Holiday Guide 2019

Holiday Guide

2019

Holiday Events Visit Bainbridge Island Holiday Recipes Queen Anne Holiday Magic

AN ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF THE QUEEN ANNE & MAGNOLIA NEWS, CITY LIVING SEATTLE AND MADISON PARK TIMES

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Holiday Guide 2019

Events Hip Nutcracker

November 15 & 16 (7:30 p.m.)

November 17 (2:00 p.m.)

The Hip Hop Nutcracker gives Tchaikovsky’s score a modern twist with 12 hip-hop dancers (including “King of Rap” Kurtis Blow), an on-stage DJ, an electric violinist, and a digital background with an urban vibe.

Nov. 15 - Pantages Theater in Tacoma Nov. 16 & 17 - Paramount Theatre in Seattle

full of soup at Empty Bowls Christmas Improv at Charles Wright AcadeNovember 29 - Dec. 23 my in Tacoma.

Audience suggestions add funny twists to the story Nordic Julefest of Ebenezer Scrooge and November 23 - 24 Tiny Tim at An Improvised Julefest [formerly YuleChristmas Carol by Unexfest] brings Christmas pected Productions at Pike to the Nordic Heritage Place Market.

Museum in Ballard, with Scandinavian food, craft Christmas Play booths, fiddlers, folk danc- November 29 - Dec. 28 ers, a beverage garden, and A Christmas Carol is access to the museum. Kids Charles Dickens’ holiday 13 and younger are free. classic about the amazing www.nordicmuseum.org transformation of miserly Scrooge at ACT Theatre.

Pre-Thanksgiving Run/ Nerdy Holiday Market Walk November 17

Green Lake Gobble & Mashed Potato Munch Off is a 5K and 10K run/ walk and free kids’ dash on the partially closed road around Green Lake, with post-race beer garden and mashed-potato-eating contest.

Support the event benefactor, Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission, by bringing canned food to the event.

November 29 Special Admission Nov. 30 - Dec. 1

Nutcracker Ballet

GeekCraft Expo Seattle Holiday Market promises “gifts for the geeks on your holiday shopping list” handmade by 70 vendors in Hangar 30 at Magnuson Park.

Pacific Northwest Ballet performs The Nutcracker

by George Balanchine, with a live orchestra, magnificent sets and costumes, and a huge cast in McCaw Hall.

Christkindlmarkt November 29 - Dec. 1

Christkindlemarkt is an Annual Bavarian-style Christmas Market for the whole family and is held Alternative Christin Front Street Park and mas Fair: A Festival of also in the Leavenworth Hope Festhalle. This annual Sat. Nov. 18 (10am-4pm) & celebration happens evSun. Nov. 19 (Noon-3pm) ery year on Thanksgiving Fair Trade handcrafts, weekend. This popular and gifts, books, decorations, vintage treasures, quilt auc- celebrated northwest tradition, deli lunch & bake sale tion features delicious and authentic Bavarian foods, to benefit hunger, poverty handmade arts & crafts & homeless programs.

Keystone United Church and other gifts, and famiof Christ 5019 Keystone Pl. ly-friendly, Bavarian- and Christmas-themed N. Wallingford. 206-632entertainment!

6021 • Fri: 11 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

• Sat: 10 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Gingerbread Art • Sun: 10 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

November 23 - Jan. 1 (9 a.m. to 9 p.m.)

See elaborate displays made mostly of food at the Gingerbread Village at Sheraton Grand Seattle.

Free.

Kirkland Holiday Wine Tasting November 22

Native Craft Fair November 29 - Dec. 1

Shop for fine art, native crafts, cards, jewelry, and smoked salmon at the Native Holiday Gift Fair at the Duwamish Longhouse, 4705 W Marginal Way SW, Seattle. Free.

Drink local wine in shops during Kirkland Holiday Christmas Ships Festival Wine Walk, which begins November 29 - Dec. 23 at The Heathman Hotel for Lake Washington & ages 21+.

Puget Sound Ride onboard with the choir, or listen Empty Bowls Fundraiser from shore during the November 23 (1 to 3 p.m.)

