[tommikaikkonen]

Implementing a find function makes this read a lot nicer. You could also call it find_first or find_next.

    def find(predicate, iterable, default=None):
        """Returns the first value that matches predicate, otherwise default=None"""
        return next(
            (x for x in iterable if predicate(x)),
            default
        )

Which turns the expression to

    find(lambda x: 'widgets' in x, mixed_widgets)['widgets']