Arts & Entertainment

On the List: December 22-28

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

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

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

A pair of Steller’s sea eagles arrived this month from Los Angeles Zoo. Zoo-goers will soon see the adult male and female after the raptors complete a standard 30-day quarantine and become comfortable in their new home in the award-winning Northern Trail. Photo credit: Ryan Hawk/Woodland Park Zoo

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 

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Audrey

Managing Arts Editor, Film & TV Audrey is kinda a big deal. She was Chicago-born and –raised, but doesn't miss the weather one bit (the people and the politics are another story). She spends a great deal of time eating oysters and drinking wine, watching movies and going to shows, reading Videogum and The Awl, and quoting Arrested Development (yes, still). Her favorite stuff on television includes 30 Rock, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Community, Parks and Rec, and pretty much any VH1/Bravo reality trashvaganza. In terms of movies, she tends to agree with Glenn Kenny. Fun Fact: She always tries to keep on hand at least two pounds of Tillamook extra sharp cheddar cheese.