Christmas Ship Festival.

Buy a handmade bowl, For a complete schedule, and then get another bowl visit www.argosycruises.com

elry, calendars, clothing), Tibetan tea, and a noon tour of Sakya Monastery in Greenwood.

deer and sleigh during the Issaquah Reindeer Festival [sound]. cougarmountainzoo.org

Reindeer & Santa

Victorian Christmas Market

December 1 - 30

Visit Cougar Mountain Zoo when it’s decorated like the North Pole to welcome Santa with his rein-

December 4 - 8

A Victorian Country Christmas has 500 booths with vendors in Victorian

Get your Stocking Stuffers at Stoneway Hardware

November 29 - Dec. 28

Seattle Center Winterfest

November 29 - Dec. 31

Power & Hand Tools • Electrical Lawn & Garden • Housewares Plumbing • Custom Mixed Paint

www.StonewayHardware.com Wallingford — 4318 Stone Way N • (206) 545-6910 Ballard — 4910 15th Ave. NW • (206) 724-0571

Enjoy holiday lights, skating at Fisher Pavilion (cost), folk dancers, carolers, dancers, ice sculptors, model trains, and entertainment during Winterfest at the Seattle Center.

See schedule at www. seattlecenter.com. Closed Dec. 25. Free.

Christmas Lights Seattle Zoo

November 29 - Jan. 5, 2019

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Friday, December 13 at 7:30pm A Service of Readings & Carols

O come, all ye faithful! Music and readings from Holy Scripture combine in joyous proclamation of the Advent of Christ’s birth. Freewill offering, all welcome.

Tuesday, December 31 at 11:00pm New Year’s Eve Gala: Charpentier

w/ Early Music Seattle & Seattle Baroque Orchestra Ring in the New Year with elegant music of the French Baroque: Charpentier’s ‘Messe de Minuit pour Noël’ and ‘Te Deum.’

WildLights has 600,000 lights in animal shapes, real reindeer, night animals, carolers, and Santa some nights at Woodland Park Zoo. Closed Dec. 2, 3, 9, 10, 24 & 25.

More info: www.stjames–cathedral.org/music 206-382-4874

musicoffice@ stjames–cathedral.org

Pike Place Holiday November 30

Magic in the Market includes a choir, musicians, Santa, and Christmas tree lighting at Pike Place Market. Free. pikeplacemarket.org

Tibet Marketplace

December 1 (11 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

The Holiday Sale of Handicrafts and Baked Treats features Himalayan crafts (statues, prayer flags, incense, art prints, books, music, prayer beads, jew-

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Technology Party

December 5 (7 to 11 p.m.)

Wear anything from a T-shirt to a tuxedo to GeekWire Gala and “see familiar faces, make new friends, and enjoy an evening of conversation, tasty treats, and festive cocktails with great music” at The Showbox for age 21+.

Winter Beer Festival December 6 & 7

A ticket to Winter Beer Fest includes a tasting glass and eight 5oz samples from over 50 local breweries. Vote for your favorite beers and enjoy food truck cuisine. Produced by the Washington Brewers Guild.

Hangar 30 in Magnuson Park for ages 21+.

Bainbridge Island Winter Studio Tour December 6 - 8 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.)

The Bainbridge Island Studio Tour invites you to celebrate the beauty and craftsmanship of local, handmade art.

This free, self-guided art show on Bainbridge Island located in the beautiful Puget Sound is just a 30-minute ferry ride from Seattle.

Visit bistudiotour.com for all the details!

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Craft Show

and dancers, and lunch and baked goods at Phinney Center. 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. both days.

December 6 - 8

Shop for hand-crafted clothing, jewelry, toys, stationery, art, candles, St. James Cathedral: housewares, and food A Service of Readings at Urban Craft Uprising Winter Show in the Exhibi- & Carols tion Hall at Seattle Center. Friday, December 13 (7:30pm) St. James adult and youth Repeats in June. choirs, organists & Cathedral Brass perform music Christmas Lighting for the Advent season with Festival traditional readings herDec. 6-8, 13-15, 20-22 alding Christ’s birth.

