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I will be sincere: I might by no means heard of Celia earlier than I noticed the Beacon’s plan to display screen the movie. That stated, I really like a deep minimize, and the theater’s endorsement has positioned Celia firmly on the high of my watchlist. Set in ’50s-era Australia, the movie follows a nine-year-old lady whose introduction to a freaky fairy story begins to paint her early experiences of bigotry, communism, Pink Scare ways, rabbits, and the unusual witchcraft that solely youngsters can invoke. The Beacon compares the movie to Víctor Erice’s Spirit of the Beehive and Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth, and Ann Turner’s arthouse madhouse lastly appears to be incomes its flowers—Celia was just lately included within the Blu-ray assortment All of the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of People Horror. LC
(The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis, $12.50)
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Each Friday this summer season, beginning July 26 by way of August 23, the Seattle Heart is internet hosting outside film screenings on the Mural Amphitheatre. Carry your blankets or low-back garden chairs for The Princess Bride, All the things All over the place All at As soon as, Dune (1984), The Coloration Purple (2023), and my private spotlight, Singles. Watching Matt Dillon’s grunge frontman character Cliff Poncier clarify the fictional track “Contact Me I’m Dick” to a music journalist whereas Alice in Chains play at a fictional nightclub on a 40-foot display screen underneath the House Needle? Doesn’t get way more Seattle than that. STRANGER ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR MEGAN SELING
(Mural Amphitheatre, Uptown, free)
FOOD & DRINK
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Mates Molly Moon Neitzel and Robin Wehl Martin go manner again—the truth is, Molly and her husband Zack impressed Robin to open her cookie store Howdy Robin within the first place. In celebration of Nationwide Ice Cream Sandwich Day on Friday, the entrepreneurial duo is teaming as much as provide an unique chocolate chip cookie dough collaboration taste, made with Howdy Robin’s cookie dough and Molly Moon’s vanilla ice cream. The particular providing is accessible in any respect Molly Moon’s and Howdy Robin shops whereas provides final—it is positive to promote out quick, so snag it whilst you can. JB
(Molly Moon’s and Howdy Robin areas)
PARTIES & NIGHTLIFE
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Between camp queen Chappell Roan, “gayotic” pop band MUNA, and sapphic singer/actor Reneé Rapp, it’s clear that we live by way of an period of queer pop excellence. Engulf your self in silk chiffon for this flirty dance get together for the “ladies, gays, and theys” with tracks from the aforementioned pop favorites. AV
(Neumos, Capitol Hill, $5-$10)
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You may need already witnessed native laugher Dewa Dorje’s persistent hilarity at her discuss show-style comedy evening, Dee’s Nuts, the place she gathered up a few of her favourite fellow humorous individuals to debate all the pieces from present occasions to beef jerky. The “working-class-first-gen-Tibetan-single-mom-with-C-PTSD and Stressed Coochie Syndrome” has returned with a stay taping of her podcast Dank Mothers—head to this stay taping to search out out what the onetime Stranger Undisputable Genius of Comedy thinks of Sleeping in Seattle. LC
(Marination, Columbia Metropolis, free)
COMMUNITY
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I completely stay for the Seattle Public Library’s E-book Bingo, and in case your most nostalgic childhood reminiscences reside with Pizza Hut’s BOOK IT! Program and different related summer season studying challenges, I am keen to guess you like it simply as a lot as I do. I am (maybe only a bit over-ambitiously) going for a blackout this yr and having a blast—a few of my picks for this yr’s classes embrace Penance by Eliza Clark (One thing That Scares You), Homebodies by Tembe-Denton Hurst (BIPOC Romance), Earth Angels by Madeline Money (Quick Story Assortment), Rouge by Mona Awad (Retelling), and To Anybody Who Ever Asks by Howard Fishman (One Huge E-book/400+ Pages). In the event you’re nonetheless attempting to squeeze in a bingo earlier than the September 3 deadline, Seattle Arts and Lectures is internet hosting this free silent studying picnic on the Volunteer Park Amphitheater, and I can not think about something cuter or extra healthful. Carry your individual blankets, chairs, and snacks, and curl up along with your e book(s) of selection. Bingo playing cards shall be out there when you do not have already got one. JB
(Volunteer Park Amphitheater, Capitol Hill, free)
FESTIVALS
