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As a standup comic, Garofalo drifts from one thought to a different like a cat attempting to inform a narrative whereas chasing a bit of string, after which out of the blue, after an hour or so, you understand she simply dumped a bunch of brilliance on you and also you by no means stopped laughing or not less than chuckling as a result of all the things she stated was relatable, true, and, at occasions, even poignant. Has anybody talked to her about internet hosting The Every day Present? Somebody ought to speak to her about internet hosting The Every day Present. STRANGER MANAGING EDITOR MEGAN SELING
Right here-After on the Crocodile, Belltown (Apr 3–6)
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If there’s anybody I belief with selecting 10 of town’s most promising laugh-providers, it is our good mates at The Stranger. Their Undisputable Champions of Comedy showcase (hosted by Emmett Montgomery, a dependable comedian in his personal proper) will convey an unmatched crew to the stage–significantly, has anybody ever seen all of those comedians collectively directly? I am stoked for sharp stoner Erin Ingle, Genevieve Ferrari (cool title, cooler ideas on corn canines), “fertile younger lady” Zahnae Aquino, and candy potato brownie critic Ricci Armani, amongst others. LC
Washington Corridor, Squire Park (Sat Apr 5)
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Palestinian American comedian Mo Amer has discovered a novel approach to mix troublesome real-life experiences with humor: His path to citizenship took 20 years, he as soon as endured a flight subsequent to Eric Trump, and his performances typically work to defuse dangerous stereotypes about Muslim Individuals. It is sensible that the common-or-garden, cheeky charmer landed the semi-autobiographical Netflix collection Mo. (The second season began in January, by the best way.) Personally, I am hoping to listen to extra about his favourite vaccine. (I am a Moderna girly, myself.) LC
Moore Theatre, Belltown (Solar Apr 6)
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Your first encounter with Ben Schwartz could have been his function as wannabe baller Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on Parks and Recreation. Since then, he is voiced Sonic the Hedgehog (a job that oddly fits his fast-paced comedy fashion) and starred in three Netflix improv specials. He’ll drop by Seattle on the heels of the schlocky 2023 horror-comedy Renfield, through which he appeared alongside Nicolas Cage’s Dracula. LC
Paramount Theatre, Downtown (Fri Apr 11)
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Liza Treyger, the sneaky-smart host of That is Messed Up: An SVU Podcast, just lately appeared in Judd Apatow’s The King of Staten Island. Catch the famous child hater on stage at this efficiency, the place I hope she has extra dispatches from her good friend group of “outdated girls on molly.” LC
Right here-After on the Crocodile, Belltown (Sat Apr 12)
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Nicely-fed funnyman Matteo Lane will drop by Seattle to serve up his personal recipe for achievement: quick-witted comedy impressed by his Italian upbringing, The Barefoot Contessa, and extra. (Carbonara sadly not included.) “Fluent in 5 languages and with a singing vary of six octaves, Matteo lived in Italy as an oil painter and opera singer earlier than beginning his comedy profession,” reads his bio. Cool brag, Matteo! LC
Paramount Theatre, Downtown (Sat Apr 12)
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Whitney Cummings’ aptly named Contact Me tour contemplated the facility of post-COVID contact along with her typical mix of cynicism and cultural remark. For her Massive Child tour, count on one thing equally sharp and side-splitting. (“She is about to vandalize your cybertruck, boy!!”) Professional tip: Think about buying a Single Mother crewneck sweatshirt earlier than the present. LC
Moore Theatre, Belltown (Sat Apr 12)
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Though Showtime tragically canceled her pink-hued, confrontation-as-comedy present in 2023 after a mere two seasons, Ziwe Fumudoh’s button-pressing 2022 interview with Chet Hanks is nonetheless the stuff of legend. The snazzy satirist and queen of discomfort has a present for locating “iconic friends” (Fran Lebowitz, Gloria Steinem, Stacey Abrams) and bringing out cringe-inducing habits in privileged individuals (Andrew Yang, Hannibal Buress, Adam Pally, Caroline Calloway). She tends to do all of it in Cher Horowitz-chic outfits. What’s to not love (or be mildly nervous about)? She’ll drop by Seattle to remind us that Earth is in its flop period. LC
Neptune Theatre, College District (Solar Apr 27)
