Don’t mind what the sign says. It’s a picture from last year. 18th Ave East’s Stevens Elementary is hosting its annual tree sale and pancake breakfast this Saturday December 4:
On December 4, 2010, the PTA will host a sale of holiday decorations, including trees, greenery, and Hannukah or Kwanzaa candles, as well as a very popular Pancake Breakfast for the community. Breakfast is served from 8:30-10:30am, the cost is $6. Pre-ordered trees and holiday greenery will be available for pickup from 9-11am, and the general sale is from 11am-4pm.
Meanwhile, Friday night, the Volunteer Park Conservatory gets all holiday-y:
Come and see the Volunteer Park Conservatory at its magical holiday best at several events where visitors can catch the spirit of the holidays surrounded by some of the best in Northwest horticulture.
Friday December 3, 2010, 5 to 8 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public.
Thanks to our friends at TheSunBreak, here’s more of what’s going on around the Hill and beyond.
Friday, December 3rd
- Mad Rad is having an album release party at the venue that once banned them from Party Mountain @ Neumo’s
- In Alamar (running through 12/9), along the Mexican Coast, a father imparts fishing wisdom on his young son and brings him into the trade @ SIFF Cinema
- The Great Figgy Pudding Street Corner Caroling Competition is a fundraiser for the Pike Market Senior Center/Downtown Food Bank and lots of well-sung holiday carols @ Westlake Center
- Ithaca I’ll Never See, a new devised theatre piece from Basement Theatre Co., opens @ Washington Ensemble Theatre
- NextFest NW, a festival of Seattle’s top contemporary dance artists, opens @ Velocity Dance Center
- BASH Theatre‘s production of Nikolai Erdman’s suppressed classic The Suicide opens @ Freehold Theatre
- SAM curator Josh Yiu introduces you to the work of Wang Huaiqing @ SAAM
Saturday, December 4th
- Blue Scholars headline the Redhook “Rad Winter Party,” where entry fee includes two drink tickets @ the Crocodile
- Gamelan Pacifica celebrates their new album of Indonesian music @ Cornish PONCHO Concert Hall
- Shabazz Palaces, Vetiver, Fruit Bats, Wolf Eyes, A-Frames, and others play a benefit show for the Andy Kotowitz Family Foundation @ Showbox
- Another crazy-good lineup with Shenandoah Davis, Cataldo, Ivan & Alyosha, Thousands @ Columbia City Theater
- Young Professionals International Network (YPIN) throws the World Affairs Council holiday party with food, folks, and international relations @ Little Red Studio
- The Books & Black Heart Procession, rescheduled from the Moore @ Neumo’s
- Post Alley Film Festival features a day of female-made films @ Central Cinema
- HERE/NOW, the seventh installment of improvisational pairings of dancers and musicians, goes up @ Open Flight Studio
- FREE: Concert Opera of Seattle performs arias and duets from the Russian opera The Queen of Spades @ the Seattle Downtown Public Library
Sunday, December 5th
- For one night only, English jazz fusion guitarist John McLaughlin and the 4th Dimension @ Jazz Alley
- Opening night for the Weird and Awesome with Emmett Montgomery variety show, set to run through 12/19 @ Annex Theatre
- Les Savy Fav wants to get out of here, but first they’ll put on a great show @ Neumo’s
- FREE: Tour the convertible floor and more @ the Paramount
- FREE FOR KIDS: Book-It Repertory Theatre presents The Prince of the Pond: Otherwise Known as De Fawg Pin (5 and up) @ the Seattle Downtown Public Library
- The Hope/Crosby Road to Utopia is showing (through Dec. 9) @ the Grand Illusion
Monday, December 6th
- NextFest NW moves down the block from Velocity with an evening of dance film @ NW Film Forum
Tuesday, December 7th
- The Billy Joe Show Extravaganza of Classic Holiday Music, Burlesque and Sing-alongs with Billy Joe Huels, the Jingle Berry Band, and The Heavenly Spies @ Triple Door
- Ex-Joy Divisioner Peter Hook presents Unknown Pleasures @ the Showbox
- Have a bit of burlesque with your lunch, as Ms. Mischievous Magical Claus is hitting the trapeze for lunchtime performances (through Dec. 16th) @ the Pink Door
