WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28
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COMMUNITY ⦿ at Asylum Collective
Night Cafe: 90s-style late-night café & craft hours
WED OCT 28, 6PM to 9PM
(21+ only) — NO COVER, RSVP please
(but buy a drink, ya cheap bastard)
Venue is not wheelchair-accessible.
FILM ⦿ at Beacon Cinema
‣ I Walked with a Zombie
WED OCT 28, 4:30 PM — $15
‣ Dracula of Exarcheia
WED OCT 28, 7:30 PM — $15
HELP ⦿ at Broadview Library
Familyworks Mobile Food Bank: Food for the hungry
WED OCT 28, 2PM to 4PM — FREE
No identification or verification is required.
FILM ⦿ at Central Cinema
‣ The classic Frankenstein (1931)
WED OCT 28, 4PM — $13
‣ Fright Night
WED OCT 28, 9:30 PM — $13
LITERATURE ⦿ at Central Library
Anne de Marcken discusses her novel of the undead, “It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Over”
WED OCT 28, 6:30 PM
FREE, RSVP required
HISTORY & COMMUNITY ⦿ at
Dexter Horton Building, Suite 300
American History Traveling Museum: The Unspoken Truths
WED OCT 28, 1PM to 5PM — FREE
HISTORY ⦿ at Folio
Choose Your Own Adventure: Exploring Seattle’s Archives: digitized, born-digital, and applied archives work happening across the region
OCT 28, 6:30 PM
$20 to $50 (sliding scale)
or “pay what you can”
STAGE ⦿ at Garfield / Quincey Jones
Ride the Cyclone: Six students. One last chance. Our cast takes you on the musical ride of a lifetime.
WED OCT 28, 7PM
FUN & GAMES ⦿
at The Looking Glass Arcade
Halloween Edition Flip ‘n Ink Pinball Tournament & Tattoo PopUp
WED OCT 28, 6PM — $5
FILM ⦿ at Majestic Bay Theatres
Retro night: The Ring (2002)
WED OCT 28, 7PM
$15.50 (includes all fees)
PARTY ⦿ at Massive
LezTalkAboutIt presents Lez Trick-or-Treat: lesbian/queer Halloween party
WED OCT 28, 10PM to 2AM
(21+ only) — $8
FILM ⦿ at North Bend Theatre
Call Me By Your Name: Elio & Oliver in sun-drenched splendor.
WED OCT 28, 7PM — FREE, RSVP please
CONVERSATION ⦿ at NW Film Forum
Seattle Film Society Discussion #139: Michael Keaton in Birdman (2014)
WED OCT 28, 7PM — FREE, RSVP required
Birdman won’t be screened. This is for talking about movies, not watching.
LITERATURE ⦿ at Open Books
Reading with Joshua Marie Wilkinson & Gabriel Palacios
WED OCT 28, 7PM — FREE
Masks are required for this event.
COMEDY ⦿ at Rabbit Box Theatre
Nate Varrone “ Interesting Perspectives Tour”
WED OCT 28, 7PM doors
(all ages) — $20
OPEN MIC ⦿ at Rainier Arts Center
The Moth StorySlam
WED OCT 28, 8PM
$20 (includes all fees)
STAGE ⦿ at Seattle Public Theater
Neha and Neel: A mother fears she has failed to pass her Indian language and culture down to her seventeen-year-old son, so they take a road trip to the historic Hope Diamond and witness a piece of Indian history.
WED OCT 28, 7:30 PM
$10 and up (sliding scale)
FILM ⦿ at SIFF Cinema Uptown
“Nouvelles Femmes” (classic French films with English subtitles) — Stolen Kisses (35mm)
WED OCT 28, 7:30 PM — $18
FILM ⦿ at SIFF Film Center
Scarecrowber: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
WED OCT 28, 7PM — $18
DANCE ⦿ at South Park Hall
Swing It Wednesday: swing lesson & dance with Baseless Accusation
WED OCT 28, 8:15 PM (18+ only)
$15 and up (sliding scale)
FILM ⦿ at Tasveer Film Center
‣ Take Me Home: Anna, a 38-year-old Korean adoptee with a cognitive disability, cares for her aging parents in a fragile balance of meeting each others’ needs.
