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Washington<br />
EVENTS CALENDAR<br />
Free Entrance Day<br />
to National Parks<br />
Mount Rainier National Park (and others)<br />
November 11-12<br />
Free<br />
nps.gov<br />
Help the National Park Service celebrate its second 100 years by<br />
visiting a park in <strong>2017</strong>. The final free entrance days this year are during<br />
Veterans Day weekend, so take a trip to Mount Rainier or farther afield<br />
to Olympic National Park or North Cascades National Park.<br />
Vancouver<br />
DINE THE COUVE<br />
Restaurants around the city<br />
October 1-31<br />
$23 for special meals<br />
visitvancouverusa.com/<br />
dinethecouve<br />
The month of October is the<br />
best time for foodies to visit<br />
Vancouver. Fourteen restaurants<br />
and six breweries and tasting<br />
rooms will participate in the city’s<br />
dining month, with three for $23<br />
menus and $3 drink specials.<br />
OLD APPLE TREE FESTIVAL<br />
Old Apple Tree Park<br />
October 7<br />
Free<br />
cityofvancouver.us<br />
The Old Apple Tree Festival<br />
celebrates the oldest living apple<br />
tree in the Northwest, which<br />
was planted at Fort Vancouver<br />
in 1826. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.,<br />
the Urban Forestry Commission<br />
will give away a limited number<br />
of cuttings from the tree. Visitors<br />
can bring their own apples<br />
and clean containers for a<br />
community apple cider pressing.<br />
24 | FALL <strong>2017</strong><br />
Olympia<br />
OYSTERFEST<br />
Shelton<br />
October 7-8<br />
$5<br />
oysterfest.org<br />
The 36th annual OysterFest in<br />
Shelton hosts the West Coast<br />
Oyster Shucking Championships<br />
and is the state’s official seafood<br />
festival. Get your oyster fill with<br />
nearly 100 items in the food<br />
pavilion, from fritters to spring<br />
rolls. Admission and other<br />
money raised helps support<br />
local nonprofits.<br />
Tacoma<br />
PUMPKIN STOMP & CHOMP<br />
Northwest Trek Wildlife Park<br />
October 28<br />
$10.25-22.25<br />
nwtrek.org<br />
Take a stroll (or ride the<br />
Discovery Tram) through the<br />
Northwest Trek Wildlife Park,<br />
watching a variety of animals<br />
get into the fall spirit with<br />
pumpkin treats.<br />
WASHED ASHORE: ART TO<br />
SAVE THE SEA<br />
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium<br />
Through October 21<br />
Included with admission<br />
Olympic Peninsula Visitors Bureau<br />
pdza.org<br />
Artists have transformed plastic<br />
ocean trash—bottles, sand toys<br />
and other detritus—into ten<br />
huge sea creature sculptures,<br />
including a shark, parrot fish<br />
and penguin. The sculptures are<br />
located throughout the Point<br />
Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and<br />
are part of a nonprofit project.<br />
SOUTH SOUND CRAFT BEER<br />
FESTIVAL<br />
Tacoma Dome<br />
October 28<br />
$20 in advance, $25 at the door<br />
washingtonbeer.com<br />
In its fourth year, the South<br />
Sound Craft Beer Festival brings<br />
together forty Washington<br />
breweries to pour more than 150<br />
craft beers. Delight your senses<br />
with Halloween-themed, harvest<br />
seasonal and some winter<br />
beers at the event. Food is also<br />
available for purchase.<br />
SQUID FISHING DERBY<br />
Point Defiance Marina<br />
November 4<br />
Free<br />
Watch (or participate) in a timed<br />
squid derby—whoever catches<br />
the most squid wins prizes. The<br />
derby begins at 4 p.m. and goes<br />
til 6 p.m., with the total weight<br />
of squid used to determine<br />
winners. Millions of squid return<br />
to the area to spawn every<br />
year—you could be cooking up<br />
calamari before you know it!<br />
Seattle<br />
BRICKCON EXHIBITION <strong>2017</strong><br />
Seattle Center Exhibition Hall<br />
October 7-8<br />
$8-12<br />
brickcon.org<br />
This annual convention of adult<br />
LEGO builders is a four-day<br />
event, but the builders exhibit<br />
their work on Saturday and<br />
Sunday. These creations include<br />
huge scenes using thousands of<br />
LEGOs. Kids are also invited to<br />
build their own creations in the<br />
“building zone,” which are then<br />
put on display.<br />
SEATTLE RESTAURANT WEEK<br />
Various locations<br />
October 15-November 2<br />
$33 for 3-course dinner<br />
seattlerestaurantweek.com<br />
More than 165 restaurants<br />
participate in the twice annual<br />
Seattle Restaurant Week (which<br />
is actually three weeks long).<br />
Find a <strong>new</strong> favorite food and<br />
enjoy chefs’ culinary creativity—<br />
participating restaurants offer<br />
the special meals Sundays<br />
through Thursdays and brunch<br />
is not included. Three-course<br />
dinners are $33, and two-course<br />
lunches are $18.<br />
FREE ENTRANCE DAY TO<br />
NATIONAL PARKS<br />
Mount Rainier National Park<br />
(and others)<br />
November 11-12<br />
Free<br />
nps.gov<br />
Help the National Park Service<br />
celebrate its second 100 years<br />
by visiting a park in <strong>2017</strong>. The<br />
final free entrance days this<br />
year are during Veterans Day<br />
weekend, so take a trip to Mount<br />
Rainier or farther afield to<br />
Olympic National Park or North<br />
Cascades National Park.<br />
SEATTLE MARATHON<br />
Seattle Center<br />
November 26<br />
$85-170<br />
seattlemarathon.org<br />
Join 15,000 of your closest<br />
friends on Thanksgiving<br />
weekend by running or walking<br />
a half marathon or marathon<br />
through Seattle’s beautiful<br />
neighborhoods. The run skirts<br />
Lake Washington and includes<br />
a short jaunt along the I-90<br />
floating bridge to Mercer Island.<br />
Everett<br />
ODDMALL: EMPORIUM OF<br />
THE WEIRD<br />
Everett Community College<br />
November 18-19<br />
Free admission<br />
oddmall.co<br />
More than a hundred booths<br />
manned by authors, artists,<br />
crafters and illustrators who have<br />
come together to celebrate the<br />
Pacific Northwest’s weirdness.<br />
Edmonds<br />
EDMONDS TREE LIGHTING<br />
Centennial Plaza<br />
November 25<br />
Free<br />
edmondswa.gov<br />
Kick the winter season into high<br />
gear with a tree lighting, as well<br />
as free cookies and cider, music,<br />
caroling and photos with<br />
Santa Claus.<br />
Bellingham<br />
DOCTOBER<br />
Pickford Film Center<br />
October 1-31<br />
$10.75 general admission<br />
pickfordfilmcenter.org<br />
Every October, the film center<br />
celebrates documentary films for<br />
the entire month. In 2016 that<br />
meant more than fifty films in<br />
the lineup.<br />
CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT<br />
Ferndale Boys & Girls Club<br />
October 21<br />
$20<br />
whatcomclubs.org<br />
Think you’re the king of the<br />
tailgate game cornhole?<br />
Compete for a cause at the<br />
Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom<br />
County’s annual cornhole<br />
tournament. Proceeds from the<br />
event benefit the clubs.<br />
<strong>ontrak</strong>mag.com
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