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FILM
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Calling all boltheads!! Produced by Andy Warhol, directed by Manufacturing facility-associated filmmaker Paul Morrissey, and starring beloved Euro weirdo Udo Kier, Flesh for Frankenstein is a campy, lurid flick and a extra transgressive interpretation of the already-transgressive Gothic sci-fi monster story. The Beacon calls it a “flagrantly untrue transforming” of Mary Shelley’s traditional, however I prefer to assume she’d be freaky sufficient to dig this adaptation. Followers of Fassbinder and Peter Greenaway will discover one thing alluring within the aesthetic. LC
(The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis, $12.50)
LIVE MUSIC
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In contrast to her beforehand launched acoustic works, Ellensburg-born singer-songwriter Star Anna’s new album Love & Intercourse & Worry Of Loss of life roars with plugged-in guitars and vocal belts that invite comparability to PJ Harvey and Brandi Carlile. She’s going to play tracks from the album after units from anti-pop artist Pathetic Lover and DJ SisX2ter for what’s being billed as not only a live performance, however a dance occasion. AV
(The Rabbit Field Theatre, Pike Place Market, $10-$12)
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
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Amid the fallout of our new president’s anti-DEI orders, it is extra vital than ever to honor and have fun Black Historical past Month. Head over to the Northwest African American Museum for a day of pop-up artwork markets, meals vehicles, neighborhood dialog, and guided excursions of their two new reveals, Myron Curry’s The place Do We Go From Right here and AshaAung Helmstetter’s Recognition, Love, and Therapeutic. You may as well catch the screening of three quick movies by Black filmmakers and produce the youngsters to fulfill native edutainment star Rodney Raccoon. SL
(Northwest African American Museum, Central District, $5-$10)
COMEDY
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After the season we have had politically, an improv present that is each humorous and quiet ought to be welcomed. Blissful silence can be punctuated by some much-needed laughter at Mouth Broad Shut, a “love letter to the historical past of bodily comedy” that blends comedic components from silent motion pictures, miming, and modern teams like Blue Man Group and Cirque du Soleil to create one thing that is “each nostalgic and cutting-edge.” As with many improv exhibits, it is also audience-involved, so prep for a number of surprises. LC
(Surprising Productions’ Market Theater, Pike Place Market, $12-15 advance, $20 at door)
COMMUNITY
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LED lamps be damned, as a result of you possibly can strive beating SAD with SAM once more this 12 months. 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 reside performances on Saturday evenings and sound baths, dancing, installations, and extra on “exercise days.” LC
(Olympic Sculpture Park, Belltown, free)
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When you’re a devotee of the Safdie brothers, it is no information to you that Benny’s movie The Smashing Machine (starring The Rock as former wrestler and MMA fighter Mark Kerr) drops later this 12 months. The easiest way to pregame for a wrestling movie starring an expert wrestler is with a wrestling movie starring an expert wrestler, so it’s best to most likely take a look at No Holds Barred. The ’89 movie follows Hulk Hogan as a combating champ whose profession is interrupted by an evil exec’s violent brawl program, “The Battle of the Powerful Guys.” LC
(The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis, $12.50)
FOOD & DRINK
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Assist elevate funds for a Palestinian household to evacuate Gaza by buying irresistible treats from a number of distributors, together with small-batch panadería Pan de la Selva, cake enterprise Girl Gray, mother-daughter duo Masakan Malaysian Meals, tea retailer Friday Afternoon, and Vietnamese consolation meals pop-up Ba + Mẹ. JB
(A Resting Place, Chinatown-Worldwide District)
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Within the phrases of Twin Peaks‘ legendary Agent Dale Cooper: “Day-after-day, as soon as a day, give your self a gift. Do not plan it. Do not watch for it. Simply let it occur.” At this occasion hosted by brewery Holy Mountain, that current is likely to be “a cherry pie that’ll kill ya” from native pop-up Ben’s Bread and a “rattling high quality cup of espresso” from Stamp Act, plus loads of chilly beer and a few surprises. Plus, Holy Mountain’s “Ready Room” could have a hoop gentle ready for all of your “extradimensional picture wants,” so make sure to gown the half in a slick Cooper-esque swimsuit, Audrey Horne’s plaid wool skirt and saddle sneakers, the Log Girl’s quirky knitwear, or a Double R Diner-inspired waitress uniform. JB
(Holy Mountain Brewing, Interbay)
LIVE MUSIC
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On Black Ends’ debut album Psychotic Spew, the native trio continues to form their self-invented “gunk pop” style, using catchy pop hooks, metallic guitar riffs, and funk basslines. The outcome sounds just like the musical offspring of the Pretenders, Suburban Lawns, ESG, and No Doubt (sure, Gwen Stefani’s ska band) within the coolest potential manner. The band will cease by Baba Yaga to boost cash for his or her upcoming European tour with legendary composer/cellist Lori Goldston and producer/horn participant Eric Padget, who each play on the album. Do not miss opening units from noisy EDM punk duo Flesh Produce, dream pop challenge Caspian Coberly, and Tacoma punks Blind Heresy.