WED OCT 28 (click for times & prices)
‣ Tenzing
WED OCT 28 (click for times & prices)
‣ Wildwood
WED OCT 28 (click for times & prices)
‣ You Can See Everything
WED OCT 28 (click for times & prices)
‣ Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
WED OCT 28 (click for times & prices)
Venue does not accept cash. Some screenings are not wheelchair-accessible.
STAGE ⦿ at Theatre Off Jackson
Pork Filled Productions presents Nanay: Angela has arrived to congratulate her twin sister on her new baby, but instead finds Eve ‘cohabitating’ with a Filipino demon infamous for their hunger of all things fetus.
WED OCT 28, 7:30 PM — $7
For wheelchair access, please email in advance.
LITERATURE ⦿
at 3rd Place Books Ravenna
Lena Rani discusses her first novel ‘The Last Crystal Dragon’, with her dad
WED OCT 28, 7PM — FREE, RSVP please
JOURNALISM ⦿ at Town Hall Seattle
The Seattle Times presents Behind the Byline: Education in Washington: How to Build a Better System
WED OCT 28, 7PM
$10 and up (sliding scale)
LITERATURE ⦿ at Town Hall Seattle
Thomas Frank: The Creativity Con
WED OCT 28, 7:30 PM
$10 to $35 (sliding scale)
STAGE ⦿ at UHeights Center Auditorium
Don’t Call It a Journey: a tender, funny solo show that resists the tidy arc that “journey” suggests. Instead, it’s built from the objects, the inside jokes, the mistranslations between Spanish and English, and the absurd bureaucracy of illness that actually make up a life — and a loss.
WED OCT 28, 7:30 PM
$9.94 to $42.75
(sliding scale; includes all fees)
COMEDY ⦿ at Unexpected Productions
Improv Comedy
WED OCT 28, 8PM — Click for prices.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 29
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FILM & OUT & ABOUT ⦿ at Artemis Coffee
Photo & film meetup with Ballard Film Club: for photography & moving picture lovers and anyone who likes capturing light bouncing off of things. After the chat, we take a photo walk together to Ballard Film & Foto to drop off film for developing.
THU OCT 29, 5PM — NO COVER
(but buy a drink, ya cheap bastard)
FILM ⦿ at Beacon Cinema
‣ Dracula of Exarcheia
THU OCT 29, 4:30 PM — $15
‣ Idle Hands: a young man’s right hand is possessed by the devil
THU OCT 29, 7:30 PM — $15
LITERATURE ⦿
at Birds Connect Seattle HQ
Author Talk: Maria Dolan and Kathryn True discuss ‘Seattle Field Guide’
THU OCT 29, 6:30 PM — $5
FILM ⦿ at Blue Mouse Theatre (Tacoma)
Silent classics: Sherlock Jr and Safety Last
THU OCT 29, 6PM — $13
SCIENCE ⦿ at Burke Museum
Nature at Night: close encounters with some of the museum’s most peculiar specimens
THU OCT 29, 6PM to 9PM
(21+ only) — $20 (includes one drink)
FILM ⦿ at Central Cinema
‣ Two hours of Cartoon Happy Hour
THU OCT 29, 5PM — NO COVER
‣ Grand Illusion presents Night of the Vamp-Friars: a group of friends in a punk rock band discover a hidden cemetery in the woods, where they accidentally raise a horde of undead friars.
THU OCT 29, 8PM — $13
MUSIC ⦿ at Easy Street Records
In-store acoustic performance: Thao
OCT 29, 7PM (all ages) — NO COVER
(but buy a record, ya cheap bastard)
LITERATURE ⦿ at Elliott Bay Book Company
Donna Miscolta discusses her latest novel ‘Ofelia and Norma’, about twin sisters whose shared identity begins to fracture in college.
THU OCT 29, 7PM — FREE, RSVP please
WHAT’S THAT SMELL?
⦿ at Fogue Studios & Gallery
Touching Scent Memories: A collaborative multisensory art project between Scent Lending Library creator Donna Lipowitz and lifetime Seattle resident Beata Stensager. Instead of photographs, Beata’s memories have been interpreted into tactile scent jars.
THU OCT 29, 6:30 PM — FREE
ART & FILM ⦿ at Frye Art Museum
Cinema Divina film screening & contemplative gazing, with filmmaker and author M Freeman. All are welcome; no prior experience is required.
OCT 29, 6PM — FREE
STAGE ⦿ at Garfield / Quincey Jones
Ride the Cyclone: Six students. One last chance. Our cast takes you on the musical ride of a lifetime.
