As you continue to quarantine at home, count on our latest roundup of picks for ways to stay entertained without venturing into the germy outside world. We've compiled them below—from Cinema Italian Style Past Event Like List to Human Rights Day: The Black Experience in Seattle Past Event Like List , and from a Scarecrow Holiday Video Special Past Event Like List to a Savage Love Livestream Past Event Like List . Plus, check out our StreamLocal events hub and stay tuned for a roundup of the best socially distanced things to do this weekend. 

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MONDAY

FOOD & DRINK

The Book On Pie by Erin McDowell Past Event Like List
Get some pro pie crust tips and filling ideas from Erin McDowell as she cooks a recipe from her new book, The Book on Pie (natch), live on Zoom.

GEEK

Virtual HP Trivia 4.0: Yule Ball Edition Past Event Like List
Dress fancy for your cats and log on to this holiday Yule Ball edition of Harry Potter virtual trivia.

READINGS & TALKS

Mario Livio: The Relevance of Galileo and Science Denial in the Modern World Past Event Like List
Astrophysicist Mario Livio sees a correlation in the studies of Galileo and those of current climate-science experts, arguing that the ancient Italian scientist faced similar adversity from his mainstream peers in his theories about nature and the cosmos as modern researchers do from climate change deniers. Hear him share insights from his book Galileo and the Science Deniers with Town Hall.

Siamak Vossoughi Past Event Like List
Siamak Vossoughi returns to Elliott Bay (virtually) to read from his new book of stories, A Sense of the Whole, a follow-up to his award-winning debut, Better Than War.

SPORTS & RECREATION

Sounders vs. Minnesota United: Western Conference Final Past Event Like List
Watch on Fox Sports 1 as the Seattle Sounders take on Minnesota United in the Western Conference Final live from Lumen Field. The Sounders have never lost to this Midwestern team, so here's hoping they continue that streak tonight.

See Also: Multi-Day Events

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TUESDAY

COMMUNITY

Future of Ice and Snow: In a Time of Global Warming Past Event Like List
This Climate Science on Tap will bring experts in atmospheric science, glaciology, oceanography, fisheries, marine mammalogy, anthropology, and more under the same virtual roof to discuss all things chilly. 

FILM

Bread, Love, and Cinema: Italian History Through Film and Food - Virtual Class Past Event Like List
Italy isn't the only country whose filmmakers use food as a means of storytelling, but it's a pinnacle example. From post-war classics like Bicycle Thieves (who can forget that melty mozzarella sandwich Antonio buys for his son?) to modern gems like Big Night (the pasta-making scene! The egg scene at the end!), the evidence abounds. This class with film buff and gourmand Dr. Antonio Iannotta will delve into some iconic Italian movies that center food culture. 

FOOD & DRINK

Rainier Valley Food Bank and Geraldine's Counter Present: Our 13th Annual Cookie Party Past Event Like List
Beloved diner Geraldine's Counter will team up with the Rainier Valley Food Bank to host a takeout version of their annual cookie party, with mac and cheese, salad, raffle tickets, and cookie-making supplies available for pickup at Geraldine's. Tune in to a virtual party for music and camaraderie and to see the numbers drawn for raffle prizes.

For the Culture Magazine with Klancy Miller Past Event Like List
Pastry chef Klancy Miller's new food magazine For the Culture celebrates Black women in the food and wine world. Join her for a virtual conversation with Olaiya Land, creator of Lionesse.

READINGS & TALKS

Michael Eric Dyson with Robin DiAngelo: Reckoning with Race in America Past Event Like List
Michael Eric Dyson, a Georgetown University sociology professor who has been named "one of the 40 most inspiring African Americans" by Ebony magazine, will join Robin DiAngelo (White Fragility) for a Town Hall talk revolving around his new book, Time Coming: Reckoning with Race in America, wherein he "examines the cultural imperatives of Black death, the plague of police brutality, the white theft of Black bodies and opportunities, and the craving for white comfort that has too often cost Black people their lives."

Rachel Swearingen with Donna Miscolta Past Event Like List
Former Seattleite and current Chicagoan Rachel Swearingen will read stories of hope in the face of uncertainty from her debut story fiction collection, How to Walk on Water and Other Stories, alongside her friend and fellow author Donna Miscolta. 

VISUAL ART

Virtual Gallery Talk—La Vaughn Belle: A History of Unruly Returns Past Event Like List
Join National Nordic Museum director Leslie Anne Anderson for a virtual gallery tour of La Vaughn Belle: A History of Unruly Returns Past Event Like List , whose "interventions on enlarged historical photographs look like a visual manifestation of a powerful spell," according to Jasmyne Keimig. 

