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COMEDY
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Native millennial and candy potato brownie critic Ricci Armani will head to Right here-After for Valentine’s Day, bringing a giggle-worthy set impressed by “his life and the best way folks discuss to him.” Could not be vaguer, Armani, however I am nonetheless sport. LC
(Right here-After on the Crocodile, Belltown, $15)
FILM
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The Fleischer studio’s loosey-goosey, rubber-limbed character model could not have meant to look eerie, however that is actually the impact they achieved. Though the Fleischers produced super-recognizable characters like Koko the Clown, Betty Boop, Bimbo, and Popeye the Sailor, they finally ventured into phantasmagorical tales impressed by surrealism, dirty Nice Despair environments, and German Expressionism. Curiously, in addition they created some cutesy Valentine’s Day-worthy tales! Verify ’em out at this screening of among the studio’s freshly restored cartoons—you will catch Popeye and Olive Oyl’s love story, Betty Boop courting Prince Charming, and Bimbo climbing a beanstalk. LC
(Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill, $7-$15)
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Wong Kar-wai’s masterful romance is about in ’60s Hong Kong, the place a lonely married journalist meets a equally remoted girl. When the 2 notice that their respective companions are dishonest on them, they type an intimate bond and wrestle with the attract of a sordid affair. Christopher Doyle’s vivid cinematography helped cement Within the Temper for Love as a significant stylistic affect on the final 20 years of movie. And certain, there are a variety of causes that the movie sounds good on paper, but it surely’s additionally one of the deeply affecting tales I’ve ever witnessed on display. Do not sleep on it. LC
(The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis, $12.50)
FOOD & DRINK
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Whether or not your Valentine is a associate, date, good friend, member of the family, or your self, take them out on a date to this pretty screening of the 2024 Luther Vandross documentary Luther: By no means Too A lot, accompanied by a soulful dinner ready by resident chef Tay Proctor-Mills Jr. Afterward, belt your coronary heart out at a playful karaoke sing-off that includes Luther’s best hits. JB
(Black & Tan Corridor, Rainier Valley, $10)
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Procrastinated on Valentine’s Day plans? Take a look at this enjoyable, laidback gathering at Stoup Brewing in Ballard, full with cheeky conventional American-inspired flash tattoos from artist Joe (@narrow_stairs), tarot readings from Jamie Anderson (@readerbythewood), and a few coquettish beers: the pucker-inducing What a Tart Raspberry Bitter and the “easy, reasonably bittered” All people Love All people IPA (that includes notes of “strawberry, passionfruit and citrus, all wrapped in a hug”). JB
(Stoup Brewing, Ballard, free)
LIVE MUSIC
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It is an actual disgrace that canines aren’t usually allowed at classical live shows as a result of the style has been scientifically confirmed to have a chilled impact on pets—Seattle-based charity live performance sequence Mozart & Mutts agrees. This Valentine’s Day, you and your canine dates are invited to Jellyfish Brewing Firm, the place you’ll get within the vacation spirit with romantic classical masterpieces performed by world-class musicians. Think about being a chamber musician on stage, looking to an viewers of snoozing pups—pure heaven. The efficiency is free, however donations shall be accepted to learn the native animal shelter Saving Nice Animals. AV
(Jellyfish Brewing Firm, Georgetown, free)
PARTIES & NIGHTLIFE
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If the discharge of Lucy Dacus’s new single and accompanying music video despatched you right into a tizzy of queer pleasure earlier this week, this occasion’s for you. Organizers invite you to embrace the drama and present as much as this sapphic-focused V Day soirée decked out in deep crimson, sweet coronary heart pink, or formal black with pearl or silk equipment. Deliver your crush, your gal buddies, or fly solo by means of the night time’s highlights, together with Polaroid portraits, pool, tarot readings, flash tattoos, and pace courting. A dance occasion kicks off at 9:30 pm with DJs taking part in hits from pop princesses and queer icons previous and current. Bonus: there’s free parking and vegan and gluten-free pizza choices! SL
(The Mountain Room: Bar on the R, Georgetown, $5-$10)
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For those who, like Emma Stone in Simple A, need your life to be like an ’80s film, cease by the Excessive Dive this Valentine’s Day for a dance occasion straight out of a John Hughes film. New wave and synth-pop tribute group Promenade Date Mixtape will play your favourite ’80s love songs adopted by a high-energy set from DJ Evan Blackstone. AV
