Seattle Center Winterfest kicks off Nov. 25

Courtesy Seattle Center

Seattle Center is excited to present Winterfest, a five-week festival on the grounds of Seattle Center offering live performances, music and activities for those seeking holiday cheer and seasonal celebrations. It kicks off from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 25.

Visitors can enjoy free and affordable entertainment, such as ice carving, stage performances, holiday-themed movies, festive food vendors and more. Close out the day with the campus lighting countdown beginning at 5 p.m., followed by a Fountain of Light dance party, featuring a live DJ and digital video artist projecting imagery onto fountain waters.

The schedule:

• World Cup Watch Party: 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

• Winter Train & Village (Armory): 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

• Bill Anschell Trio (Armory Stage): 2 p.m.

• Ice Carving (International Fountain Plaza: 2-4 p.m.

• Holiday Movies (Armory): 3-8 p.m.

• Illuminate Winterfest Ceremony (International Fountain: 5:15 p.m.

• Fountain of Light (International Fountain): 5:15-8:00 p.m.

From Nov. 25 through Dec. 31, visitors can stop by the turn-of-the-century Winterfest Train and Village, snap photos of the bright lights across campus, witness weekend entertainment on the Armory

REED, FROM PAGE 1 a party at a restaurant in Phinney Ridge, where they drank champagne and celebrated her successful campaign, which she launched Feb. 1.

“So, we just had a great time, enjoying the results, enjoying the moment,” she said.

Reed acknowledged her opponent, Jeff Manson, is a “great guy and a serious candidate,” but she’s confident in her lived experience as a black woman, the daughter of educators, and existing experience working within government, as well as the endorsements she received.

“I engaged with a really active electorate,” she said.

According to her bio, Reed, 35, is a lifelong Democrat who served in the Obama administration at the State Department and in the Political Military Affairs Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget. After returning to Seattle in 2017, she worked in the mayor’s office as a senior policy adviser. In 2020, she left city government to join non-profit social impact consulting firm Kinetic West.

Of her platform points she shared in her campaign, Reed said her thoughts on housing — the need for more in the city and state and the current challenges — resonated with voters. She said residents were also excited to hear about her thoughts on workforce development and creating more opportunities for students to access career and technical programs, as well.

Reed said her priorities as a legislator will continue to focus educational opportunities, climate change response, gun control issues and abortion

Stage or partake in a 6 p.m. nightly Illuminate Winterfest campus light show.

In the weeks leading up to New Year’s Eve, Seattle Center invites the community for a variety of seasonal offerings across the campus — from attending world-class arts performances like George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker” by Pacific Northwest Ballet and snapping a digital photo with Santa at the Space Needle to seasonal plays at the Seattle Rep and Seattle Children’s Theater. Catch last year’s sold-out Seattle Opera performance of “A Very Drunken Christmas Carol,” Winter Brilliance at Chihuly Garden and Glass or take children to Seattle Children’s Museum for the New Year’s noon countdown and dance party. And don’t forget to enjoy the New Year’s Eve fireworks show under the Space Needle. The New Year’s Eve celebration also features live music by premier cover band Groove Nation and another Fountain of Light dance party. Visit seattlecenter.com/winterfest or Facebook for a list of events, attractions and performances. rights.

“I feel like I have so many policy ideas swirling around in my head, and I’m hearing a lot of what they want in the 36th, so it’s hard to say what my singletop priority will be,” Reed said.

Although Reed is taking a vacation this week to decompress after her hard work campaigning, she won’t have much time to herself before she’ll begin preparing to join the legislature.

Reed said, from meeting other legislators to attending Democratic caucus meetings, she will be busy before the new session begins.

“There’s a lot of trainings and activities that happen in the next few months,” she said.

Reed said she imagines her first couple of weeks of the new legislative session will be spent establishing her office and opening lines of communication with constituents.

“I’m just really honored to have been elected and look forward to representing the 36th district in Olympia,” Reed said.

Election results as of Saturday (kingcounty.gov/depts/elections/ results)

Federal U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D): 1,517,012, 56.99%

Tiffany Smiley (R): 1,139,160, 42.79%

Congressional District 7, U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (D): 240,899, 85.22%

Cliff Moon (R): 40,523, 14.33%

State Executive

Steve Hobbs (D): 1,281,748, 49.81%

Julie Anderson (Non-Partisan): 1,187,576, 46.15%

Legislative District 36, State Senator

Noel Frame (D): 52,369, 83.51%

Kate Martin (D): 9,899, 15.78 %

Legislative District 36, State Representative Pos. 1

Julia G. Reed (D): 46,464, 75.15%

Jeff Manson (D): 8,226, 23.96%

King County, Prosecuting Attorney

Leesa Manion: 374,001, 56.85%

Jim Ferrell: 280,408, 42.62%

City of Seattle, Municipal Court Judge Position No. 3

Pooja Vaddadi: 137,771, 60.22%

Adam Eisenberg: 89,988, 39.33%

City of Seattle, Municipal Court Judge Position No. 7

Damon Shadid: 159,067, 69.42%

Nyjat Rose-Akins: 69,101, 30.15%

State Measures

Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5974

Repealed: 1,496,004, 59.2%

Maintained: 1,030,872, 40.8%

Engrossed Substitute House

Bill 2076

Repealed: 1,315,692, 52.43%

Maintained: 1,193,950, 47.57%

King County Measures

Charter Amendment No. 1:

Even-Numbered Election Years for Certain County Offices

Yes : 467,179, 69.49% No: 205,073, 30.51%

King County Proposition No. 1

Conservation Futures Levy

Approved: 495,779, 69.35%

Rejected: 219,073, 30.65%

City of Seattle

Proposition Nos. 1A and 1B

1. Should either of these measures be enacted into law?

Yes: 129,161, 50.35% No: 127,364, 49.65%

2. Regardless of whether you voted yes or no above, if one of these measures is enacted, which one should it be?

Proposition 1A: 56,982, 24.58%

Proposition 1B: 174,860, 75.42%

Background

Proposition 1A (submitted by Initiative Petition No. 134) and Proposition 1B (alternative proposed by the City Council and Mayor) concern allowing voters to select multiple candidates in City primary elections.

Proposition 1A (Initiative 134) would allow voters in primary elections for Mayor, City Attorney, and City Council to select on the ballot as many candidates as they approve of for each office. The two candidates receiving the most votes for each office would advance to the general election, consistent with state law. The City would consult with King County to include instructions on the primary ballot such as “vote for AS MANY as you approve of” for each office.

As an alternative, the Seattle City Council and Mayor have proposed Proposition 1B (Ordinance 126625), which would allow primary election voters for Mayor, City Attorney, and City Council to rank candidates by preference. In the first round of processing, each voter’s top preference would be counted. The candidate receiving the fewest would be eliminated. Successive rounds of counting would eliminate one candidate each round, counting each voter’s top preference among remaining candidates, until two candidates remain to proceed to the general election. King County would include instructions on the ballot for voters.