See Also: Multi-Day Events

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WEDNESDAY

COMMUNITY

Virtual Silent Reading Party Remind Like List
The first worldwide silent-reading party was such a huge success that we're making it weekly. Every Wednesday at 6 pm we're going to throw these parties, at least until stay-at-home is over. Attendees at the first Zoom silent-reading party included famous actors, writers, composers, artists, families, teenagers doing their homework, people staring into space listening to the music because it was just so beautiful, cats, and even one household on Orcas Island that was eating dinner and decided to broadcast the reading party as their background music. (What a brilliant idea!) It wasn't just a great party to be at. Behind the scenes, this was a roaring success as well. The Stranger brought in revenue from the reading party for the first time ever, our musician Paul Matthew Moore made ten times more on Venmo tips than he's ever made in the tip jar at the Sorrento (thank you for your generosity—he deserves it!), and hundreds of people at the party have written us emails, clamoring for more. CHRISTOPHER FRIZZELLE

FILM

Worldwide Premiere of 'The Library That Dolly Built' Past Event Like List
Catch the Facebook Live premiere of this feature-length documentary about the making of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library, a program that gifts free books to children around the world, featuring the music of the Nashville country queen and narrated by Danica McKellar. 

FOOD & DRINK

Author Talk: Classic German Baking by Luisa Weiss Past Event Like List
Italian American, Berlin-residing cook and writer Luisa Weiss, the progenitor of the popular food blog Wednesday Chef, will present her new cookbook, Classic German Baking, alongside local food writer and podcast host Molly Wizenberg. While they chat over Zoom, they'll also be making Biberle (a festive almond cookie) using the recipe from the book. 

MUSIC

14th Annual Tom Waits Tribute Night Past Event Like List
Every year, the reliable Ballard pub Conor Byrne invites local bands to pay tribute to gravelly voiced angel of music Tom Waits to raise money for their spot. This year's fundraiser will take place online and will feature over 25 performers, including Tomo Nakayama, Twilight Motel, and Vicious Petals. 

PERFORMANCE

zoe | juniper: the other shore Past Event Like List
Zoe Scofield and Juniper Shuey of the zoe | juniper collective will perform excerpts from their recent dance residency live on Zoom.

READINGS & TALKS

Michael Riedel with David Stone: A Decade of Triumphs and Disasters on Broadway Past Event Like List
Musical theater nerds should tune into this Town Hall talk with Broadway columnist Michael Riedel, where he'll share bits from his new book, Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway.

See Also: Multi-Day Events

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THURSDAY

COMMUNITY

Human Rights Day: The Black Experience in Seattle Past Event Like List
As the prevalence of an ecological crisis, a global pandemic, a recession, and a racial justice uprising continue, the Seattle Human Rights Commission will zero in on the Black experience here in Seattle with local panelists Nikkita Oliver (King County Equity Now and Decriminalize Seattle), Omari Salisbury (Converge Media), Jaelynn Scott (Black Trans Task Force), Katie Neuner (Morning March Seattle), and Shaun Glaze (King County Equity Now).

FILM

HUMP! Greatest Hits, Volume 2 Past Event Like List
The HUMP! team is bringing back some fan-favorite amateur porn shorts from years past in the second volume of streamable compilations. If you get inspired, find out how to make and submit your own HUMP! film here—submissions are due January 8!

FOOD & DRINK

Home for the Holidays with Northwest Favorites Past Event Like List
The local trifecta of Fremont Brewing, Coro by Salumi, and Beecher's Cheese will come together for the virtual tasting of your dreams. The event will involve three delicious combinations, each with a different Fremont Brewing beer, Beecher's cheese, and charcuterie from Coro.

PERFORMANCE

One Night Only: The Best of Broadway Past Event Like List
Tina Fey will host this two-hour NBC special featuring music with the Broadway casts of hit shows like Ain’t Too Proud – The Life and Times of the Temptations, Chicago, Jagged Little Pill, Diana: The Musical, Jersey Boys, Mean Girls, and Rent, plus sneak peeks of what's to come in 2021.

Seattle Rep's Public Works Presents: Twelfth Night Past Event Like List
Seattle Rep's Public Works presents selections from a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s horny comedy Twelfth Night, conceived by Kwame Kwei-Armah and Shaina Taub with music and lyrics by Shaina Taub.

QUEER

Teacakes & Tarot: A Queer Digital Theatrical Series Past Event Like List
Self-proclaimed "gender traitor" Will Wilhelm will invite a queer artistic crush to join a tarot reading and an intimate chat about all things theater before Will shares a few pages of their upcoming solo show, Gender Play.