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It is spring, which may solely imply one factor: It is time as soon as once more to admire gently wafting pink cherry blossoms in full bloom on the College of Washington Quad. To have a good time, over 80 U District companies have come collectively to supply cherry blossom-themed food and drinks specials and reductions on retail gadgets. Earlier than or after your petal-gazing tour, cease by and luxuriate in treats like cherry blossom frappes from Sip Home, cherry blossom mousse and mini blossom “croffles” from Cafe Canuc, glazed cherry cake from Donut Manufacturing facility, sakura ice cream from Candy Alchemy, chewy sakura mochi desserts from Saint Bread, and extra. JB
Numerous areas, College District (Apr 1–6)
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As we converse, tulips are blooming in Skagit Valley and calling on you to come back dance of their fields, take courting profile pics, and easily spend a second stopping to odor the flowers. Every of the 5 gardens has a unique ticket value (parking is free), so test on-line for the place you wish to go and the standing of the blooms beforehand. Cities within the space benefit from the floral festivities by internet hosting dozens of occasions starting from the annual parade on Saturday, April 5 in La Conner to a nautical treasure hunt in Anacortes and avenue truthful April 18–20 in Mount Vernon. Take a look at the competition’s complete calendar for all of the actions, artwork exhibits, performances, and excursions, in addition to ideas for native eating places. In the event you’re in search of a nighttime exercise, Tulip Valley Farms hosts a “Black Mild Backyard” on Fridays and Saturdays with glowing lights and reside music. SL
Numerous areas, Skagit Valley (Apr 1–30)
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I have been so caught within the winter slog that once I come round a nook and see a tree erupting with tiny pink blossoms, I audibly gasp. The Japanese phrase for viewing cherry blossoms is hanami, an act described as “a reminder to have a good time life,” and I really feel it each time. Study extra about these inspiring blooms and their connection to Japanese and Japanese American tradition at this floral competition the place you may take pleasure in tea ceremonies, folktales, and sumo and taiko performances. SL
Seattle Heart, Uptown (Apr 11–13)
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Sakura is the Japanese phrase for cherry blossom, however for a weekend in Seattle yearly, it represents one the biggest anime conventions within the nation. Do not miss cosplay chess, voice actor appearances, a reside efficiency from Japanese alt rock band Hitsujibungaku, and panels on matters starting from furries to ageing in cosplay. Entrance to the three-day con requires a membership by the nonprofit Asia Northwest Cultural Training Affiliation, and grants you entry to all the things from the manga library to the mahjong room and masquerade ball. I am in awe of the parents posting their three-day cosplay lineups on socials; I can barely provide you with one Halloween costume. SL
Seattle Conference Heart, Downtown (Apr 18–20)
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White Heart is dwelling to one among Washington State’s largest Cambodian communities—annually, they have a good time Cambodian New Yr on the finish of the harvest season. This avenue competition features a monk’s blessing and meals providing, reside Khmer music, a trend present, and a wide range of performances. Stick round for an open dance ground, conventional video games, and scrumptious meals distributors. SL
SW 98th St between fifteenth & sixteenth Ave SW, White Heart (Sat Apr 26)
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The Seattle Jewish Movie Pageant is among the longest-running within the Pacific Northwest and one of many largest Jewish movie festivals within the nation. This yr’s “cinemanna” features a closing evening champagne toast with a screening of the darkly comedic Dangerous Shabbos. Viewers have the choice to attend occasions in particular person or watch just about from dwelling. LC
Numerous areas, College District (Apr 1–6)
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Positive, you’ve got most likely heard the time period “Lynchian” roughly a thousand occasions, however how did David Lynch’s completely singular, idiosyncratic language translate for Otto Preminger or Robert Altman, for instance? The Beacon’s spring screenings of Lynch-inspired cinema makes an attempt to reply that query. Explorations of liminality, melodrama, absurdism, and the surreal take middle stage, with a screening of one among my all-time favorites (3 Ladies) alongside Ingmar Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf, Werner Herzog’s My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Performed?, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cemetery of Splendor, and Jacques Rivette’s Celine and Julie Go Boating. Principally, level your finger on the lineup and you will find one thing unbelievable. LC
The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis (Apr 1–30)
