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Arts and entertainment for the Eastside December 2011

From Bellevue to Broadway Megan Hilty, Glinda from “Wicked” the musical

Hello, Holidays Everything you need to know about the season from winter outings to cookie recipes

Our newest cover girl – Teatro ZinZanni star and drag queen – Kevin Kent ‘

Sequins & Sparkles Look fab at that New Year’s party

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ASSISTANT EDITOR Gabrielle Nomura and Alyson Andrews, blogger for Crushing on Clothes, pose in Bellevue Scene’s studios. Andrews is a featured fashion writer for the December issue of Scene. CHAD COLEMAN, photo I may be a “grown-up” – but every December, like a child, I am still filled with wonder because of the season.

Those wily sugar plums that dance in one’s head never got the memo when I turned 18, but I like it that way.

Whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, or simply appreciate nature turning from fall to winter, there’s something magical that happens at this time.

Life slows down and gets a little quieter. The frost ices the trees and transforms our normally green Pacific Northwest into a land of white and silver, dotted with snowflakes and, hopefully, not too many car collisions.

December brings ballet and theater performances that remind us not to be Bah-Humbugs, and outdoor displays of twinkling lights and marching toy soldiers that make us grateful to live in the city with the “beautiful view.”

We bundle up our families for outings with singing and hot chocolate. The adults are content; the kids are off-thecharts happy.

This is because the holidays are magical no matter your age or background. I wish I could speak without being cliché, but I guess my true feelings sound like a Hallmark card.

I love the holidays, too, because they belong to all of us.

Look at Irving Berlin – a Jewish composer who would go on to write one of the most popular holiday songs, “White Christmas” recorded by Bing Crosby and others.

It didn’t matter that Berlin’s first language was Yiddish, or that his ancestors lit the menora instead of singing hymns of Three Wise Men. Today, Berlin’s song is a beloved piece in our holiday song books, along with other traditional and religious Christmas songs.

In my opinion, that’s the way it should be. Let’s keep that spirt of openness and love as we celebrate together this December.

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Recipes from Germany and Portugal

FASHION

DRAG QUEEN

Give off a wowfactor at this month’s parties

Get cozy with our cover girl, Kevin Kent

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Talking with Megan Hilty, a Broadway star from Bellevue

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What to get your loved ones this holiday season

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‘Twas the night before Christmas, When all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas

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The temperature’s dropping, the sun’s going down earlier and the Christmas lights are peaking out. You know what that means, hot drinks season has come.

Whether you’re huddling around a fire, or trying to just get through your office Christmas party, a good hot drink cures all. Here are a few of our faves, including recipes.

Hot Apple Pie

Apple cider in and of itself is iconic of the holidays. Add booze and even more sweet taste, and you’ve got a picture of perfection. To make this drink, boil a gallon of apple cider, and add cloves and an orange cut into quarters. Add 2 oz. of Tuaca, a brandy-based Italian liqueur.

Fill the rest of your cup with the hot cider and toss in a Cinnamon stick or two.

Top with whipped cream and dust with ground cinnamon.

Butter Baby

Who doesn’t love getting cozy by the fire and warming up with a nice hot chocolate? Now you can add a little pop to this classic drink. Drop an ounce of butterscotch schnapps into a coffee mug, and fill it with hot chocolate, homemade preferred. Next just top it off with some whip cream and sprinkle a few chocolate flakes on top.

Hot buttered rum

Southern Egg Nog

This family classic varies not only from region to region, but from house to house. Heat milk in a saucepan over boiling water, but do not boil. Beat three eggs and one cup sugar well. Pour hot milk slowly over the egg mixture (will curdle if mixed too fast). Put back in saucepan and cook over hot water for a few minutes. Sprinkle in a teaspoon of vanilla and quarter teaspoons of cinnamon and nutmeg then beat occasionally while cooling. Drop in a shot or two of rum, brandy or bourbon as the mixture cools.