READINGS & TALKS

Happy Birthday, Emily Dickinson! Past Event Like List
As the famous keepers of the world's largest collection of Emily Dickinson's autograph poems and letters, Harvard's Houghton Library is the perfect host for this celebration of the prolific English poet's birthday. They'll be showing off a 20-pound black cake—the autograph recipe for which can be found in the collection—and reading some of their favorite verses. 

See Also: Multi-Day Events

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FRIDAY

FOOD & DRINK

Virtual Author Talk: Spirits of Latin America by Ivy Mix Past Event Like List
James Beard Award-winning bartender Ivy Mix will chat with local chef and restaurateur Renee Erickson about her new book Spirits of Latin America, which examines the history and culture of drinking in Latin America, and will demonstrate a few cocktails, including a holiday-themed margarita.

MUSIC

NVCS Presents Lady A's 5th Annual Red & White Holiday Affair Past Event Like List
Singer Lady A (not to be confused with the band FKA Lady Antebellum) invites you to a virtual evening of holiday blues and soul with special guests Bobby Rush, Annika Chambers, Nellie "tiger" Travis, and Dexter Allen.

Polyrhythmics Fondue Party Past Event Like List
You will be responsible for stoking the fire and assembling your own fondue situation at this livestreamed EP release, but soulful, funky Afrobeat fusion band Polyrhythmics will provide the tunes. They'll also stick around after the show to answer your burning questions. 

Town Music: The Impermanence of Time Past Event Like List
This chamber music showcase marks the final culmination of Joshua Roman’s Fermata Residency, the first offering in this year’s Town Music series. 

PERFORMANCE

A Minidoka Christmas Past Event Like List
Hear stories from Northwest-based Japanese Americans who faced internment camps over the holidays during World War II.

READINGS & TALKS

Immersive Story and Walk with Pop-Up Magazine Past Event Like List
Pop-Up Magazine is here to improve your next leisurely stroll with an immersive story read by actress Jenny Slate, Anna Sale (Death, Sex & Money), Antwan Miller (Ear Hustle), author and radio host Lulu Williams, writer Sam Jay (Saturday Night Live), and others. 

Lawrence Matsuda & Tess Gallagher Past Event Like List
Poet, graphic novelist, educator, and bon vivant Larry Matsuda will read from his debut novel, My Name is Not Viola, which—inspired by the author's mother's story—explores a Japanese American woman's trauma following WWII-era incarceration. He'll be joined in conversation by Tess Gallagher.

See Also: Multi-Day Events

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SATURDAY

FILM

The Scarecrow Video Holiday Special! LIVE! Past Event Like List
Scarecrow staffers Emalie and Kevin will share their holiday movie favorites available for rent in the video library, plus gift ideas and other surprises, live on YouTube.

FOOD & DRINK

Champagne Showdown Virtual Tasting Event Past Event Like List
Though it's not possible for Downtown Spirits to host their yearly bubbly wine extravaganza in person this year, they're bringing all the sparkle to you. Order a discounted champagne basket with eight highly rated fizzy wines and taste along with their four tasting showdown battles, and learn about Brut, Rosé, and Demi-sec champagne from a panel of experts.

Sip and Savor: Champagne and Port Past Event Like List
As Cafe Nordo claims, this wine tasting may be the first of its kind to be attempted: A flight of 5 oz grower's champagne and port wine samples will be delivered to your door earlier in the day (poured with care to preserve the effervescence in the sparkling wines), and you can then taste along with Nordo's wine curator "Tom Hajduk" later that night in his "virtual salon."

GEEK

Brickworld Past Event Like List
Bounce between live interactive Zoom rooms marveling at LEGO displays by master builders, shopping from vendors, and watching presentations.

MUSIC

Bushwick Book Club x Hugo House Past Event Like List
Hugo House authors Anastacia-Reneé, Amber Flame, and Kristen Millares Young will provide literary inspiration for three Bushwick Book Club Seattle musicians each—that's nine bookish tunes!

Holiday Favorites Featuring The Brass Quintet and Tacoma City Ballet Past Event Like List
The Symphony Tacoma Brass Quintet will put you in the holiday spirit with this selection of songs for Christmas, Hanukkah, and more.

The Muse Hour: A Holiday Concert Past Event Like List
Pink Martini pianist Thomas Lauderdale and vocalist China Forbes will bring holiday songs around the globe to the Tacoma virtual stage.

