WEDNESDAY 2/5
Neko Case in Dialog with Cheryl Waters
(MUSIC/BOOKS) When you do not comply with PNW-born treasure Neko Case on Instagram, then do your self a favor and click on that “comply with” button. She paperwork her life in rural Vermont with a sincerity and rawness that few well-known folks show today. There, you may anticipate finding an off-the-cuff snap of her dinner, a blurry picture of her hair, and a trove of pet images. Due to her delightfully genuine presence and poetic songwriting, I’m not stunned that she has launched a memoir. Instructed in lyrical prose, The More durable I Battle the Extra I Love You recounts the story of Case’s upbringing as a lonely inventive little one rising up in Tacoma. She’s going to swing by way of Seattle to speak with KEXP’s Cheryl Waters concerning the new e-book. (City Corridor, 1119 Eighth Ave, 7:30 pm, $10–$35 with the choice to add-on a e-book buy, all ages) AUDREY VANN
THURSDAY 2/6
Li’l Woody’s Burger Month
(FOOD) The favored native burger joint chain Li’l Woody’s has revealed the lineup for its eleventh annual Burger Month sequence, which options 4 weeks of particular burger collaborations dreamed up by among the metropolis’s brightest culinary luminaries. This 12 months’s specials embrace the Cambo-Diaspora Double Cheeseburger (two quarter-pound Royal Ranch grass-fed beef patties marinated in kroeung paste, two slices of American cheese, kroeung aioli, tomato relish, and pickled carrots on a Li’l Woody’s bun) from 2025 James Beard Award semifinalist and Sophon chef Karuna Lengthy (February 4–10); the Don Bronco Burger (a citrus soy garlic-marinated fried bone-in pork chop, fried egg, salsa criolla, and chimichurri aioli on a Li’l Woody’s Bun) from Unhealthy Chancla chef Jose Garzón (February 11–17); the Lago Burger (a quarter-pound Royal Ranch grass-fed beef patty, goat cheese, roasted tomatoes, pomodoro con aglio and balsamic salsa, arugula, shaved purple cabbage, pickled purple onions, and parsley on a Li’l Woody’s bun) from Cafe Lago chef Lauren Thompson (February 18–24); and the Catahoula Burger (a quarter-pound Royal Ranch grass-fed beef patty, Tillamook white cheddar cheese, purple eye barbecue sauce, honey jalapeño slaw, bread-and-butter pickles, and Worcestershire tabasco aioli on a Li’l Woody’s bun) from FlintCreek Cattle Co. chef Eric Donnelly (February 25–March 3). Burger fans who buy all 4 specials will obtain a restricted version Li’l Woody’s woven market bag, and by way of their Burger 4 Burger program, Li’l Woody’s will donate the identical variety of burgers bought to a company of every chef’s selection. (Obtainable in any respect Li’l Woody’s areas by way of March 3) JULIANNE BELL
FRIDAY 2/7
Reggie Watts
(MUSIC/COMEDY) Musician/comic/actor/memoirist Reggie Watts isn’t your father’s quadruple-threat entertainer—except your dad’s into surrealist humor, ingenious beatboxing, and shockingly soulful funk (and parodies thereof). Watts has maintained busy and various parallel careers in these fields as a result of his skills are as outsized as his Afro. In all probability greatest identified to Seattle old-timers because the frontman for standard funk/soul group Maktub, Watts moved to NYC in 2004 and attained virality with hilarious parody tracks “Fuck Shit Stack” and “What About Blowjobs?” Many different incomparable songs (see 2010’s Why $#!+ So Loopy?) and stand-up gigs led to Watts incomes the bandleader position on The Late Late Present With James Corden in 2014. Watts’s musical strategy will be summarized by his track title “Pastiche in Lieu of Originality”; however even his self-deprecation is misleading. Toggling between profundity and absurdity, Watts achieves the miraculous feat of turning spoofs of musical and comedic tropes into works of ridiculous uniqueness. It is arduous to foretell what Reggie will do onstage on the Showbox, however it would actually contain rarefied fusions of humor and sonics that may make the late Frank Zappa’s mustache twitch in approval. (The Showbox, 1426 First Ave, 8:30 pm, $40–$45, 21+) DAVE SEGAL
SATURDAY 2/8
Stuart Murdoch: No person’s Empire E-book Tour
