Events
Garden d’Lights: 5-10 p.m. nightly through Jan. 3. Annual holiday display uses more than 500,000 lights throughout the gardens. Cost: Free; donations encouraged. Parking: $5. Bellevue Botanical Gardens, 12001 Main St., Bellevue. 425-451-3755 or www.bellevuebotanical.org.
Auditions
Master Chorus Eastside: Through mid-January. Auditions open for all sections. Must have choral experience and be able to read music. Call for audition appointments. 425-392-8446 or www.masterchoruseastside.org.
Music
Public Opera: 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 4. Singing group to perform favorite opera arias, duets, trios and quartets for diners. Reservations recommended. Salute of Bellevue, 10134 Main St., Bellevue. 425-688-7613.
Asleep at the Wheel: 3 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 11. Western swing band to perform. Cost: $15-$39. Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave. 425-893-9900 or www.kpcenter.org.
David Harsh concert: 7-8:30 p.m. Jan. 11. Christian singer/songwriter to perform. Cost: Free. Sammamish Presbyterian Church, 22522 N.E. Inglewood Hill Road, Sammamish. 425-868-5186 or mainoffice@spconline.org.
Eastside Jazz Club concert: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 13. Musicians from Seattle’s Origin Record Label to perform. Cost: $6-$13. Sherman Clay, 1000 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue. 425-828-9104.
Tyva Kyzy: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15. All-female Tuvan throat-singing and folk music ensemble to perform. Cost: $10-$29. Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave. 425-893-9900 or www.kpcenter.org.
Theater
Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”: Through Jan. 4. Cost: $22-$58. Presented by Village Theatre. Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., Issaquah. 425-392-2202, 866-688-8049 or www.villagetheatre.org. Also: Jan. 9-Feb. 1 at Everett Performing Arts Center, 2710 Wetmore Ave., Everett. Cost: $16-$51. Everett tickets: 425-257-8600 or 888-257-3722.
“The Marriage of Figaro”: 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15-17; also 2 p.m. Jan. 17. Lyric Opera Northwest to perform Mozart’s opera in Italian. Cost: $30-$38. The Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, 11100 N.E. Sixth St., Bellevue. 800-838-3006 or www.brownpapertickets.com.
“Man 1, Bank 0”: 8 p.m. Jan. 16. Patrick Combs tells the true story of how he deposited a $95,093.35 junk-mail check marked ‘non-negotiable’ – hoping to spread a little banking cheer to tellers – and how it erupted into a staggering and funny David vs. Goliath-like adventure. Cost: $10-$25. Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave. 425-893-9900 or www.kpcenter.org.
“The Importance of Being Earnest”: Jan. 21-March 1. Presented by Village Theatre. Cost: $18-$58. Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., Issaquah. 425-392-2202, 866-688-8049 or www.villagetheatre.org.
“Chapter Two”: Jan. 23-31. Neil Simon comedy about a newly remarried widower struggling to settle into a new chapter in life. Presented by Bellevue Civic Theatre. Cost: $30 for adults; senior/student pricing available. Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, 11100 N.E. Sixth St., Bellevue. 425-235-5087.
“A Little Princess”: Jan. 23-Feb. 8. Cost: $11-$13. Studio East Mainstage Theater, 402 Sixth St. S., Kirkland. 425-827-3123 or www.studio-east.org.
Nightlife
El Gaucho Bellevue: Performers: 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Fridays-Saturdays, The Trish Hatley Trio. 555 110th Ave. N.E., Bellevue. 425-455-2715.
Hector’s: Live music various nights. 112 Lake St., Kirkland. www.hectorskirkland.com/events.htm.
Laughs Comedy Spot: Live comedy shows 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays, and 8 and 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Performers: Jan. 3, Brent Weinback; Jan. 8-10, Chris Fairbanks; Jan. 15-17, Tom Rhodes; Jan. 22-24, Iann Bagg; Jan. 29-31, Karen Rontwoski; Feb. 12-14, Valentines Weekend with Ryan Hamilton; Feb. 27-28, Kevin Nealon. Ongoing: 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, open mic comedy. 12099 124th Ave. N.E., Kirkland. 425-823-6306, www.ticketweb.com or www.laughscomedy.com.
Old Fire House: 8 p.m. Fridays and some Saturdays. Cost: $6. 16510 N.E. 79th St., Redmond. 425-556-2370 or www.theoldfirehouse.org.
Dance
Adult Hip Hop and Salsa classes: 9:30-11 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Class taught by Terry McKinnon. Cost: Free for first class. Ballet Arts Center, 204 100th Ave. N.E., Bellevue. 425-503-8977 or www.balletbellevue.org.
Clogging: 6-9 p.m. Wednesdays. It’s like “Riverdance”; fast, fun and no partner needed. Beginners, 6 p.m.; intermediate, 7 p.m.; advanced, 8 p.m. Cost: $40 per six-week session. ClogJam Clogging Club. Redmond Senior Center, 8703 160th. Ave. N.E., Redmond. 425-556-2314 or www.clogjam-Washington.com.
Hawaiian Hula dance classes: 4:45-5:45 p.m. Sundays, Advanced; 6-7 p.m. Sundays, Beginner/Intermediate. Classes taught by Laura Melelani Bergstrom. Issaquah Dance Theatre, 1575 N.W. Mall St., Issaquah. 206-818-5837.
Yoga Trance Dance: 7:15-8:45 p.m. the second and last Fridays of the month. Playful style of yoga leads to a creative free flow dance. Cost: $15; free for ages 14 and younger. Flow Yoga of Redmond, 15744 Redmond Way, Redmond.
Readings/Books
SoulFood Poetry Night: 7-9:30 p.m. every third Thursday. Includes two featured readers and an open-mic reading. SoulFood Books Cafe, 15748 Redmond Way, Redmond. 425-881-5309 or www.soulfoodbooks.com.