THU OCT 29, 7PM
MUSIC ⦿ at Good Shepherd Center
Breakfast Calculus is a duo project of Teagan Faran (strings) and Leo Sussman (winds), dedicated to rambunctiously pluralistic noise-making.
OCT 29, 8PM
$5 to $20 (sliding scale)
No-one turned away for lack of funds.
LITERATURE ⦿ at Hugo House
Viven: A Jack Staw Writers Reading
THU OCT 29, 7PM — FREE, RSVP please
MUSIC ⦿ at KEXP studios
Matinee mini-concert: Thao
THU OCT 29, 11AM — FREE
Airs live on 90.3 FM and KEXP.org.
COMMUNITY ⦿ at Little Saigon Creative
Guest Curator Daniel Tam-Claiborne presents “Diaspora & Belonging,” highlighting the artistic contributions of Southeast Asian communities to Seattle
THU OCT 29, 6PM — FREE
FOOD & COMMUNITY ⦿
at Mr B’s Meadery (White Center)
Community Costume Potluck
THU OCT 29, 5:30 PM — NO COVER
(but buy a drink, ya cheap bastard)
Bring food to share, wear a costume, eat candy.
FILM ⦿ at Nordic National Museum
The Lighthouse (2019)
THU OCT 29, 6PM — $13
FILM ⦿ at NW Film Forum
Seattle Film Society Presents Locals Only: October is for terror! On tap this month are flesh-eating nightmares and unexplained disappearances, unnerving Polaroids and weekends gone wrong. Not to mention a freak you won’t be able to unsee. For all the horror-heads out there, this one’s for you, and it’s all locally made.
THU OCT 29, 7PM — $15
OUT & ABOUT
⦿ at Seattle Center Armory Hall
Seattle Center Sculpture Walk guided art tour
THU OCT 29, 10:30 AM — FREE
D-I-Y ⦿ at Seattle Makers
Costume Making Session: Got a costume idea but need the space, tools, or support to bring it to life?
OCT 29, 6PM to 9PM
$10 suggested donation
STAGE ⦿ at Seattle Public Theater
Neha and Neel: A mother fears she has failed to pass her Indian language and culture down to her seventeen-year-old son, so they take a road trip to the historic Hope Diamond and witness a piece of Indian history.
THU OCT 29, 7:30 PM
$10 and up (sliding scale)
FILM ⦿ at SIFF Film Center
Jack Nicholson in Michelangelo Antonioni’s The Passenger (35mm)
THU OCT 29, 7PM — $18
OUT & ABOUT ⦿ at Stimson-Green Mansion
Ghost Tour: The Haunting of the Mansion [links below]
OCT 29, 7PM and 8:30 PM
(21+ only) — $10
The mansion is not wheelchair accessible.
MUSIC ⦿ at Sunset Tavern
Ghoul Talk’s Drag Halloween Bash, featuring Ghoul Talk, Digital Darlings, Heather Edgley + Drag and Burlesque artists!
THU OCT 29, 7:30 PM doors (21+ only)
$15.94 (includes all fees)
FILM ⦿ at Tasveer Film Center
‣ Today only: The Gymnasts of Fisherman Colony: The birth of a gymnastics team in Pakistan provides an inspiring spark of light for a small group of girls on the margins.
THU OCT 29, 4:50 PM — $13
‣ Take Me Home: Anna, a 38-year-old Korean adoptee with a cognitive disability, cares for her aging parents in a fragile balance of meeting each others’ needs.
THU OCT 29 (click for times & prices)
‣ Tenzing
THU OCT 29 (click for times & prices)
‣ Wildwood
THU OCT 29 (click for times & prices)
‣ You Can See Everything
THU OCT 29 (click for times & prices)
‣ Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
THU OCT 29 (click for times & prices)
Venue does not accept cash. Some screenings are not wheelchair-accessible.
LITERATURE ⦿
at 3rd Place Books Ravenna
Mary Lou Sanelli discusses her collection of essays, ‘An Island Called Bainbridge’
THU OCT 29, 7PM — FREE, RSVP please
FILM ⦿
at Tin Room Bar/Theater (Burien)
An American Werewolf in London
THU OCT 29, 7PM — NO COVER
(but buy a drink, ya cheap bastard)
HISTORY ⦿ at Town Hall Seattle
Jeff Ament and Barry Ament with Jonathan Evison: Since Forever: Photographs and Text, and a deeply personal visual journal of creativity, friendship, and life on the road.