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Ingmar Bergman swapped toy troopers for a film projector as a baby, igniting a wierd and lifelong obsession with shadows, faces, and the silent depth of emotion. Bergman’s movies had been worshipped by just about each director you realize—Fellini, Kurosawa, and Kubrick amongst them. Even the reclusive painter Andrew Wyeth noticed Bergman as a kindred spirit. My suggestion? Present your self just a few moments to hunt the metaphysical inside the mundane this month. SIFF Cinema Uptown’s collection consists of screenings of Summer season with Monika, Wild Strawberries, The Virgin Spring, Persona, and private favourite Winter Mild. LC
SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown (Apr 1–30)
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The children are all proper: This forward-thinking movie fest spotlights contemporary work by rising filmmakers, with a concentrate on movies by younger ladies, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and others from historically marginalized communities. NFFTY payments itself because the “world’s largest, most influential movie competition for rising filmmakers 24 years outdated and youthful,” and in-person and digital viewing choices make the screenings a no brainer. Much like previous lineups, the youth will proceed to hone in on society’s most important points—look out for flicks that grapple with racial equality, gender, Indigeneity, and extra. LC
Numerous areas (Apr 3–13)
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When healthful, perky Betty (Naomi Watts) lands in Hollywood with desires of turning into a star, she meets a wierd lady with amnesia. The pair seek for solutions throughout a dreamlike panorama in David Lynch’s twisty, mysterious ode to LA. Seattle showgirl Monday Mourning will flip up in a Tinseltown-ready beat for this screening of Mulholland Drive, so anticipate a further layer of unusual and weird dazzle. LC
Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill (Solar Apr 13)
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The 1920 German Expressionist masterwork (and malevolent freak fest) The Cupboard of Dr. Caligari will tackle a hypnotic new degree of otherworldliness with a reside authentic rating. Austin music ensemble the Invincible Czars will carry out their authentic, up to date soundtrack for the screening, including mysterious new layers of sonic depth to the silent flick. The movie follows a fairground “physician” and the unlucky sleepwalker who murders at his command—it is a gem of early cinema that sorta-kinda invented the whole horror movie style, and influenced administrators like David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick. LC
SIFF Cinema Downtown, Belltown (Mon Apr 14)
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Programmed in collaboration with artist Rana San and Seattle author Chelsea Werner-Jatzke, this experimental competition explores the boundaries of video poetry by screenings, workshops, and discussions. In celebration of Nationwide Poetry Month, the competition honors video poetry as each a literary style and a fancy visible panorama, facilitating in-person and on-line alternatives for vital and inventive progress inside the medium. Take a peek at final yr’s screenings for a way of the ethereal and intriguing themes you may catch this time round. LC
Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill (Apr 25–Could 4)
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Every spring, the MLK Enterprise Affiliation’s eating promo Plate of Nations presents a two-week-long alternative to pattern the wealthy and assorted cuisines of Rainier Valley, with shareable menus priced at $25 and $35. They promise that this yr’s lineup is about to be “the most effective but,” with over 70 taking part eating places, together with CheBogz, Bang Bang Kitchen, Creamy Cone Cafe, The Station, Buddha Bruddah, Emerald Metropolis Fish and Chips, Habesha Cafe, Loretta’s Northwesterner, Rainier BBQ, Spice Waala, The Consolation Zone, and extra. JB
Numerous areas (Apr 1–6)
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This biannual occasion run by Seattle Good Enterprise Community’s Good Meals Economic system program is right here that will help you get away of your takeout rut and discover your new favourite restaurant. Here is the way it works: A slew of taking part eating places, bars, cafes, meals vans, caterers, and pop-ups throughout the better Seattle space serve as much as two particular menus for $20, $35, $50, and $65 for lunch and/or dinner, and plenty of supply a “give a meal” choice so diners can donate to their in-house group meal packages or to Good Meals Kitchens. This spring, there’s additionally an Eat Native First digital passport choice—rack up factors by checking in with a QR code at designated areas devoted to serving regionally sourced meals, then redeem them for restaurant present playing cards and earn an opportunity to win particular prizes. JB
Numerous areas (Apr 1–12)