(MUSIC) Relating to band origin tales, Belle & Sebastian has among the finest: Again in 1994, Stow Faculty college students Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David recorded a couple of demos for a college mission with their music professor Alan Rankine (previously of the Associates). After considered one of their singles was picked up by the faculty’s document label Electrical Honey, the label supplied to launch their debut album, Tigermilk, which went on to form the indie pop style as we all know it. Twelve albums and almost three a long time later, Murdoch nonetheless fronts the ensemble, bringing their delicate twee sound across the globe. He’ll cease by the Fremont Abbey to have fun the discharge of his debut novel, No person’s Empire, with a studying, Q&A, and dwell music. Primarily based on his childhood, the novel digs into the “darkish days resulting in gentle and coming of age by way of music.” (Fremont Abbey Arts Middle, 4272 Fremont Ave N, 7:30 pm, $31–$61, all ages) AUDREY VANN
SUNDAY 2/9
Seattle Hospitality Immigration Fundraiser
(COMMUNITY) The restaurant trade is feeling particularly weak because the Trump administration threatens to implement mass deportations throughout the nation. Final week the New York Occasions wrote, “In a 2024 knowledge transient, the Nationwide Restaurant Affiliation reported that 21 % of restaurant staff in the USA have been immigrants.” They add that the Middle for Migration Research estimates that unauthorized staff account for a further a million workers. It is such a staggering pile of terrifying bullshit, it may be arduous to know tips on how to even start to assist those that are most impacted. Effectively, one factor you are able to do? Eat. This weekend, greater than 100 native eating places, cafes, bars, and bakeries will come collectively for a large fundraiser to help immigrant rights, with companies throughout the Puget Sound area committing to donate at the very least a portion of their gross sales to the Northwest Immigrant Rights Undertaking. The record of contributors is severely so large—and rising!—that organizers needed to make it right into a Google map as a result of they ran out of room to place all of them on a flier. Three days, three meals a day, in addition to some espresso and treats? You are able to do some severe snacking for a great trigger. (Numerous areas, Feb 7–9, see the total record of contributors right here) MEGAN SELING
MONDAY 2/10
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg: New 4K Restoration
(FILM) Greta Gerwig cited The Umbrellas of Cherbourg as considered one of Barbie‘s most important influences, and it is simple to see why—younger Catherine Deneuve could possibly be confused for Barbie any day of the week, and the musical’s ultra-colorful set and musical numbers are drenched with the kaleidoscopic really feel that Gerwig’s 2023 movie makes an attempt. I can consider few higher methods to have fun the forthcoming spring than with Jacques Demy’s seminal musicals—he largely sidestepped the French New Wave’s fashionable black-and-white ambiguity in favor of lighthearted colour. It ought to be extra-enchanting on this contemporary 4K restoration. (SIFF Cinema Downtown, 2100 Fourth Ave, a number of showtimes Feb 7–13, $14.50–$19.50) LINDSAY COSTELLO
TUESDAY 2/11
I Want Love: The Story Of Romance in Rap
(MUSIC) In our model new difficulty—the primary in our return to month-to-month distribution, by the best way—Charles Mudede and Professor Daudi Abe sat down with a few of their favourite hiphop songs to discover the style’s historical past of affection, lust, and longing. The playlist—which you’ll take heed to on Spotify right here—options songs from each decade, beginning within the ’80s with “Hey There, House Boys” by Man Parrish from 1985 all the best way as much as “Girl” by Doja Cat from 2021. There’s additionally some 2Pac, Missy Elliott, A Tribe Referred to as Quest, Salt-N-Pepa, LL Cool J, and extra. (Associated: DID YOU KNOW LL’S MIDDLE NAME IS TODD????) On Tuesday, the duo will annotate this record onstage on the Clock-Out Lounge with assist from DJ Vitamin D and Taylar Elizza Beth. When you’ve ever watched considered one of Mudede’s movies on The Stranger‘s Instagram, then you understand what sort of deal with you are in for. It will be a dance get together, it’s going to be a celebration of affection and hiphop and love in hiphop, and it will be the most effective goddamn Tuesday evening you might have had in a very long time. (Clock-Out Lounge, 4864 Beacon Ave S, 8 pm, $12–$15, 21+) MEGAN SELING
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