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PARTIES & NIGHTLIFE
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Are you contemplating killing your ex? Redirect that power with this SZA-centric dance occasion that includes your favourite songs from CTRL and SOS, in addition to jams from fellow R&B/hip-hop queens like Doechii, Jorja Smith, Rihanna, and Summer time Walker. AV
(Chop Suey, Capitol Hill, $15)
COMEDY
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After the season we have had politically, an improv present that is each humorous and quiet needs to be welcomed. Blissful silence shall be punctuated by some much-needed laughter at Mouth Vast Shut, a “love letter to the historical past of bodily comedy” that blends comedic parts from silent films, miming, and up to date teams like Blue Man Group and Cirque du Soleil to create one thing that is “each nostalgic and cutting-edge.” As with many improv reveals, it is also audience-involved, so prep for a couple of surprises. LC
(Sudden Productions’ Market Theater, Pike Place Market, $12-15 advance, $20 at door)
FESTIVALS
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White Middle is dwelling to considered one of Washington State’s largest Cambodian communities—annually, they have a good time Cambodian New 12 months on the finish of the harvest season. This road competition features a monk’s blessing and meals providing, dwell Khmer music, a vogue present, and quite a lot 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 Middle, free)
FOOD & DRINK
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Native musician and chocolatier Aaron Lindstrom, who previously labored because the supervisor of Theo Chocolate, will mix his passions with this small-batch chocolate manufacturing store, cafe, and dwell music venue, the place patrons will be capable of glimpse the bean-to-bar chocolate-making course of and take lessons. Greet the brand new enterprise at this grand opening, which can embody a ten am ribbon chopping ceremony, free chocolate bars and sipping chocolate for the primary few arrivals, giveaways, and naturally, dwell music. JB
(Cocoa Legato, Greenwood, free)
LIVE MUSIC
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As a teen, I worshipped the holy textual content Prime 50 by Nirvana, a handwritten checklist by Kurt Cobain of his favourite and most influential albums, together with Leadbelly’s Final Classes Vol. 1, Iggy and the Stooges’ Uncooked Energy, and the Shaggs’ Philosophy of the World. Debuting early final 12 months, the KEXP podcast The Cobain 50 has labored by way of the checklist week by week, detailing the person histories of every album and their affect on the legendary grunge band. This weekend, the podcast will have a good time its collection finale with a dwell taping that includes covers from native dreampop venture somesurprises. AV
(KEXP, Uptown, $15)
SHOPPING
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Returning for the primary time in 2025, the Occidental Sq. Buying and selling Put up brings distributors of classic and handcrafted items to Pioneer Sq. each season. You possibly can get pleasure from dwell music and attractive snacks when you browse jewellery, denim, snapbacks, and extra. The primary 100 individuals to spend over $25 obtain a cool tote, so go early so as to add one other canvas bag to your assortment. SL
(Pioneer Sq., Pioneer Sq., free)
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Simply in time for Unbiased Bookstore Day, Open Books: A Poem Emporium will have a good time its thirtieth birthday. Does that imply Open Books is a millennial? I suppose it is sensible—the shop affords a discerning assortment of poetry tomes, and it is nonetheless fairly cool, too. Open Books’ unique house owners, Christine Deavel and John Marshall, and present proprietor, Billie Swift, shall be on web site for this occasion, which invitations followers of the store to browse, chat with fellow poetry lovers, and assist the unbiased enterprise. LC
(Open Books, Pioneer Sq., free)
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The one means Seattle can probably maintain having fun with all kinds of wonderful, engaged, useful unbiased bookstores is to assist them, love them, and purchase as many books as we probably can from them—and never Jeff Bezos, even when his firm affords handy supply. Seattle Unbiased Bookstore Day provides you an ideal excuse to go to your favourite retailers, fill up on new releases and previous classics, and possibly even meet some native authors and/or get some candy swag.