Safe in Sound Stream #2 Past Event Like List
The Vera Project's COVID-19 prevention campaign continues with an online concert with Dorian Electra, Kimya Dawson, Left at London, and other local stars. 

PERFORMANCE

Savage Love Livestream Past Event Like List
The Stranger's own sex advice columnist, podcaster, pundit, and public speaker Dan Savage will answer your most intimate quandaries in a live virtual edition of Savage Love.

Taylor Mac's Holiday Sauce...Pandemic! Past Event Like List
"MacArthur Grant-winning genius Taylor Mac is an unparalleled playwright and performer," Chase Burns wrote last year. "Mac produces shows that are bombastic and colorful, somewhere between drag and cabaret and classical Greek tragedy, with the loudest costumes ever concocted, created by the equally genius designer Machine Dazzle." Mac's Holiday Sauce blends music, film, burlesque, and "random acts of fabulousness" to give the songs you've been hearing over and over on FM radio a little refresher and to remind us of our chosen families.

SHOPPING

Full Moon Virtual Market Past Event Like List
A rotating lineup of local businesses will gather under the shared light of the full moon and their computer screens to sell charming wares for your witchy and wellness-minded friends. 

VISUAL ART

Drawing Jam Past Event Like List
This is not one naked person trying not to breathe too hard in front of a handful of art nerds. No, this is a whole crowd of art nerds hanging out at their respective houses while they draw multiple models—in drag, holding instruments, and/or wearing funky costumes. The online event this year is open to all ages, so there will be no butts in the buff. 

See Also: Multi-Day Events

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SUNDAY

MUSIC

Hanukkah: The Warmth of Shared Light Past Event Like List
Take comfort in classic Hanukkah songs and discover some new ones in this Seattle Jewish Chorale concert. 

Luck Productions & City Winery Present: 6th Annual John Henry's Friends Past Event Like List
The sixth annual John Henry's Friends benefit concert will raise funds for children diagnosed with autism. Supporting their mission is Steve Earle & the Dukes, Warren Haynes, Lucinda Williams, Emmylou Harris, Josh Ritter, Jason Isbell, and other big-name country stars. 

PERFORMANCE

A Rogue's Christmas 2020: Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' Past Event Like List
Jean Sherrard presents a reading of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, featuring Rogue residents Kurt Beattie, Marianne Owen, Julie Briskman, and Jean Sherrard. 

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MULTI-DAY

COMEDY

A(n Improvised) Christmas Carol Past Event Like List
You may think you know the story of A Christmas Carol, but you have no idea. Watch a team of comics from Up Improv recreate Dickens's tale based on audience suggestions at this year's virtual run.
(Friday-Saturday)

COMMUNITY

Masquerade: A Not So Silent Auction Past Event Like List
SOIL's 25th-anniversary auction invites you to bid on all manner of works by local artists online or in-person (by appointment).
(All week)

FILM

Cinema Italian Style Past Event Like List
The Cinema Italian Style is a weeklong SIFF mini-festival featuring the best in contemporary Italian cinema. This online edition will include work from established masters and new voices and pre-recorded filmmaker Q&As.
(Thursday-Sunday)

December Shorts Program: The Future of Film is Female Past Event Like List
The Future of Film is Female's last shorts program of the year explores "monumental relationships unfolding within familial places," from a portrait of two loved ones the morning before a tragedy (Stop Killing Us) to the search for a missing sibling (It's Him).
(Monday-Friday)

Seattle Turkish Film Festival Past Event Like List
The Turkish American Cultural Association of Washington will present the seventh annual edition of their community-driven, volunteer-led festival featuring a rich panorama of new Turkish films.
(Monday-Saturday)

FOOD & DRINK

Variety Showcase & Winter Vegetable Sagra Past Event Like List
The team who brought you Sagra del Radicchio, a full week of revelry devoted to the refreshingly bitter radicchio (also known as chicory), is back with even more virtual radicchio-focused content, including a history of radicchio with scholar Andrea Ghedino, cooking demos with Italian farmer Davide Zimolo and his nonna as well as chef Cathy Whims of Nostrana, forcing technique demonstrations with local farms, and late-season variety trials with Linda Fenstermaker of Osborne Quality Seeds.
(Monday-Friday)

MUSIC

And to All a Good Home Past Event Like List
KEXP and Starbucks present a week-long musical series premiering five Live on KEXP sessions (with acts like Lido Pimienta and Kevin Morby) to benefit Mary's Place and their No Child Sleeps Outside campaign. You can donate directly during the YouTube premieres.
(Monday-Friday)

A Charlie Brown Christmas Past Event Like List
The Jose "Juicy" Gonzales Trio and Strawberry Theatre Workshop will bring you the entire A Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack on Facebook Live.