THU OCT 29, 6:30 PM doors
$10 to $35 (sliding scale)
MUSIC ⦿ at The Traveling Goat
Earl Brooks & Jerry Lewis
THU OCT 29, 7:30 PM
(all ages) — NO COVER
(but buy dinner, it’s good, ya cheap bastard)
STAGE ⦿ at 12th Avenue Arts
‣ Pony World Theatre Presents: 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche: Who will win the coveted prize for Best Quiche at the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein Annual Quiche Breakfast?
THU OCT 29, 7:30 PM
$5 to $50 (sliding scale)
‣ Queen of the Sky: A Demon Ballet: gravity bends, monsters descend from another dimension, and survival depends on finding the courage to rise.
THU OCT 29, 8PM
$35 and up (sliding scale)
COMEDY ⦿ at Unexpected Productions
Loose Cannons: Seattle improv at its most unpredictable
THU OCT 29, 8PM — Click for prices.
MUSIC ⦿ at UW Kane Hall
Halloween Organ Concert
THU OCT 29, 7:30 PM — FREE
COMMUNITY ⦿
at Visible Coffee Roasters on Madison St.
Decent Social Skills: Leading the Conversation
THU OCT 29, 6:30 PM — RSVP required
$5 to $10 suggested donation
COMEDY ⦿ at West of Lenin Theatre
Emerald City Slasher: A killer is on the loose. No one is safe. And it’s funny.
THU OCT 29, 7:30 PM
$25 to $35 (sliding scale)
or “pay what you can”
SCIENCE ⦿ at Woodland Park Zoo
For the Love of Bats: an evening of conversation about the new book ‘For the Love of Bats: Exploring Nature at Night with the West’s Flying Mammals’, by Niki Desautels, and illustrated by Anneke Wilder
THU OCT 29, 7PM — FREE, RSVP required
The rest of the zoo will be closed.
FRIDAY OCTOBER 30
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FESTIVAL ⦿ at Ballard Community Center
Ballard Halloween Carnival
FRI OCT 30, 6PM
$10, RSVP required
Costumes are encouraged.
FILM ⦿ at Beacon Cinema
‣ Tonight only: Next of Kin: a nightmare you can’t quite wake up from
FRI OCT 30, 7PM — $15
‣ Tonight only: Spookies: a surreal blitz of ooze, slime, hoboes, failed birthday parties, Grim Reapers, explosions, zombies, people jumping through walls, and a guy with his own face silkscreened on his shirt
FRI OCT 30, 10PM — $15
MUSIC ⦿ at C & P Coffee
Gary Benson and Jenaige Lane
OCT 30, 6PM
NO COVER (donations appreciated)
(and buy a drink, ya cheap bastard)
FILM ⦿ at Central Cinema
‣ Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus
FRI OCT 30, 4PM — $10
and 7PM — $13
‣ Wes Craven’s original: A Nightmare on Elm Street
FRI OCT 30, 9:30 PM — $13
FILM ⦿ at Crest Cinema (Shoreline)
Cabin Fever (4K director’s cut)
FRI OCT 30, 10PM
$16.64 (includes all fees)
FILM ⦿ at Edmonds Theater
Rocky Horror Picture Show
FRI OCT 30, 4:30 — $8.50
and 7:15 PM — $10.50
LITERATURE ⦿ at Elliott Bay Book Company
David Naimon discusses his book ‘Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing’.
FRI OCT 30, 7PM — FREE, RSVP please
STAGE ⦿ at Garfield / Quincey Jones
Ride the Cyclone: Six students. One last chance. Our cast takes you on the musical ride of a lifetime.
FRI OCT 30, 7PM
MUSIC ⦿ at Good Shepherd Center
Chamber Music Guild Masterworks Series Concert: Sarah Pizzichemi – Perla di Venezia, Elfrida Andrée – String Quartet in d minor, Ottorino Respighi – Quartetto Dorico
FRI OCT 30, 7PM
FREE, RSVP please (donations appreciated)
BE AFRAID ⦿ at Hugo House
Kaidan Returns: Japanese Ghost Stories: frightening yet melancholy stories of the unseen world that reflect the culture and history of Japan.