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The Duwamish River was thought of one of many nation’s most contaminated websites within the early 2000s, and although it is nonetheless affected by heavy industrialization, neighborhood efforts proceed to push for local weather justice and well being fairness. Cease by the 18th Annual Duwamish River Competition to interact with interactive academic cubicles and are available collectively in neighborhood. Household-friendly actions like dancing, music, and crafts shall be arrange alongside meals vans and native distributors. You can too choose up a free air filter for the wildfire seasons we all know are forward. SL
(Duwamish River Folks’s Park and Shoreline Habitat, South Park, free)
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C-ID Summer season Cinema, the Seattle Asian American Movie Competition’s free, family-friendly outside film collection, returns to Hing Hay Park. You’ll discover stay music, face portray, and popcorn earlier than the film every week. Do not forget to seize some scrumptious Asian meals from surrounding C-ID companies earlier than or after the screening. Carry a chair or a blanket and prepare for some enjoyable movies! SL
(Hing Hay Park, Chinatown-Worldwide District, free)
LIVE MUSIC
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Do you know that there’s a boutique resort above the Crocodile (cue Lana Del Rey’s “Do you know that there’s a tunnel underneath Ocean Blvd“)? The Resort Crocodile will return with its intimate music collection spotlighting native bands. This week, self-proclaimed “passionate dance-punk” trio J. Graves will drop by for a night of catchy, guitar-driven jams. AV
(Resort Crocodile, Belltown, $15-$17)
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Tucson-born, Tacoma-based musician Justin R. Cruz Gallego’s challenge JRCG approaches indie rock with an experimental lens obscured by Krautrock, jazz, and digital sounds. In the event you’re aware of the Silver Apples’ 1968 self-titled album, think about JRCG’s Sub Pop debut, Grim Iconic...(Sadistic Mantra), to be a contemporary interpretation of the band’s visionary and unnerving psych rock. Do not miss opening units from fellow punk experimentalists Style Change and Wow Wow. AV
(Clock-Out Lounge, Beacon Hill, $15)
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Bodily media ain’t lifeless, so snag all kinds of VHS tapes, Blu-rays, and DVDs at Scarecrow Video’s car parking zone sale, the place they will even have books, posters, gamers, and different film-related goodies on provide. Scarecrow boasts the biggest film rental stock within the nation, so I am assured that the choice shall be outta this world, however there’s a greater motive to cease by, too. As our pals at The Stranger reported final week, “In June, Scarecrow workers put out an SOS—Save Our Scarecrow—and introduced that they should elevate $1.8 million earlier than the top of 2024.” LC
(Scarecrow Video, College District, free)
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Tara Champion’s graduate diploma in organic images would not simply sound cool—it instantly informs their artwork apply, which explores how imagery is likely to be used to “allow conversations of organic illustration in shaping particular person and group id.” In Terraforming, the artist explores familial connections and generational echoes by way of modified images and self-representation. The outcomes are an intriguing mix of dreamy, vintage-feeling items and eerie black-and-white compositions. LC
(Solas Gallery, Pioneer Sq., free)
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Seattle Artwork Museum’s summer-long collection of free visible artwork, music, and neighborhood choices will come to life at Olympic Sculpture Park once more this yr. On Thursday nights, attendees can count on stay music and artwork actions, whereas Sunday mornings will serve up motion lessons and guided excursions of the park’s sculptures. The festivities proceed on August 4 with an hour-long vinyasa move, adopted by a silent studying meetup, art-making with educating artist Nina Vichayapal, a local plant identification session, Zumba, and a folksy efficiency by the Snohomish-based band Blue Healers. LC
(Olympic Sculpture Park, Belltown, free)
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In the event you’ve ever had a hankering to go to GameWorks however do not need to be round germ-ridden youngsters, then Fremont’s Add-a-Ball is for you. The part-bar, part-arcade has the town’s largest assortment of classic coin-operated arcade video games, together with a blinding show of pinball machines. This weekend, native indie rock bands Blue Star Creeper, Chilly Consolation, and Sleeping Planet your gaming expertise with atmospheric and psychedelic tunes. AV
(Add-a-Ball, Fremont, free)
OUTDOORS