(Varied areas, free)
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Impressed by conventional souks (marketplaces in northern Africa and the Center East), SOUK Seattle cultivates a “heat, community-centered house” with buzzy pop-ups and performances. The primary SOUK market was a smash success, so the crew has expanded into a bigger house to accommodate a whole bunch of attendees. Head to Pioneer Sq. for a fam-friendly array of artists and makers, DJ units by MORO and Azmi Haroun, henna designs, and unannounced surprises. LC
(The 101, Pioneer Sq., free)
FOOD & DRINK
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Glad Sigrblót to all who have a good time! For these not within the know, Sigrblót is “an historic vacation celebrated on the fourth full moon after the winter solstice to welcome the pending arrival of summer season & begin of the crusing season.” Oppegaard Meadery and Sea Wolf Voyages have teamed as much as create a brand new lingonberry mead, which you’ll be able to sip whereas listening to sea tales and Viking lore, snack on meals specials, and browse wares from Viking artisans. JB
(Skål Beer Corridor, Ballard, free)
LIVE MUSIC
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Each different month, the Frye fills its galleries with vibrant jazz melodies, including one other dimension to the visible works on show. This month, keyboardist Paul Richardson, who has shared the stage with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Maya Angelou, and Blood, Sweat and Tears, will soundtrack the museum’s present exhibitions. AV
(Frye Artwork Museum, First Hill, $15)
READINGS & TALKS
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Do not make the error I did and confuse Malcolm Harris with Dan Harris (10% Happier) or Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Level). Malcolm Harris is an East Coast journo and bona fide millennial (he was lively within the Occupy Wall Avenue motion) whose earlier books sport titles like Shit is Fucked Up and Bullshit. Frankly, I agree, which is why I am intrigued by Harris’ new ebook, What’s Left: Three Paths By way of the Planetary Disaster. The tome guarantees to “lower by way of the noise and get actual about our remaining choices for saving the world,” which appears more and more much less seemingly. He’ll be joined by Grist senior information reporter Clayton Web page Aldern for this dialog. LC
(Third Place Books Ravenna, Northeast Seattle, free)
SHOPPING
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New for 2025, the 4th on 4th Flea Market pops up in SoDo each fourth Sunday (thus the title) with classic finds, handcrafted items, and sips from Republic of Cider, Elsom Cellars, and 2Bar Spirits. I’ve excessive hopes for the flea’s choices; the market’s partnering with the Fremont Classic Mall, which has been rehoming eclectic treasures since 1990. Remember a reusable bag to carry your goodies dwelling! Children and pets are welcome. SL
(Elsom Cellars, SoDo, free)
COMMUNITY
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No type of documentation, insurance coverage, or fee is required to obtain providers at this free four-day clinic popping up at Local weather Pledge. Placed on yearly by the Seattle Middle Basis and supported by volunteers, the occasion is likely one of the largest community-driven free well being clinics within the nation. Get checked out (in a great way) as clinicians take over the efficiency and occasion areas at Seattle Middle to supply dental, imaginative and prescient, medical, and social providers to over 3,000 individuals. SL
(Local weather Pledge Area, Uptown, free, Friday–Sunday)
EXHIBIT
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There isn’t any actual unhealthy time of 12 months to go to the Seattle Japanese Backyard, however spring is undeniably peak season. Pop on a cute sweater, feed the koi, and stroll among the many tranquil bushes. It is good in your soul. Then, scuttle over to SHU 朱 – Scarlet, a choice of works by Olympia-based calligrapher Chiyo Sanada that “make the most of the standard colours of temples and Torii gates all through Japan and mix summary parts with conventional calligraphy.” I really feel calmer already. LC
(Seattle Japanese Backyard, Madison Park, $0-$10, Friday–Sunday; closing)
FILM
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Positive, you have in all probability 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 heart stage, with a screening of considered one of my all-time favorites (3 Ladies) alongside Ingmar Bergman’s Hour of the Wolf, Werner Herzog’s My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Accomplished?, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cemetery of Splendor, and Jacques Rivette’s Celine and Julie Go Boating. Mainly, level your finger on the lineup and you will find one thing unimaginable. LC
(The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis, $12.50, Friday–Sunday)
