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FOOD & DRINK
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Kick off July with a breezy yard barbecue-inspired six-course dinner with beer pairings supplied by the Snoqualmie Go brewery Dru Bru. The menu consists of recent, summery pairings like huevos diablos and lemon lime lager, grilled watermelon gazpacho and wild berry cider, ahi tuna poke and hazy session IPA, slow-cooked brisket and Maibock, and raspberry apple pie and Sticke Alt. Plus, chat with the Dru Bru crew and Skål government chef Jonathan Bidgood. JB
(Skål Beer Corridor, Ballard)
LIVE MUSIC
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For eight years now, I have been telling people who Horse Lords have reigned among the many biggest reside performers in underground rock. On this weblog in 2022, I wrote, “Horse Lords have mastered the effective artwork of hypnosis by way of manic repetition of their epic compositions, however providing slight variations in riffs and intensities to keep up a vibrant edge. It might be simple to plunge into monotony with this method, however Horse Lords—Max Eilbacher, Andrew Bernstein, Owen Gardner, and Sam Haberman—savvily alter their components and forge fascinating microtonal textures to keep away from stasis.” All of that applies to their new reside album, As It Occurred: Horse Lords Stay, which corrals HL songs courting again to 2014’s Hidden Cities. However do not simply take my phrase for it. Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy’s additionally a fan. He advised Stereogum: “I am mesmerized by how inconceivable their music appears… It isn’t a lot you see anymore,… an actual band forging a super-individual language.” Dad-rock-icon validation! STRANGER CONTRIBUTOR DAVE SEGAL
(Vera Venture, Uptown)
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Prog rock wizard Todd Rundgren will cease by on his ME/WE tour with songs from his almost six-decade-long music profession. Throughout that point, Rundgren recorded 27 solo albums (plus dozens extra together with his bands Utopia and Nazz); produced iconic albums like New York Doll’s debut, Patti Smith Group’s Waves, Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell; and composed a number of scores for TV and movie, together with that of Dumb and Dumber, Pee Wee’s Playhouse, and Crime Story—how’s that for a resume? My fingers are crossed that he’ll play some songs from his 1972 glam-rock masterpiece One thing/Something? AV
(Pantages Theater, Tacoma)
READINGS & TALKS
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Speculative fiction champions Clarion West are providing some severe interplanetary inspiration with a “Summer season of Science Fiction & Fantasy,” which features a studying collection with luminary authors. This week’s speak options Cadwell Turnbull, the award-winning writer of The Lesson, No Gods, No Monsters, and We’re the Disaster. Present as much as broaden your horizons. LC
(Seattle Public Library – Central, Downtown)
COMEDY
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Calling all trans, bi, sapphic, homosexual, butch, femme, pan, enby, and ally of us! This recurring night time of stand-up pulls from the nicely of Seattle’s best queer comedians, and it is grown to turn out to be one of many metropolis’s buzziest showcases. This time round, FLOCK! will head to Capitol Hill’s latest comedy hang-out, so head there to squawk together with the perfect of ’em. LC
(Comedy/Bar, Capitol Hill)
FILM
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I keep in mind it prefer it was yesterday. It is 2002, and my bedraggled social research trainer, clearly imperiled by the prospect of getting to instruct the category for another second, squeaks a TV/VCR on a wheeled cart to the entrance of the classroom. We wait with bated breath. On the display screen? Will Smith. The movie? Independence Day. I spend the subsequent 56 minutes in pure rapture as Smith joins forces with Jeff Goldblum to battle off fuck-face aliens within the identify of America. The movie is two-and-a-half hours lengthy, so we’re pressured to observe it in installments over three days. I spend every of these days maniacally filling my mother in on Independence Day after college, like a cleaning soap opera fan after a number of espressos. I’m 11 and I’m free. Level is, you must watch Independence Day in honor of the Fourth of July (and ME)! Who cares if all of us hate America now? That is not the purpose. Plus, this Hecklevision screening will allow you to broadcast your scorching takes straight to the display screen. LC
(Central Cinema, Central District)
