Irving Berlin’s White Christmas at Lakewood Theatre
Lakewood Theatre Company, now in its 74th season, stages the Irving Berlin musical about two song-and-dance men, a sister act and a Vermont inn that needs rescuing. Expect the title […]
Lakewood Theatre Company, now in its 74th season, stages the Irving Berlin musical about two song-and-dance men, a sister act and a Vermont inn that needs rescuing. Expect the title […]
For a little over nine weeks, a seasonal rink sets up on the plaza at Bellevue Downtown Park, with the waterfall and the downtown towers as a backdrop. Skate rental […]
Portland Center Stage counter-programs the season of goodwill with a brand-new production of the cult musical about a shy florist and the bloodthirsty plant that makes him famous. Chip Miller […]
For 32 years, architects have teamed with the Sheraton's chefs to build a village of six-foot gingerbread structures in the downtown hotel, each season built around a new theme you […]
Seattle sketch troupe The Habit settles the eternal argument about whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie by turning it into a holiday stage parody. Expect 1980s jokes, soft-rock songs, […]
Portland Playhouse's musical take on Dickens has become a King neighborhood holiday ritual, staged in the company's converted church on NE Prescott. This year director Cassie Greer brings a fresh […]
For its 30th season, the Northwest's big Christmas light festival at Warm Beach Camp, north of Marysville near Stanwood, becomes mainly a walking event. Guests stroll at their own pace […]
Heritage rail cars leave the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in the Central Eastside for a short holiday excursion, with Santa and his elves working the heated cars. Morning departures are […]
Since 1949, a decorated Christmas Ship has sailed around Puget Sound and Lake Washington with a live choir on board, stopping off waterfront parks for 20-minute concerts piped to shore. […]
PNB's staging of George Balanchine's Nutcracker fills McCaw Hall from the day after Thanksgiving through Dec. 27, with the PNB Orchestra in the pit and a show that runs just […]
The Northwest Railway Museum has run Santa trains through the Snoqualmie Valley every year since 1969. Families pick between two rides. The 40-minute Yuletide Express leaves the Snoqualmie Depot, climbs […]
Woodland Park Zoo's winter light festival swaps strings of bulbs for large illuminated lanterns shaped like animals and habitats, set along the zoo's paths after dark. It runs from mid-November […]
Seattle Center's South Fountain Lawn turns into a European-style Christmas village for five weeks, with wooden stalls from local and European vendors, a carousel, a walk-through tree, daily snow showers […]
The Oregon Zoo trades daytime animal-watching for a nighttime walk through grounds wrapped in light displays, from the main paths to the hillside trees. Gates open at 4:30 p.m. each […]
For three weekends starting the day after Thanksgiving, the Japanese Garden in Washington Park dresses for the season with traditional winter decorations. Visitors can shop Japanese and Japanese-inspired gifts, have […]
Seattle Center's five-week holiday program is mostly free and easy to drop into. The heart of it is the Winter Train & Village in the Armory, a late-19th-century-style model railway […]
After a six-year break, the downtown holiday carousel is back in Westlake Park, presented by Nordstrom. It turns daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. through Jan. 3, a nice […]
The Vancouver Farmers Market moves indoors for Thanksgiving weekend, bringing 126 local makers, growers and small businesses under one roof at the Hilton downtown. It opens Friday afternoon, a few […]
Tacoma's long-running holiday light show takes over Point Defiance Zoo after dark, with light displays strung along the zoo's paths above Commencement Bay. It's a walking show rather than an […]
The Grotto's wooded sanctuary in Northeast Portland turns into a quarter-mile walk of lights each evening from November 27 to December 30. The music is the draw: school, church and […]
A drive-through light show on the racetrack at Portland International Raceway, and the single largest fundraiser for the Sunshine Division's hunger-relief work. Tickets are priced per carload, so pile in […]
Every night at 7 p.m. from the day after Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve, Bellevue Way between NE 4th and NE 8th turns into a short holiday parade: toy drummers, dancers, […]
A Saturday market on NE Hancock between 44th and 45th in Northeast Portland's Hollywood district. It keeps its weekly schedule right up to December 19, which makes it one of the more dependable east-side stops for the supporting cast of a Thanksgiving turkey or a few last-minute edible gifts. After the holidays it shifts to […]
Every Saturday, year-round, farmers take over University Way NE between 50th and 52nd, two blocks from the U District light rail station. Winter is the season for squash, roots, apples and hardy greens, and the market's chef demo series keeps going into December: the Husky Culinary Club on Nov. 7, Anna of Yoka Miso on […]
Tacoma's only year-round farmers market sets up every Saturday in the Proctor District through Dec. 19. Shoppers come from across the city for local vegetables and flowers, meat and seafood, artisan foods, beer and cider, and prepared food, usually with a local musician playing and plenty of dogs to watch. The surrounding blocks are full […]
Portland Farmers Market's flagship keeps its Saturday rhythm all winter in the South Park Blocks on the Portland State campus. The winter market is smaller than the summer crush, which […]
Lake City's market switches from summer Thursday evenings to Saturday mornings in the fall, and it keeps going until Dec. 19, which makes it one of the few seasonal markets […]
Vancouver's downtown market stays open through the winter, shifting to a single Saturday session from 10 to 2 next to Esther Short Park. The cold-season lineup is smaller than summer's, […]
Portland Saturday Market is in its 52nd season, and the last Saturdays before it packs up on December 19 are prime gift-hunting weeks. Makers sell their own work from booths […]
Beaverton's answer to Black Friday: The Reser and the City of Beaverton fill the arts center with nearly 40 regional artists on Small Business Saturday. It ties in with The […]
Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar and Ballet Folklórico del Río Grande tell the story of a Mexican Christmas in music and dance: Mary and Joseph's journey, Las Posadas, the Reyes […]
Bellevue Botanical Garden's holiday display shapes its lights into the garden itself: glowing flowers, plants and small critters tucked into the beds along the paths, with a scavenger-hunt map for […]
Everett's three-story children's museum throws a pajama party to welcome Santa for the season. Kids come in their comfiest PJs for holiday crafts in the Art Hangout, dancing, photos with […]