Seattle Events Calendar
10:00am–5:00pm
Making A Way: Jacob Lawrence
Northwest African American Museum
Making a Way: The Jacob Lawrence and the Northwest Black Experience art exhibition is currently open at Northwest African American Museum in the Journey Gallery. Through a series of paintings created by Lawrence we examine Black history through his eyes…
10:01am–12:01pm
Leonardo! A Wonderful Show about a Terrible Monster
Leonardo is a terrible monster. He tries so hard to be scary, but he just…isn’t. But then he hatches a plan to find the most scaredy-cat kid in the world. Will Leonardo finally get to scare someone? Or will it…
11:00am–1:00pm
I'll Be Your Superhero
When a 10-year-old boy named Xavier has to go live with his uncle, it isn’t easy. His uncle John John has just left the Marines after eight years of service, and both must navigate family issues and strong emotions—both within…
12:00–5:00pm
At the Seam: The Museum of Northwest Art's Permanent Collection
Museums in the United States are grounded in the tradition of public service. They are organized as public trusts, holding their collections as a benefit for the community they represent and serve. As a result, a museum collection is more…
2:00–3:00pm
Isidore String Quartet
The Isidore String Quartet won the Banff International String Quartet Competition in 2022 and now performs in more than 125 cities each season, with recent debuts at Wigmore Hall and the Philharmonie de Paris. Critics have praised their “exquisitely unified…
2:00–3:30pm
Theater
2:00–4:00pm
Opera
Salome
Adapted from the Oscar Wilde play of the same name, Salome has been thrilling and shocking audiences since its premiere in 1905. And it's easy to see why: a biblical story complete with a lecherous king, a willful princess, and an…
2:00–4:00pm
Ragtime
Cope Gillette Theatre (Youth Education Center)
Ragtime is a sweeping, Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, based on the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow. The show explores major themes of immigration, social class, racial…
2:00–4:00pm
नेहा & NEEL
Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
Neha (नेहा) fears she has failed to pass her language and culture down to her seventeen-year-old son, Neel (नील). A summer trip to visit colleges could be Neha’s last chance, if only she can get Neel to visit the historic…
2:00–3:30pm
Theater | Comedy
Table 17
Jada and Dallas were once engaged. Now, two years after their breakup, they’re sitting across from each other at their favorite restaurant, trying to keep it casual. Good luck with that. Between old wounds and a spark neither one of them can…
2:00–4:00pm
Leonardo! A Wonderful Show about a Terrible Monster
Leonardo is a terrible monster. He tries so hard to be scary, but he just…isn’t. But then he hatches a plan to find the most scaredy-cat kid in the world. Will Leonardo finally get to scare someone? Or will it…
3:00–4:00pm
Costume Concert
Get ready for lights, costumes, and movie magic! The Tacoma Youth Symphony Association’s annual A Night at the Movies Costume Concert brings unforgettable film music to life in a fun-filled celebration for the whole family.TYSA’s talented young musicians will perform…
3:00–5:00pm
I'll Be Your Superhero
When a 10-year-old boy named Xavier has to go live with his uncle, it isn’t easy. His uncle John John has just left the Marines after eight years of service, and both must navigate family issues and strong emotions—both within…
6:00–9:00pm
Miscellaneous
All Hallows: Creepy Creatures
Step into Lakewold Gardens after dark and experience Halloween like never before at All Hallows: Creepy Creatures! Find the creatures hidden in the garden, peruse spooky vendors and craft activities, and enter the NEW Creepy Creatures craft contest to win…
7:00–8:30pm
Theater | Comedy
Table 17
Jada and Dallas were once engaged. Now, two years after their breakup, they’re sitting across from each other at their favorite restaurant, trying to keep it casual. Good luck with that. Between old wounds and a spark neither one of them can…
7:00–9:00pm
Theater
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Step into the eerie woods of Sleepy Hollow, where laughter will give way to gasps of fright in this exciting adaptation of the most enduring Halloween tale in Northeast American literature. Newcomer and schoolteacher Ichabod Crane initially scoffs at the…