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In the event you reside within the Venn diagram overlap between readers, bakers, and wordplay fanatics, that is your occasion. Contestants will construct delicious food-based creations impressed by books, which will be “something from a literal interpretation to a whimsical punny take”—assume the chocolate cake from Matilda, a paper-thin pancake unfold entitled The Crepes of Wrath, or “olive-or-twist” martinis. The literary feast shall be scored by each the general public and a panel of native judges, with classes like “Most Guide-like,” “PUNniest,” “Choose’s Selection,” “Individuals’s Selection,” and “Finest Youth Entry.” JB
Bainbridge Island Museum of Artwork, Bainbridge Island (Solar Apr 6)
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Self-taught baker and TikTok creator Lacey Ostermann (@_lacebakes_) began a micro-bakery from her London dwelling after choosing up bread baking as a pandemic passion and has accrued almost 800k followers who adore her comforting movies and approachable however exact recipes. I am excited in regards to the dizzying breadth of potentialities from her new e book 3 Doughs, 60 Recipes. All you knead (sorry) is three easy grasp dough recipes—sandwich bread, pizza, and focaccia—to unlock carby delights like bagels, doughnuts, English muffins, burger buns, ciabatta, sandwich rolls, Roman-style pizza, and extra. Plus, the e book comes with 15 bonus recipes to boost your baked creations, like do-it-yourself butter, sizzling honey, scallion cream cheese, chimichurri, and stracciatella, and QR codes to video tutorials that will help you alongside the best way. Ostermann will drop by Guide Larder for an writer speak and bread-making demo. JB
Guide Larder, Fremont (Mon Apr 7)
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Remi Wolf is a firecracker, each reside onstage and in her recorded music. Her 2020 EP I am Allergic To Canines! exploded onto the scene with cheeky lyrics and boppy beats, and her pop dominance has solely grown since. Massive Concepts, her second full-length, was launched in July of final yr and showcases a broad vary of genres and influences in her music, from psych rock to R&B. Her reside exhibits name for barefoot dancing in your brightest threads and chunkiest jewellery. SL
Paramount Theatre, Downtown (Apr 4–5)
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This month, the Seattle Males’s Refrain will pour themselves a cup of ambition to honor the beloved “backwoods Barbie” Dolly Parton. The ensemble will carry out new preparations of classics like “Honky Tonk Angels,” “Jolene,” “Islands within the Stream,” and a mashup of songs from The Finest Little Whorehouse in Texas. Remember to decorate up! The viewers is inspired to put on boots, cowboy hats, and “each rhinestone you personal.” Simply assume: WWDD (what would Dolly do)? AV
The fifth Avenue Theatre, Downtown (Apr 5–6)
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Martha Wainwright sprouted from the bountiful household tree of people icons Kate McGarrigle and Louden Wainwright III, which is obvious from her dreamy vocal tone and knack for candid, playful songwriting. In honor of the twentieth anniversary of her self-titled album, Martha will carry out the seminal work in its entirety after a gap set from indie folks artist Brad Barr (of the Barr Brothers). As for me, I will be the particular person sitting within the entrance row scream-singing alongside to “Bloody Mom Fucking Asshole.” AV
Fremont Abbey Arts Heart, Fremont (Sat Apr 5)
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Former Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould confronts modern-day anxieties rooted in local weather change and geopolitics in Right here We Go Loopy, his first album in almost 5 years. “This album talks quite a bit about uncertainty, helplessness, being on edge,” Mould explains. “How a lot can we management? How a lot chaos can we deal with? In the long run, the reply, the treatment, is inserting your belief in unconditional love.” He’ll help the brand new album after a gap set from singer-songwriter Craig Finn (of the Maintain Regular). AV
Neptune Theatre, College District (Mon Apr 7)
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Etran de L’Aïr (translation: “stars of the air”) will head over from the mountainous area of northern Niger, bringing their self-described “desert blues” sound in help of their first studio album, 100% Sahara Guitar. The brothers take their origins as a neighborhood marriage ceremony band to the subsequent degree with layers of melodic electrical guitars and reverb results. Do not miss a gap set from Fujisawa, Japan-based psych-rock band Maya Ongaku. AV
Neumos, Capitol Hill (Tues Apr 8)
