Now that we've all canceled our flights and drives home for Thanksgiving to slow the spread of the coronavirus, just about everyone could use some cheering and/or mental stimulation this week. We've rounded up our suggestions for best things to do online through Sunday, from a talk with John Luther Adams with Barry Lopez Past Event Like List to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Past Event Like List on NBC, and from ACT Theatre's classic production of A Christmas Carol Past Event Like List to the annual Holiday Tree-Lighting Celebration Past Event Like List livestreamed from Westlake Park. Plus, check out our guide to Thanksgiving dinner in Seattle Like List and 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
FILM
Collide-O-Scope: Anything Goes!
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There are no rules in this edition of the freaky and fanciful cornucopia of found footage also known as Collide-O-Scope, which will provide enough escapist treasures to make you forget that you're spending Thanksgiving alone in your studio apartment.
FOOD & DRINK
Virtual Author Talk: Be My Guest by Priya Basil
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Authors for Peace co-founder Priya Basil will discuss her new book, a meditation on the ways that food and hospitality can function as a love language, over Zoom.
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Stephanie Anne Johnson and The Hidogs
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See a live set from Tacoma-bred R&B/soul artist Stephanie Anne Johnson and her band the Hidogs.
READINGS & TALKS
Donna Miscolta with Cecilia Aragon: On Growing Up Latina in 1960s America
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Authors Donna Miscolta and Cecilia Aragon will revisit their disparate experiences as Latina women growing up in 1960s America. They'll be drawing from their respective books Living Color, about a Mexican American girl's adolescence, and Flying Free, about life as a person of color in a small midwestern town.
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TUESDAY
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John Luther Adams with Barry Lopez
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Alaskan solitude, music, and climate change will intersect in this online conversation with composer and author John Luther Adams (Silences So Deep) and National Book Award-winning writer and traveler Barry Lopez (Arctic Dreams), the latter of whom will regale you with the story of his move to and eventual global-warming-induced departure from Alaska.
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WEDNESDAY
COMMUNITY
Virtual Silent Reading Party
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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
GERMAN CINEMA NOW! – Becoming Black
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What happens when a Black child in a majority-white German town is told that her dark skin is simply a genetic coincidence? She'll invariably find out the truth, and, in director Ines Johnson-Spain's case, she'll make a film about it. See a limited screening of Becoming Black as part of Goethe Pop Up's German Cinema Now series with the Northwest Film Forum.
FOOD & DRINK
Everything But The Turkey
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Cafe Nordo chef Erin Brindley will walk you through everything you need for a Thanksgiving meal (other than the turkey) over Zoom, including her mom's apple pie recipe, a savory stuffing-bread pudding hybrid, cardamom "carrot-y carrots" cooked in carrot juice and butter, and orange ginger cranberry sauce. You can choose to get a meal kit with all the ingredients delivered to your door or provide your own.
MUSIC
Ethan Tucker
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Olympia born and bred singer-songwriter Ethan Tucker layers his acoustic rootsy Americana sound with electric guitar work and bluesy vocals for a contemporary spin on a classic genre. Join him for a virtual show presented by Pints Barn.
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THURSDAY
FESTIVALS
Nurse Heroes Live
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Queen of our hearts Whoopi Goldberg will host this online entertainment extravaganza in the name of nurses and healthcare workers who continue to work tirelessly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Look forward to performances from Black Eyed Peas, Andrea Bocelli, Céline Dion, Carole King, Leslie Odom Jr, Stevie Wonder, Billy Crystal, Oprah Winfrey, and other huge stars.
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The 21st Annual Animation Show of Shows
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Celebrate the art of animation and bide your time until a new iteration of the Animation Show of Shows by checking out gems from previous years online, including the dreamy French number The Man Who Planted Trees.
THANKSGIVING
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Even if you're away from family and friends on Thanksgiving, you can still experience a small piece of a beloved holiday tradition by tuning into New York City's annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade live on NBC. Clearly, the parade won't look quite the same this year with social distancing measures in place, but we do know you can expect floats, lots of balloons, and performances and appearances from the likes of Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Patti Labelle, and the New York City Ballet.
Seattle Turkey Trot
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Make room for turkey, Tofurkey, or whatever Thanksgiving feast you're working with by running in the location of your choosing and posting photos on social with the hashtags #TurkeyTrotThursday and #SeattleTurkeyTrot. Proceeds will benefit the Ballard Food Bank.