7:30–8:30pm
Cozy Little Murders
Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
An evening of Murder themed short stories Directed and read aloud by some of Seattle’s top talent? Mix a little Miss Phisher with a little Agatha Christie and splash of Edgar Allan Poe for inspiration and you have some darkly…
7:30–9:30pm
Ragtime
Cope Gillette Theatre (Youth Education Center)
Ragtime is a sweeping, Tony Award-winning musical with a book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty, and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, based on the 1975 novel by E.L. Doctorow. The show explores major themes of immigration, social class, racial…
7:30–8:30pm
नेहा & NEEL
Seattle Public Theater at the Green Lake Bathhouse
Neha (नेहा) fears she has failed to pass her language and culture down to her seventeen-year-old son, Neel (नील). A summer trip to visit colleges could be Neha’s last chance, if only she can get Neel to visit the historic…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
A Room for Animal Intelligence
We, the animals of the world, invite you to meet with us at SAM. One hundred representatives are waiting to talk about what we see happening on our planet. A few of us share your couch, while others of us…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Ai Weiwei: Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads
Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park
Get up close with Ai Weiwei's Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads (2010) at the Olympic Sculpture Park, where you can walk among these monumental sculptures. Consisting of 12 zodiac head sculptures arranged in an arcing semicircle, each animal in Circle of…
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
Exhibit
An American Experiment
The Washington State History Museum
Step into a laboratory of ideas where history meets hypothesis.An American Experiment (Washington’s Version) invites you to explore the connections between Washington State’s Constitution and America’s founding documents: the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Charlene Liu: Scallion
Charlene Liu (b. 1975, Taiwan; based in Eugene, OR) creates paintings, prints, and mixed media installations that blend family histories, cultural references, and decorative patterns. Liu incorporates wide-ranging traditions into her imagery, drawing from nature, food, still life painting, and…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Chris Kallmyer: Song Cycle
Song Cycle is a kinetic sculpture featuring ever-changing poetry. Part imagined, part remembered, and part observed, the revolving text is continually inscribed and reinscribed by a 256-character split-flap readymade sign reminiscent of the arrival and departure boards seen at airports…
All Day
Miscellaneous | Exhibit
Culture is Living @ The Burke Museum
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
The Culture is Living gallery breaks down traditional museum authority and brings the expertise and knowledge of communities to the forefront.Cultural belongings at the Burke Museum aren’t tucked away on shelves. They are alive, embodying the knowledge, language, and stories of…
All Day
Exhibit | Visual Arts
DISplace
Co-curated by Native Hawaiian artist and kapa-maker, Lehuauakea, and artist and educator, Kanani Miyamoto, this exhibition sheds light on the often-overlooked histories and movement of people who connect Hawaiʻi and the Pacific Northwest since the arrival of the first documented…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
DRIFT: Meadow
Art’s capacity to delight and to make you curious is a characteristic trait of the Netherlands-based studio DRIFT, founded in 2007 by Dutch artists Lonneke Gordijn (born 1980) and Ralph Nauta (born 1978). The duo leads a multidisciplinary team that…
All Day
Miscellaneous
Daily Admission @ Bellevue Botanical Gardens
The Bellevue Botanical Garden features cultivated display gardens, natural wetlands and a woodland trail, displaying the best plants and gardening practices for healthy, beautiful Northwest gardens. Visitors are welcome any day, from dawn to dusk.
All Day
Exhibit
Daily Admission @ Lakewold Gardens
Lakewold Gardens provides intentional encounters with the life-changing power of nature, fostering peace, creativity, and healing in our communities.
