• Pioneer Square First Thursday Art Walk

    Pioneer Square galleries Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA, United States

    Pioneer Square's First Thursday has been the city's monthly gallery night for decades. Galleries, studios and a handful of other venues in the old brick blocks open their doors in […]

    Free
  • Free Thursday Nights at Tacoma Art Museum

    Tacoma Art Museum 1701 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA, United States

    Tacoma Art Museum stays open until 8 p.m. on Thursdays, and admission is free from 5 o'clock on. That's three hours to see Northwest and Western art in the Haub […]

    Free
  • First Thursday in the Pearl

    Pearl District galleries (around NW 9th Ave & NW Davis-Glisan) Portland, OR, United States

    Since 1986, Pearl District galleries have kept their doors open late on the first Thursday of the month for openings, receptions and a chance to meet the artists. The walk […]

    Free
  • Nights of the Golden Flower at Lan Su Chinese Garden

    Lan Su Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St, Portland, OR, United States

    Lan Su's chrysanthemum festival opens with four evenings in Old Town's walled garden, lit by lanterns and lined with roughly 81 varieties of mums, including cascading waterfall displays from the […]

    $32
  • Irving Berlin’s White Christmas at Lakewood Theatre

    Lakewood Center for the Arts 368 S State St, Lake Oswego, OR, United States

    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 […]

  • Portland Holiday Market

    Portland Expo Center, Halls D & E 2060 N Marine Dr, Portland, OR, United States

    The season's first big indoor gift market fills two halls of the Expo Center in North Portland the weekend of November 6. Local artisans and small brands sell handmade goods, gifts and treats, with holiday entertainment and food to keep you going between aisles. It's an early start on the list, well before the December […]

    $13 – $14
  • Portland Opera: La Traviata

    Keller Auditorium 222 SW Clay St, Portland, OR, United States

    Portland Opera opens its season's big stage with Verdi's La Traviata, the story of Violetta, a woman who chooses love and her own terms over polite society's verdict, and pays for it. It's one of the most beloved operas ever written, packed with tunes you'll recognize, and an ideal first opera if you've been meaning […]

  • Hollywood Farmers Market

    NE Hancock St between 44th & 45th Aves 4420 NE Hancock St, Portland, OR, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • Beaverton Farmers Market

    Beaverton City Library west parking lot (SW Hall Blvd between 3rd & 5th) 12375 SW 5th St, Beaverton, OR, United States

    Beaverton's Saturday market wraps its main season on November 21, filling the west lot of the Beaverton City Library on SW Hall Boulevard between 3rd and 5th. The last three Saturdays bring the late-fall Tualatin Valley harvest to the table, along with the bakers and food makers people lean on for Thanksgiving week. Morning hours […]

    Free
  • University District Farmers Market

    University Way NE (the Ave) University Way NE between NE 50th St & NE 52nd St, Seattle, WA, United States

    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 […]

    Free
  • Edmonds Museum Holiday Market

    Edmonds Historical Museum (5th Ave N & Bell St) 118 5th Ave N, Edmonds, WA, United States

    The Edmonds Historical Museum's street market moves into holiday mode on six Saturdays in November and December, filling 5th Avenue North and Bell Street just outside the old Carnegie library building that houses the museum. Farmers, bakers and specialty food producers set up next to artisans selling handcrafted gifts and artwork, and holiday greenery is […]

    Free
  • Proctor Farmers’ Market

    Proctor District N 27th St & N Proctor St, Tacoma, WA, United States

    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 […]

    Free