From a Christmas train ride to a magical maze, Lumaze pulled out all the stops to deck the halls at Pier 91 for a massive indoor light festival. Lumaze Seattle site coordinator Kristi Savoy said this is the first light festival the company has held in the city, but that hasn’t let the organization slack off.

The Market Street Singers is a large choral ensemble and tour-de-force, always looking for a larger venue in which to perform. Artistic director Chris Vincent predicts tight, but merry quarters during this year’s free holiday concerts at Ballard First Lutheran Church, 2006 NW 65th St. “Your Holiday Song” will have a first performance 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, and then at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8.

For Dennis and Barbara Crisman, watching the Seattle Sounders win the MLS Cup over Toronto by three goals to one became more than just going to a sporting event. It was a memorial.
“My son was the one who bought our season tickets back in 2009, and he passed away in 2011, so we kept the tickets for the family in honor of him,” Dennis Crisman said. “So, them winning means a lot.”

With a major earthquake on the horizon, the Queen Anne Block Watch Captains Network put on its first Urban Survival Skills Fair, to help the community prepare for any kind of natural disaster or emergency, at the Queen Anne Community Center on Saturday, Nov. 9.

The Seattle Turkey Trot started 13 years ago with three Ballard buddies inviting friends and family to burn some calories before tucking into their Thanksgiving meals. The annual 5K event grew from 50 participants in its first year to nearly 5,000, and is the Ballard Food Bank’s largest fundraiser.

The Mercer Garage was constructed at the same time as Seattle Center, and for the same purpose — the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair.

Through a memorandum of agreement reached in 2011 between Seattle Center and Neighborhoods, the UpGarden was created as an environmental experiment and opened the following year in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Seattle World’s Fair.

Pamela Davis was working at Queen Anne Thriftway when financial challenges started mounting 27 years ago. She needed help, but was concerned about maintaining privacy and dignity.
She received that discretion then, but on Saturday night she shared her story in a very public and meaningful way — during the Taste of Queen Anne.

Greg Shaw planted his first pumpkin seed 50 years ago in Magnolia.
On a Magnolia street like many others, the 72-year-old man has spent years planting, cultivating and decorating for pumpkins that can grow up to be as much as 500 pounds.