Hot buttered rum

This favorite is a challenging yet rewarding adventure. Bring two cups of water, half a stick of butter, a quarter-cup of brown sugar, a teaspoon of cinnamon, half a teaspoon of nutmeg, cloves, and salt to a boil in a 1 1/2- to 2-quart saucepan over moderately high heat. Reduce heat and simmer, whisking occasionally, 10 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in rum.

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Bake up some new ‘favorites’ for the coming holiday season

BY CELESTE GRACEY Admit it, the only time of year most people bake is during the holiday season. It’s usually an old-family-favorite recipe that no one else seems to make just right.

A few years ago, I dug out my mom’s Russian Tea Cake recipe and proudly brought the holiday cookies to a party.

When I arrived, there was such a calamity of different family recipes, I hardly had room between the candy cane brownies and hand-twisted cookies to set down my plate.

It made me wonder, if every family in my circle of friends had wildly different holiday treats, how different must other countries be? So I studied popular recipes from around the world and picked a few favorites to share.

Try mixing your recipes up a bit this season, or perhaps just make a couple more. After all, my mom isn’t Russian, but somewhere along the line her experiment became my tradition.

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Portugal and Brazil Named for a famous 1940’s Brigadier General named Eduardo Gomes, who loved chocolate, these are a South American-type truffle that are popular at most celebrations. Like many Brazilian desserts, this one uses sweetened condensed milk, giving the center a soft carmelly inside. While they’re traditionally rolled in chocolate sprinkles, try substituting for coconut or something festive.

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Ingredients

3/4 cup butter 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 eggs 3 1/2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 2 teaspoons cinnamon 1 teaspoon powdered cloves 1 t finely grated rind and juice of 1 lemon 1/4 teaspoon salt A jar of your favorite jam For the glaze 1 egg 3/4 cup sugar Make sure the butter is soft, but not melted. Cream together the butter and sugar in a mixer, then add the eggs.

In a separate bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cloves and salt. Then add the dry ingredients to the wet and incorporate barely. Making sure only to use the yellow part of the rind, add it and the lemon and mix until it’s all incorporated.

Preparation

Pull the dough from the mixer and knead it into a ball. Cover it with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Heat the oven to 375 degrees.

On a lightly-floured board, split the dough in half. Roll one half into a ball, and working slowly with a rolling pin, roll the dough out evenly until it’s about 1/2 inch thick. Try to form a square by cutting off the round edges and reincorporating the dough.

Spread the jam thickly across the top of the dough.

Roll out the second ball, making it longer. Using a knife cut thin strips for a lattice LINZER SCHNITTEN are a favorite German torte. top.

Spacing the strips about 1/2-inch apart, lay them on top of the jam in each direction.

Bake on a cookie sheet for 15-20 minutes, or until lightly brown on top.

Beat together the egg and sugar, and quickly drizzle the mixture on top while the baked dough is still hot.

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Man beneath the lip gloss What Teatro ZinZanni’s drag queen is really like

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When I arrive early for an interview with performer Kevin Kent – he’s not there yet; apparently, he had “some beauty thing,” possibly an eyebrow wax or facial.

Kent is renowned at Teatro ZinZanni for his memorable drag queen act, combining on-the-spot humor and unforgettable audience participation that involves flirting with male members of the audience. While wearing a dress.

Kent is just one standout in the ZinZanni show – a spectacular display of acrobatics, cabaret, comedy, dance and music over a gourmet, five-course menu designed by chef Tom Douglas. If that sounds like a lot of fabulousness crammed into one evening, you’d be right. The experience has an over-the-top factor of Cirque du Soliel, Zagat-worthy entrees and unique performers, such as 80-year-old Liliane Montevecchi, former prima ballerina and star of, “Bonsoir Liliane!” currently playing at the ZinZanni, or people such as Kent, who’s been gaining fans since 1998.

As I wait for Kent to arrive in ZinZanni’s Seattle Center offices, I wonder if he’ll have a diva attitude to match the sassy persona I’ve seen him bring to the stage.

In framed photos that line the office walls, Kent poses like an amazon pinup girl with kissy lips; in another, he’s pictured in his signature Queen of Hearts getup – the ultimate centerpiece for a gay pride parade.