(Baba Yaga, Pioneer Sq., $15-$20)
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In honor of Zookraught bassist Stephanie Jones’s birthday, seven PNW bands are taking up the Vera Venture’s two levels for a celebratory music competition. Highlights from the lineup embrace storage punk trio Trash Sound Conglomerate, Portland-based experimental rock band Black Shelton and The American Dream, art-punk band Unhealthy Optics, and naturally, self-proclaimed “dance-punk” trio Zookraught. The gown code is: “Costume like Steph.” I do not know her (I do not imply this in a Mariah/JLo manner) however a fast web search reveals curly orange hair and colourful squiggly eye make-up. AV
(Vera Venture, Uptown, $19.05)
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Named after the climate-adapting herb shepherd’s purse (aka Capsella bursa-pastoris), this night of experimental music and summary visuals will take a look at the adaptability of the viewers with an “array of sounds and sights.” Portland-based artist Daniel Menche, who has been releasing music for over three many years, will headline along with his sonic abstractions that mix drones and acoustic devices. He can be joined by the experimental chamber wind ensemble FHTAGN, noise loop wizard Lukas Dickson, progressive guitar challenge Moned, and drone trio Glum Reaper, with vivid, textured visuals from Colorbard. AV
(Good Shepherd Heart/Chapel Efficiency House, Wallingford, $10-$20 donation on the door)
LUNAR NEW YEAR
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The Chinatown-Worldwide District’s Lunar New 12 months celebration is certainly one of my favorites. It has all of the scrumptious choices of their common meals walks, plus cultural performances, craft distributors, and a way of communal pleasure that is onerous to beat. Try the principle stage in Hing Hay Park for martial arts demonstrations alongside conventional dragon and lion dances, then slither via the crowds to get pleasure from worldwide delicacies and family-friendly actions (it’s the 12 months of the Snake, in any case). SL
(Hing Hay Park, Chinatown-Worldwide District, free)
MARDI GRAS
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Mardi Gras falls on Tuesday, March 4 this 12 months, however I am not mad about celebrating early. Festive pleasure involves Outdated Range’s Ballard location within the type of reside music, daiquiris, Southern eats, a canine costume contest, and children’ actions. Carry your beads, your masquerade-style masks, and prepare to shout, “Laissez les bons temps rouler!” SL
(Outdated Range Brewing Co. – Gardens, Ballard, free)
PARTIES & NIGHTLIFE
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The time period “Afrobeat” refers back to the fashionable music of West Africa (originating in Nigeria and Ghana) and its diaspora (the UK), encapsulating a spread and fusion of types like hiplife, jùjú, highlife, azonto, and Naija beats. This weekend, DJs Nayiram, DJ Blast, and DJ Mills will have fun the style’s evolution with traditional throwbacks and contemporary releases from artists like Tiwa Savage, Burna Boy, and P-Sq.. AV
(The Crocodile, Belltown, $15)
ACTIVISM & SOCIAL JUSTICE
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In February 1886, anti-Chinese language sentiment got here to a head in Seattle when violent mobs compelled a lot of the Chinese language inhabitants out of town. Spend a part of your Sunday reflecting on the previous and committing to creating a greater future at this remembrance rally that includes a commemoration ceremony, cultural performances, and speeches from native leaders. The rally can be adopted by a 1.5-mile neighborhood march to the waterfront. SL
(Hing Hay Park, Chinatown-Worldwide District, free)
PARTIES & NIGHTLIFE
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Queer/Bar will problem the Sunday scaries and the worst components 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 12 months’s Queer Satisfaction Competition. Every Sunday in January and February, Jane Do not can be joined by a rotating panel to evaluate 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)
SHOPPING
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New for 2025, the 4th on 4th Flea Market pops up in SoDo each fourth Sunday (thus the identify) 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)
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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A frontrunner for the Greatest Documentary Function award on the 2025 Oscars follows the extended compelled demolition of Masafer Yatta, a rural West Financial institution neighborhood whose houses Israel wished for goal apply. In No Different Land, Palestinian activist and Masafer Yatta neighborhood member Basel Adra documented the destruction for half a decade, constructing an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist alongside the best way. For a glimpse of Adra’s documentation apply, take a look at his Instagram, which shares footage of Israel’s harmful practices. LC
(Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill, $7-$15, Friday–Saturday)
FOOD & DRINK
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After you are carried out raiding the heart-shaped Russell Stover packages you acquired out of your bevy of admirers on Valentine’s Day, take a look at this occasion providing a novel lineup of chocolate-inspired beers on faucet from a spread of craft breweries, together with Constructions, Perennial, Matchless, Ladd & Lass, Double Mountain, E9, Kings & Daughters, Cloudburst, Fort George, Varietal, Fortunate Envelope, and Nice Divide. Select from a choice of brews impressed by treats like Snickers, black forest cake, chocolate-covered cherries, and extra. JB
(The Beer Junction, Junction, free, Friday–Sunday)
SPORTS & RECREATION
