Theatre
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol comes to the Taproot Theatre through Dec. 26. Written by Seattle's John Longenbaugh, the year is 1894. After being presumed dead for three years, a hardened Sherlock Holmes resurfaces, turning his back on the people who need him most. Three unexpected callers arrive on Christmas Eve uncovering clues from the detective's past, present and future. Visit www.taproottheatre.org for tickets and more information.
Local Paulsen Theatre Clan joins Seattle Shakespeare Company for the tale of Cymbeline, a dark, fairy tale adventure about a brave banished princess written by William Shakespeare. Former Oregon Shakespeare Festival Artistic Director Henry Woronicz to direct. Jan. 5-30 at the Center House Theatre in the Seattle Center. Tickets $15-$40 for adults and $15-$25 for seniors and students. A Pay-What-You-Will preview is on Jan. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Call 206-733-8222 or visit www.seattleshakespeare.org.
Book-It Repertory Theatre presents Berkeley Breathed's Red Ranger Came Calling, a Guaranteed True Christmas Story through Dec. 23. Adapted and directed by Myra Platt, music by Myra Platt and Edd Key
Performed at the Eve Alvord Theatre at Seattle Children's Theatre. Evening shows begin at 7:30 p.m.
Matineés begin at 2 p.m. Visit www.book-it.org for tickets.
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens plays at ACT Theatre through Dec. 26. More than 150 years after its writing, Dickens' classic tale of hope and redemption continues to remind us what's really worth celebrating-at the holidays, or any time. Featuring Sean G. Griffin and Mark Chamberlin as Scrooge! $22-$27. Visit www.acttheatre.org for times.
Join Seattle Repertory Theatre the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the Seattle Rep PONCHO Forum at 155 Mercer Street to discover groundbreaking new works. Each reading is followed by a chatback with the playwright. This reading series is co-sponsored by the Rep's New Play Program and the Northwest Playwrights Alliance. Admission is free (donations gladly accepted). No RSVP necessary-just show up!
Intiman Theatre and Seattle Theatre Group present the Holiday Gospel musical Black Nativity at the Moore Theatre, Dec. 9-26. Visit www.intiman.org for tickets and times.
Weird and Awesome with Emmett Montgomery. Like Ed Sullivan presiding over the Gong Show, or Donny & Marie produced by Andy Warhol at the height of the Factory, "Weird" promises entertainment at its most human and inexplicable. At the Annex Theatre at the corner of 11th and E. Pike St. in Capitol Hill through Dec. 19. $10, $5 student/senior/military/TPS
DANCE
The only production like it in the world, Nutcracker combines creator Kent Stowell's choreography with sets and costumes by renowned author and illustrator Maurice Sendak (Where The Wild Things Are), and features the live performance of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra and more than 200 roles danced by PNB's professional dancers and students - several of them from Queen Anne and Magnolia. Through Dec. 27. Visit www.pnb.org for more tickets and times.
ART
Art exhibit Breaking the Waves by Seattle artist Jane McGehee presents new mixed media works on clayboard. Inspired by her recent visit to Australia the McGehee's work is alive with sea colors in turquoises and fresh watery greens. Meditations on visions the artist remembered from looking through the waves. This exhibition is currently open and will be on view through Dec. 18 at the Patricia Cameron Gallery at 234 Dexter Ave. N. Gallery hours are 11 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Paintings of Christmas, a solo exhibition by Magnolia resident Brom Wikstrom will be on display Dec. 11 through Jan. 2. at the Wikstrom Bros. Gallery, 5411 Meridian Ave. N. You can see a video and pictures of his art at www.bromwikstrom.com/wikart.html. Wikstrom is a member of the Int. Assoc. of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists. Call 206-633-5544 for more information.
CONCERTS
Relive Christmases past as you travel back in time for a concert of holiday music from the late 18th and early 19th centuries by Haydn, C. P. E. Bach, Schumann, Gounod, and others, PLUS two works for cello and piano by Beethoven. The performances hosted by Gallery Concerts take place on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 11 (8 p.m.) and 12 (3 p.m.) in the acoustically rich Queen Anne Christian Church, 1316 Third Ave. W. atop Queen Anne Hill. For information on the performers and ticket prices, visit www.galleryconcerts.org or call 206-726-6088.
Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble performs the Welcome All Wonders concert featuring Christmas favorites 8 p.m., Dec. 18 at St. Mark's Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. $18-$20. 206-782-2899. Visit www.opus7.org for more information.
Seattle Symphony performs Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet Dec. 9-11 at the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium Benaroya Hall. Visit www.seattlesymphony.org for tickets and times.
Broadway and film star Kathy Najimy joins Seattle Women's Chorus at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 20 at Olympia's Washington Center for the Performing Arts, then Feb. 25-26 at The Paramount Theater in Seattle. Tickets: $20-$55. Call 206-388-1400 or visit www.seattlewomenschorus.org.
Monsters of Accordion 2010 comes to Seattle Dec. 15 at Neumos 925 E. Pike St. Seattleite Jason Webley will compete with accordionists from around the country. Show is at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15. Tickets: $10-$12. Visit www.monstersofaccordion.com for more information.
Mastery of Scottish Arts: traditional bagpipes, borderpipes, smallpipes, fiddles, drums and dancers play 7:30 p.m., Feb. 4 at Benaroya Hall. This concert presents world class performers in a world class venue! Visit www.seattlesymphony.org for more information.
Kindermusik Symphony Serenades: Holiday Symphony Serenade are back. This program is a collection of your favorite holiday things, including a musical sing-along story and a local Klezmer band, The Kvetchers, and Studio3Music's Kindermusik educators. The concerts are designed for children ages 0-5 and their caregivers. Pre-concert activities begin 30 minutes before each concert with Soundbridge Seattle Symphony Music Discovery Center. Saturday, Dec. 11, at 10 a.m., 11a.m. & 12 p.m., Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall. Tickets are $12; all ages need a ticket. Visit www.seattlesymphony.org or call the Seattle Symphony Ticket Office at 206-215-4747 to purchase tickets.
Magnolia Chorale Holiday Concert is 7:30 p.m., Dec. 11 and 2 p.m., Dec. 12 at the Magnolia Lutheran Church at 2414 31st Ave. W. Tickets are $10 if purchased in advance at LeRoux's Apparel in Magnolia or The Magnolia Bookstore. $12 if purchased at the door.
A Celtic Christmas concert is coming, 7 p.m., Dec. 18 at the Northminster Presbyterian Church at 7706 25th Ave. NW. The concert of contemporary Celtic music is with Windham Hill/ArkMusic recording artists Jeff Johnson, keyboard/vocals, Brian Dunning, flutes/whistles and Wendy Goodwin, violin. Call 206-783-3402. Suggested donation $10.
CINEMA
Now playing: Vision, Seven Gables; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows I, Metro, Neptune, etc; 127 Hours, Guild 45th, etc.; The Next Three Days, Metro Etc.; Today's Special, Harvard Exit; Client 9, Varsity; Burlesque, Metro etc.; Love and Other Drugs, Metro etc.; Tangled, location not set; Faster, Varsity, etc. Marwencol, Varsity; Outside the Law, Seven Gables; Tibet in Song, Varsity; The Warrior's Way, location not se; Dec. 10: Black Swan, Guild 45th; Leaving, location not set; Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, Varsity; The Tourist, location not set; The Fighter, location not set; White Material, Varsity; Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of Dawn Treader, location not set; Dec. 17: Tron Legacy 3D, location not set; Made in Dagenham, location not set; The Fighter, location not set; All Good Things, location not set; Budrus, Varsity; How Do You Know, location not set; I Love You Phillip Morris, Harvard Exit; Queen of the Lot, Varsity; Dec. 22: True Grit, location not set; Little Fockers, location not set; Dec. 24: Tiny Furniture, Varsity; Dec. 25: Rabbit Hole, location not set; The King's Speech, location not set; The Company Man, location not set; Jan. 7: Somewhere, location not set; Jan. 21: Another Year, location not set; Blue Valentine, location not set; Undertow, Varsity; Jan. 28: The Illusionist, location not set.