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This tour is for these of us who have not appreciated a Beck album since 2002’s Sea Change. With the assistance of the Seattle Symphony, alt-rock’s postmodern prince will deal with followers to a efficiency that includes hits and deep cuts reimagined for the orchestra. This is to hoping he’ll throw in a monitor from his 1993 anti-folk album, One Foot within the Grave, which was recorded close by in Olympia, WA. AV
(Chateau Ste. Michelle, Woodinville)
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All work and no play makes anybody a uninteresting boy, so head to this Fourth of July Ball on the Overlook Lodge, aka the Beacon, for Stanley Kubrick’s slow-burn masterpiece. The Shining’s spine-chilling setting, filled with lonely halls and snowy mazes, ought to assist hold you cool on a scorching summer season eve. Tailored from the Stephen King psychological horror novel, the flick owes at the very least a few of its dramatic impact to the Pacific Northwest, too—it options the long-lasting exterior of the Timberline Lodge. LC
(The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis)
FOURTH OF JULY
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Although I am firmly within the drones > fireworks camp, I hear some individuals on the market nonetheless like their large, fiery booms. If that is you, discover a spot with a view of Lake Union and put together for fairly the spectacle. Gasoline Works is the standard spot to observe from, the place you may discover beer gardens, meals distributors, and reside music, however good luck if you must cross any bridges after it is over (visitors will probably be a nightmare). Lake Union Park additionally gives direct views, meals distributors, and garden video games. Although the occasion is mostly free, you may pay to order a seat in a gated-off part with safety. Whereas this could be good for security, it is a bummer for many who need to BYOB. Plan accordingly! SL
(Gasoline Works Park & Lake Union Park)
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Indie horror ace Ti West (The Sacrament, The Home of the Satan) returned in 2022 with a Southern-fried A24 slasher. Following a gang of youth cruising by way of rural Texas within the ’70s, X drew clear inspiration from The Texas Chainsaw Bloodbath, however nonetheless managed to craft a reasonably recent story centered round a psychopathic aged villain. West made the perfect of it, rapidly releasing the follow-up backstory Pearl, and MaXXXine will conclude the freaky trilogy. Who’s the frequent denominator? Mia Goth, our Twenty first-century model of Shelley Duvall. She’ll reprise her function as Maxine, a porn starlet hellbent on actual fame in a serial killer-ridden Los Angeles. LC
(SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown)
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Secret Cinema is strictly what it seems like—simply present up and put together to be seduced by no matter pops up on display screen. Alternatives to be completely stunned by a movie do not come alongside fairly often, so strive it out as a reminder that there are nonetheless mysteries to uncover on this planet. Or perhaps you may hate it. Who is aware of! That is the enjoyable of the entire shebang. Go forth, change off your mind, and let the enigma reveal itself. LC
(The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis)
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French jazz-fusion group Cortex is a famous favourite of hip-hop artists with their 1975 album, Troupeau Blue, which has been sampled by Tyler, the Creator, MF DOOM, Madlib, and extra. The ensemble, led by founding member Alain Mion, will cease by Seattle for a uncommon efficiency of tracks from their 5 influential albums. AV
(Neptune Theatre, College District)
COMEDY
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LA-born, Brooklyn-based sketch trio Enterprise Informal takes a bicoastal method to comedy—you are as more likely to spot them at New York Comedy Competition because the San Francisco Sketch Fest. (You would possibly’ve additionally caught considered one of their Humorous or Die skits.) The gang (Jeremy Elder, Cory Peter Lane, and Hunter Saling) recommends you saddle up for his or her weirdo, high-energy mish-mash of sketch, improvisation, and clowning. LC
(Right here-After on the Crocodile, Belltown)
FILM
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Know what’s higher than one film? Two motion pictures. Hear me out. Whereas double options are prolonged, butt-numbing, and doubtlessly exhausting, additionally they provide the viewer one thing that is sometimes unachievable when watching a single movie: Further cultural context. In spite of everything, cinema is just not created in a vacuum, and all artwork informs all different artwork in a method or one other. What does Hiroshi Shimizu’s 1936 street portrait Mr. Thank You must do with Pace, starring Sandra Bullock and her tousled bob? How did the Beatles frenzy flick I Wanna Maintain Your Hand inform Eckhart Schmidt’s poppy artwork horror Der Fan? The Beacon will make it simple so that you can discover out this month. LC