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Kraftwerk’s 1974 album Autobahn is a potent antidepressant. I can at all times rely on the opening titular observe to elevate my spirits and get me out of a rut. The music’s slow-building electronics make me really feel like a shiny ’70s BMW that is powering on to observe the German lyrics “Wir fahr’n, fahr’n, fahr’n, auf der Autobahn” (which loosely interprets to “We’re driving on the freeway.”) Lead singer and founding member Ralf Hütter will get again on the “autobahn” to have a good time the fiftieth anniversary of the band’s first US tour. This particular multimedia live performance will convey collectively Kraftwerk’s pioneering digital tunes with trippy futuristic visuals and efficiency artwork. AV
Moore Theatre, Belltown (Wed Apr 9)
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Even in the event you do not take into account your self to be a classical music fan, I encourage you to let Hong Kong-born pianist Tiffany Poon’s serene third album, Diaries: Schumann, wash over you. On the album, Poon takes the works of the German Romantic period composer Robert Schumann and applies her personal perspective for a wistful solo-piano journey of childhood recollections. She’s going to make her Seattle debut with songs from the album in addition to items from Haydn, Chopin, Debussy, and Ravel. AV
Benaroya Corridor, Downtown (Thurs Apr 10)
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Blues legend Taj Mahal shall be joined by the Grammy-winning multi-instrumentalist Leyla McCalla (the Carolina Chocolate Drops, Our Native Daughters) for a night of people music combining American roots with African, Brazilian, and Haitian sounds. AV
Meany Heart for the Performing Arts, Northeast Seattle (Sat Apr 12)
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The phrase “ethereal” tends to be overused when describing music. That stated, Ichiko Aoba’s music is really ethereal. The Japanese singer-songwriter finds a candy spot between folks, jazz, and classical music, using swirling strings, ocean waves, windchimes, and delicate vocals to inform whimsical, and infrequently fictional tales. She’s going to help her new album Luminescent Creatures, which serves as a sequel to her critically acclaimed 2020 album Windswept Adan. AV
Moore Theatre, Belltown (Mon Apr 21)
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Juanita & Juan is the brand new mission of LA punk pioneers Alice Bag (the Baggage) and Child Congo Powers (the Gun Membership, the Cramps, Nick Cave and the Dangerous Seeds). Though the duo has solely launched two songs to date (“Put Down Your Weapons” and “Aftertaste”) the purpose of the mission is obvious: to harness their shared passions for boundary-pushing music. The mission’s genre-defying sound, which they outline as “loud lounge,” cradles anti-fascist lyrics with reverbed guitars and digital drum beats. They are going to be joined by storage rock band Graveyard of the Pacific. AV
Clock-Out Lounge, Beacon Hill (Tues Apr 22)
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If you have not heard in regards to the cultural phenomenon that’s Kylie Minogue’s “Padam Padam,” then I counsel that you just make amends for your herstory STAT. Through the summer season of 2023, the music took the queer group by storm, echoing by Pleasure parades, golf equipment, and Sephoras across the globe. The sleeper hit got here almost 4 a long time into her profession, proof of Minogue’s superstardom and endurance. The Princess of Pop will return to Seattle for the primary time since 2002 to help her two-part album Stress. I’m crossing my fingers that she’ll additionally sing some older tracks from her early-aughts nu-disco staple Fever and ’80s bubblegum pop debut, Kylie. Oh yeah, and British pop phenom Rita Ora is opening—no huge deal! AV
Local weather Pledge Area, Uptown (Fri Apr 25)
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Hope you want sitar, tabla, harmonium, and santoor! Indian classical music champions Ragamala Seattle will current this fam-friendly day of (you guessed it) Indian classical music. Instructing artists will share conventional devices and henna, and violinist Pt. Ragini Shankar and tabla participant Mukundraj Deo will carry out a Hindustani (North Indian) live performance. At 1:30 pm, a Carnatic flute live performance by Pt. Shashank Subramanyam, Kumari Shruthi Sarathi, and Shri Parupalli Phalgun will fill the museum with delicate, elegant notes. LC
Seattle Asian Artwork Museum, Capitol Hill (Solar Apr 27)
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Look, I hate to be the one to say it, however there’ll come a day once we will not have alternatives to see the jazz titans of the ’60s and ’70s carry out reside. So take a second to understand that we exist throughout a time when you may see legends like Gary Bartz play his alto saxophone for lower than $40. Bartz is broadly identified for his collaborations with family names like Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Artwork Blakey, and Miles Davis. He’s additionally a trailblazer in preserving and honoring the legacy of Black American music, bringing collectively Afrocentric themes and avant-garde music on his 1971 album Harlem Bush Music. Do not miss Bartz as he helps his upcoming not-yet-named solo album, produced by Om’Mas Keith (Frank Ocean, Erykah Badu, John Legend). AV
