10 things to do around the Seattle area this weekend

Welcome to the weekend! From wacky pizza combos to a handmade sculpture race, here are the latest local things to do around the Seattle area.

Score a tasty, fast and affordable lunch in Lynnwood: Our food writer highlights two spots with gyros and tonkatsu.
Forget about pineapple on pizza — two local pizza joints are debuting pies topped with Taco Time hot sauce and Ivar’s clam chowder this month.

Fall is the perfect time to explore the Pacific Northwest, from colorful larch hikes in the North Cascades to charming seaside towns on Vancouver Island.
Witness The Great Port Townsend Bay Kinetic Sculpture Race, where human-powered handmade sculptures attempt to cross pavement, water, sand and mud on an 8-mile course.
Ever wanted to try a relay race on the light rail? Sign up for the Light Rail Relay this Saturday, one of several uniquely Seattle fitness events happening this fall.

Pick up a new playbill at Seattle’s local theaters with “Hamlet” at Union Arts Center through Oct. 11 and “Ragtime” at Village Theatre Issaquah through Oct. 18 and Village Theatre Everett Oct. 24-Nov. 15.
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 54th season opener, “Serenade,” running through Sunday, is a magical performance that doesn’t disappoint, our art critic writes.

Heading to the theater? See what our reviewers thought of “Forgotten Island,” “Digger,” “Chronovisor,” “Heart of the Beast” and more movies to watch this month.
“War,” the new legal drama on HBO, is a delicious dive into a nasty high-profile divorce, our reviewer writes.

Refresh your to-be-read list with “Desire Lines,” the debut memoir from Kristen Millares Young, and 13 thrilling and chilling paperbacks.