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Get up babe, Seattle’s greatest new date exercise simply dropped. The limited-run occasion Smash Putt returns with 9 new mini-golf holes constructed by native makers, designers, and artwork collectives. Putt via holes with immersive themes like “12 months of the Snake,” “Summer season 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)
SHOPPING
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Nothing fairly says “I really like you” like attempting on outsized classic jackets and complimenting one another. The Georgetown Trailer Park Mall is celebrating love on your pals, foes, and native crafters each weekend in February with the theme “Large Hearted.” Pick the proper reward on your particular somebody(s), and remember to cease by Shotgun Ceremonies for those who’re trying to get hitched in what is likely to be the one delivery container marriage ceremony chapel within the nation. SL
(Georgetown Trailer Park Mall, Georgetown, free, Saturday–Sunday)
VISUAL ART
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New Yorker Alex Katz is the 97-year-old painter who you won’t have heard of, however whose works you will positively acknowledge. His simplistic figurative kinds and colour palette bravery aren’t simply related to the Pop Artwork motion—they helped invent it. Alex Katz: Theater and Dance on the Frye highlights Katz’s collaborations with choreographers and avant-garde theater teams, shedding gentle on his missed impression on postmodern dance. The exhibition consists of “uncommon archival supplies, main units, work, and never-before-seen sketches.” LC
(Frye Artwork Museum, First Hill, free, Saturday–Sunday; opening)
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SOIL, Seattle’s longest-running nonprofit artist-run house, is a strong alternative on your weekend stroll. The gallery’s newest exhibition, Controllables, shares work by new members, together with Colleen Louise Barry, Tania Colette B., Sabella Flagg, Parisa Ghaderi, James Hartunian, Julia Monté, Cameron Day O’Connell, Warren Armando Pope, and Tim Roda. Think about it a chance to remain up-to-date on who’s who within the modern artwork neighborhood. Plus, there is a twist—in Controllables, “every artist has been introduced collectively serendipitously, beforehand unfamiliar with every others’ work, presenting us with a state of affairs, a query, or a puzzle, honoring the opportunity of the unpredictable.” I am thinking about Monté’s Styrofoam citadel and O’Connell’s multimedia works, which use “printed silk, bells, thread, candle wax, [and a] wasp.” LC
(SOIL, Pioneer Sq., free, Friday–Saturday; closing)
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A choice of works by Indigenous Australian artists like Jaclyn Holmes Nangala, Kurun Warun, Sheree Napanangka Anderson, and Janice Stanley explores “the cyclical nature of life, creation, and time.” The entire artworks in The Creation Circle: Aboriginal Artwork and Time really feel advanced and vibrant, however I am particularly intrigued by Brenda Napaltjarri’s conventional dot work paired with Stanley’s marbled-effect portray fashion. LC
(ArtX Modern, SoDo, free, Friday–Sunday)
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Journey By Life and Past is, at its core, open-ended—filmmaker-photographer Mohamed Abdullahi’s solo present is “impressed by the interaction of goals, religious beliefs, and surrealism” and blurs the strains between life and dying with installations that highlight near-death reflections and levels of existence. However the exhibition’s flexibility additionally poses a robust central query: How will we make peace with the impermanence of life whereas discovering which means in its transitions? LC
(King Road Station, SoDo, free, Friday–Saturday; closing)
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Some locals keep away from Pike Place just like the plague, however I get pleasure from an excellent weekend jaunt via the maze of flooring beneath the well-known flying fish and flower distributors. Among the many used e-book and report shops, you’ll discover Gallery ERGO, which at present has Juliet Schreckinger’s new solo present Explorations of the Evergreen State on show. The Brooklyn-based artist spent a summer season in Seattle and the affinity she developed for the realm exhibits in these items, which depict a wide range of creatures on skateboards and water fowl perched atop container ships in Puget Sound. Tattoo fans will acknowledge using stipple shading in her artwork; I am hoping Schreckinger returns for a visitor artist spot at an area tattoo parlor. SL
(Gallery ERGO, Pike Place Market, free, Friday–Sunday)
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Winter is a stunning time to go to Bainbridge Island—the quieter season infuses the island with a relaxed, serene attraction. If I had been you, I would seize a latte from a comfy cafe, benefit from the surroundings sans summer season crowds, after which head to the Bainbridge Island Museum of Artwork, the place visitor curator Fancy Vargas has conceived a bunch exhibition to “discover, have fun, and elevate the wonder and radiance of Blackness as an expertise.” Radiant Reflections: Celebrating the Great thing about the African Diaspora guarantees complexity; count on a “multifaceted” portrayal of Black resilience, and think about attending the January 18 panel with exhibiting artists for extra context. LC
(Bainbridge Island Museum of Artwork, Bainbridge Island, free, Friday–Sunday; closing)
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Susan Skilling’s watercolors on Thai mulberry paper have a hushed, ephemeral high quality, with dreamy compositions of bushes, gestural abstractions, and delicate figural kinds. The image discipline is crammed with washes of muted blues and greens, or saved spare with single figures floating in house. The works in Wanderings have a somber modesty, but additionally really feel imaginative—evaluate Untitled #7, as an illustration, to this determine from an illuminated manuscript. LC
(Greg Kucera Gallery, Pioneer Sq., free, Friday–Saturday)
