Family Activity: Halloween Hullababoo, Oct 23rd, free. Meet the real Spider Man! Plenty of activities to keep the tots busy: face painting, clowns and balloons, carnival games, and more. The bonus of taking kids out during the day and playing their energy out, is they go to bed earlier at night without putting up a fuss.
Restaurant: Lombardi's Italian Think garlic. In celebration of its sixteenth year, Lombardi's creates garlic everything: garlic cuisine, garlic cocktails, garlic shooters, and garlic dessert. Eat up, but don't plan on kissing anyone afterwards.
Cooking Class: Fiesta and Mushrooms, Oct 21st and Oct 22nd, $65 each. Two of Seattle's greatest food personalities instruct at Seattle's top food studio. Learn how to cook Spanish food and how to select and prepare that essential northwest fungus for your next dish.
Theatre: Waxwings, until Oct 31st, starting at $15. Remember the euphoria of the dot-com days? Go back to the days of generous stock options and fat salaries at this play.
Music with Dinner: Interested in a little musical ambiance while you dine? You can enjoy jazz every night of the week at Alexandria's. Heather Banker, renowned jazz and blues artist, performs intermittently at Seastar restaurant in Bellevue. Of course, you can never go wrong at Jazz Alley.
Dancing: Dance, watch, or participate. Single and interested in dancing and meeting someone new? 8 Minute Dating hosts speed dating with salsa dancing lessons at the Century Ballroom on Oct 21st, $35. If you're in the mood to watch dance instead, see Women's Dances of the People's of Afghanistan, Oct 21st, $15. Women can now vote in Afghanistan, so see them dance as well. If you'd rather cut the rug, then check out Sonny Newman's Dance Hall or Seattle Swing Dance Club.
Costumes: If you don't have your costume, then you need to get in gear now if you don't want to be left choosing from the nubs. Check out Champion Party Supply, Vintage Costumers, Brocklind's, or Red Light Vintage Clothing.
Lecture: Meet Dr. Phlox, Oct 23rd, $5. Get out the Spock ears. Star Trek's Dr. Phlox, Mr. John Billingsley, will describe what it's like to work on the Star Trek set. Now go practice your Vulcan "Live long and prosper" hand sign.
Organizations: Seattle Robotics Society. Remember playing with your Legos or Erector set as a kid? OK, this is even better. Build something that moves and obeys your commands.
Film: China Documentary Film Series, Oct 18th - 24th, free. See the experience and travails of the common people during this period of great change in China.
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| Nov 13th, Harvest Dinner |
| Dec 4th, Hutch Holiday Gala |
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Halloween Parties: Like a good New Year's Eve party, you gotta plan ahead if you don't want to be stuck with lame party options as the date closes in.
Space City Mixer Halloween Party, Oct 30th, $25. Follow the Egyptian theme on this one. Bands, tarot readings, contests, and prize drawings. This party will be one of the biggest Halloween parties in Seattle.
Circus Contraption Party, Oct 29th, $12. From the folks who celebrate oddities and freaks, come to the most surreal Halloween party in this town. This party will make Timothy Burton proud.
Mix 92.5 Halloween Party, Oct 30th, $23. See members of Seattle's 2005 Firefighter calendar, take a couple of puffs from the oxygen bar, and get your palm read. Over $10,000 in prizes at this party.