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The Nice American Outside Act was handed in 2020, serving to to offer funding to enhance our pure public areas and make them extra accessible to all. Have a good time the laws’s anniversary with an entrance fee-free day to Nationwide Park Service websites this Sunday. Pack up the automobile and head to the majestic Mount Rainier; Olympic Nationwide Park, which is barely a scenic ferry trip away; or Lewis and Clark Nationwide Historic Park and Fort Vancouver down by the Oregon border. SL (Varied areas, free)
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This free, immersive dance/yoga get together in Belltown’s waterfront park is a must-attend occasion for anybody who wants to bop away their stress. Instructors from the Yo Yo Yoga collective will kick issues off with a donation-based class at 12:30 pm. Afterward, six selectors from native DJ nights Uniting Souls, Viva!, and Flammable will soundtrack over seven hours of dancing within the sunshine. Do not forget your sunscreen! AV
(Myrtle Edwards Park, free)
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Have a good time the African diaspora within the Northwest at Seattle’s annual Umoja Fest! This Seafair neighborhood occasion highlights the historical past and tradition of the Central District with a packed slate of stay music and performances. It’ll all kick off with the high-energy Africatown Heritage Parade, however stick round for a headline efficiency from rapper/beatboxer Doug E. Contemporary, a vendor market, a style present, and tastebud-tingling meals from native eating places and meals vans like Jumpin Jambalaya, Juice by the Pound, and Po’Boy & Tings. SL
(Judkins Park, Central District, free, Saturday–Sunday)
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The American Style Movie Archive, aka the “world’s solely nonprofit archive and movie distributor devoted to preserving and defending the best style movies of all time,” celebrates its fifteenth anniversary this yr, which implies it is time so that you can plop your butt in a seat for a number of the weirdest exploitation filmmaking, discovered footage feasts, underground trash artwork, and riot grrrl flicks conceivable. AGFA makes rescuing forgotten options look simple—their archives home over six thousand 35mm movie prints. In partnership with One thing Bizarre Video and AGFA, SIFF will display screen some strong choices from the gathering. Count on all the pieces from The Zodiac Killer, a ’71 flick “made to seize the real-life Zodiac Killer, however as an alternative ship[ing]…outrageous and compelling ‘tabloid horror,'” to John Cassavetes movies, Sarah Jacobson’s punk-inflected DIY movies, and the world’s first discovered footage horror. LC
(SIFF Cinema Egyptian, Capitol Hill, $14.50-$15.50, Friday–Saturday)
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Seattle Parks and Recreation presents this summer season collection of much-loved movie screenings underneath the celebs, with pre-movie actions kicking off round 6 or 7 pm and every movie starting at nightfall. The collection continues this weekend with nutty sci-fi cult basic The Fifth Component at Freeway Park on August 2. Well mannered Society, screening at Hing Hay Park on August 3, is likely to be much less acquainted than The Fifth Component, but it surely’s value a watch—written and directed by We Are Woman Elements creator Nida Manzoor, the action-comedy blends South Asian aesthetics with East Asian martial arts. One scene sees the sisters “battle in totally embroidered anarkalis (lengthy, conventional South Asian attire) together with gold tikka (jewellery worn on the brow)” (The Guardian). LC
(Varied areas, free, Friday–Saturday)
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Nothing occurs on the planet of In Our Day. A cat runs off, a poet drinks an ill-advised beer, and three girls murmur over a field of attention-grabbing toiletries. However disguised inside the movie’s mundanity are critical reflections on the cosmic mysteries of id, grief, vulnerability, and life itself. (In Our Day asks direct questions that you simply is likely to be questioning about, too, like “What’s it to stay?” and “What’s all of this?”) In the event you’re aware of Hong Sang-soo’s reticent, observational type, this doubtless comes as no shock. In the event you’re not, count on one thing akin to Aki Kaurismaki and Eric Rohmer’s storytelling—individuals discuss, individuals suppose, after which the movie ends. It leaves you considering, too. The 84-minute runtime is effectively value it. LC
(Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill, $7-$14, Friday–Sunday)