Aside from the thick eyeliner and luscious lips he applies himself, the transformation to drag queen is completed by the way he carries himself, like he’s a pompous, British monarch. He forces his voice into a high, almost prissy register, ending many of his sentences with the spirited phrase, “Very good,” as he instructs audience members to show off their seduction skills.

The act

Much of Kent’s act stays the same each night.

But there’s about 30 percent that changes each show as he rolls with the punches; or more accurately, with the ridiculous situations, comments or reactions he gets from the audience members – whether it’s someone being shy, or someone really getting into the act by giving Kent a coquettish wink.

“Big, muscly straight guys” who come with a wife or girlfriend are fair game for being plucked from the audience. People who look miserable, or who are dateless, Kent doesn’t mess with. He also doesn’t tend to pick on women, as he says it can create an unnecessary tension, and, of course, he tries to avoid picking gay men.

“Because then it’s just a gay man putting a dress on a gay man,” Kent would later tell me during our interview. He literally transfers part of his costume, a ball gown, to an audience member and gussies him up with rouge in “Bonsoire Liliane!” – he loves role reversal, gender dynamics and of course, dress-up.

Getting to interact with the audience, both during his act, and when he gets to walk around and mingle throughout the show, is what Kent loves about performing with ZinZanni.

Once, Kent was schmoozing with a table that included a married couple and their two adult daughters. During the conversation, the mother started joking around with the drag queen, as she laughingly commiserated with Kent on the burden of having to wear a padded bra.

When Kent looked over at the daughters, they were crying.

As it turns out, that was the first time their mom had been able to openly acknowledge that she was a survivor of breast cancer – and with humor, no less. It’s only one ZinZanni story Kent will never forget.

THE QUEEN OF HEARTS routine has made Kevin Kent a staple at Teatro ZinZanni since 1998. COURTESY PHOTO

The real Kent

When he shows up for the interview, it pulls me back to reality – this isn’t what I thought the queen would look like underneath the “falsies.” We sit in the vintage circus tent, the chairs upturned over the tabletops. This place where magic happens at night looks so different in broad, unromantic daylight. But, it’s in this light that I can finally see the person beneath the drag makeup.

He’s soft-spoken (in front of me, at least), with piercing blue eyes, cropped whitish hair and almost iridescent skin, scrubbed clean from the last show. I can only see a glimmer of the drag queen in this serious man, and I don’t dare ask him about his beauty appointment. Still, he’s polite; nothing like the wild and unruly queen.

When you see things more clearly, you often learn that your original perceptions were off-base.

I would sooner have thought that Kent was an aspiring Broadway performer from New York City than an architecture major from New Mexico. He didn’t make the switch from designing buildings into improvisational acting, and then later, drag, until he’d had his first taste of college.

New Mexico, believe-it-or-not, is where Kent returns when he isn’t with Teatro ZinZanni. His off-season gig? Cattle rancher.

Driving a pickup truck, relying on solar energy, and even hunting from time-totime, the seemingly-glamorous performer lives off-the-grid in stark contrast to his other life.

“It’s definitely a different speed; a different setting,” Kent says. “Life slows down.”

I can’t believe I ever thought he’d be a diva. You can’t judge a book by its cover – or a man, by his eyeliner.

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Fashion

Look fab at the holiday party The Crushing on Clothes blogger makes it easy

BY ALYSON ANDREWS | PHOTO BY CHAD COLEMAN The holidays are upon us – 2011 has flown by so fast and now – it’s time to end it with a bang. Dressing for holiday parties can be overwhelming, but here are some pieces that will ensure you stand out from the crowd.

Sequins, sparkle, glitter Any of the above is fabulous and beyond festive, but you want to make sure not to go overboard or else you will look like a disco ball. Go with one key piece that will help you to shine, and focus around that. A black sequin skirt is perfect because the dark color helps dress it down and look more neutral. You could also have glitter nail polish to add some glam if you aren’t feeling as bold in your wardrobe choices.