(The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis)
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You might have seen the fliers created by Fantasy A, aka Seattle’s “Autistic Undisputed King of Hustle,” plastered throughout city—he is turn out to be one thing of an area legend, and his music was coated by The Stranger again in 2015. The creativity continues: Fantasy’s main movement image stars (who aside from?) himself, and charts his challenges as he makes an attempt to turn out to be a famous person and purchase a mattress. Fantasy A Will get A Mattress additionally received the Finest Narrative Characteristic award on the Seattle Black Movie Competition—seize a seat to witness Fantasy’s love letter to South Seattle. He’ll attend this particular screening to supply a Q&A session with the filmmakers. LC
(Grand Phantasm, College District)
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I merely can’t convey my stage of enthusiasm about this present in just some sentences. The icon, the parable, the legend Missy Elliott will embark on her first-ever headlining tour. That is proper, the queen of rap has opened for Janet Jackson, Mariah Carey, Madonna, and Jay-Z, however by no means headlined—which may’t compute in my Missy-loving mind. The primary time I noticed Missy Elliott was in 2002 when the music video for “Work It” dropped. Within the video, Missy sports activities a sideways angora pageboy hat, which I went proceeded to repeat by way of my subsequent three years of elementary college. As Ms. Jackson as soon as mentioned, “[Missy is] all the time forward of the curve,” and more true phrases have by no means been spoken. Between her feminist, queer, body-positive, and sex-positive lyrics and fearless creativity, the music trade nonetheless hasn’t caught as much as her 1997 debut Supa Dupa Fly. Go, get ur freak on at her OUT OF THIS WORLD tour that includes frequent collaborators Ciara, Busta Rhymes, and Timbaland. AV
(Local weather Pledge Area, Uptown)
COMMUNITY
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Zine tradition tends to emphasise approachability, community-building, and nontraditional artwork, and that ethos is difficult to seek out fault with—who does not admire open-minded art-sharing, DIY spirit, and Sharpies? Present up for all issues indie publishing at this day-long celebration of zines, which is able to embody over 60 native artists, a make-your-own-zine workshop, and a zine library. Whether or not you are a risograph wizard or nonetheless studying this system, you may be welcomed. LC
(420 fifteenth Ave E, Capitol Hill)
EXHIBIT
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In my view, happiness could possibly be outlined as 200,000 Lego bricks organized in “hands-on development areas” without cost play, and MOHAI’s newest exhibition makes the dream come true. Towers of Tomorrow additionally options fashions of skyscrapers from all around the world, constructed by a real-deal “Lego-certified skilled,” Ryan McNaught. (Cool job alert!) Guests can scope McNaught’s plastic creations and picture their very own by including to a futuristic Lego “metropolis” contained in the exhibit.LC
(MOHAI, South Lake Union, Monday–Sunday)
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I by no means anticipated needing to elucidate that Rachel Sennott is “at present humorous,” however this flick’s title leaves me keen to verify that she’s hilarious. (Though, for those who’ve seen Shiva Child or Bottoms, you are already nicely conscious.) In Ally Pankiw’s I Used to Be Humorous, a stand-up combating PTSD seeks out a lacking teen who she used to nanny. Sennott all the time understands the project, so I am anticipating one thing susceptible and comical and just a little bizarre. LC
(Grand Phantasm, College District, Monday & Wednesday)
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Because it opened simply shy of a 12 months earlier than the pandemic, it is arduous to consider The Beacon has been trucking alongside for 5 years already. When The Stranger reported on the single-screen cinema’s opening again in 2019, co-owners Tommy Swenson and Casey Moore deliberate to display screen “an eclectic, curated choice of each new and previous, avant-garde and mainstream movies,” and so they’ve undoubtedly fulfilled that promise. Alongside the best way, they’ve found what they deem the “essence of cinema”—ten pillars of storytelling that represent the creative quest of filmmaking. The pillars embody “kung fu,” “blood,” and “a lady dropping her thoughts,” so depend me in. Buckle up for this screening collection and discover out what photogénie is all about. LC