FRI OCT 30, 7:30 PM — $25
COMMUNITY ⦿
at Indigenous Creatives Collective
Halloween: come celebrate our harvest and eat what we grew, make crafts, eat spooky snacks, and explore the land. Everyone welcome!
FRI OCT 30, 10AM to 2PM
COMEDY ⦿ at Jules Maes Saloon
Everything’s Fine Tonight: spooky late night comedy
FRI OCT 30, 7:30 PM doors (21+ only)
$12.15 (includes all fees)
MUSIC ⦿ at Kenyon Hall
Young Scientist, featuring Goddess Kring, [Hyphen], and live visuals by K.L.X.
FRI OCT 30, 7PM doors — $15
STAGE ⦿ in Kirkland
Young Frankenstein: The Mel Brooks Musical, at Studio East
FRI OCT 30, 7PM
“pay what you can”
MUSIC ⦿ at The Mountain Room
Hole-O-Ween with Creature Hole, Como Que, Lilac
FRI OCT 30, 7PM doors (21+ only)
$12.55 (includes all fees)
FILM & COMMUNITY
⦿ at Obec Brewing
Rocky Horror Picture Show Sing (and Shout) Along
FRI OCT 30, 7PM (21+ only)
MUSIC ⦿ at Occidental Fine Arts Center
Live Jazz: Mark Lewis Quartet
FRI OCT 30, 4PM
COMEDY ⦿ at Old Stove Ship Canal
The Naughty Bits Halloween Comedy Show & Sexy Costume Contest
FRI OCT 30, 8PM (18+ only)
$19.73 (includes all fees)
COMMUNITY
⦿ at Reuse Commons Lake City
Handmade Halloween Hootenanny
FRI OCT 30, 2PM to 9:30 PM
FREE, RSVP please
D-I-Y ⦿ at Seattle Makers
Halloween Costume Party: show off your most creative, funniest, and scariest costume creations and mingle with fellow makers in a night of fun, creativity, and Halloween spirit.
FRI OCT 30, 6PM to 8PM — FREE
STAGE ⦿ at Seattle Public Theater
Neha and Neel: A mother fears she has failed to pass her Indian language and culture down to her seventeen-year-old son, so they take a road trip to the historic Hope Diamond and witness a piece of Indian history.
FRI OCT 30, 7:30 PM
$10 and up (sliding scale)
COMEDY ⦿ at Sleight of Hand Cellars
The Sleightly Scary Halloween Comedy Show & Sexy Costume Contest
FRI OCT 30, 8PM (21+ only)
$19.73 (includes all fees)
MUSIC ⦿ at
Snohomish Co. PUD Theater (Everett)
Evergreen Community Orchestra presents Tales from the Screen & Stage
FRI OCT 30, 7PM — FREE
COMMUNITY ⦿ at Southgate Roller Rink
Rock’n’truly roll with Shamebanger plus ManWoMan
FRI OCT 30, 9PM (21+ only)
$20 at the door (plus $5 skate rental)
MUSIC & GOOSEBUMPS
⦿ at St. Dunstan’s Church (Shoreline)
Phantom of the Pipes: a frightfully delightful evening of ghost stories and organ music, as master storyteller Geoff Poor transports you into a shadow world of ghosts and ghouls through gripping recitations of spooky stories, culminating in Edgar Allan Poe’s monumental poem “The Raven.”
FRI OCT 30, 7:30 PM
$20 suggested donation; RSVP please
No-one turned away for lack of funds.
STAGE ⦿ at Theatre Off Jackson
Pork Filled Productions presents Nanay: Angela has arrived to congratulate her twin sister on her new baby, but instead finds Eve ‘cohabitating’ with a Filipino demon infamous for their hunger of all things fetus.
FRI OCT 30, 7:30 PM
$7 to $50 (sliding scale)
For wheelchair access, please email in advance.
FILM ⦿
at Tin Room Bar/Theater (Burien)
Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein
FRI OCT 30, 7PM — NO COVER
(but buy a drink, ya cheap bastard)
STAGE ⦿ at 12th Avenue Arts
‣ Queen of the Sky: A Demon Ballet: gravity bends, monsters descend from another dimension, and survival depends on finding the courage to rise.
FRI OCT 30, 8PM
$35 and up (sliding scale)
Pony World Theatre Presents: 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche: Who will win the coveted prize for Best Quiche at the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein Annual Quiche Breakfast?
FRI OCT 30, 7:30 PM — $26
COMEDY ⦿ at Unexpected Productions
‣ Improv Comedy
FRI OCT 30, click for showtimes & prices.