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Life is as transient and fleeting as a sail catching the wind, and there aren’t sufficient alternatives to understand Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Tim Curry of their full glory. No matter you’ve got received happening proper now, although, Muppet Treasure Island is nearly sure to make you are feeling higher about it. The ’96 summer season voyage has goateed pirates and romance, plus all the comforting irreverence that makes the Muppets one of the best home product in American historical past. LC
(Central Cinema, Central District, $12, Friday–Sunday)
FOOD & DRINK
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In the event you could not get sufficient of Li’l Woody’s Burger Month, by which the native fast-food chain gives new burger specials created in collaboration with native cooks every week, prepare for his or her Seafood Month. This model offers the Burger Month format a fishy spin, with unique sandwich creations impressed by the bounty of the ocean. First, Li’l Woody’s will gear up for the festivities by providing their annual interpretation of the McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish as a prelude, that includes beer-battered cod, pickle-y tartar sauce, shredded lettuce, pickles, onions, and American cheese on a bun (July 30-August 5). Then the official chef specials start. This yr consists of the “Saucy Li’l Satan” (panko-breaded fried rockfish, deviled Spam tartar sauce, and slaw on a Li’l Woody’s bun) from Kamala Saxton and Roz Edison of Marination (August 6-12); the “The Coastal AKA Coast Model” (a smoked salmon patty, sharp white cheddar, arugula, and barbecue berry sauce on a Li’l Woody’s bun) from Jeremy Thunderbird of the Native Soul Delicacies meals truck (August 13-19); the Emerald Metropolis Catfish Sandwich (fried catfish, remoulade, lettuce, and tomato on a Li’l Woody’s bun) from Stevie Allen of Emerald Metropolis Fish & Chips (August 20-26); and the “LTD Version Burger” (sake-marinated black cod, cabbage, white miso aioli, and shredded lettuce on a Li’l Woody’s bun) from Keiji Tsukasaki of LTD Version Sushi (August 27-September 2). JB
(Li’l Woody’s, Capitol Hill, Friday–Sunday)
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Completely happy rosé season to those that rejoice! No matter your ideas on the ever present blush beverage, it is onerous to think about a drink higher suited to summer season. All through the month, the farm-to-table pop-up-turned-restaurant Three Sacks Full will provide a weekly rotation of rosé specials by the glass, culminating in a particular rosé dinner on August 28. (Co-owner Matthew Curtis is a licensed sommelier, so you may count on some well-curated picks.)
(Three Sacks Full, Roosevelt, $10-$14, Friday–Sunday)
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Due to the tireless efforts of numerous ecological stewards, Washington’s salmon inhabitants is slooooowly rebounding, and you’ll be taught all about how these humble fish help our whole ecosystem at a family-friendly gathering by the Ballard Locks. Salmon might seem like slippery little weirdos, however their entire lives are fascinating quests rivaling these of probably the most intrepid adventurers. And right here in Seattle, we’re lucky to have the ability to cheer them alongside on their journey—one which helps maintain numerous different species from dropping off the face of the Earth. The Salmon Journey gatherings are hosted by educated naturalists on Saturdays from July to September; you’ll learn to spot a spawning salmon, about their surprisingly epic exploits, and the merciless enemy threatening to wipe them out. (Stunning twist: It’s individuals!) FORMER STRANGER STAFF WRITER MATT BAUME
(Ballard Locks, Ballard, free, Saturday–Sunday)
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Attending to West Seattle already appears like a little bit of a scavenger hunt, so why not do an precise one that can yield you prizes? Beginning August 1st, glass floats shall be (gently) scattered across the neighborhood for fortunate searchers to search out—and maintain! The glass spheres are hand blown by Avalon Glassworks and shall be hidden each out in nature and inside native companies. That is the third yr of the hunt and the organizers promise it’s going to be greater and higher than ever. SL
(Varied areas, West Seattle, free, Friday–Sunday)
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Throw in your old-timey feathered caps and get thee to a nunnery—or possibly simply head outdoor for GreenStage’s always-free Shakespeare within the Park, which returns for its thirty sixth season this yr. They will provide up productions of the Bard’s Henry VI—Elements Two and Three and acquainted rom-com Twelfth Evening, plus some scaled-back “Yard Bard” one-hour reveals, together with “drawback play” All’s Properly That Ends Properly, at parks throughout Seattle. Peep their calendar for efficiency instances and areas. LC
(Varied areas, free, Friday–Sunday)