Jazz Alley, Belltown (Apr 29–30)
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Yukimi Nagano has fronted the Grammy-nominated Swedish digital group Little Dragon for almost three a long time, however she steps into her personal on the solo mission For You. The songs really feel extra intimate, with a female vitality that emanates energy as she sings, “Nothing’s gonna break me down / Nothing’s gonna shake / Nobody’s gonna break me.” With out the confines of a band, she has the liberty to take dangers and discover new approaches. The singles which have been launched to date are emotional, jazzy, soul-filled, and simply attractive. SL
The Crocodile, Belltown (Wed Apr 30)
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A real testomony to the recognition of underground cabaret leisure in Seattle, the longstanding Moisture Pageant has fostered circus performers, comics, burlesque dancers, and musicians for years, and now claims to be “the world’s largest comedy/selection present competition.” The 25-day fest presents eye-popping occasions from the (comparatively) mild-mannered to the racy and scantily clad finish of the spectrum. LC
Broadway Efficiency Corridor, Capitol Hill (Apr 3–13)
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On high of being the explanation I shout “BEAST!” and “BACKROLLS?!” at my cat day-after-day, Alyssa Edwards can be one of the recognizable performers in RuPaul’s Drag Race herstory (she competed in season 5 and All Stars season 2). She’s a gaggy legend in her personal proper, whether or not on stage or working her award-winning dance studio in Mesquite, Texas (you may study extra about that within the Netflix docuseries Dancing Queen, by the best way). Present as much as this efficiency for a reminder that it’s best to get higher, not bitter. LC
Moore Theatre, Belltown (Thurs Apr 10)
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James Beard Award-winning meals author, chef, and documented bagel fanatic J. Kenji Lopez-Alt will sit alongside Rick Steves, the hometown hero who’s at all times attempting to get outta right here, and proficient music critic Ann Powers for this version of Dwell Wire Radio. The trustworthy and humorous conversational present hosted by Luke Burbank shall be elevated by a reside efficiency from Pedro the Lion, who former Stranger author Jas Keimig as soon as described as “big-dick-quasi-emo-indie-rock.” LC
Benaroya Corridor, Downtown (Fri Apr 11)
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Self-described “motion artist who works in persona,” Stranger Genius Award winner, and beloved Seattle drag-theater icon Cherdonna Shinatra isn’t one to be slept on. The dancer-slash-comedian-slash-chanteuse took the stage with the Bearded Women for final yr’s Threesome, and 2022’s Goodnight Cowboy delved into the parable of Western conquest, heroics, masculinity, and domination. This time round, Cherdonna will bless us with “run-on sentences, story derailments, and shock viewers presents,” so count on to be bombarded with love, generosity, and one thing a contact more unusual. LC
Erickson Theatre Off Broadway, Capitol Hill (Apr 16–20)
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Likelihood is good that you just’re already aware of this ethereal story of affection, company, and good versus evil, however Swan Lake remains to be a must-see for the uninitiated and a sleek reminder of ballet’s energy for die-hard followers. (I noticed a manufacturing of Swan Lake for the millionth time final yr, and guess what? It is nonetheless unbelievable.) This efficiency includes a “world-renowned solid of 55 of the brightest stars of the State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine.” Crafted with precision, the manufacturing’s design consists of tons of of customized surroundings items that envelop viewers within the story of Prince Siegfried and Odette, Queen of the Swans. LC
Paramount Theatre, Downtown (Fri Apr 25)
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City Corridor’s new collection, Psychedelic Salon, is a month-to-month panel that intends to discover how psychedelics akin to psilocybin, ketamine, and MDMA “are reshaping the psychological well being panorama.” Seeing as how the one expertise many Individuals 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 seemed like a med-spa, it is most likely a very good dialog to have! (Simply me?) It must be an enchanting dialog, even for an uncool, stone-cold-sober particular person like me. STRANGER MANAGING EDITOR MEGAN SELING
City Corridor Seattle, First Hill (Mon Apr 7)