Join us for the most 804 9th Ave. Seattle. Visit wonderful time of the year, www.stjames-cathedral. when our quaint Bavarian org/music or call 206-382town becomes a Village of Lights (over half a million)! 4874.

On Friday evenings the lights are all on! Live musical performances of your favorite Christmas songs fill the streets, St. Nicholas arrives at 4:30pm at the Front Street Gazebo, who welcomes children young and old with the story of his legacy and “gold” for the good boys and girls!

Please note: There is no Lighting Ceremony on Friday’s; lights remain lit. On Saturdays and Sundays the festivities kick into full gear at 12:00pm with the Arrival of Santa and costumed holiday characters in a march from the Festhalle to the Gazebo!

Phinney Winter Festival and Crafts Fair

Northwest Boychoir: 41st Annual Festival of Lessons & Carols December 13 - 23

A Northwest Holiday tradition. Enjoy an enchanted evening of Christmas music.

For dates, locations and tickets call 206-524-3234. or visit www.nwboychoir. org

2nd Annual Winter Solstice Beer Festival December 20 & 21

Enjoy a wide selection of Winter Craft Beers hosted

by Seattle’s Farmers Market Association. Hangar 30 in Magnuson Park for ages 21+.

December 7 - 8

The Winter Festival & Crafts Fair has 120 arts and crafts vendors, musicians

2811 E. MADISON ST, SEATTLE, WA 98122

Holiday Science Project

How to Make Borax Crystal Snowflakes

A crystal is a solid formed by a repeating 3D arrangement of atoms, ions or molecules. Nature’s snowflakes form when tiny droplets of water freeze in clouds at temperatures below 31 F (0 C). These beautiful, unique shapes would be great for holiday decorations if they were larger; and if they didn’t melt. In this science project, you will grow crystal shapes that you can use to decorate your Christmas tree indoors.

What you will need

• Pipe cleaner • Strong scissors or wire snips • Borax powder (such as 20 Mule Team Borax found with the laundry soap aisle in the grocery store. Make sure it is the type that is NOT mixed with detergent.)

• Mixing bowl • Measuring cup and spoons • Water • Disposable pie plate • Wide mouth jar big enough to hold the snowflake shape • Pencil or rod long enough to rest across the jar mouth without falling in • String

What to do

• Use the scissors or snips to cut the pipe cleaner into 3 equal pieces. Twist 2 pipe cleaners around each other at their middles to form a cross shape then add the other piece of pipe cleaner to form a six-pointed snowflake.

Bend the top point into a loop for a hanger.

• In the mixing bowl dissolve 3 tablespoons of Borax into 1 cup of water • Pour enough solution to cover the bottom of the pie plate. Dip your pipe cleaner snowflake in the solution so that the pipe cleaners are completely dampened.

• Tie a short piece of string through the top loop and tie the other end of the string around the pencil. Suspend the snowflake inside the jar. Leave the jar undisturbed.

You should start to see crystals forming on your snowflake after 1 to 3 hours and your crystal snowflake should be complete after 24 hours.

Happy Holidays!

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BAINBRIDGE ISLAND Just a 35 Minute Ferryfrom Ride Awa y Downtown Seattle

It’s a wonderful life on Bainbridge Island, an enchanting place where winter holidays are truly magical. Stroll down our main street and experience the charm of a small town with the sophistication of the city. Shops and galleries are glowing with gifts. Restaurants and tasting rooms are filled with the spirit of hospitality. Music and art mingle all around. And the gift of nature and beauty surround the town.

NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN SMALL MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTRY* *Fodor’s, Travel+Leisure, and CNN

A WELCOMING LANDMARK JUST 35 MINUTES FROM DOWNTOWN SEATTLE BY FERRY – MAKE A DAY OF IT!

BIMA showcases artists from the Puget Sound region with diverse exhibitions changing three times per year.

Join us for artist talks, lectures, films, hands-on art activities, performances and other engaging programs.

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Bainbridge Island merchants are joining together to make the holidays even more merry with $500 Downtown Shopping Sprees for 5 lucky winners!