(Excessive Dive, Fremont, $15)
READINGS & TALKS
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For those who’ve spent any time in any respect following meals accounts on Instagram or TikTok, you are seemingly already conscious of the ever-present At all times Pan from the cookware model Our Place. Now, cofounder and CEO Shiza Shahid has launched the corporate’s newest cookbook, Dinner at Our Place, which presents over 100 recipes in addition to curated menus, playlists, lighting recommendations, internet hosting ideas, and contributions from 11 “famend cooks, tastemakers, and restaurateurs.” Take inspiration from Shiza’s household dinners, Kia Damon’s Friendsgiving menu, Jen Monroe’s Valentine’s Day celebration (well timed!), DeVonn Francis’s Caribbean-inspired meal, and Keegan Fong’s scorching pot night time, and feed your personal family members. Shiza will drop by City Corridor to “share the tales behind the cookbook and the collaborations that formed its pages.” JB
(City Corridor Seattle, First Hill, $0-$35)
VISUAL ART
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I respect bravery in artwork, and in the cocoon tightens, Alex Department and Pablo V. Cazares envision their very own transformations. Let’s goooo! Department, whose web site I spent altogether an excessive amount of time exploring, presents sculptures that “appeared to lure her physique in ice” following an damage, and RISD MFA candidate Cazares’ gender transition echoes as he swathes his physique in “life-sized chrysalises.” The outcomes are earthy, tactile, and stunning. LC
(The Vestibule, Ballard, free; opening)
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Jack Straw New Media Gallery recommends making an appointment to view Laura Luna Castillo’s Onix y Marmol, however the additional step is certainly price it: the challenge blends “generative storytelling, immersive set up, algorithmic theatre, and blended actuality cinema” to mirror on the mirage-like city of Onix y Marmol. Castillo makes use of intriguing digital strategies like space-mapping sensors to deliver her glitchy imaginative and prescient to life. LC
(Jack Straw New Media Gallery, Northeast Seattle, free)
COMEDY
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Are you cool? No?!?! Me neither. Okay, so neither of us is cool, and the countless march of time suggests we’re all slogging slowly towards our eventual demise. What may very well be funnier than that? One chance is that this absolutely improvised comedy present, by which native comics (Yolanda Suarez, Mia Iseman, Zak Nelson, Jaime Lazich, and others) cling desperately to cultural relevance by studying tendencies, slang, and goss from the viewers. Hopefully the terminally on-line will present as much as clarify issues; the remainder of us can simply nod alongside. LC
(Annex Theatre, Capitol Hill, $15)
COMMUNITY
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LED lamps be damned, as a result of you may attempt beating SAD with SAM once more this yr. The artwork museum will supply free, first-come, first-serve wellness actions on choose Saturdays this winter to assist guests battle the drab seasonal doldrums. Drag your self away from bed and head to Olympic Sculpture Park for an intriguing menu of choices, together with workshops and stay performances on Saturday evenings and sound baths, dancing, installations, and extra on “exercise days.” LC
(Olympic Sculpture Park, Belltown, free)
LIVE MUSIC
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Think about: It is 2007 and you end up alone on Valentine’s Day with no plans however scribbling damaged hearts in your Converse and blasting Paramore in your bed room. Fortuitously, a cool scene woman stops you within the hallway to ask you to a moody anti-Valentine’s Day occasion. Nicely, I am the cool scene woman and that is the occasion. Seattle’s new “rock and roll clubhouse” Baba Yaga is throwing an emo promenade for the ages the place a few of Seattle’s most gifted musicians will cowl the tunes of the Used, My Chemical Romance, Evanescence, Mayday Parade, and extra. Native rock heavies Comfortable Heartbreak and Bearax will lead the night with friends together with the Requisite, Beautiful Colors, YoungChhaylee, Mel Motel, Nick Foster, Annie J, Mannequin Snake, Richard Simeonoff, Charles Wicklander, Dearheart, and Iris Kymm. AV
(Baba Yaga, Pioneer Sq., $15)
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For those who’re at present caught in a inventive rut, this night of experimental music and dance extends a chance to push by means of it. Greater than a dozen native efficiency and sound artists—together with bassist Abbey Blackwell (Alvvays, La Luz), harpist Carol J Levin, saxophonist Caroline Kraabel, trombonist Christian Pincock, and efficiency artist Hannah Rice—will come collectively for a totally improvised efficiency. There shall be alternatives for viewers engagement, however truthfully, simply being in a room with these massively inventive minds needs to be a boon to your art-making. AV
(Good Shepherd Heart/Chapel Efficiency House, Wallingford, $5-$20 donation on the door)
LUNAR NEW YEAR