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As pupil arrests proceed, it is sadly a extremely… (like, actually) good time to maintain abreast of Trump’s disturbing trajectory towards destroying the proper to protest. The Encampments tracks pupil organizers protesting the genocide in Gaza, together with ICE-detained activist Mahmoud Khalil, professors, and Ivy League whistleblowers. I by no means thought I would be quoting Macklemore right here, however surprisingly, it applies: “College students have all the time led the cost for justice, from the sit-ins of the Civil Rights Motion to the campus protests in opposition to South African apartheid…[The Encampments] ensures the scholars in US and Gaza are heard, their actions are remembered, and the battle for Palestinian liberation continues.” LC
(The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis, $12.50, Friday–Sunday)
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It is about time that Frederick Wiseman’s documentaries acquired extra cinema display time. For over half a century, he is crafted uncooked and insightful movies that (though he rejects the time period) align with the cinéma vérité model. Within the phrases of SIFF, count on “no voiceovers, no speaking heads, simply life because it unfolds.” SIFF Movie Middle and the Beacon have teamed up for this collection, which presents 10 movies (5 at every venue) from the director’s oeuvre. I am a fan of The Retailer, set inside a Dallas Neiman Marcus within the ’80s, though different alternatives (Titicut Follies, Juvenile Court docket) are significantly insightful, if harrowing. LC
(SIFF Movie Middle, Uptown, $15-$18, Friday–Sunday)
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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 recognize—Fellini, Kurosawa, and Kubrick amongst them. Even the reclusive painter Andrew Wyeth noticed Bergman as a kindred spirit. My suggestion? Present your self a couple of moments to hunt the metaphysical throughout the mundane this month. SIFF Cinema Uptown’s collection wraps up with screenings of The Silence and Persona. LC
(SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown, Tickets $15, passes $92-$132, Friday–Sunday)
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Isao Takahata hive, stand up—however slowly and meaningfully, whereas maybe considering a close-by flower and/or the which means of existence. Look, I like Miyazaki as a lot as the following particular person (and the following particular person and the following particular person), particularly after his lovely bitchfest about AI was publicized not too long ago. (Responding to “Ghibli-style,” ChatGPT-created imagery, Miyazaki’s response was, “Whoever creates these things has no concept what ache is in anyway. I’m completely disgusted…I strongly really feel that that is an insult to life itself,” which is possibly essentially the most elegant “fuck off” ever voiced.) Anyway, again to Takahata. The director of my favourite Ghibli movies (Solely Yesterday, The Story of the Princess Kaguya) brings a stunning, soft-handed contact to the studio that, if not precisely slept on, is unquestionably a tad undersung. If you have not seen Pom Poko, his radical story of testicle-flippin’ tanukis preventing urbanization and gentrification, repair that this week. LC
(Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill, $7-$15, Friday–Sunday)
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Calling it now: In the event you’ve seen Cease Making Sense, it is in all probability your favourite live performance movie. It is jangly and arty and the entire different phrases one may use to explain Speaking Heads’s catalog, and David wears the swimsuit. Not feeling the Byrne? Hear, I do know watching a live performance film for a band you do not take heed to seems like hell, however this one may be an exception. If you have not seen it but, anticipate trying again on the expertise with a humorous fondness later, like a very good party or the primary time you smoked weed. Jonathan Demme (sure, the man who went on to make The Silence of the Lambs) recorded the entire live performance footage over the course of three days at Hollywood’s Pantages Theatre in 1983, in the course of the peak of the Heads’ visionary fame. It is screening in a brand new restoration, so prep for a “as soon as in a lifetime” expertise. LC
(Central Cinema, Central District, $12, Friday–Sunday)
SHOPPING
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This quirky flea market in a hip pocket of city payments itself as a “sustainable retail mannequin,” boasting dozens of classic and handmade distributors working out of upcycled trailers. Count on a variety that celebrates “sprouting buds” at this spring market, which incorporates hula-hooping, cornhole, and all the things from cigar humidors and handmade candles to curious ephemera, “glass worlds and tiny cosmos,” and oven-fresh cookies. LC
(Georgetown Trailer Park Mall, Georgetown, free, Saturday–Sunday)
