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All is calm, all is bright. Want some chow? Big Mario’s, Canterbury and some others want to feed you. Happy holidays.
Wednesday, December 22nd
- Wear your tuque to A Very Alan Thickemas @ Central Cinema
- Or spend a Charlie Brown Christmas with jazz pianist David Benoit @ Benaroya Hall
- With drinks, costumes, and DJs, it’s the second annual Christmas party @ Moe Bar
- Catch a free (with RSVP) Unnatural Helpers/The Intelligence show @ the Crocodile
- Get spiritually transcendent at the David Lanz Winter Solstice Concert featuring The Liverpool Trio (also Thursday) @ Jazz Alley
- Faire Gallery hosts a Santa Baby party with hot buttered rum, singing and a DJ. Starts at 8p.
Thursday, December 23rd
- Last night to see Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno and enjoy a Café Presse Pique-nique @ Northwest Film Forum
- But wait! It’s also the last night to see Elf @ Central Cinema
Friday, December 24th
- On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, along with the 6 and 8:30 p.m. screenings, there’s an additional 3:30 p.m. showing of It’s a Wonderful Life (running through the 30th) @ the Grand Illusion
- David Wojnarowicz’s A Fire in My Belly is the film “they” don’t want you to see (through Dec. 31, except Xmas) @ Seattle Art Museum
- The Peter Daniel Quartet plays original jazz, no cover @ Lucid Lounge
- Last Burlesque Nutcracker @ the Triple Door
Saturday, December 25th
- May we suggest dim sum? Check in with Jay’s reviews of Chinese restaurants at Gastrolust
Sunday, December 26th
- The Bobs After Christmas holiday show @ the Triple Door
- Earshot Jazz presents their annual concert featuring the sacred music of Duke Ellington @ Town Hall
- Last chance to catch Black Nativity @ the Moore Theatre
Monday, December 27th
- Upon whom are you going to call? Ghostbusters @ Central Cinema
- America’s romantic piano sensation, Jim Brickman, tickles the ivories at his 15th Anniversary Holiday Concert @ Benaroya Hall
Tuesday, December 28th
- The ex-Seattle boys in the Here And Now Quintet drop some jazz @ the Triple Door
For the holidays, animals at Woodland Park Zoo will be treated to evergreens decked in ornamental fruit or other winter-themed goodies. Photo credit: Dennis Dow/Woodland Park Zoo