The perfect red lip I recently got into lipstick about a year ago (I was always a lip-gloss girl — very subtle color, but nothing too drastic.) I never realized how much lipstick can change your entire look, and help give you a boost of confidence. The perfect red lip will fit your skin tone, so make sure to shop around to see which one looks best on you. One of the best lipsticks I have ever found is the Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butter collection. The name makes them sound more like a chap stick, but they are the perfect hybrid between a lipstick, lip balm, and a lip-gloss. They are moisturizing, pigmented and glossy — three products in one. The best part? They usually run about $7.50 at your local drugstore.

A killer shoe My perfect outfit is skinny jeans, a cute top and an outrageous shoe. Most of the time my shoes steal the show, and I love it that way. A shoe can make or break the outfit, so if you are feeling most comfortable in the basics, kick it up a notch with your shoes. Whether they are animal print, spiky, or a bright color, your shoes will be sure to get noticed, and you will be the talk of the party.

A clutch always works Clutches are best for holiday parties because you don’t have to worry about lugging around a huge tote on your shoulder all night. All you need are the basics (credit card, keys, phone, etc.) and a clutch is perfect for that. Plus, it looks elegant.

To make your clutch the center of your outfit, choose one that’s small, yet efficient.

This animal print one from House of Harlow 1960 is excellent, because even though animal print is a neutral, it still stands out and is a great conversation starter.

Make a statement with jewelry A fabulous jewelry piece will always get women talking. Whether you prefer a huge cocktail ring (my piece of choice), a gorgeous necklace or some blinged out earrings, jewelry is like adding frosting on cake— always necessary.

I hope these tips will help you look and feel your most beautiful during the holiday season, and remember—fashion is FUN! Play around with it, and don’t take yourself too seriously!

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ALYSON ANDREWS is a Seattle fashionista who writes for the blog, Crushing on Clothes.

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Hanging out at Pike Place Market, shopping at Bellevue Square and eating at Wibbley’s Gourmet hamburgers – these are first on Megan Hilty’s to-do list whenever the Broadway star returns to her hometown.

“I loved growing up in Bellevue and I love even more that I get to come home there,” says Hilty, 30, who always sang and got her first taste for theater as a participant in Bellevue Youth Theatre programs. There, she got to do everything from learn choreography to help build sets.

“It gave me a purpose,” Hilty says. “It made me think, ‘I really want to do this.”

Surprisingly, Hilty never got parts at local venues such as Village Theatre, or Sammamish High School, where she attended for part of her secondary schooling. She was never the right age or quite what they were looking for.

Little did anyone know she would become a Broadway performer.

Hilty got her big break in 2006, replacing a role made famous by Kristin Chenoweth – Glinda the Good Witch, in the musical “Wicked.” In 2008, she would play another role pioneered by another famous blonde bombshell – Dolly Parton. The role was Doralee Rhodes in “9 to 5” the musical.

It was a daunting task – having to step into characters already established by these beloved women, Hilty says.

“I had to say, ‘I’m not Kristin Chenoweth. I can’t make A, B and C funny, but maybe I can make D, E and F funny. You have to step away from what others have done before and say, ‘I’m good enough to make this mine.’”

Since making her mark in the musical theater world, Hilty has been working on NBC’s new show about Broadway, “Smash,” which will premier this February, plus she’s also got an animated movie slated for 2012, “Dorothy of Oz” and a budding voice-over career with Nickelodeon and Disney.

Still though – there’s work to be done, opportunities to consider and a career to plan.

“I think if I ever get too comfortable and say, ‘I’ve arrived,’ I won’t be doing my job,’” she says.

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12-9: Geoffrey Castle’s Celtic Christmas 12-11: The Many Worlds of Christmas 12-16/17/18: KPC’s Old-Time Holiday Show More: www.kpcenter.org

Meydenbauer Center 11100 NE Sixth Street, Bellevue, 425-637-1020

12-15/16: Bob Rivers Twisted Christmas featuring Spike & the Impalers and Richard Lewis More: www.snocasino.com

St. Thomas Episcopal Church 8398 12th Street N.E., Medina, 425-454-9541

12-10: Northwest Boychoir 2011 Christmas Concert 12-17: Cascadian Carols 12-31: Annual Evening of Music from Jazz to Opera More: www.stthomasmedina.org

Triple Door 216 Union Street, Seattle, 206-838-4333

12-4: The Round’s Holiday Show 12-8: Ted Vigil – A John Denver Tribute!

