Effusive in the Emerald City: Seattle New Year’s Parties

Next Monday evening, whether you’re searching for the blissfully highbrow or the shamelessly sleazy, the Emerald City is guaranteed to satisfy all tastes – from subtle and refined to sloppy and gross.
Here’s a listing of 23 major Seattle parties at Clubzone. There’s a lot more than that going on, but y’all are going [...]

Gospel Jam at Ten-Mile Church, Sunday, Dec. 30

An after-Christmas, Christmas sing-along begins at 6:00 PM on Sunday, Dec. 30.

Be sure to check the website, because the sing-along will be canceled in the event of snow or ice.
(map and directions)
The chapel is just west of the Hannegan Rd.

New Year’s @Birch Bay: “Ring of Fire and Hope” & 25th Annual Polar Bear Plunge

Ring of Fire and Hope at Birch Bay – New Year’s Eve, 7:00 PM
Hundreds of road flares are placed just above the high tide line, and the spectacle of the lights ringing the bay is reportedly breathtaking. Anyone may participate.

Update, 12-29-2007, 1:07 PM PST: Flares will be handed out at C.J’s Beach House Restaurant at [...]

Skagit Valley: New Year’s Eve @Firefly Theatre

Skagit Valley Music Festival–
New Year’s Eve at the Firefly Theatre
December 31, 2007
7:00 pm -12:00 am
ENTERTAINMENT:
TrioLumina: Classical, folk, rock.
Brass Menagerie: Dixieland, jazz, light classics, Sousa.
Harmonic Horizons – Eclectic jazz (Gary Evans, flugelhorn; Kevin Christopher, keyboards; Christine Hanson, vocals).
FOOD:
Cajun Buffet Catered by Chef Brad Whaley of Café Burlington.
ADMISSION:

Dinner and show: [...]

Space-Needle Fireworks, Last Year & This Year

As always, the Space Needle will become the focus of a fireworks display on New Year’s Eve. Between that and the free party at the Center House, it sounds like an evening.
Below is a seven-minute video of the New Year’s fireworks on the Needle, 2006-2007, as viewed from Queen Anne Hill.
For more information [...]