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The UW Chinese language Scholar Affiliation is ushering within the 12 months of the Snake with an evening of Chinese language cultural performances, actions, and meals. Have a good time with quite a lot of handheld snacks like BBQ pork buns, lamb and beef skewers, tanghulu, and tea as you discover actions like snake cornhole, fortune readings, and crimson envelope adorning. There will even be a small market to browse, however ensure you’re in your seat by 7 pm for the principle presentation that includes martial arts, lion dance, stay music performances, and raffle prizes. SL
(UW Kane Corridor, College District, free)
PARTIES & NIGHTLIFE
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It is okay to not be okay! Seattle emo queen DJ Child Van Beezly feels your ache, internet hosting this “anti-Valentine’s rage fest” that’ll blast pop-punk throwback tracks from the Used, My Chemical Romance, blink-182, Taking Again Sunday, and extra. Scream into the void, curse your ex, and dance away any frustrations along with your love life—it is a secure house. JW
(Excessive Dive, Fremont, $10-$15)
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Emerald Metropolis Soul Membership’s Soul Nite offers a much-needed respite from the bass-heavy EDM tunes that fill most of Seattle’s nightclubs. Hop and bop to a romantic mix of soul and funk full with the occasional snap, crackle, and pop of classic vinyl. AV
(Black Lodge, South Lake Union, $10)
VISUAL ART
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You will have to make an appointment to cease by Specialist, however Khmer American artist Joe Bun Keo’s work is price the additional planning—in damaged braveness, he makes use of all the things from conventional Khmer krama scarves to outdated picket hat stands to interrogate commodity, sentimentality, and “unpack the intergenerational trauma of rising up in predominantly white middle-class suburban America a toddler of Khmer Rouge survivors and Cambodian refugees.” I am intrigued by Boreth Ly’s quote, used as a part of Keo’s exhibition assertion: “The Khmer time period for trauma is baksbat; a damaged physique that results in a damaged spirit, damaged braveness.” LC
(Specialist, Pioneer Sq., free)
FOOD & DRINK
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Meals isn’t “simply meals”—it is a cornerstone of neighborhood. Michaela Ayers, the facilitator and interdisciplinary artist behind the social impression group Nourish Group and the digital storytelling house Black Her Tales, will lead this inventive expertise honoring “the flavors, traditions, and reminiscences that form our sense of belonging” and nourishing “the deep connections between meals, care, and creativity.” Discover a collage open studio, a reminiscence sales space with guided prompts, and a collection of hearty appetizers and snacks. JB
(Wa Na Wari, Central District, $0-$40)
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Queer/Bar will problem the Sunday scaries and the worst elements of winter in a single fell swoop with THUNDERDOME, an eight-week drag competitors that sees sickening queens put up their dukes for a $5,000 grand prize and a assured reserving at this yr’s Queer Pleasure Pageant. Every Sunday in January and February, Jane Do not shall be joined by a rotating panel to guage the dolls. Pupusa (la reina Salvadoreña de Seattle), bearded glamazon Kenzie, babydoll monster MiMi Gina, and others will slay the home down with completely different themes every week. LC
(Queer Bar, Capitol Hill, $5 steered cowl)
EXHIBIT
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Journey By means of Life and Past is, at its core, open-ended—filmmaker-photographer Mohamed Abdullahi’s solo present is “impressed by the interaction of desires, religious beliefs, and surrealism” and blurs the traces between life and loss of life with installations that highlight near-death reflections and levels of existence. However the exhibition’s flexibility additionally poses a powerful central query: How can we make peace with the impermanence of life whereas discovering that means in its transitions? LC
(King Road Station, SoDo, free, Friday–Saturday)
FILM
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It is 1997, the island of Manhattan is now a most safety jail, and the president has been taken hostage by hostile inmates. Who else however soldier-turned-criminal Snake Plissken may save the day? This dirty futuristic imaginative and prescient from director John Carpenter stars Kurt Russell as Snake, whose rescue mission is an off-the-wall mishmash of gripping motion and utter weirdness. LC
(Central Cinema, Central District, $12, Friday–Sunday)
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I would pay to observe Colman Domingo fold laundry for 2 hours, so Sing Sing is hardly a tricky promote, however the story sounds heartfelt and galvanizing, too. Domingo stars as a wrongfully incarcerated prisoner on the infamous Sing Sing Correctional Facility, the place he finds his calling by performing in a therapeutic theater group. (The movie’s story relies on the Rehabilitation By means of Arts (RTA) program, which has been operational at Sing Sing since ’96.) Sing Sing additionally presents a refreshingly empathetic lens: Lots of the actors within the A24 movie are previously incarcerated individuals within the real-life RTA program. LC
(Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill, $7-$14, Saturday–Sunday)
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Starring three of my absolute favourite messy queens (Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, and Willem Dafoe), David Lynch’s lurid melodrama Wild at Coronary heart follows two outcast hotties who flee their hometown to pursue a torrid, surreal romance. What ensues is a sex-fueled street journey match for a cleaning soap opera, which looks as if it might be fairly cool, till the grotesquely terrifying Bobby Peru reveals up and ruins all the things. For those who preferred final yr’s Love Lies Bleeding, you will dig Wild at Coronary heart‘s avant-garde ambition and manic depth. Cue up Cage’s rendition of “Love Me Tender” to get within the temper for insanity. And it goes with out saying, however: RIP, David. LC
(Central Cinema, Central District, $12, Friday–Sunday)
FOOD & DRINK
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Darkish, wintry days name for darkish beers. In honor of Stout Month, Watershed has hoarded a wealth of “probably the most indulgent, tantalizing and eclectic” imperial stouts they might discover and is able to unleash 15 of them at this occasion to propel you into darkish beer nirvana. JB
(Watershed Pub & Kitchen, Northgate, Friday–Sunday)
SHOPPING
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Nothing fairly says “I like you” like making an attempt on outsized classic jackets and complimenting one another. The Georgetown Trailer Park Mall is celebrating love to your mates, foes, and native crafters each weekend in February with the theme “Huge Hearted.” Select the proper present to your particular somebody(s), and do not forget to cease by Shotgun Ceremonies for those who’re trying to get hitched in what may be the one delivery container wedding ceremony chapel within the nation. SL
(Georgetown Trailer Park Mall, Georgetown, free, Saturday–Sunday)
SPORTS & RECREATION
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Seattle’s greatest new date exercise simply dropped, and it is proper on time for Valentine’s Day. The limited-run occasion Smash Putt returns with 9 new mini-golf holes constructed by native makers, designers, and artwork collectives. Putt by means of holes with immersive themes like “12 months of the Snake,” “Summer time Sizzle,” and “Battleship” whilst you sip drinks curated by Belltown taproom Simply The Faucet. As somebody who’s been underwhelmed by Seattle’s mini-golf choices after experiencing the delights of City Putt in San Francisco, I am excited to take a look at this promising course that the creators name “pure hootenanny” and “an absurdly good time.” SL
(Base Camp Studios 2, Belltown, $15, Friday–Sunday)
VISUAL ART
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Ricky Allman, a.p. gath, Melissa Monroe, Jesse Reno, and others will discover the “efficiency and dichotomies of notion, reminiscence, and the imagined” on this group present, which blends compelling portray, images, and textile components. I am particularly enthusiastic about Bean Gilsdorf’s contributions to As We Imagined—I final noticed the multimedia artist’s hand-dyed cotton collages in 2024, and Gilsdorf’s works for this present appear equally cheeky and colourful. Melissa Monroe’s unhappy zebra is one other stunner. LC
(AMcE Artistic Arts, Miller Park, free, Friday–Sunday)
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Kim Matthews Wheaton’s pensive, empty fields and gentle, rolling hills stretch throughout giant canvases, rendered in muted oils. The West Coast vastness Wheaton captures feels completely in tune with the winter season, and paired with Tomoko Suzuki’s Glow, would possibly allow you to survive the month. In Glow, Suzuki illuminates curious paper clay our bodies in repose. “This exhibition is a reminder that the spring is true across the nook, and we’re capable of generate our personal interior glow whereas we wait,” the artist explains. LC
(Shift Gallery, Pioneer Sq., free, Friday–Saturday)
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The place was Seattle-based photographer Nate Gowdy on January 6? I am going to offer you one guess, but it surely’s not as a result of he aimed to rampage the Capitol. Capturing on task for Rolling Stone, Gowdy documented the surreal proceedings of the day, capturing militants “marching, kneeling in prayer, posing for group photographs, breaking for hotdogs,” and extra. WITNESS: Nate Gowdy’s Lens on January sixth, 2021 shares Gowdy’s stark black-and-white photojournalism of the dystopian chaos. You may be inclined to keep away from the feel-bad imagery, however the exhibition challenges viewers to “confront the complexities of id, energy, and the fragility of democratic beliefs.” It is price a protracted look. LC
(Spectrum Advantageous Artwork, Madrona, free, Friday–Saturday; closing)
