Kraken (NHL) | Est. 2018

Seahawks (NFL) | Est. 1974

• Swedish Heritage Dinner | Wednesday, Oct. 9 | Times vary | Swedish Club | $15+ | Enjoy classic Swedish dishes like meatballs, pickles, and lingonberries with mashed potatoes while meeting some other Scandinavian folk.

• Long Shadows Wine Dinner | Thursday, Oct. 10 | 7 p.m. | Palisade | $160 | Enjoy an elegant five-course dinner featuring dishes like lobster tail and flourless chocolate torte, all paired with wines from Long Shadows.
• Hotties & Bodies: Comedy and Burlesque Night | Thursday, Oct. 10 | 7:30-9:30 p.m. | Substation | $25 | Enjoy a wide range of performances that will either make you giggle or stare starstruck in wonder.

• Stacy Jones Birthday Harmonica Blow Out | Friday, Oct. 11 | 8-11 p.m. | Aurora Borealis Event Center | $20+ | If a harmonica won’t get your toes tapping, not much will.
• Rain City Showcase: Clippers vs. Trail Blazers | Friday, Oct. 11 | 7 p.m. | Climate Pledge Arena | $26+ | Scratch your NBA itch with a preseason basketball match.

• World Ballet Company: “Swan Lake” | Saturday, Oct. 12 | 7 p.m. | Paramount Theatre | $40+ | Geared specifically towards folks who have never been to a ballet, this performance includes hand-painted sets, over 150 costumes, and lots of impressive moves.
• Autumn Moon Night Market | Saturday, Oct. 12 | 3-10 p.m. | Magnuson Park Hangar 30 | $20 | Shop over 75 vintage booths, slurp on boozy boba drinks, and feast your eyes on a drunken lion dance performance.

• Ever wanted to own your own pier? Pier 70 — one of four privately owned piers in Seattle — has hit the market. The 107,000-sqft space is currently home to Pub 70 and Aqua by El Gaucho and has an asking price of $27.3 million. (Puget Sound Business Journal)

• The City of Seattle will now require restaurants to pay staff a minimum wage of $20.76 an hour, regardless if the staff is tipped or not. There was previously an exemption for small businesses, but this will now end on January 1, 2025 when the increase takes effect. (Eater Seattle)

• Just a few weeks after opening King County Metro’s new RapidRide G Line, the agency has broke ground on the J Line, which will run between the University District and Belltown. The project is intended to upgrade the current Route 70 and has a projected launch date in 2027.

• The Seattle Kraken has named Jason Eberle as the second captain in the team’s history. Hear from the local experts on other highlights from the Kraken’s first game with Locked On’s daily, team-focused podcasts.

• That’ll do, Donkey. That’ll do. SIFF is taking Seattle to the swamps with a Shrek Week film festival honoring the great animated hit film series. SIFF will be showing each of the six films starting November 15, with other photos ops + ogre-approved concessions available for fans to enjoy.

• Someone didn’t follow +1 party rules. A Poulsbo woman had to call police this week in order to get inside her home because 100 raccoons were in her yard begging for snacks. She’s been feeding raccoons for 35 years, but she said this is the first time she’s had a problem. (KING 5)

• Seattle got a nice burst of warmer weather this week, but expect things to cool back down now. KING 5 meteorologist Adam Claibon has more info on X.
  

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