All Day
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…
All Day
Visual Arts | Exhibit
Eric-Paul Riege: ojo|-|ólǫ́
ojo|-|ólǫ́ (pronounced oh-ho hol-ohn) is an exhibition of recent and newly commissioned work by Diné artist Eric-Paul Riege (b. 1994, Na’nízhoozhí [Gallup, New Mexico]) that includes sculpture, textile, collage, and video, activated by moments of performance. Across this work, Riege…
All Day
Miscellaneous | Exhibit
Fossils Uncovered @ The Burke Museum
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Earth’s 4.5 billion-year history is a continuing saga of dynamic change.Events from ice ages to splitting continents influenced what survived, how life evolved, and what went extinct.See the only real dinosaur fossils on display in Washington state (including one of…
All Day
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…
All Day
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 | Exhibit
Monochrome: Calder and Tara Donovan
At times reminiscent of biological structures and geological formations, Tara Donovan’s work elevates mass-produced industrial materials, such as tar paper, drinking straws, or the silvery metal rings of slinky toys, into mesmerizing installations. Her cumulative process transfigures the mundane into…
All Day
Permanent Collection: Ginny Ruffner: Project Aurora
Ballard-based artist Ginny Ruffner's monumental Project Aurora has found its permanent home at the National Nordic Museum! A wall of light 20’ in height and aided by artificial intelligence, the installation evokes the Aurora Borealis as its undulations mimic the…
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…
All Day
Exhibit
Permanent Collections @ MOPOP
MoPOP's permanent collections feature a wide variety of artifacts and art highlighting the relevance of music, movies, and other popular culture experiences. Exhibits include: Nirvana: Taking Punk to the MassesInfinite Worlds of Science FictionIndie Game RevolutionFantasy: Worlds of Myth and MagicScared to…
All Day
Visual Arts
Qiu Zhijie: Map of the History of Science and Technology
Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park
For the Seattle Art Museum’s Olympic Sculpture Park, the artist designed a Map of the History of Science and Technology. In this project, Qiu interweaves scientific and technical advancements in Asia and the West from ancient to contemporary times. The…
All Day
Exhibit
REMEMBRANCE THE LEGACY OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066 IN WASHINGTON STATE
The Washington State History Museum
REMEMBRANCE: The Legacy of Executive Order 9066 in Washington StateExplore the intergenerational impacts and legacy of the incarceration of people of Japanese descent during World War II.In this gallery, visitors will experience history through photographs, art, objects, letters, and film. …
All Day
Runway to Runway
Runway to Runway features 100 artifacts ranging from classic suits and skirts to capes and go-go boots and onward to today’s thoughtful neoclassic styles. Each uniform reflects the person who wore it, the purpose behind its design and the responsibilities…
All Day
Exhibit
Shark by Richard Learoyd
Viewpoints is a recurring series that highlights works from the Henry collection, paired with responses from the University of Washington community.Richard Learoyd (U.K., b. 1966) is a photographer known for his use of a room-sized camera obscura of his own…
All Day
Exhibit
Shark by Richard Learoyd
Viewpoints is a recurring series that highlights works from the Henry collection, paired with responses from the University of Washington community.Richard Learoyd (U.K., b. 1966) is a photographer known for his use of a room-sized camera obscura of his own…
All Day
Exhibit | Visual Arts
Ten Thousand Things
Curated by award-winning public radio podcast host and former civic poet Shin Yu Pai, Ten Thousand Things is an exploration of the objects that shape our identities, histories, and cultural narratives. Inspired by her experience cataloging artifacts at the Wing…
All Day
Exhibit | Visual Arts
The Sky Is a Diasporic Space by YouthCAN
The Sky is a Diasporic Space is YouthCAN’s newest exhibit, exploring collective memory through art. In response to ongoing attacks on migrant communities, students created original works while learning how creativity has supported solidarity movements globally. The exhibit features block…
All Day
Exhibit
WINNERS!:Trophies from the WSHS Collections
The Washington State History Museum
Trophies reflect the things we value and the accomplishments we hope to remember. In this edition of Collection Selections, visit the trophy case of Washington’s past to see the stars of the state’s history. Discover stories of the development of…