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Assist native creators and construct group at this alt market in an previous QFC grocery store turned “High quality Flea Middle.” For only a greenback, you’ll get entry to almost 200 distributors of curated curiosities from data and curler skates to stickers and ceramics. Preserve the vibes excessive with DJ-spun tunes, alcoholic drinks for adults, and meals truck eats. The market runs for 3 days and is an ideal strategy to get out of the home this weekend whereas not really being exterior (the forecast is predicting a smattering of rain). Not solely are you giving a giant center finger to huge companies, however proceeds from the Punk Rock Flea Market additionally go in the direction of serving to present housing for unhoused and low-income people by way of the Low Revenue Housing Institute. SL
(High quality Flea Middle, Capitol Hill, $1, Friday–Sunday)
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Each spring, I get antsy to wash and redecorate my residing house. In the event you additionally really feel this manner, I vote we select to forgo huge field shops in favor of choosing up artwork from native Native distributors. Professional-tip: This market falls two weeks earlier than Mom’s Day and is the right alternative to examine “getting a singular and significant reward” off your to-do checklist. Kiya’s kitchen shall be serving up lunch; I am hoping for some scrumptious frybread. SL
(Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Middle, West Seattle, free, Saturday–Sunday)
SPORTS & RECREATION
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As little as I learn about skateboarding, I admire anybody in a classic Ralph Lauren bear sweater, particularly once they’re making cool community-driven artwork to revitalize DIY spots. Lauded French artist and skater Lucas Beaufort hopes to “breathe new life into Seattle’s parks that want care, remodeling them into vibrant, welcoming hubs the place locals can collect, join, and maintain the spirit of skating alive.” Aww, thanks, Lucas! He’ll be portray run-down spots by way of the weekend, and can pop up for a “jam session” at thirty fifth North on April 27. LC
(thirty fifth North Skateshop, free, Friday–Sunday)
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Smash Putt is Seattle’s greatest spring date exercise. The limited-run occasion returns with 9 new mini-golf holes constructed by native makers, designers, and artwork collectives. Putt by way of holes with immersive themes like “12 months of the Snake,” “Summer time Sizzle,” and “Battleship” when 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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Maker-writer Ruth Marie Tomlinson’s intriguing course of includes mapping the trajectory of J. A. Baker’s The Peregrine (which is in print by way of the too-cool New York Overview Books–if you recognize, you recognize). Tomlinson “translated and reimagined” every web page, and over the following month, she’ll invite poets, storytellers, and artists to interact in conversations documented by artist-writer Molly Schaeffer. These public conversations will meditate on the “place between completely different artistic practices: poetry and cooking, music and writing, gardening and making.” Drop again in on closing day for a chat with Yixuan Pan, Jane Wong, Shin Yu Pai, and D. A. Navoti. LC
(The Vestibule, Ballard, free, Friday–Saturday; closing)
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Portland-based interdisciplinary artist Amanda Triplett’s sculptural fiber works are all the time a deal with to behold, exploring all the things from coral reefs to clusters of mycelium. I am excited to see Triplett accomplice with Stephanie Krimmel for Right here-to-There, a two-person present that “considers transitional liminal areas the place concepts are born by way of artistic play.” The result’s an ultra-bright exploration in fiber, paper, and different mediums that invitations guests to “change into a part of the artistic course of.” Drop by to seek out out what which means. LC
(Shift Gallery, Pioneer Sq., free, Friday–Saturday)
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Native American glass artist Preston Singletary, who first discovered his signature glassblowing strategies over 30 years in the past, will current a brand new choice of his mystical works, which function themes of transformation, animal spirits, and shamanism impressed by his Tlingit cultural heritage. Raven Is As Raven Does finds its footing in Singletary’s collaboration with bestselling writer Garth Stein. The pair retell historic raven myths: Singletary with daring colours and sudden kinds, Stein with a up to date perspective. LC
(Traver Gallery, North Queen Anne, free, Friday–Saturday; closing)
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Unusual Time traverses new terrain in timekeeping, dreaming up kinetic sculptures, arcade video games, and audio experiences that inform time in novel methods. Twelve artists are featured within the exhibition—together with Betsy Kenyon, Alex Miller, Tristan Huber, Zainab Aliyu, Kai Beck, and others—every of whom goals to “conceive of recent methods of being, freed from the inflexible construction imposed by the ticking clock.” I am excited by Melissa Winstanley and Max Cerami’s Flower Clock, by which a tactile array of synthetic flowers open and shut at particular occasions, “permitting one to inform the present time by which flowers are open.” LC
(SOIL, Pioneer Sq., free, Friday–Saturday; closing)