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Hanif Abdurraqib is the most effective good friend I by no means met. Having spent years studying his work—his essays, his poetry, his music criticism—it feels as if we’ve spent half a lifetime collectively sitting on flooring, listening to data, and exchanging observations about everybody from Aretha Franklin to My Chemical Romance. He doesn’t write at you, as so many tradition critics do—his prose opens up and pulls you into no matter little world he’s spinning in his mind. You don’t simply perceive his observations, you typically really feel them, too. He’ll be at City Corridor in April in help of his e book There’s All the time This Yr: On Basketball and Ascension. STRANGER MANAGING EDITOR MEGAN SELING
City Corridor Seattle, First Hill (Wed Apr 9)
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Mom-daughter duo Nam Quickly Ahn and Sarah Ahn have captured the hearts of tens of millions of viewers on Sarah’s TikTok account @ahnestkitchen, which presents a candy, poignant glimpse at their relationship and mutual love of Korean cooking. Their debut cookbook Umma (“mother” in Korean) consists of conversations between the 2 that vary from humorous to relatable to tear-jerking, plus gems of culinary knowledge gleaned from Nam Quickly’s a long time within the kitchen and recipes fine-tuned by America’s Check Kitchen. At this signing, you will get to satisfy Sarah and Nam Quickly and get your cookbook personalised. JB
Guide Larder, Fremont (Mon Apr 14)
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The weekly public radio program The Splendid Desk has been an indispensable supply of culinary steering and meals lore since its inception in 1997. I first fell in love with it when studying to cook dinner in my early twenties, and then-host Lynne Rossetto Kasper’s comforting voice was like a trusted good friend holding my hand within the kitchen. Now, the self-described “radio present for individuals who like to eat” is celebrating 30 years with this particular reside taping. Present host and award-winning meals author Francis Lam will talk about all issues edible with a number of native friends: Pancita chef/proprietor Janet Becerra, Musang chef/proprietor Melissa Miranda, Native Soul delicacies chef/proprietor Jeremy Thunderbird, Saint Bread proprietor Yasuaki Saito, Seattle Occasions food and drinks author and Seattle Eats podcast host Tan Vinh, and Tahoma Peaks Options founder and Muckleshoot Indian Tribe member Valerie Segrest. JB
KUOW Public Radio, Northeast Seattle (Thurs Apr 17)
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Chef Roy Choi, writer of the New York Occasions bestselling cookbook and memoir LA Son and co-host of the Netflix cooking collection The Chef Present, helped pioneer meals truck tradition together with his famed Korean-Mexican fusion meals truck Kogi in Los Angeles. His latest e book, The Choi of Cooking, is the results of his quest to eat extra nourishing meals however not desirous to forgo taste or deprive himself. This interprets to daring, comforting, vegetable-forward recipes like Calabrian chili broccoli rabe, shakshuka baked ziti, bean and cheese burritos, kimchi Philly cheesesteaks, and hen and inexperienced bean stir-fries, interspersed with bits of Choi’s cooking philosophy and knowledge. Meet Choi himself at this writer speak, Q&A, and e book signing at Fremont Abbey. JB
Fremont Abbey Arts Heart, Fremont (Mon Apr 21)
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In the event you requested me who can be most definitely to sit down down for a chat with exonerated legend Amanda Knox, “Chris Ballew, lead singer and bassist of alt-rock outfit the Presidents of the USA of America” can be my, like, 417th guess. However the world’s filled with bizarre connections, is not it? The pair will meet up at Elliott Bay Guide Firm to debate Knox’s new e book, Free: My Seek for That means, which explores the time she spent in an Italian jail and her new regular again dwelling. LC
Elliott Bay Guide Firm, Capitol Hill (Mon Apr 21)
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Along with her well-liked YouTube channel You Deserve a Drink, New York Occasions bestselling writer, comic, and podcast host Mamrie Hart was part of the wave of circa 2011 YouTubers that included personalities like Grace Helbig, Tyler Oakley, and Hannah Hart of My Drunk Kitchen. Her chaotic cocktail-making movies mixed her bartending job along with her aptitude for the dramatic (to not point out a penchant for puns, sexual innuendo, and popular culture references), and every comes with its personal built-in consuming recreation. Over a decade after the inception of You Deserve a Drink, Hart is again along with her third e book, All I Assume About is Meals: A Vegetarian Cookbook That’ll Hold the Social gathering Going, a compendium of enjoyable, retro-inspired vegetarian celebration bites starting from artichokes Rockefeller to pink pickled eggs. And naturally, there are many show-stopping cocktails, like saffron 75s and flaming cherries jubilee martinis. JB
Guide Larder, Fremont (Thurs Apr 24)