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FRIDAY
MUSIC
STUDIO 2054: DUA LIPA
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Bounce to tracks off Dua Lipa's debut album, Future Nostalgia, and her newest album, Club Future Nostalgia, as a cast of guest stars, surprise performers, acrobats, and artists accompany the British pop star on an intergalactic dancefloor.
PERFORMANCE
A Very Merry Kraken Tea Party
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From the creators of The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion comes this holiday mini-musical centering an eight-limbed creature of the deep. It's all about finding ways to celebrate togetherness while being physically kept apart—something we can all relate to right now.
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SATURDAY
COMMUNITY
Highline Celebration of Indigenous Voices & Stories
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Join Highline Public Schools Native Education Program, Highline Heritage Museum, and other local organizations for an online discussion with and about the urban Native communities in Highline and South King County.
TEDxBainbridge: Powerful Talks from Inspiring Women
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Five TEDxWomen teams from across the globe—TEDxSydney, TEDxColombo, TEDxLagos, TEDxPortofSpain and TEDxMontrealWomen—will each curate a talk alongside local Bainbridge Island speakers as part of this lecture series amplifying the voices of womxn and girls in uncertain times.
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HUMP! Greatest Hits, Volume 2
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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!
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Ryan Burns Vinyl Release Party
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Jazz pianist Ryan Burns of Electric Circus will celebrate the release of his new appropriately named solo album, Postponed Parade: a collection of singles recorded and released during the quarantine.
Safe in Sound Stream # 1 ft. Jeff Rosenstock, Rozwell Kid, Oceanator
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The Vera Project and Seattle-King County Public Health present a youth-driven COVID-19 Prevention campaign and concert series with live sets from Jeff Rosenstock, Rozwell Kid, Indigo De Souza, Oceanator, Cheekface, and honeypot., plus all sorts of educational information and important conversations about public health and safety.
READINGS & TALKS
@rlysrslit misses you: a virtual open mic
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Really Serious Literature will host a virtual open mic so you can share your quarantine poetry and prose.
WINTER HOLIDAYS
Holiday Tree-lighting Celebration
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Westlake Park's tree lighting will prevail despite Macy's closure, bringing light sculptures and the iconic Seattle Star that hangs on the outside of the department store back into view. Watch the livestream on the Downtown Seattle Association, KIRO-TV, or Warm 106.9's Facebook pages.
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SUNDAY
READINGS & TALKS
Seattle NaNoWriMo Write-In
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Those participating in National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo) can work toward their 50,000-word goal at this online community write-in with Hugo House. Jennifer Swagert, the official NaNoWriMo municipal liaison for Seattle, will host.
MULTI-DAY
FESTIVALS
Winterfest
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With the exception of the campus light display
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, Seattle Center's annual winter festival will take place largely online with virtual student showcases and holiday videos and a Winterfest coloring contest.
(Friday-Sunday)
PERFORMANCE
A Christmas Carol 2020
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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.
(Friday-Sunday)
Christmas of the Corn
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Cafe Nordo's annual holiday collab with Seattle playwright and puppet-maker Scot Augustson returns with a murderous twist. This radio play horror-comedy includes a mysterious box of clues (plus cookies, crafts, and cocktails, with additional holiday feast add-ons such as Reindeer Shepherd's Pie) delivered to your door. Once it's unpacked, you're primed to help you solve a murder in the town of Drupe Fruit, Minnisconsan, while stuffing your face with all manner of deliciousness.
(Friday-Sunday)
READINGS & TALKS
A Tribute to Toni Morrison
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Join Literacy Partners for a weekend-long online marathon reading of Song of Solomon, the 1977 novel by the late Nobel-winning, canon-grounded author Toni Morrison that follows the life of Macon "Milkman" Dead III, a Black man living in Michigan, from birth to adulthood. Celebrity readers include Brit Bennett, Jennifer Egan, Ocean Vuong, Tommy Orange, and Yaa Gyasi.
(Friday-Sunday)
SHOPPING
Latvian Center Virtual Christmas Bazaar
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Shop online for handmade crafts and jewelry by local Latvian artists at this annual Baltic holiday bazaar.
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Virtual Holiday Market
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Shop early for handmade holiday gifts from nearly 30 Shoreline artists without leaving your house.
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