WEDNESDAY 1/22
Amusements by Ikechukwu Ufomadu
(COMEDY) I really feel like regardless of the 2025 equal of a “hipster” is after I espouse my love for alt comedy, however voices like Joe Pera, Connor O’Malley, Jo Firestone, Jacqueline Novak, Kate Berlant, and John Early actually do preserve me alive. I am excited to depend Ikechukwu Ufomadu, deemed the “gentleman-scholar of alt-comedy” (New York Journal), amongst my new favorites. Armed with books, a cup of tea, and a slideshow, the Ziwe author’s absurdist one-man present Amusements defies style and makes some astute observations. (“I perceive lots of you might be ‘right here’ tonight,” he notices.) (Right here-After, 2505 First Ave, 7 pm, $19.99, all ages) LINDSAY COSTELLO
THURSDAY 1/23
Damien Jurado & Gathered in Tune Play I Break Chairs
(MUSIC) Acclaimed Seattle-born singer-songwriter Damien Jurado will convey his melodic and shapeshifting indie-folk again house for a two-night stint. He’ll honor his fourth album, I Break Chairs, by enjoying it in its entirety. Launched again in 2002, the album leans into moody indie rock and incorporates extra electrical guitar solos than you would possibly anticipate from this indie people favourite. Native indie rocker Byland will open each nights. (Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave NW, 7:30 pm, $30, 21+) AUDREY VANN
FRIDAY 1/24
The Disabled Checklist third Annual Comedy Pageant
(COMEDY) Kayla Brown and Dan Hurwitz, creators of the mockumentary That is Spinal Damage, introduced the first-ever disability-focused comedy competition within the Pacific Northwest in 2023, and it is returning for one more spherical of guffaws this 12 months on the Northwest Movie Discussion board. The Disabled Checklist Comedy Pageant will showcase filmed sketches and stay stand-up by native humorous people with disabilities, together with John O’Donnell, Gibran Saleem, and Deaf queer activist Hayden Kristal, plus some to-be-announced particular friends. See the complete competition lineup right here. (Northwest Movie Discussion board, 1515 twelfth Ave, 7:30 pm, free–$25, 18+) LINDSAY COSTELLO
SATURDAY 1/25
Fremont Bridge Evening Market
(COMMUNITY) Make like a troll and head below the Fremont Bridge for the primary night time market of the 12 months. This month’s theme is “winter feast,” and a partnership with Cell Meals Rodeo means you’ll be able to count on extra meals vehicles alongside the standard dozens of native distributors promoting handmade crafts and classic items. It has been significantly chilly lately, however you can heat up below patio heaters and revel in some scorching frybread from Off the Rez. (701 N Northlake Manner, midday–6 pm, free, all ages) SHANNON LUBETICH
SUNDAY 1/26
Tim Heidecker: Slipping Away Tour
(COMEDY) EverOut Arts Calendar Editor Lindsay Costello writes: “Tim Heidecker, the legendary weirdo behind Tim and Eric Superior Present, Nice Job! and On Cinema on the Cinema, is nothing if not polarizing—Vice describes his work as ‘failure-centric’—however when you ‘get’ him, you are most likely an enormous fan.” Heidecker will return to Seattle along with his distinctive model of absurdist meta-humor and authentic music to help his ’70s country-rock-inspired album, Slipping Away. Do not miss a gap set from former SNL comic Kyle Mooney, who’s certainly one of my favourite forged members of the final decade (watch him trip with “the man from Soul” when you want a healthful stomach snort.) (Neptune Theatre, 1303 NE forty fifth, 8 pm, $39.50, all ages) AUDREY VANN
MONDAY 1/27
2024 Sundance Movie Pageant Indigenous Movie Tour
(FILM) For these with no real interest in visiting Park Metropolis, Utah, to start with: I perceive. Secondly, you do not have to! Sundance Institute’s 2024 Indigenous Movie Tour brings eight brief movies by Indigenous administrators (4 from the 2024 Sundance Movie Pageant, three from the 2023 Sundance Movie Pageant, and one brief movie from the 2005 Sundance Movie Pageant) straight to Northwest Movie Discussion board. The curated choice is a stable alternative to have interaction with new work by Native administrators like Erica Tremblay, Taika Waititi, Sterlin Harjo, and private favourite Sky Hopinka, who blends English and Indigenous dialects like Chinuk Wawa in his ground-quaking works. (Northwest Movie Pageant, 1515 twelfth Ave, a number of showtimes, $7–$14) LINDSAY COSTELLO
TUESDAY 1/28
Renee Bracey Sherman with Angela Garbes

(BOOKS) Sure, the truth that we nonetheless should advocate for abortion rights in 2025 is devastating past measure. However that is the nation we stay in—one by which a wave of backward coverage has stripped thousands and thousands of reproductive healthcare. The least we are able to do is get on board with writers like Renee Bracey Sherman, who’re doing their greatest to struggle for the way forward for reproductive healthcare entry. Sherman will talk about her new e-book, Liberating Abortion: Claiming Our Historical past, Sharing Our Tales, and Constructing the Reproductive Future We Deserve, with Angela Garbes, former Stranger author and writer of Important Labor: Mothering as Social Change. (Third Place Books Seward Park, 5041 Wilson Ave S, free, all ages) LINDSAY COSTELLO