'Tis the Season

Last-Minute Cultural Gift Guide

From museum memberships to theater tickets, the gift of the arts is the gift that keeps giving.

By Jeremy Buben December 17, 2014

It's gift giving season and your list likely includes a few people that already have everything. No need to fret if you still haven't found a gift for them, we've got you covered. Give the gift of culture. Here are five great last minute options that will improve your loved ones artistic lives.

 

This season give the gift of experimental performance art. A Pick-6 package from On the Boards is the perfect opportunity to experience some of the most original performances in town from both local and internationally touring artists that mix genres (theater, dance, etc.). On the Boards always puts on something worth talking about. The Pick-6 package essentially includes the remainder of the 2014–15 season and costs $129.

 

 

Give the gift of visual art with a dual membership to the Seattle Art Museum. Membership for that special someone plus a guest is a great way to access all three SAM locations (Seattle Art Museum, Asian Art Museum, and Olympic Sculpture Park) and the variety of exciting exhibitions coming to the museum in the new year (plus, there's still time to see Pop Departures). Dual memberships are priced at $89 and include access to special lectures and events throughout the year and discounts at SAM Shop and SAM Gallery.

 

  

As you likely know, it is the last year to catch the Stowell/Sendak Nutcraker at Pacific Northwest Ballet. Give an early present of Nutcracker tickets or tickets to any one of the ballet's upcoming shows including Don Quixote, Snow White, or even Swan Lake. Nutcracker tickets start at $25.

 

 

  

Perhaps there is a history enthusiast on your list, but you don't feel like gifting them another book. A membership to Museum of History and Industry is ideal for history buffs both young and old to discover our city and region's rich past. Dual memberships cost $75 and offer a great way to show out-of-town guests the best of Seattle's storied yesteryear. (The Seattle skyline socks and Toe Truck keychains can be found at the MoHAI store.)

 

At Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co., would-be interstellar explorers can find black hole starter kits, rocket fuel (note: not actual rocket fuel), a jar of certainty (as well as uncertainty), and other various gadgets and clever tchotchkes. But what makes this place so special are the writing workshops being taught behind the teleporter doors. The non-profit Bureau of Fearless Ideas provides after school tutoring and weekend workshops to open up minds and imaginations. What to Read in the Rain, an anthology of essays from the writing center, is priced at $15.

 

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