Visit www.bainbridgedowntown.org to find all the special holiday events and specials.

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A short walk from the ferry is our charming Downtown district. Stroll down Winslow Way and discover unique locally-owned shops, restaurants, galleries, museums, and so much more.

There’s an experience here for every age and interest – from wine tasting, to adventures on land and water – sightseeing, hiking, kayaking.

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Explore Bainbridge’s walking trails, lush gardens, seven wineries, chocolate shops, breweries and distilleries. Take a picnic to the beach and walk the waterfront trails. You can leave your car, and your cares, behind on Bainbridge. Check out www.VisitBainbridge. com for itineraries and transportation options.

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A maker space in Downtown Bainbridge Island

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Unplug from daily life and ease into Island time with a weekend escape. You’ll find the perfect place for an overnight stay – by the beach, in the woods, or in a neighborhood. Find hotels, inns, and vacation rentals within walking distance to downtown businesses and attractions and tucked into secret spots around the Island. To find local lodging and seasonal promotions visit www.DestinationBainbridge.com

Happy Holidays!

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Recipes Healthier Gingerbread Cookies (Makes 32 cookies, depending on size)

Ingredients 3 cups (310 grams) whole wheat pastry flour*, plus more for work surface 2 teaspoons ground ginger 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon ¾ teaspoon kosher salt ½ teaspoon ground cloves ½ teaspoon finely ground black pepper ½ teaspoon baking soda ¼ teaspoon baking powder Directions • In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, ginger, cinnamon, salt, cloves, pepper, baking soda and baking powder. Whisk until blended.

• In a small mixing bowl, combine the coconut oil and molasses and whisk until combined.

Add the coconut sugar and whisk until blended. (If the sugar is gloppy and won’t incorporate into the mixture, warm the mixture for about 20 seconds in the microwave or over low heat on the stove, just until you can whisk it all together.) Add the egg and whisk until the mixture is thoroughly blended.

• Pour the liquid mixture into the dry and mix just until combined. (If it seems like you don’t have enough liquid, just keep mixing!) Divide the dough in half. Shape each half into a round disc about 1 inch thick and wrap it in

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½ cup melted coconut oil ½ cup unsulphured molasses (use regular molasses for lighter, somewhat spicy cookies or blackstrap molasses for very spicy, intensely flavored cookies—or a mixture of both) ½ cup packed coconut sugar 1 large egg Powdered sugar, for dusting (optional) plastic wrap. Place both discs in the refrigerator and chill until cold—about 1 hour, or up to overnight.

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit with racks in the middle and upper third of the oven. Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. Lightly flour your working surface and roll out one of your discs out until it’s ¼ inch thick. If the dough is very hard or crumbly, just roll it as best you can and then let it rest for a few minutes to warm up. Repeat until you’ve successfully rolled the dough to ¼ inch thickness.

• Use cookie cutters to cut out cookie shapes and place each cookie on a parchment-lined baking sheet, leaving about ½ inch of space around each one (this dough just barely expands during baking). Combine your dough

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scraps into a ball and roll them out again, repeating until you have used up all of your dough. Repeat with remaining disc. (If you’d like to decorate the cookies with granulated sugar like turbinado or extra coconut sugar, sprinkle it onto the cookies now.)

• Place baking sheets in the oven, one on the middle rack and one on the upper. Bake for 8 to 11 minutes; for softer cookies, pull them out around 8 minutes and for more crisp cookies, bake for up to 11 minutes. The cookies will further crisp as they cool. Place the baking sheets on cooling racks to cool. *FLOUR NOTES: This recipe works great with whole wheat pastry flour, generally found at well-stocked grocery stores or health food stores. All-purpose flour will also work. The dough tends to be hard and crumbly when made with regular whole wheat flour. Use pastry flour.