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Seattle Shakespeare Firm’s free outside productions will proceed this summer season with The Two Gents of Verona, the Bard’s story of Love Island-level backstabbing, a water spaniel named Crab, and a complete abandonment of bro code. Seize a picnic basket and your thespian pals to catch one of many performances, which you may discover all through the Puget Sound space—precise areas are listed right here. LC
(Varied areas, By donation, Friday–Sunday)
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There is a new classic honest on the town, and I am intrigued. The occasion is co-hosted by Throwbacks NW and giving off heavy “Carry Again the Sonics” vibes, so I count on loads of sports activities memorabilia alongside information, sneakers, and different Seattle-adjacent collectibles. Heck, Sonics legend Shawn Kemp will current the primary annual “Make It Reign Slam Dunk Contest,” the place native dunkers compete in entrance of superstar judges, on Sunday. In the event you’re unfamiliar with Wheedle, a quiet, lovable creature that served because the Sonics mascot throughout their 1979 NBA Championship season, now’s your likelihood to select up a signed copy of the youngsters’s e book Wheedle on the Needle. SL
(Seattle Heart Exhibition Corridor, Uptown, $15-$20, Saturday–Sunday)
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I wasn’t beforehand aware of artist Andrea Dezsö’s work, however I’ve rapidly change into a fan: Dezsö’s detailed pochoir stenciling methods, charming birch-carved designs, embroidered musings, and pyrovitreography reveal an artist who fears no medium. Her work additionally feels distinctly extra bouba than kiki. I am in love with the bizarre little guys populating her compositions, and I need to know all about their folktale-informed world, which additionally grapples with “girls’s roles, authoritarianism, household, ideological and societal affect on the person, relationships with nature, and the physique.” You will in all probability dig it, too. LC
(Traver Gallery, Downtown, free, Friday–Saturday)
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Analysis-based multimedia artist Lauren Ruiz and Washington-based poet/novelist Ocean probe the depths of “horological decay, compression, sempiternity, and aqueous time” on this multimedia, speculative fiction-inspired set up, which blends video and sculptural items with text-based works. Undecided what “horological decay” or “sempiternity” means? That is okay—simply think about you are exploring the artworks in ( ((elapse)) ) from aboard a subterranean analysis vessel. LC
(The Vestibule, Ballard, free, Friday–Saturday)
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Conceptual artist and activist Hank Willis Thomas blends blended media with mass-produced, archival, and modern pictures to create pictures, sculptures, and installations that reckon with essential questions in regards to the position of artwork in civic life. LOVERULES, which pulls works spanning 20 years of Thomas’s profession from the Jordan D. Schnitzer Household Basis’s assortment, consists of a few of his most well-known items, together with the company advertising-inspired works Branded and Unbranded: Reflections in Black by Company America. Staying interested by promoting and visible tradition as creators of “narratives that form our notion of worth in society,” Thomas spotlights the cultural tropes that affect race relations, inequality, and resistance. LC
(Henry Artwork Gallery, College District, Steered donation $0-20, Friday–Sunday; closing)
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As somebody who simply spent a number of weeks in jap Oregon, the phrases “smoke season” elicit an all-too-familiar burn within the throat. Christian French’s Untitled (Exodus collection), a brutal red-tinged and desolate {photograph} featured in SOIL’s new group exhibition Smoke Season, elicits an identical somatic reminiscence. “The Anthropocene has change into the Pyrocene,” the present supplies assert; I am intrigued by Tim Marsden’s fiery embroidery and janet galore’s Smoke Break, a three-minute video looped on a classic tv set put in within the gallery. LC
(SOIL, Pioneer Sq., free, Friday–Sunday)
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Girl-run gallery Koplin Del Rio will get it proper once more with Summer season Circulate, a gaggle exhibition that serves as a strong window into the area’s 42-year historical past. The anniversary present is a “revolving door,” displaying a rotation of artists and artworks knowledgeable by the gallery’s “whims, temper, and environment.” Cease by to see items by a number of the many artists affiliated with the gallery; it is a well-rounded method to anticipate the aesthetics you may see within the area in fall, winter, and past. LC
(Koplin Del Rio Gallery, Georgetown, free, Friday–Saturday)
