Bess Lovejoy

Bess Lovejoy is the author of Northwest Know-How: Haunts from Sasquatch Books. She also wrote Rest in Pieces: The Curious Fates of Famous Corpses, and she’s worked at Mental Floss, SmithsonianMag.com, and The Stranger.

✨ Recommendations by Bess Lovejoy

A tray of gifts at the West Seattle shop, Good Sister.

A Local's Guide to Buying Gifts in West Seattle

Books, records, comfy slow fashion socks, and more 🎁

Alaska JunctionWest SeattleWhite Center

Shopping

Pier 70 is one of Seattle's most historic and haunted sites, thanks to a ghost who allegedly hangs out near the end of its dock.

Bess Lovejoy on Seattle’s Spookiest Haunted Sites

Where to find Seattle's first female mayor and other spirits 🪦

Ghosts

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Looking for something to do? We’ve got you!

Nov 30 –

Dec 23

An illustration of Charlie Brown hanging an ornament on a leafless tree.

A Charlie Brown Christmas @ Taproot Theatre Company

Good grief 🎅🎄🌟

Nov 25 +

Dec 3

Stationary from Euni + Co featuring a paper-wrapped gift and a gift card that reads "a gift for you."

Winter Market 2023 @ Seattle Rep

Shopping and shows 💝

Holiday Shopping Theatre

Oct

An illustrated image of three burlesque performers in spooky Halloween couture

The Final Show @ ALMA Tacoma: A Grotesque Burlesque

Goodbye, ALMA 🥲

Burlesque Halloween Nightlife

Dec

Jazz in the City: Josephine Howell @ Frye Art Museum

Sublime and swanky 🎤

Live Music

Thru

Oct 28

Historic Smith Tower and King County District Court in downtown Seattle, WA at night.

Halloween Ghost Tours @ Pioneer Square

Learn some haunted history 📜

Ghosts Halloween Tour

OCT 15 –

SEPT 24

Sound Check! The Music We Make @ Wing Luke Museum

Dive into AAPI music history 🎸

History Museums

Nov 28 –

Dec 19

A stern animated Tom Hanks acts as a train conductor in the animated 2004 film Polar Express.

Merry Movie Matinees @ City Hall Park

Lunchtime treats 🎥

Film Kids & Family Outdoors

Thru

May 12

A kid plays an attraction at Harry Potter: Magic at Play

Harry Potter: Magic at Play @ The Shops at The Bravern

Bring yer wands 🪄

Attractions Kids & Family