12-9: Flamenco De Raiz 12-10: The Billy Joe Show Holiday Spectacular 12-29: The Bobs After Christmas Holiday Show 12-31: Coco Montoya

12-4: Eastside Jazz Club’s Annual Jazz Extravaganza

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Keep it on the D.L. Talking with funny man and best friend of the late Bernie Mac

BY GABRIELLE NOMURA D.L. Hughley grew up in South Central Los Angeles, the son of an airline maintenance worker and a homemaker. He was a member of the Bloods gang after getting kicked out of high school. However, he turned his life around after a cousin was shot. He quit the gang and got a job as a telemarketer for the Los Angeles Times, where he moved into management and met his wife-to-be. She was the one who convinced him to try his humor on stage.

After years of club dates, he was selected by BET as the first host of “Comic View” and subsequently got additional recognition with two adult-oriented HBO specials. You know him from his work in radio, TV shows such as “Scrubs,” and his friendship with fellow “The Original Kings of Comedy” film star, Bernie Mac.

scene: Describe your standup in one word?

DL: Funny.

scene: How is your sitcom comedy different from your

standup?

DL: Sitcom comedy is more collaborative: more people more egos. It’s more dependent on other people.

Standup is a singular, lone-wolf kind of thing.

scene: Out of all the things you’ve done in TV, film and

radio, what’s one of the favorite projects you’ve ever worked on?

DL: I think the thing I enjoyed the most was “Kings of Comedy.” I was young. Nobody had ever done a film like that before and it was like lightning in a bottle. I didn’t know to what degree it would be successful.

scene: Your costar for that film was your best friend, the

late Bernie Mac. What do you miss most about him?

DL: I think I miss him more as a man than anything else.

He taught me not to be single-minded and to stand up for what you believe in.

scene: Where do you get inspiration for your material?

DL: How can you have a Penn. State sex scandal and a black guy running for president with multiple accusers of sexual harassment and not come up with material?

National TV is the gift that keeps on giving.

scene: What kind of projects do you like to get involved

with?

DL: Things that have a sense of immediacy, that are tied into what’s going on.

scene: What was your childhood like in L.A.?

DL: There are two kinds of people: People who really enjoy the first quarter of their life and grow up in a home where they can look fondly back at it, and there are people who are strapped by their childhood and can’t wait for it to be over. It’s miserable, scary and you figure it’s only got to get better from there. I was in that second group. I think you either have it really good early, or really good late.

scene: What were the biggest challenges you had to

overcome to become successful in the entertainment industry?

DL: There are times when you have to decide what kind of man you want to be. I think it’s a lot of things. Do you want to be funny, famous, have faith – that was the most difficult part, deciding.

In the end, I feel like I chose to be me and to edify my own belief system. I was never inspired or intrigued by fame. I am always happy and grateful when someone comes up and recognizes me, but I think fame can be as bad as a drug and equally intoxicating. I’ve seen crack addicts have more dignity than famous people.

scene: What advice do you have for people who may

come from circumstances similar to yours? How can you turn your life around?

DL: I think just to say it was divine intervention of luck takes me being responsible out of it. Most people don’t know how to be their own hero – but that’s what you have to be. The sooner you can do that for yourself, the better.

D.L. Hughley will perform at the Parlor Live Comedy Club on Dec. 15-17. For tickets, go to www.parlorlive.com.

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Kids love a good mess. Mix up a potion kit with a personalized plastic storage drawer filled with empty travel size containers, a spray bottle for “magic mist,” a funnel, a turkey baster etc. Add cheap lotion, baking powder and rice for older kids to mix and pour outdoors.

Storage drawers are fabulous for party supplies for the younger child who likes everyday celebrations and mud pie kits that include a mortar and pestle for smashing leaves, pie tins, a garden kneeling pad, shovel and a lettuce knife (a plastic chef ’s knife) that can be safely used by kids.