‣ Rocky Horror Improv Show
FRI OCT 30, 11:30 PM (18+ only)
Click for prices.
MUSIC ⦿ at UW Meany-Gerlich Theater
UW Symphony with Pala Garcia
FRI OCT 30, 7:30 PM — $10
COMEDY ⦿ at West of Lenin Theatre
Emerald City Slasher: A killer is on the loose. No one is safe. And it’s funny.
FRI OCT 30, 7:30 PM
$25 to $35 (sliding scale)
STAGE ⦿ at Youngstown Cultural Arts
The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals: Penguin Productions presents A campy horror-comedy
FRI OCT 30, 7:30 PM
“pay what you can”
SATURDAY OCTOBER 31
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PARTY ⦿ at Asylum Collective
Howl-O-Ween: queer gay t4t sapphic puppy girl Halloween party
SAT OCT 31, 10PM to LATE (18+ only)
$12.51 (includes all fees)
Venue is not wheelchair-accessible.
COMEDY ⦿ at Atlas Theatre
Improv Comedy
SAT OCT 31, 7:30 PM — $20
FILM ⦿ at Beacon Cinema
‣ Tonight only: Mad Monster Party? – a glorious 1960s stop-motion monster-kid fever dream where Frankenstein discovers a formula capable of destroying all matter and celebrates by announcing his retirement. From MAD magazine, with Phyllis Diller!
SAT OCT 31, 4PM — $15
‣ Tonight only: Five Minutes to Die: You buy a ticket. We show you the first five minutes of five different mystery movies. Then everybody votes on which one to watch in its entirety (Halloween edition)
SAT OCT 31, 7PM — $15
FILM ⦿ at The Blue Mouse (Tacoma)
Rocky Horror Picture Show
SAT OCT 31, 11:30 PM — $12
OUT & ABOUT ⦿ from Capitol Hill Station
Witches & Wheelies bike ride: a costumed cruise through a couple of Seattle’s most haunted neighborhoods. Starts at Capitol Hill Light Rail, ends at Ravenna Brewing. Bring lights, candy, helmet, and wear a costume.
SAT OCT 31, 4:45 PM — FREE
(donations appreciated)
COMMUNITY ⦿ at Carkeek Park
Hallowtide Salmon Gathering: Join us to observe one of the great rituals of our piece of the planet: the return of salmon to their birth streams to spawn the next generation as their lives come to an end. Let’s gather on this ancient sacred day to reflect on the beauty, joy, grief, and challenges of cycles of death and new life in the world around us and in our own lives.
SAT OCT 31, 11AM
FILM ⦿ at Central Cinema
‣ Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus
SAT OCT 31, 4PM and 7PM — $13
‣ Wes Craven’s original: A Nightmare on Elm Street
SAT OCT 31, 9:30 PM — $13
PARTY ⦿ at Des Moines Theater
Halloween Costume Party: A Flock of ’80s
SAT OCT 31, 7PM doors
(21+ only) — $20
FILM ⦿ at Edmonds Theater
Halloween (1978)
SAT OCT 31, 8:30 PM — $10.50
COMEDY ⦿ at Elliott Bay Brewing
Howlin’ on Halloween Comedy Show & Costume Contest
SAT OCT 31, 8PM (18+ only)
$19.73 (includes all fees)
HALLOWEEN ⦿ from First Hill Park
First Hill Pet Parade & trick-or-treating
OCT 31, 6PM
OUT & ABOUT ⦿ at Fremont Troll
Trolloween: An annual celebration of the Fremont Troll’s birthday! The evening begins with live music and a theatrical pageant at the Troll, followed by the Haunt of Fremont—a costumed procession through the neighborhood.
SAT OCT 31, 7PM rain or shine
STAGE ⦿ at Garfield / Quincey Jones
Ride the Cyclone: Six students. One last chance. Our cast takes you on the musical ride of a lifetime.
SAT OCT 31, 2PM (final performance)
PROTEST ⦿ at
ICE NW Detention Center (Tacoma)
Solidarity Day with La Resistencia
SAT OCT 31, 1PM to 3PM
STAGE ⦿ in Kirkland
Young Frankenstein: The Mel Brooks Musical, at Studio East
SAT OCT 31, 7PM
$18 to $35
MUSIC ⦿ at Kraken Bar & Lounge
Murder Beach Party: We’re going to need three things from you: your attendance, a sick ass costume, and some dancing shoes!