(The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis, Tuesday–Wednesday)
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Tie on a bib, roll up your sleeves, and put together to get messy with All Water Seafood & Oyster Bar’s summer season seafood boil, which accommodates an abundance of mussels, clams, shrimps, snow crab, and scallops. You get to decide on between conventional, spicy, or miso broth, all served tableside. JB
(Lodge 1000, Downtown, Thursday–Sunday)
LIVE MUSIC
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Digital duo ODESZA will make their approach again to their residence state for his or her last tour cease supporting their fourth album, The Final Goodbye. The album options contributions from all kinds of artists, together with digital composer/vocalist Julianna Barwick, pop singer-songwriter Izzy Bizu, legendary soul singer Bettye LaVette, and extra. Do not miss opening units from like-minded electronica artists Tinlicker (night time one), Bob Moses (night time two), Ben Böhmer (night time three), and Drama and Golden Options on all three nights. AV
(Gorge Amphitheatre, George, Thursday–Saturday)
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The Olympic Peninsula’s latest venue, lodge, and neighborhood hub Quilcene Lantern will open its doorways this summer season with the inaugural TARBOO music pageant. With an emphasis on PNW indie music, the lineup shines with highlights like singer-songwriter Kate Davis, indie pop duo Pure Bathing Tradition, “gunk pop” outfit Black Ends, electro-pop whiz Tomo Nakayama, and plenty of extra. Every efficiency will happen in Lantern’s central area, a 90-year-old barn surrounded by over 50 acres of woodlands within the foothills of the Olympic Mountains. AV
(Quilcene Lantern, Quilcene, Thursday–Saturday)
VISUAL ART
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Within the phrases of Harvey Milk, “It takes no compromise to provide individuals their rights.” MOHAI’s newest exhibition pays tribute to 50 years of Seattle’s rainbow-hued festivities with a curated choice of Delight posters. 50 Years of Seattle Delight: Posters of Delight attracts particular consideration to the organizing efforts of the town’s LGBTQ+ neighborhood, who commemorate the ’69 Stonewall rebel every June with queer-centered festivities. Guests can view “digitized replicas” of Seattle Delight posters spanning 5 many years, together with entries from the various, politically savvy ’80s- and ’90s-era Freedom Day Committee. LC
(MOHAI, South Lake Union, Monday–Sunday)
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Tacoma-based artist Anida Yoeu Ali’s solo debut on the Seattle Artwork Museum blends parts of efficiency, non secular aesthetics, and legendary heroines to disrupt notions of otherness, “transcend the odd,” and replicate on her upbringing as a Cham-Muslim refugee who migrated from Cambodia. In Hybrid Pores and skin, Legendary Presence, two site-specific performances by Ali—The Buddhist Bug and The Crimson Chador—are explored by way of transformative “artifacts,” together with clothes worn by the artist and others throughout the performances, plus movies, images, and set up artwork. LC
(Seattle Asian Artwork Museum, Capitol Hill, Thursday–Sunday; closing)
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Little has been revealed about Seattle-based artist Claudia Fitch’s solo exhibition Fashions and Messengers, however I am already intrigued. The artist’s sensible, playful sculptural work is all the time a quizzical journey for the eyeballs, typically sourcing cultural narratives from pop and artwork historical past to daring, ingenious ends. I am excited to see what she’s give you this time—will she be working in bronze, ceramic, forged resin, or one other medium completely? (Fitch has additionally created fairly a number of of the town’s public works; see for those who acknowledge any.) LC
(Greg Kucera Gallery, Pioneer Sq., Friday–Saturday; opening)
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As former Stranger employees author Jas Keimig wrote again in 2022, “To be an arts author in Seattle is to be frequently in awe of the site-specific works dreamed up by artists-in-residence at MadArt Studio.” Sadly, MadArt’s last exhibition is upon us, and the group present can pay tribute to the group’s 15-year legacy. All previous MadArt artists had been invited to “suggest works that referenced, prolonged, or resonated with their unique MadArt creations,” resulting in a whopping 51-piece showcase that integrated lesser-visited areas of the MadArt area, just like the mezzanine workplace and the kitchen. It is a becoming last tribute to MadArt’s immersive artwork ethos. LC
(MadArt, South Lake Union, Monday–Sunday)