Who doesn’t love the possibility of a fresh pad of paper? Ignore the gimmicky plastic diaries covered in licensed characters. Surprise your scribe with grown up journals by Moleskine or splurge on a leather covered blank book guaranteed to unleash your surly teen’s deepest thoughts.

Every child needs their own desk stapler, tape dispenser and pencil sharpener. Last year my husband wrapped a set for everyone because he was tired of searching for his under Sweetie Boy’s bed.

Kids are obsessed with fixing stuff, which usually HEIJA NUNN involves breaking something first. One of the most useful items we own is a collapsible 30 inch utility table available at Costco. It easily transforms from a workbench to a desk, to a lemonade stand, to a bar table ... oops ... I mean, Lego station. Add rolling Craftsman stools and safety glasses, and the kids hardly have to leave the garage.

Your kid also wants and needs tape – lots of tape, especially duct tape. Tape is the key to creativity as long as they know not to use it to bind and gag their friends (more than once).

Children are in a hurry to grow up. As a result they love gifts that make them feel one step closer to autonomy. Receiving mail in their names is a big hit (maybe not the utility bill at first); a magazine subscription is a gift that keeps on giving.

Outfitting a kid to share a grown up hobby like fishing, photography or geology can be a lasting investment. And since they’re likely to move out eventually (unless they are destined for billionairedom), it is never too early to start their art collection. Signed posters, framed dead bugs, art fair finds and their own art, thoughtfully framed, will look amazing in their first apartment.

One of my daughter’s favorite toys was a silver tea set we kept on our coffee table. An inexpensive full size set from Grandma’s attic or the local goodwill would be an uber-thrill for a pint size Martha Stewart. This is also true of briefcases, fussy handbags and costume jewelry. Just be sure they are safe and age appropriate.

While you’re recycling nostalgia, take a trip down memory lane by loading your spawn’s iPod with shows from the olden days. Sistafoo is in love with MacGyver DVDs from her clever aunt, and the boys love the vintage cartoons their dad loads onto their iPod Nanos for travel. I already have the first season of Bewitched stashed to give this year.

If you still find yourself short-gifted and panicked on Christmas morning, never fear, 7/11 is near. Desperate dads and uncles can end the day “giftorious” if they present a 7/11 gift card wrapped into an empty Slurpee cup, or for instant hero status and a real blast for everyone, just show up with a few 2-liters of Coke and some tubes of Peppermint Mentos. Both are more fun than a year’s supply of batteries and more appropriate than a pack of cigs and a starter Playboy.

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A donation to a favorite charity, a new cookbook, CD or DVD are nice gift choices, along with gift cards to their favorite restaurant or retail store. Here are some other gift suggestions from select retailers in Bellevue. Happy shopping!

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Out & About

Best of December

The Scene’s top picks in arts, entertainment, activities

BY GABRIELLE NOMURA

Thursday, 12-1 to Wednesday, 12-21

KidsQuest Children’s Museum’s Gingerbread Lane No Christmas or Hanukkah is complete without the wonders of gingerbread. KidsQuest Children’s Museum will offer family gingerbread workshops featuring local architecture firms and bakeries to custom design, bake and create gingerbread structures displayed at the Hilton Hotel Bellevue.

Times vary. 300 112th Ave. SE, Bellevue. 425-637-8100, www.kidsquestmuseum.org/.

LANGSTON HUGHES’ BLACK NATIVITY, a gospel celebration is coming to Moore Theatre in Seattle Dec. 8-24. CHRIS BENNION, Photo

Now until Saturday, 12-24

ACT theater’s “A Christmas Carole” Because no holiday is complete without Tiny Tim. Times vary. 700 Union St., Seattle. 206-292-7676, www. acttheatre.org/.