SAT OCT 31, 8PM
(21+ only) — $10
OUT & ABOUT ⦿ at Kubota Garden
Fall Color Tour of the magnificent and striking fall foliage of some of Kubota Garden’s most iconic trees
SAT OCT 31, 10AM — FREE, RSVP required
MARKET ⦿ at Langston
Draw the Block Presents: Night of the Starving Artist: a Halloween art market – come in costume or cosplay, visit 20+ vendors, and experience a variety of programming.
SAT OCT 31, NOON to 6PM — $12.02
MUSIC ⦿ at Lucky Liquor (Tukwila)
Moldavite does Cannibal Corpse, Static X by Exogorth, Spazz by Quitter, Mailbomb by Nerve Rot, and The Cramps by The Slurps
SAT OCT 31, 7PM (all ages)
FREE until 7PM if you’re in costume;
$15 after 7PM
HALLOWEEN ⦿ in Madrona
Trick or Treat on 34th Avenue
SAT OCT 31, 4PM to 6PM (all ages)
FILM ⦿ at North Bend Theatre
A silent horror classic: Nosferatu (1922), with live organ accompaniment from Danny Kolke
SAT OCT 31, 7PM — $15
PARTY ⦿ at Obec Brewing
Halloween Dance Party
SAT OCT 31, until MIDNIGHT (21+ only)
Costumes strongly encouraged.
COMEDY ⦿ at Old Stove Gardens
‣ The Funny Bone Kids Halloween Comedy Show & Costume Contest
SAT OCT 31, 4PM (all ages)
$17.85 (includes all fees)
‣ The Ha Ha Halloween Comedy Show & Costume Contest
SAT OCT 31, 8PM (18+ only)
$17.85 (includes all fees)
DANCE ⦿ at Pier 66
Spooky Salsa & Boo‑Chata: an evening of salsa, bachata, Latin music, dance, and community. Costumes are encouraged.
SAT OCT 31, 6PM to 11PM
FREE, RSVP please
Event is indoors and, weather permitting, outdoors.
MUSIC ⦿ at Quality Flea Center
Give Me the Money, 500 Horses, Lux Inferior & Bad People, plus face paint, games, and costume contest
SAT OCT 31, 6PM doors
(all ages) — $10 at the door
No-one turned away for lack of funds.
MUSIC ⦿ at Revelry Room
Revelry Halloween Extravaganza: DJs, a costume contest, activities, and a special drink menu. It is a stone-cold jam.
SAT OCT 31, 7PM to LATE — $20
FILM & MUSIC & HALLOWEEN
⦿ at The Royal Room
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, accompanied by South Hudson Music Project
SAT OCT 31, 4PM doors
& trick-or-treating
5PM showtime (all ages)
Entry by donation at the door.
FESTIVAL ⦿ at Seattle Center Armory Hall
Festál: Dia De Muertos
SAT OCT 31 thru SUN NOV 1 — FREE
D-I-Y ⦿ at Seattle Makers
Public Tour: an inside look at our laser cutters, 3D printers, woodshop, industrial sewing tools, CNC routing, and clay studio. We’ll also show you around our classrooms and shared workspaces, explain how memberships work, and answer any questions you have.
SAT OCT 31, NOON — FREE, RSVP required
STAGE ⦿ at Seattle Open Arts Place
Chilling Tales, told by storyteller Larry Hohm
SAT OCT 31, 7:30 PM
$10 to $50 suggested donation
FILM ⦿ at Seattle Public Theater
Magic Theater presents: David Cronenberg’s Videodrome
SAT OCT 31, 7PM
$10 and up (sliding scale)
FILM ⦿ at SIFF Film Center
A film by Andrzej Wajda: The Wedding: Employing hypnotic music and dizzying cinematography, Wajda adapts a landmark play where ghosts transform revelry into an eerie, tragic death dance of national discord.
