WEDNESDAY 7/17
Hiatus Kaiyote and Digable Planets
(MUSIC) Aussie jazz-funk ensemble Hiatus Kaiyote will take to Remlinger Farms in help of their fourth album, Love Coronary heart Cheat Code, which embraces spontaneity with improvised tracks like “Sparkle Tape Break Up” and “And We Go Mild.” Nevertheless, the present’s actual draw is that Digable Planets, the best hip-hop group of all time (for my part) is opening. The trio of rappers, who’ve adopted the insect alter-egos Butterfly, Ladybug Mecca, and Doodlebug, will carry out traditional tracks from their influential jazz-rap albums Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Area) and Blowout Comb. In the event you’re not conversant in the group, I recommend listening to their 1993 observe “La Femme Fetal,” which tackles the persistent problems with abortion rights and fascism. (Remlinger Farms, 32610 NE thirty second St, Carnation, 5:30 pm, $54.50, all ages) AUDREY VANN
THURSDAY 7/18
Longlegs in 35mm
(FILM) I have not been this excited a few horror movie shortly, and the fervor over Longlegs is due in no small half to the headlines it is inspiring: “Nicolas Cage manages to high his twisted legacy,” says Dateline; “Oz Perkins’ newest will get beneath your pores and skin and festers like a putrid nightmare,” says Bloody Disgusting; “New horror film dubbed ‘the perfect serial killer movie in latest reminiscence,’” says The Impartial. None of this actually surprises me as a result of the advertising and marketing workforce for Longlegs has been laying it on thick for months. They arrange a freaky-ass telephone quantity that I referred to as earlier this 12 months, solely to be so creeped out later that I questioned if I might inadvertently cursed myself. The movie’s trailers are additionally superbly bizarre and rife with symbolism. Even Letterboxd customers have given Longlegs a 3.8 score, which is fairly respectable for a contemporary horror movie. My recommendation? Go into this one understanding as little as doable. (Grand Phantasm, a number of showtimes by means of July 25, $9–$12) LINDSAY COSTELLO
FRIDAY 7/19
Capitol Hill Block Get together
(MUSIC) This 12 months, CHBP presents a treasure trove of Gen-Z favorites. Droves of festival-goers will crowd the streets of Capitol Hill to see lineup highlights like pop music’s reigning camp queen Chappell Roan, digital hip-hop heavy Kaytranada, and indie pop trio Cannons. This isn’t your typical lounge-in-the-grass-type music pageant, however a bustling get together that includes 9 phases—each indoors and open air. Sadly, “slut pop” star Kim Petras needed to pull out of her headlining spot, however worry not! Alt-pop sensation Remi Wolf will take her place. (Capitol Hill, E Pine St between Broadway and twelfth Ave, July 19–21, $115–$395, all ages) AUDREY VANN
SATURDAY 7/20
Lucy Kim: Mutant Optics
(VISUAL ART) Seoul-born interdisciplinary artist Lucy Kim has discovered to “embrace distortion” in her hybrid works. Whereas collaborating with scientists on the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the Nationwide Autonomous College of Mexico, Kim helped design a captivating new printing course of that makes use of “genetically modified micro organism cells that produce melanin instantly on paper.” Okay, I am hooked already. The method reveals how melanin can type photographs, and in Mutant Optics, guests can view examples constituted of vanilla crops, that are traditionally related to colonization and international economics. In the event you’re intrigued by the intersections of bioengineering, notion, and “social and cultural constructions of race,” this present is a positive factor. (Henry Artwork Gallery, fifteenth Ave NE and NE forty first St, Thurs–Solar by means of Feb 1, 2025, free–$20, all ages) LINDSAY COSTELLO
SUNDAY 7/21
ML Buch
(MUSIC) Seattle hardly ever performs host to Danish musicians, particularly of the excessive calibre of ML Buch. The Copenhagen-based guitarist/vocalist/composer (full title: Mary Louise Buch) has been releasing fascinating, tech-savvy twists on singer/songwriterisms since 2017. Early in her profession, Buch realized that, positive, stunning, wistful melodies sung with understated gravitas are nice, however songs actually take off after they’re disrupted with mysterious distortions. It is the baffling intrusions of synthesized vocal utterances and use of open tunings on a seven-string Stratocaster (amongst different axes) that distinguish this sonic adventurer from the world’s middling traditionalists. On albums akin to 2020’s Skinned and 2023’s succès d’estime Suntub, Buch finds the golden imply between the natural and the unreal, between accessibility and experimentation. Now, fusions of minimalist artwork pop and electronica clog streaming companies, however Buch’s hit with extra subtlety and inventiveness than most. Finally, Buch’s is well-liked music—or it is going to be—as soon as the human race evolves a bit extra. (Madame Lou’s, 2505 First Ave, 8:30 pm, $23, 21+) DAVE SEGAL
MONDAY 7/22
Hanako O’Leary: Kamon
(VISUAL ART) Weaving collectively Shinto mythology and modern feminist ideologies, native artist Hanako O’Leary’s origami works in Kamon create a novel visible vocabulary embedded with tales from her latest travels to Japan’s Setonaikai Islands and her childhood summers by the Seto Inland Sea. In the event you noticed Izanami, O’Leary’s first solo museum presentation on the Frye earlier this 12 months, Kamon is a necessary follow-up. O’Leary will lead an artist speak and origami workshop “supposed for many who establish as girls or daughters” on July 27. (Gallery 4Culture, 101 Prefontaine Pl S, Mon-Fri 9 am–5 pm, by means of Aug 1, free, all ages) LINDSAY COSTELLO
TUESDAY 7/23
Eat Tender Serve 🍦
(FOOD) In accordance with a warmth stress-induced Google search on a latest 87-degree day, there are greater than 25 locations to get good delicate serve in Seattle. Making choices much more troublesome, many retailers are doing their damnedest to place their distinctive, ahem, twist on the deal with. Now, we may go from store to buy, tasting, testing, and evaluating notes to search out which delicate serve is the perfect delicate serve, however… why? Life doesn’t must be about discovering the perfect. Like so lots of the world’s best meals, what’s “greatest” is within the tastebuds of the beholder and may simply shift relying on moods, climate, and cravings. With that in thoughts, a few of The Stranger’s hungriest meals specialists sampled eight soft-serve spots throughout city that can assist you discover your favourite for the summer time—or simply at the moment. Learn all about ’em in our new summer time situation—on stands now!—after which go get your self certainly one of summer time’s greatest snacks! MEGAN SELING