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Holiday Guide 2019 For those of you who grew up with an English influence, the words Christmas Pudding bring back memories of this rich dessert that was made in early November and soaked and wrapped in dark rum or brandy laden cheesecloth.

photo credit: Brian Fagan

English Christmas Pudding (Makes one large and small pudding)

You Will Need One large and one small Pyrex or dishwasher/ oven safe glass bowls Elastic band or string Wax Paper Cheesecloth Two pots, one for each glass bowl Ingredients 2 cups of beef suet, finely chopped* 2 cups currants 2 cups seedless golden raisins 1 cup candied peel Zest of 3-4 limes 1 Tsp. ground nutmeg

1/2 Tsp. ground allspice 1/2 cup chopped almonds 1 cup all purpose flour 2 cups fresh made bread crumbs 1 cup dark brown sugar 1/2 cup dark rum 4 large eggs, lightly beaten 1/4 cup half & half cream Directions • In a large mixing bowl, combine the suet, currants, raisins, candied peel, lime zest, nutmeg, allspice and almonds and mix well.

• Add the flour, bread crumbs and brown sugar, mixing again.

• Add the rum.

• Combine the eggs and milk and stir into the fruit mixture.

• Butter the large and small glass bowl. You can also use your choice of shortening.

• Add the batter to the greased bowl and cover with grease proof wax paper and a floured piece of cheesecloth – both cut to fit the size of your glass bowls and giving enough so that it hangs about 1/3 way over the sides.

• Secure the paper and cheesecloth in place with an elastic or tied string, just below the rim of the bowl on the outside.

• Steam the puddings for 1 1/2 hours in a covered pot. Use a rack at the bottom of a deep pot to place the bowl on. You will need one pot for each bowl, unless you have a way to layer one of top of the other using a round rack in between to support them and your pot is deep enough to hold both allowing for the top to be in place.

• Remove the wax paper and cloth and cool completely. This pudding stores for an indefinite period if covered tightly with wax paper and is much improved if 2 tbsp of rum is poured over the top of the pudding(s) once a month.

• To serve, you can simply slice and eat OR reheat sliced in a microwave and serve with home made warm butterscotch or rum sauce of choice. * Where to obtain beef suet? Simply ask your local butcher for it. It is basically beef fat put through their grinder. If it is tinted pink, do not worry, this does not affect the taste of the pudding one bit.

Cranberry Salsa (Makes 2 1/2 cups)

Jalapenos fire up the flavor of this pretty appetizer Serve with Sweet Potato Chips or Cinnamon Sugar Pita Chips Ingredients 2 cups fresh cranberries, or thawed frozen 1 small Gala, Fuji or Braeburn apple, cubed 1 med. size jalapeno pepper, seeded and quartered 1 green onion, finely chopped 1/4 cup white sugar 1 Tbsp. fresh lime juice 1 Tbsp. canola oil 1/2 Tsp. salt Cilantro (optional) as much as you like Directions • Pulse the first three ingredients in a good processor 4 times or just until coarsely chopped, stopping to scrape down the sides as needed.

• Transfer to a bowl, stir in green onion and cilantro (optional) • Add sugar, lime juice, canola oil and salt. Stir well. Cover and chill 2-24 hours. Stir before serving.

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QUEEN ANNE Holiday Magic

DEC 13th ALL DAY

ONE DAY ONLY - December 13 th

Celebrate the Season at Queen Anne Book Company with Holiday Magic Savings!

‘HOLIDAY MAGIC’ IN UPPER QUEEN ANNE FRIDAY DECEMBER 13TH Holiday Shopping & Saving brought to you by: Upper Queen Anne Merchants www.queenannechamber.org Time to get those wonderful unique gifts that only Queen Anne can offer!

Check your fav’ shoppe for hours of operation.

Time to go shopping on the Ave!

December 6th 5:30-7:30pm

GRAND TREE LIGHTING

Join us for all the music & festivities!

5:30pm SPU Brass Ensemble 6pm McClure Maverick Choir 6:30pm Countdown (Muhammad Ali, Union Bank) 6:35pm Ultraviolet Jazz Group Giving Trees will be up around the Grand Tree! Go grab a tag and give to your favorite charity

25% Discount on Books December 13th, 2019 from 4 – 8 pm

1811 Queen Anne Ave N., Seattle, WA 98109 206-284-2427 • qabc@qabookco.com • www.qabookco.com