sound's social and political dimensions. In her first Seattle exhibition at the Henry, Kim presents Ghost(ed) Notes, a mural animating the museum’s east…
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Visual Arts | Exhibit
Diego Cibelli: Fiori dei Miei Habiti / La Montagne Enchantée
SAM’s ornate Porcelain Room features an evocative ceiling fresco, The Triumph of Valor over Time (ca. 1757) by the greatest Venetian artist of the eighteenth century, Giovanni Tiepolo. Contemporary artist Diego Cibelli presents a site-specific response to the famous painting…
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Film
Free Films For Tacoma Students @ The Grand Cinema!
The Grand Cinema is pleased to participate in a pilot program funded by Tacoma Creates. Students and EBT/Quest card holders living within Tacoma city limits may now attend most* public showings at The Grand Cinema. Any student of any age…
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Visual Arts | Exhibit
Lessons from the Institute of Empathy
Three Empathics have moved into Seattle Art Museum and are a central feature to the latest installation imagined in our African art galleries. The popular and immersive ChimaTEK: Virtual Chimeric Space by contemporary artist Saya Woolfalk was first shown in…
All Day
Visual Arts | Museum Tour
Permanent Collection: Nordic Journeys
The National Nordic Museum’s core exhibition, Nordic Journeys, spans centuries, from prehistoric migrations to Viking adventures to modern-day challenges and triumphs. Go on a journey across 1.3 million square miles and twelve thousand years to explore the Nordic region. Then…
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Music | Miscellaneous | Exhibit
Winterfest at Seattle Center
Connect to a world of sparkling lights, amusements and spirited entertainment at Seattle Center Winterfest, presented by Symetra, Nov. 29 – Dec. 31, 2024 happening in-person on our grounds. Throughout the five weeks of Winterfest, those in search of uplifting…