READINGS
Tickets for the 2011 National Geographic Live speaker series are now on sale. Events include: Ocean Adventure: An Evening with Jean-Michel Cousteau, underwater Explorer & Conservationist Jean-Michel Cousteau at 7: 30 p.m., Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1; America's Great Wildlife Migrations with photographer Joel Sartore, 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 27 and 7:30 p.m., Monday Feb. 28 and Tuesday, March 1; Extreme Cave Diving: Exploring the Blue Holes of the Bahamas with environmental anthropoligist Kenny Broad, 2 p.m., Sunday, March 13, 7:30 p.m. March 14-15; Becoming Human: Our Evolutionary Journey with paleoanthropoligist Donald Johanson, 2 p.m., Sunday, April 10, 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 11-12; African Ceremonies: Documenting a Vanishing World with photographers Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher, 7:30 p.m., Monday May 16-17; For tickets and more information call 206-215-4747 or toll-free at (866) 833-4747, or visit www.benaroyahall.org
Open mic at El Diablo coffee house. Poetry readers are encouraged to join the fun the second and fourth Tuesdays of every month The event is co-hosted by Margaret Roncone and Lainne Dexter. This series is getting a trial run every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month. Show up to listen or bring poetry to read at this all open mic venue that can continue if enough people want to make it happen. 8 p.m., at El Diablo coffee house 1811 Queen Anne Ave. N.
The author of Border Songs, Jim Lynch will be coming to the Wednesday, Dec. 8 book club discussion! At Queen Anne Books. There will be a reception at 6:15 p.m. with appetizers, sweets and drinks. Get your book signed and meet Jim. Discussion is at 6:45. Queen Anne Books meets every other month, usually the last Saturday at 8 p.m. The book choices tend to be a little edgier than the traditional book club fare, and discussions are focused yet fun. After about an hour talking about the book, most head to a bar or restaurant to socialize. Attendees spend book club time talking openly and in-depth about the book. Everyone is welcome to take part in the discussion, and all are encouraged to join in on social time after. Queen Anne Avenue Books 1811 Queen Anne Ave. N. www.queenannebooks.com
OTHER STUFF
Harry Potter: The Exhibition is now open at Pacific Science Center! Step inside the famous wizard's magical world. The exhibition runs through Jan. 30. For tickets and more information visit www.pacsci.org
New Farmboat Winter Floating Market aboard Seattle's Historic Steamship "Virginia V" at Lake Union Park are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursdays through Dec. 23. Organizers of www.Farmboat.org are holding an old fashioned indoor farmers market aboard the historic steamship "Virginia V" moored at Lake Union Park in November and December. The Virginia V is the last remaining survivor of a vast fleet of independently operated vessels that transported farm products around Puget Sound in the early 1900s. Vendors interested in reserving some of the limited space at the Winter Farmboat Floating Market should contact Captain Dave before Nov. 9 at dave@farmboat.org.
Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum (EMP|SFM) announces its latest exhibition, Battlestar Galactica: The Exhibition. Organized by EMP|SFM and in partnership with Universal Cable Productions and Syfy, Battlestar Galactica features three, full-size prop spaceships, iconic costumes, new exhibition films, music and other props from the original and reimagined series. Battlestar Galactica runs through March 4, 2012 at EMP|SFM in Seattle, more information at www.empsfm.org/bsg.
On your marks! Pacific Northwest Ballet has opened its box office for the 2010-2011 season ticket sales. To learn more, visit www.pnb.org.
A Victorian Christmas With John Doan a holiday tradition in its twenty-third season, comes to Seattle at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 18 at Church of the Ascension, located at 2330 Viewmont Way W. This festive seasonal program is a live version of his Emmy-Nominated Public Broadcasting television special which re-enacts what it might have been like to celebrate Christmas a century ago. The show explores how the Victorians invented many Christmas traditions we remember and quite a few we have forgotten. The 20-string harp guitar, classical banjo and ukelin are but a few of the original instruments to be featured. There is a $15 suggested donation at the door. For more information and phone reservations call (206) 283-3967.
Local Relationship Experts Give Seminar at SPU. Les and Leslie Parrot offer humorous, practical advice. Whether engaged, newlywed, or married for decades, all couples will benefit from a practical and entertaining seminar at Seattle Pacific University led by two of America's leading relationship experts. Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott present "Becoming Soul Mates," Saturday, Jan. 15, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in Upper Gwinn Commons on the SPU campus. The cost is $89 per couple by December 6; or $125 per couple afterward. Lunch and a book are included. Registration is available online at www.spu.edu/soulmates, or by calling 206-281-2759. Free parking is available in the West Dravus Street parking lot. The event is wheelchair accessible. All attendees will receive a copy of the Parrott's book Love Talk, which challenges couples to try walking in each other's shoes. The first 75 couples to register before December 6 will receive two additional Parrott books, Time Together and Bring Home the Joy.
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