Baseball is again! The 2025 Mariners season kicked off on the very finish of March, beginning with a win towards the Oakland A’s on the dwelling opener. (We’re taking that as a very good omen for the remainder of the season.) Catch a recreation this month as The M’s tackle the Detroit Tigers, Houston Astros, Texas Rangers, Miami Marlins, and Los Angeles Angels at dwelling. Plan an early arrival at T-Cell Park as the primary 10,000 followers will rating swag like bobbleheads, hats, and plushies. You’d even be remiss to not strive the concessions’ new teriyaki hen, which was co-developed by J. Kenji Lopez-Alt. JW
T-Cell Park, SoDo (Numerous dates, Apr 1–30)
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I’ve skied my complete life, however by no means in a bikini. Perhaps 2025 is the time (crazier issues have already occurred this yr). Elysian Brewing and Crystal Mountain are bringing again the Bikini Downhill after a two-year hiatus for its twelfth installment of ski racing in swimwear. Crystal at all times goes all out for its Pleasure celebration, so I am imagining a day crammed with colourful seashore balls, outsized sun shades, and campy zinc oxide-covered noses. Competing skiers and riders shall be scored on three classes: fashion, velocity, and the way a lot liquid they will preserve within the stein they’re required to hold all through the race. Too intense for you? Enthusiastic followers of all ages are invited to cheer from the sidelines and have a good time spring with a post-race award ceremony and reside music. SL
Crystal Mountain Resort, Enumclaw (Sat Apr 12)
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As somebody who loves the Earth, cardio exercise, and being outdoors, I merely can not look forward to this run in honor of Earth Day. (I even have an outdated pair of trainers to eliminate, which is ideal since organizers shall be gathering used kicks to ship to the nonprofit athletic shoe recycler MORE Basis Group.) After finishing a 5K, 10K, or 15K run, you may pot a tree to take dwelling, or select to donate it to native nonprofits. There’s additionally a children’ sprint so you can begin your younglings early on the trail to turning into tree huggers. SL
Magnuson Park, Northeast Seattle (Sat Apr 19)
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Pressure of Nature includes a piece we’re significantly jazzed about—Johanna Goodman’s collaged print Catalogue of Imaginary Beings, Plate No. 99, which graced the quilt of The Stranger‘s spring Arts + Efficiency challenge. The group present consists of works by 9 ladies artists who “pay homage to the sweetness and energy of the pure world,” and I am stoked to see names like Sophia Allison, Maija Fiebig, and Morgan Rosskopf on the record. Count on a stunning mix of delicate ceramic works and daring, folkloric work that really feel divined by Mom Nature herself. LC
AMcE Artistic Arts, Miller Park (Apr 2–Could 11)
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Sure, you’ve got most likely heard that bona fide artwork star Ai Weiwei has a crowd-heavy exhibition put in on the Seattle Artwork Museum. However do you know that his work has expanded outdoors of SAM’s partitions? Along with the SAM retrospective, the Seattle Asian Artwork Museum has put in Ai Weiwei: Water Lilies, a “reinterpretation in LEGOs of one among Claude Monet’s famed water lilies work.” (A circle of 12 monumental bronze sculptures by Ai shall be put in on the Olympic Sculpture Park in Could, too.) Head to SAAM to expertise the spectacular LEGO work—Ai’s Water Lilies (2022) is “almost 50 toes in size and produced from 650,000 blocks.” (P.S. In the event you’re a fan of the unique Water Lilies collection, you too can view a restored Monet on the Portland Artwork Museum this spring.) LC
Seattle Asian Artwork Museum, Capitol Hill (Apr 2, 2025–Mar 15, 2026)
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In the event you’re excited by fiber artwork, you will wish to familiarize your self with Indo-Caribbean artist Suchitra Mattai, who explores intersections of historical past, reminiscence, and migration by ultra-tactile textiles and sculptures. Drawing from her ancestors’ journey as indentured laborers in Guyana, Mattai navigates violent colonial histories and honors ladies’s labor legacies with classic saris, beads, and embroidery. In she walked in reverse and located their songs, Mattai reenvisions her grandparents’ dwelling, a focus in her migration story. The monumental sculptures, weavings, and braiding methods have to be seen to be absolutely appreciated. LC
Seattle Asian Artwork Museum, Capitol Hill (Apr 9–July 20)
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For this set up of the Frye’s common Boren Banner collection, photographer-artist Tarrah Krajnak will proceed her follow of “reshaping the boundaries of latest images” with lush, difficult black-and-white compositions. (I am intrigued by this stark picture of Krajnak in entrance of a planetarium.) One of the best half in regards to the Frye’s Boren banners—billboard-sized works sited dealing with Boren Avenue—is that you could view the art work anytime. Simply drive by or take a stroll to scope it out on the facade of the museum. LC
Frye Artwork Museum, First Hill (Apr 16–Oct 5)
