WEDNESDAY 12/4
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
(FILM) Nothing in Johan Grimonprez’s very good Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat ought to shock us. That is the outdated and really chilly coronary heart of the USA of America. That is the way it has maintained energy and made its super-rich needlessly richer and richer. It wasn’t gentle energy however brute drive. The documentary examines the months in 1960 that led to the assassination of Congo’s first democratically elected and pro-Black unity chief, Patrice Lumumba. The CIA and President Dwight D. Eisenhower did not even attempt to cover the truth that they wished Lumumba lifeless and to exchange him with a person who would change into one of many prime villains of the twentieth century, Mobutu Sese Seko. The CIA used jazz, weapons, cash, and espionage to take care of its grip on the resource-rich African nation. The doc’s ending will break your coronary heart. The nice jazz singer and political activist Abbey Lincoln wails for the fallen. When will the struggling finish? When will Black folks lastly be free? We have to see movies like this to be reminded of the truth that Donald Trump didn’t emerge from a vacuum. America First has at all times and solely meant American Cash First. (Northwest Movie Discussion board, 1515 twelfth Ave, 7 pm, $14) CHARLES MUDEDE
THURSDAY 12/5
Generifus, Crushing, and Lilly Miller
(MUSIC) On his 2023 album Rearrangel, Olympia-based artist Generifus (aka Spencer Sult) croons about religious visions, highway journeys, and bumper sticker slogans. The result’s country-tinged rock that’s equal components whimsical and grounded. Regardless of residing in Olympia for almost all of my maturity, I’ve by no means seen Generifus reside. Nonetheless, I did see Sult entrance a Tom Petty cowl band at a home celebration one Halloween—the reference to Petty felt pure, given the sincerity and sweetness of Generifus’ lyrics. Do not miss opening units from kindred PNW artists Crushing and Lilly Miller. (Conor Byrne Pub, 5140 Ballard Ave NE, 7 pm, $10–$12, 21+) AUDREY VANN
FRIDAY 12/6
Store Native, Ya Filthy Animal
(SHOPPING) Technically, Small Enterprise Saturday was final week. However procuring native and spending cash with impartial retailers does not need to be practiced simply in the future a yr. In the event you’re on a gift-gathering mission this vacation season, you’ve got two nice choices this weekend with the City Craft Rebellion Winter Present on the Seattle Heart’s Exhibition Corridor and the Punk Rock Flea Market in outdated QFC house on fifteenth Avenue East (they’re calling it the High quality Flea Heart—cute). Each markets are full of greater than 100 distributors, with no mass-produced bullshit so far as the attention can see. UCU leans extra in the direction of the lovable and colourful aspect of the spectrum whereas the Punk Rock Flea Market has a extra, nicely, punk rock flea market vibe with every kind of classic garments, toys, and residential items in addition to wares from native artists. (I’ve bought my eye on Erika Rier’s five-eyed cat dishes, personally.) For extra improbable, not-so-ordinary present strategies, remember to try the present information in our winter challenge. (Discover so many extra vacation market choices in our EverOut calendar) MEGAN SELING
SATURDAY 12/7
Medieval Ladies’s Choir: Tenebris advert Lucem
(MUSIC) Two winters in the past, my greatest good friend and I made a decision to courageous the icy roads and trek to the scenic St. James Cathedral to witness the Seattle Medieval Ladies’s Choir’s annual winter live performance. Your entire expertise was magical and, dare I say, divine. We cozied up on church pews in our winter coats, surrounded by tapered candles and non secular artwork, and soaked up medieval chants that concurrently warmed souls and chilled spines. Now, I inform everybody to attend this annual winter live performance. No matter private faith or your information of medieval choral music, the MWC hosts concert events which might be welcoming to all, supplying lyric books with translated lyrics so that you can comply with alongside. (St. James Cathedral, 804 Ninth Ave, 8 pm, $30, all ages) AUDREY VANN
SUNDAY 12/8
The Muppet Christmas Carol
(FILM) Die Arduous. Scrooged. Nationwide Lampoon’s Christmas Trip. The Gingerdead Man starring Gary Busey. They’re all superb Christmas films! However my all-time favourite, the one vacation movie that wins out yr after yr, is The Muppet Christmas Carol. The basic story is narrated by Gonzo and (the wildly underappreciated) Rizzo the Rat, with Kermit because the earnest Bob Cratchit and Michael Caine because the grumpy Ebenezer Scrooge. However to actually respect the magic of the film, first learn this fascinating Vulture interview with songwriter Paul Williams. The Muppet Christmas Carol was the primary Muppet film made after Jim Henson died in 1990, and it is alsothe first film Williams scored after getting sober, so all of the heartfelt moments about appreciating life and the folks you’re keen on in songs like “It Feels Like Christmas” and “Grateful Coronary heart” vibrate with real love, grief, and gratitude. Good luck not sobbing your eyeballs out now that you realize that, sorry! It performs tonight at SIFF Cinema Uptown and Central Cinema. SIFF has a Muppet pre-show particular, whereas the dinner-serving Central Cinema has the choice to eat a whole-ass meal when you watch. Select your fighter! Or, if you happen to’re on the lookout for a wholly completely different vacation film vibe, take Lindsay Costello’s advice and see Black Christmas at Grand Phantasm. MEGAN SELING
MONDAY 12/9
Robin Wall Kimmerer
(BOOKS) Potawatomi botanist and creator Robin Wall Kimmerer’s good nonfiction bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass, which received the 2014 Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award, twines deep Indigenous environmental knowledge with Western science to reveal how interconnected we’re with nature. I am excited for her latest launch, The Serviceberry, described as “a daring and galvanizing imaginative and prescient for the best way to orient our lives round gratitude, reciprocity, and group, based mostly on the teachings of the pure world” and a reminder that “hoarding received’t save us; all flourishing is mutual”—are you able to think about a extra important message for our present fractured hellscape? (City Corridor Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave, 7:30 pm, $7-$139, all ages)
TUESDAY 12/10
Bait Store 12-Yr Bday Bash
(PARTY) Everybody’s favourite vacation gentle present is again! Examine them out whereas celebrating Bait Store’s twelfth yr on the hill with drink specials and dancing to the reside tunes of native Christmas surf band Dancer and Prancer. This beloved dive bar at all times goes complete hog with vacation decorations, and their epic musical gentle present kicks off each hour on the hour(ish). Get pleasure from one in all their blended cocktails or a seasonal sipper (final yr we tried “It’s Giving Thanks” and “Dancing Queen,” which used Swedish fish-infused vodka), and really feel your self get swept up within the vacation spirit. (Bait Store, 606 Broadway E, 9 pm, free, 21+) SHANNON LUBETICH
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