Comfort and Joy: Choral Music of The Season Past Event Like List
Seattle Pro Musica will treat you to two evenings of festive choral music you can sing along to while you sit by a fire or watch one on the internet.
(Saturday-Sunday)

Virtual Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition Past Event Like List
Just because caroling is forbidden in public doesn't mean you can't belt out your Mariah Carey-inspired rendition of "Silent Night" in your own home. This virtual edition of the annual Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition will feature nightly streams for you to sing along to for the same cause as always: the Pike Market Senior Center & Food Bank.
(All week)

PERFORMANCE

Global Party: Virtual Celebration Past Event Like List
This annual performance celebrates the diversity of the Seattle community with music and dancing from various cultures. At this year's virtual event, you'll get to participate in workshops for all ages and watch a curated collection of past performances.
(Monday-Friday)

The Canterville Ghost Past Event Like List
American and British sensibilities (and ghosts) collide in this Book-It take on the Oscar Wilde play, available to watch on-demand.
(Tuesday-Sunday)

A Christmas Carol 2020 Past Event Like List
Cozy up around ye olde device for this on-demand version of ACT Theatre's production of A Christmas Carol: a dependable, simple pleasure with just enough variation to warrant returning year after year.
(All week)

Emerald Ballet Theatre Presents: The Nutcracker Past Event Like List
Emerald Ballet Theatre's production of The Nutcracker will be shown online with its full cast of performers, featuring Tchaikovsky's classic score from the Emerald Ballet Theatre Orchestra, conducted by David Waltman.
(Friday-Sunday)

The Harlem Nutcracker Past Event Like List
Leading up to its grand 25th-anniversary production in 2021, acclaimed local choreographer Donald Byrd and the Spectrum Dance Theatre present Time Travel, a workshop "phase" of this year's production of The Harlem Nutcracker wherein, as press materials describe, "Death manifests flashbacks of Clara's early years and chronicles the Black struggle for justice and equality from the 1920s to the death of George Floyd."
(Friday-Sunday)

Holiday Spirits: A Winter Cabaret Past Event Like List
This virtual variety show features three new songs from Puget Soundworks, plus cabaret acts from its resident singers dishing up saucy and silly entertainment.
(Saturday-Sunday)

Jingle All the Gay! Virtual Viewing Parties Past Event Like List
Kitten N' Lou will host live viewing parties of their holiday special, Jingle All the Gay Past Event Like List !, which is also available on demand.
(Friday & Sunday)

Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol Past Event Like List
Interdisciplinary performance collective Manual Cinema trades in Charles Dickens's Ebenezer Scrooge for Aunt Trudy, a holiday skeptic who's tasked by mysterious forces to adopt her late husband's cheery Christmas disposition, which includes putting on his famous Christmas Carol puppet show from her isolated Chicago apartment.
(Friday-Sunday)

Mark Morris Dance Group Holiday Special: Home for the Holidays Past Event Like List
Along with the return of The Hard Nut, a gender-bending play on The Nutcracker, the Mark Morris Dance Group is spending their 40th anniversary season online (like the rest of us) with a whole lineup of holiday performances and events. The only thing you can't do is join them for outdoor caroling in Brooklyn, unless you happen to be there, in which case, have fun.
(Saturday-Sunday)

Nutcracker Sweets Performances in the Comfort of Your Home Past Event Like List
The ARC Dance Company will bring its Nutcracker suites to you with virtual selections from the Tchaikovsky classic.
(All week)

Ragamala Dance Company: Written in Water Past Event Like List
Discover South Indian Bharatanatyam-style dancing in this on-demand run of the Ragamala Dance Company's Written in Water, inspired by the ancient Indian board game Paramapadham, also known as Snakes and Ladders.
(Monday-Friday)

Sex By Mae West Past Event Like List
Play Your Part presents Sex, a flapper-era drama with music by Mae West and choreography by Sailor St. Claire, reimagined for the virtual stage by director Isabella Price.
(All week)

SHOPPING

Rainier Beach Arts & Crafts Market Past Event Like List
Stay safe at home while checking off your loved ones' holiday lists and supporting local artists. This Rainier Beach market will have online offerings throughout the month, as well as in-person artist studio tours on December 5 from 11am-3pm.
(All week)

VISUAL ART

Exterminator City 10 Past Event Like List
Still sad about missing Short Run this year? Don't miss this comix and zine fest where you can chat with artists and buy their work via virtual "tables." They also promise panels, interviews, and tutorials each day of the event.
(Thursday-Sunday)