TAKE AN ELFIE
If photos in Santa's lap aren't your kids' favorite holiday tradition, consider having them crawl into a festive elf-size abode instead. Popular local photobooth company Electric Photoland is bringing back its Elves Cottage pop-up photo set inside its downtown Spokane studio after debuting the project last year. Sessions open on Nov. 20 and run through Dec. 7. Each 10-minute shoot ($75) can accommodate up to four people inside the diminutive scene. Perfect for using on holiday cards, photos can be purchased as prints or accessed via a digital gallery. Head to elvescottage.com/spokane to reserve a time. (CHEY SCOTT)
GOLDEN GLASSES
Judging for the 11th annual Washington Beer Awards took place in Seattle earlier this fall, and breweries on this side of the Cascades have a lot to brag about since winners were announced on Nov. 4. Among the more than 170 breweries that entered this year's blind judging, a dozen breweries in Eastern Washington brought home accolades. Among the local gold-medal winners: Brick West Brewing Co. (2), Garland Brew Werks, Humble Abode Brewing, Genus Brewing & Supply, Snow Eater Brewing, and Lumberbeard Brewing. Taking silver: Uprise Brewing Co., Big Barn Brewing (2) and Humble Abode. Nabbing bronze hardware: Whistle Punk Brewing, Hat Trick Brewing (2, pictured above), Uprise (2), Humble Abode, Genus and Four-Eyed Guys Brewing Co. For a complete list of all winners, including which beers each won with, visit wabeerawards.com. (CHEY SCOTT)
THIS WEEK'S PLAYLIST
Noteworthy new music arriving in stores and online on Nov. 22.
FATHER JOHN MISTY, MAHASHMASHANA
As he moves further from his sharp satirical origins, FJM finds himself luxuriating in dark rock poetry over lush — and occasionally harsh — walls of sound.
ICE CUBE, MAN DOWN
While he's spent more time acting than rapping in recent decades, the N.W.A. OG is out to prove he's still one of the West Coast hip-hop GOATs on his 11th solo album.
VARIOUS ARTISTS, TRANSA
This 46-track collection from the nonprofit Red Hot spotlights trans and nonbinary artists and allies, including Laura Jane Grace, Sam Smith, Andre 3000, Perfume Genius and Jeff Tweedy, plus Sade's first new track in six years. (SETH SOMMERFELD)