VICKI NOON is a sensation in Village Theatre’s ‘Annie Get your Gun.’ COURTESY PHOTO

Sunday, 12-4 to Saturday, 12-31

Theatre at Meydenbauer Holiday Season Bellevue’s famous theater gets its holiday cheer on all through December with performances by Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra, “The Magic of Mistletoe” Dec. 4; International Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker” Dec. 9-11, 16-18 and 21-23; Magical Strings: A Celtic Yuletide, Dec. 19; Ballet Bellevue presents “The Sleeping Beauty” Dec. 28-29 and Seattle Choral Company presents “Carmina Burana” Dec. 31.

Times vary. Northeast sixth street and 112th Avenue Northeast, Bellevue. 425-450-3810, www.meydenbauer. com/theatre/.

Thursday, 12-8 to Saturday, 12-24

STG presents “Black Nativity” at Moore Theatre.

Forget “The Nutcracker.” If you want to see a Christmas production that is truly joyous and unique, consider checking out this Gospel version of the nativity through music, dance, poetry and narrative written by Langston Hughes.

It’s become one of our favorite holiday traditions. But get on it – tickets sell out fast!

Times vary. 1932 Second Ave., Seattle. 877-784-4849, http://stgpresents.org/.

Enchanted Holidays at The Shops at the Bravern Normally, I wouldn’t be caught dead at the Bravern (I tend to do my shopping elsewhere, considering my reporter’s salary) but if there’s holiday cheer a-happenin’ you better believe you can find it here. People can get photos with Santa every day from noon-6 p.m., Dec. 14-24. Pony rides are from noon-6 p.m., every Saturday and Sunday, from now until Dec. 24.

Times vary. 11111 NE Eighth St., Bellevue. 425-4568780, www.thebravern.com/.

Now until Saturday, 12-31

Garden d’Lights at the Bellevue Botanical Garden Celebrate the holidays in true Bellevue fashion at this one-of-a-kind event unique to our city. The Garden d’Lights festival features more than half a million lights which transform the garden into a blossoming winter wonderland.

Admission is $5, and can be bought at the door, or online at the website below. Children 10 and under are free. Parking is free at Wilburton Hill Park, and admission is free Dec. 5-7 and 12-14.

Open nightly, from 5-10 p.m. (last entry permitted is at 9:30 p.m.). 12001 Main St., Bellevue. 425-452-6844, gardendlights.org.

Village Theatre’s “Annie Get Your Gun” First of all, I wanted to wear everything the cowgirls wore in this musical from curls, to red lipstick, to the hats, scarves and boots. Second of all, I have a bit of a girlcrush on Vicki Noon, the sensational Broadway star and Newcastle native who plays the sharpshootin’ Annie Oakley.

Vicki, you stole the show! This Wild West Irving Berlin musical will leave you humming to tunes such as, “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” and “Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better.”

Times vary; 303 Front St. N., Issaquah. 425-392-2202, villagetheatre.org.

Now until Saturday, 12-24

Bellevue Collection presents Snowflake Lane Experience the grandeur and tradition of Snowflake Lane along the sidewalks of Bellevue Way and Northeast Eighth Street. Snow falls nightly as live toy soldiers and winter characters, music and a dazzling light show brighten the night.

Shows nightly at 7 p.m. Bellevue Way and Northeast Eighth Street. 425-454–8096, bellevuecollection.com.

Monday, 12-26 to Saturday, 12-31

Bellevue Collection presents Celebration Lane Ring in the New Year with an evening performances in the heart of downtown.

Shows nightly at 7 p.m. Bellevue Way and Northeast Eighth Street. 425-454–8096, bellevuecollection.com.

Now until Sunday, 1-29

Teatro ZinZanni’s Bonsoir Liliane!

With tickets more than $100, Teatro’s ZinZanni’s current show isn’t a typical date night – more of a decadent splurge.

But the price covers a dynamite show, plus a gourmet meal and a festive, over-the-top atmosphere unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. See our cover girl, drag queen Kevin Kent, plus former Pacific Northwest Ballet dancer Ariana Lallone. It’s like Cirque du Soleil but with dinner.

What could be better?

Times vary. 222 Mercer St., Seattle. 206-802-0015, http:// dreams.zinzanni.org/.

BAH! HUMBUG! “A Christmas Carol” is at ACT until Christmas Eve. COURTESY PHOTO

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