WEDNESDAY 1/8
Probably Unwell-Suggested: Movies About Assassinating Your Political Leaders
(FILM) A sure blisteringly scorching Italian man would approve of the Beacon’s newest movie sequence, which asks, “What would occur if we spoke reality to energy with gun in hand?” The Beacon punctuates Probably Unwell-Suggested: Movies About Assassinating Your Political Leaders with some delightfully acerbic quotes, like “The second of assassination is the second when energy and the ignorance of energy come collectively, with Dying as validator” (Thomas Pynchon) and “One of the best authorities is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination” (Voltaire). Let it’s identified that I am not endorsing something right here. However, like, it’s best to in all probability go see these movies for cinema’s sake, proper? I like to recommend snagging seats to the primary one on the docket—Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s superior, anarchic satire The Third Era. (The Beacon, 4405 Rainier Ave S, each day by way of Jan 25, $12.50) LINDSAY COSTELLO
THURSDAY 1/9
Tinsley
(MUSIC) Seattle-based singer-songwriter Tinsley takes the very best elements of Eighties and 2010s pop music and squashes them collectively for pure pop perfection. Her 2023 EP, Love Songs, is a dreamy, beachy, synthy effort within the vein of Taylor Swift’s 1989. She’s going to have a good time the discharge of her debut self-titled album alongside like-minded native artists Beautiful Colors, Midnight Excessive, and Waltzerr. (Neumos, 925 E Pike St, 9 pm, $15–$18, all ages) AUDREY VANN
FRIDAY 1/10
STÖR Closing Reception
(VISUAL ART) If you have not but wandered by way of STÖR, the artwork exhibit designed to appear to be a really acquainted blue and yellow big-box house furnishings and meatball retailer, run on to Base Camp Studios 2 and catch it earlier than it closes this Friday. Artists Mary Anne Carter and Lilia Deering have curated a choice of improbable native artwork and displayed it all through the area to make it really feel like you’re looking for flat-packed requirements in your school dorm room. It would be best to purchase every thing. However these things is not laminated particle board held collectively by picket dowels and cam lock nuts. There are sculptural vases by Brandon Vosika and Nhi Vo, butter dishes by No matter Manufacturing facility, chairs by Shiloh Davies and Olivia Montoya, and purposeful wall artwork together with clocks, mirrors, and lightweight change plates by Manic Pixie Dream Squirrel, San Dodie Studio, and Karl Cassel. (You possibly can store on-line, too!) As a part of the closing festivities, Doll Elements Collective will current a “sustainable trend present” that includes practically a dozen native designers, together with Jennifer McNeely, Debi Boyette, and Doll Elements homeowners Becky Bacsik-Booker and Alyssa Christine. (Base Camp Studios 2, 1901 Third Ave, 6–9 pm, $15 recommended donation) MEGAN SELING
SATURDAY 1/11
La Galette des Rois 2025
(FOOD & DRINK) Tuck into flaky golden galettes offered by La Parisienne French Bakery at this celebration of the Epiphany co-hosted by the Alliance Française de Seattle, the Union des Français à l’Etranger, and French Ciders & Spirits. Per custom, a trinket (fève) will probably be hidden in every galette, and the fortunate one to seek out will probably be topped king or queen for the day, thus fulfilling your Princess Diaries-fueled fantasy of discovering out you are secret royalty (or is that simply me?). Simply do not chip your tooth. You will additionally get the chance to glug loads of crisp French cider and/or gentle drinks. (La Parisienne French Bakery, 2507 Fourth Ave, 5:30 pm, $5–$20, all ages) JULIANNE BELL
SUNDAY 1/12
Mourning Illness Presents: Showgirls – The Annual Exhibiting
(FILM/COMEDY) Seattle showgirl Monday Mourning will mud off her “Versayce” for her annual screening of Showgirls, so don your campiest eleganza and present as much as have a good time all issues Nomi Malone. You in all probability already know the plot of the movie, but when not, put together to thrill your eyeballs with the glitzy underbelly of Las Vegas golf equipment courtesy of Paul Verhoeven, aka the man who made Robocop. The screening guarantees gaggy leisure that’ll have you ever wanting camp proper within the eye. (Northwest Movie Discussion board, 1515 twelfth Ave, 7 pm, $13–$18) LINDSAY COSTELLO
MONDAY 1/13
Dry January
(FOOD & DRINK) Trying to lower your alcohol consumption for January? Whether or not you are going dry, damp, or “sober-curious,” we have compiled a useful listing of locations to seek out non-alcoholic drinks round Seattle so you may quench your thirst. First starters, simply since you’re not consuming doesn’t suggest you all of a sudden lose the will for a enjoyable little drink, and Cheeky & Dry, the 100% non-alcoholic bottle store in Phinney Ridge—the primary of its variety in Seattle—was based with that precept in thoughts. Married couple Kirstin and Yura Vracko conceived the thought for the store when each of them have been trying to find upscale, non-alcoholic alternate options. The cabinets are stocked with eye-catching canned mocktails, zero-proof spirits, CBD glowing water, non-alcoholic wine, syrups, bitters, and extra, and you may even pattern merchandise. See extra Dry January suggestions right here! JULIANNE BELL
TUESDAY 1/14
Diving the Nice Barrier Reef: Nationwide Geographic Reside
(TALK) It is January. The week’s forecast predicts clouds, showers, and highs within the 40s. Do your self a favor: Study coral polyps. No, significantly—Australia’s Nice Barrier Reef is certainly one of our planet’s best and most colourful masterpieces. BUT IT’S IN TROUBLE! Local weather change is bleaching the panorama, however there’s “nonetheless a lot to see and lots to avoid wasting,” argues divemaster, marine biologist, digital actuality filmmaker, and Very Cool Particular person Dr. Erika Woolsey. Personally, I might like to avoid wasting these pleasant clownfish. Dr. Woolsey will share concerning the “most weird, colourful species that stay in these underwater jungles,” and if that does not battle off your doldrums, what’s going to? (Benaroya Corridor, 200 College St, Jan 12–14, $27–$55, all ages) LINDSAY COSTELLO
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