SAT OCT 31, 2PM — $15
DANCE ⦿ at South Park Hall
Hallow-Swing It: swing lesson & dance with Jennie & Alex’s Gamma Rays (Come in costume for a spooky night of swing dance)
SAT OCT 31, 7PM (18+ only)
$33 and up (sliding scale)
OUT & ABOUT & MUSIC
⦿ at Southgate Roller Rink
Goth Skate Halloween with Heebie Jeebies, Holy Divers of Babylon, The Band That Ate My Brain, Ghosts in the Graveyard, Neuroprison
SAT OCT 31, 9PM to LATE (21+ only)
$30 at the door (plus $5 skate rental)
HALLOWEEN ⦿ at Stone House Cafe
Trunk or Treat on the Lawn
SAT OCT 31, 5:30 to 8PM — FREE
Venue does not accept cash.
STAGE ⦿ at Theatre Off Jackson
Pork Filled Productions presents Nanay: Angela has arrived to congratulate her twin sister on her new baby, but instead finds Eve ‘cohabitating’ with a Filipino demon infamous for their hunger of all things fetus.
SAT OCT 31, 7:30 PM
$7 to $50 (sliding scale)
For wheelchair access, please email in advance.
ART ⦿ at 3rd & Pine
Inconvenience Store
SAT OCT 31, NOON to 4PM
TIM’S TAVERN is temporarily closed.MUSIC ⦿ at Tim’s Tavern (White Center)
Swedish Finnish // The Mrs. Bill Larsens // The Fentons // The Maywood Mailmen
SAT OCT 31, 6PM doors (all ages)
$21.79 (includes all fees)
Costumes encouraged. Proceeds from this event will benefit Tim’s, for much needed repairs and construction required by the county.
FILM ⦿
at Tin Room Bar/Theater (Burien)
‣ Hocus Pocus
SAT OCT 31, 2PM — NO COVER
(but buy a drink, ya cheap bastard)
‣ Rocky Horror Picture Show
SAT OCT 31, 7PM — NO COVER
(but buy a drink, ya cheap bastard)
FUN & GAMES ⦿ at Top Dead Center
Dog Costume Contest
SAT OCT 31, 11AM
NO COVER, RSVP required
(and buy a beverage, ya cheap bastard)
OUT & ABOUT ⦿ from Triangle Park
South Lake Union: Then & Now walking tour
SAT OCT 31, 10AM — $27.50
STAGE ⦿ at 12th Avenue Arts
Pony World Theatre Presents: 5 Lesbians Eating A Quiche: Who will win the coveted prize for Best Quiche at the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertrude Stein Annual Quiche Breakfast?
SAT OCT 31, 2PM — $26
‣ Queen of the Sky: A Demon Ballet: gravity bends, monsters descend from another dimension, and survival depends on finding the courage to rise.
SAT OCT 31, 8PM
$35 and up (sliding scale)
HALLOWEEN ⦿ from 210 Seattle
Trick or Treat in Pioneer Square
SAT OCT 31, 11AM to 4PM
FREE, RSVP please
COMEDY ⦿ at Unexpected Productions
Improv Comedy
SAT OCT 31, click for showtimes & prices.
MUSIC ⦿ at The Vera Project
Veraserhead: Veracity Halloween cover show
SAT OCT 31, 7PM (all ages)
FREE, but it’s a benefit for MEOW Cat Rescue, so bring your wallet.
HALLOWEEN & HISTORY ⦿
at Washington Pioneer Hall Museum
Trick-or-Treat at History House
SAT OCT 31, 4PM to 7PM
STAGE ⦿ at West of Lenin Theatre
‣ Jet City Improv’s Last Call: a haunted 1920s speakeasy improv jazz musical
SAT OCT 31, 7PM (18+ only)
(final performance)
$20 to $25 (sliding scale)
Period dress is encouraged but not required.
STAGE ⦿ at West of Lenin Theatre
‣ Emerald City Slasher: A killer is on the loose. No one is safe. And it’s funny.
SAT OCT 31, 9PM (final performance)
$25 to $35 (sliding scale)
SCIENCE ⦿ in Woodinville
Spooky Soils: Join IslandWood, in partnership with King County, as we dig up the dirt on decomposition. We’ll learn about the tiny critters who make the world go round by processing the nutrients in our ponds, our soils, and even our own poop! There will be crafts, soil and water investigations, and Halloween-y fun galore.
SAT OCT 31, 10AM (age 9+ only)
FREE, RSVP required
STAGE ⦿ at Youngstown Cultural Arts
The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals: Penguin Productions presents A campy horror-comedy
SAT OCT 31, 1PM
“pay what you can”
Listings added daily, soon as I’m aware.
Please let me know of anything that’s not listed!
Email: thatguy@seattlesoon.com.
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