12 things to do around the Seattle area this weekend

Welcome to the weekend! From a must-try spot for date night to a pumpkin-studded trail, here are the latest local things to do around the Seattle area. 

Food and drink

• Try a cup of soorj (Armenian for “coffee”) and settle into cozy season with the help of this Bainbridge Island coffee company. 
• Need a hot tip for a dinner date? Here’s everything our food writer ordered from the delicious dinner menu at this French-inspired bistro in South Park. 
• Warm your soul with this recipe for caldo verde, featuring spiced chorizo, shredded kale and hearty potatoes.

Outdoors and community events

• Perfect for a rainy day, these local beginner-friendly sewing classes teach you how to pick up this cozy indoor pastime.
• Bainbridge Gardens’ annual free, family-friendly pumpkin walk fills a historic trail with painted pumpkins all October.

Theater and music

• A Halloween variety show at Theatre Off Jackson and Seattle Rep’s production of “Eureka Day” lead Seattle’s latest theater offerings.
• Seattle’s fall soundtrack is all about jazz, led by the 38th annual Earshot Jazz Festival that runs through Oct. 25.

Movies, TV and video games

• Heading to the theater? See what our reviewers thought of “The Social Reckoning,” “Verity” and other local releases.
• Embrace fall, or “hoa hoa hoa season” as “Twilight” fans call it, with the newest shows to stream, including “Eternally Yours,” a CBS comedy inspired in part by “Twilight”; a new adaptation of “Carrie” on Prime Video; and Food Network’s “Halloween Baking Championship,” featuring North Bend contestant Caleb King. 
• “Gears of War: E-Day,” the latest entry in the 20-year-old franchise, feels as if it were dropped into a “Resident Evil” game — and it works far more often than it doesn’t, writes our reviewer.

Books

• Refresh your “to be read” list with Barbara Kingsolver’s newest novel, “Partita,” and “We’ve Been Here the Whole Time!,” authored by a Washington State University grad and enrolled member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe.
• Explore the occult at Edge of the Circle Books, which carries titles relating to just about every major belief system, from Wicca to Nordic mythology to Afrodiasporic faiths and more.