WEDNESDAY 1/29
Pink Curtains for the Pink Cross: A Profit for L.A. Wildfire Reduction in Reminiscence of Our Favourite Boy Scout
(FILM) Certain, David Lynch’s misty, autumnal masterwork Twin Peaks is the quintessential Pacific Northwest noir, however a lot of his filmography centered Los Angeles. In Mulholland Drive, a healthful, perky Naomi Watts lands in Hollywood with goals of changing into a star earlier than assembly an odd lady with amnesia. In Misplaced Freeway, a Los Angeles saxophonist and his spouse obtain creepy VHS tapes, and issues spiral right into a neo-noir internet of homicide and deceit. Even Eraserhead‘s alienating panorama was impressed by Lynch’s time residing in La-la-land. In different phrases, this screening makes excellent sense—present as much as see one among Lynch’s “most ethereal works” and assist the American Pink Cross of Better Los Angeles, which is working to offer catastrophe reduction for these affected by the LA fires. “This will even be the final time you may get to see one among [Lynch’s] works in our present area, surrounded by the cinema’s iconic pink curtains; our very personal Pink Room for greater than 50 years,” the Grand Phantasm states. (Grand Phantasm, 1403 NE fiftieth St, 9:45 pm, $5 minimal donation) LINDSAY COSTELLO
THURSDAY 1/30
YellaCatt, Avery Cochrane, and Chelle
(MUSIC) When she is not on stage performing electropop bops underneath her pseudonym YellaCatt, Seattle-based renaissance lady Daniella White is a usui reiki grasp, sound healer, floral arranger, painter, and headdress designer. All of her inventive and religious endeavors shine via in her music and efficiency model with ethereal electronics, opulent costumes, and empowering lyrics. Sonically, YellaCatt is type of just like the PNW’s response to Kylie Minogue—danceable, attractive, and timeless. She’s going to carry out latest singles like “Dreaming Sky,” “ABRACADABRA,” and “Orgasmic Matrix” after opening units from fellow pop queens Avery Cochrane and Chelle. (Excessive Dive, 513 N thirty sixth Ave, 7:30 pm, $13–$17, 21+) AUDREY VANN
FRIDAY 1/31
fifth Annual Fremont Soupocalypse
(FOOD & DRINK) There’s nothing like a steaming bowl of one thing sizzling, brothy, and restorative to bolster your spirits and keep off the chilliness of winter. Fortunately, Fremont eating places have risen to the event with a “neighborhood winter soup stroll” referred to as Fremont Soupocalypse, permitting diners to get their soup repair and assist native companies, throughout their slowest months of the yr besides. Amble via the neighborhood and luxuriate in dine-in and takeout specials from Fremont Mischief, Shawn O’Donnell’s, El Camino, SWeL, Triangle Spirits, Esters Enoteca, Paseo, Kaosamai, Pink Star Taco Bar, Soul, Frelard Tamales, Pecado Bueno, the George & Dragon, Dreamland, Native Tide, and the Barrel Thief between January 30 and February 2. You will accumulate a stamp in your “soupassport” for every soup vacation spot—if you happen to accumulate eight or extra, you may redeem them at Mischief earlier than February 12 for a free tasting, shot glasses, and a seize bag of native treats. (Varied places, each day Jan 30-Feb 2, see the complete lineup at right here) JULIANNE BELL
SATURDAY 2/1
The Gits Seattle Document Launch Occasion
(MUSIC) As soon as upon a time, I used to be purchasing at a Portland report retailer once I requested the person working behind the counter if they’d any information by the Gits. The person acquired proper up into my face—his breath stale with cigarettes—and shouted, “No, you are going to must GITS it some place else!” So, once I noticed that Sub Pop was reissuing the Seattle punk band’s hard-to-find 1992 album, Frenching the Bully, launched only a yr earlier than vocalist Mia Zapata was murdered, I used to be deeply relieved understanding that Gits followers would now not be bullied by that comedian e-book villain-of-a-man. This weekend, the Vera Challenge will have a good time the reissue with a screening of the brand new brief movie The Gits Reside at RKCNDY adopted by a vinyl signing from the band’s surviving members. Plus, the Vera will host an artwork exhibit of work by Zapata. KEXP will host a 21+ model of the identical occasion at 8 pm with a bar on web site. (Vera Challenge, 305 Harrison St, 4 pm and eight pm, free, all ages at 4 pm, 21+ at 8 pm) AUDREY VANN
SUNDAY 2/2
Daybreak Cerny: Portmeirion
(VISUAL ART) I have been a fan of Daybreak Cerny ever since I wrote about her pandemic-era cellular exhibition Weeping Willow Folding Chair again in 2021. “There’s suspense in suspension,” I wrote on the time. “This stress is fixed in our lives; we’re all studying to steadiness, endlessly.” This nonetheless feels true of life and of Cerny’s work—the Seattle artist’s summary sculptures really feel theatrical but humble, wavering inside terrains of artifice and earnestness with subtly humorous undertones. Exhibit A? The coupon tucked to the aspect of a latest wall sculpture. (Frye Artwork Museum, 704 Terry Ave, Wed–Solar via June 22, by donation) LINDSAY COSTELLO
MONDAY 2/3
Psychedelic Salon with April Pleasure
(TALKS) City Corridor’s new sequence, Psychedelic Salon, is a month-to-month panel that intends to discover how psychedelics comparable to psilocybin, ketamine, and MDMA “are reshaping the psychological well being panorama.” Seeing as how the one expertise many People have with ketamine remedy is watching that scene of Adrianna from Actual Housewives of Miami getting excessive as a kite after which uncontrollably bawling her eyes out and screaming for her useless dad in what appeared like a med-spa, it is in all probability a very good dialog to have! (Simply me?) For the primary installment, host April Pleasure will discuss to Stranger founder Tim Keck and artist and photographer Rachel Demy about “the function of psychedelics in Seattle’s countercultural actions and the way they affect creative expression.” It needs to be a captivating dialog, even for an uncool, stone-cold-sober particular person like me. (City Corridor Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave, 7:30 pm, $10–$35 sliding scale, all ages) MEGAN SELING
TUESDAY 2/4
The Sleeping Magnificence
(DANCE) I just lately attended a manufacturing of The Nutcracker and located myself seated subsequent to a small baby in a tutu who spent your entire runtime coughing and hacking prefer it was her private efficiency. Even so, it was troublesome to not be in awe of the surroundings, the music, and the ballet dancers on stage. I used to be dazzled, rattling it! Let this be a reminder that artwork has the facility to beat all obstacles or no matter. And here is one other efficiency that I can promise will dazzle you, too. Pacific Northwest Ballet’s “traditionally knowledgeable re-imagining” of The Sleeping Magnificence consists of scenic design by Tlingit glass artist Preston Singletary (who we interviewed right here) and costumes by Paul Tazewell (Hamilton, West Aspect Story, PNB’s Swan Lake). (We acquired a sneak peek right here.) It is impressed by the Pacific Northwest, so I hope Aurora is sporting Gore-Tex. (McCall Corridor, 321 Mercer St, a number of performances Jan 31–Feb 9, $53–$235, all ages) LINDSAY COSTELLO
