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Collide-O-Scope is the good mind child of Shane Wahlund and Michael Anderson, two native filmmakers and popular culture know-it-alls who minimize, clip, and splice their method by hours and hours of music movies, motion pictures, tv exhibits, outdated commercials, and different footage to piece collectively spellbinding video collages. It isn’t a slap-dash memeification of classic clips to get a simple snort from 13-year-old YouTube addicts, Collide-O-Scope is an artwork type, a considerate and sensible curation of unusual, hilarious, stunning, and at instances even touching moments of our historical past. (And I am not simply saying all these good issues as a result of Wahlund is The Stranger‘s director of video manufacturing. I preferred Collide-O-Scope lengthy earlier than figuring out Wahlund, as its been a Seattle staple for greater than 12 years!) A tip: Collide-O-Scope usually sells out, so get your tickets prior to later. STRANGER ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR MEGAN SELING
(Right here-After on the Crocodile, Belltown)
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It is easy, actually: I hear a couple of Satisfaction Month celebration of queer illustration in medieval historical past, that includes celebrated historic fiction creator Nicola Griffith and Seattle College English professor María Bullón-Fernández, and I blurb it. Severely, when you’ve ever been interested in attitudes towards queerness tons of of years in the past, this is a possibility to study it with out Googling “homosexual individuals medieval period Reddit.” You will additionally hear about how fiction writing can “create belonging and problem narratives about who belongs in historical past,” and if that does not kick-start your summer season studying plans (Griffith novel, anybody?), I do not know what is going to. LC
(City Corridor Seattle, First Hill)
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If there’s such a factor as a spoken-word star, Shane Koyczan suits that description. The Canadian lyricist’s efficiency of his anti-bullying poem “To This Day” has thousands and thousands of views on YouTube, and his second guide, Stickboy, was tailored into an opera by the Vancouver Opera. Koyczan reportedly polished the script for George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Highway, too—now that is an sudden crossover. LC
(Triple Door, Downtown)
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This interactive comedy present desires that can assist you really feel higher about your day by day struggles. Aww, thanks, comedy present! Viewers members can be prompted to jot down their woes on slips of paper earlier than the efficiency. Comedians (Quinn Fitzgerald, Delaney Malone, Daegen Asfaha, and Monica Nevi this time round) will then draw them from a field, utilizing the viewers’s distinctive issues to create an improvised set. Don’t fret, they’re not likely laughing at your expense—it is extra like a uncommon second of catharsis, the place you may chuckle on the batshittery of your individual life alongside a bunch of strangers. If that feels like your bag, do not miss it. LC
(Comedy/Bar, Capitol Hill)
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Northwest Movie Discussion board’s Satisfaction Month movie collection presents a radical number of queer-centered flicks, rigorously curated to make sure a variety of views and illustrating shifts in understanding throughout many years. On June 12, nonbinary filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun’s A24 movie I Noticed the TV Glow paperwork a teen’s investigations into an eerie, supernatural TV present, and later within the month, Lizzie Borden’s ’83 post-punk problem Born in Flames follows the aftermath of a feminist Black revolutionary’s homicide. LC
(Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill)
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UK punk pioneers the Damned’s 1977 debut album, Damned Damned Damned, has withstood the check of time with its raucous uncooked fashion, biting guitar hooks, and playful humorousness. After I labored at a file retailer in school, this album nonetheless offered like hotcakes to younger punks in tattered leather-based jackets. Do not miss the band as they embark on their first North American tour in 35 years that includes their ’80s lineup of Dave Vanian, Captain Smart, Rat Scabies, and Paul Grey. Fellow ’70s punk band the Avengers will open. AV
(The Showbox, Downtown)
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As a lot as I would wish to vogue myself publicly as an mental, I will be sincere: I spend an honest chunk of my free time desirous about Vanderpump Guidelines, Ariana and Katie’s new sandwich store, Stassi Schroeder’s knife-like precision, and the forged’s fringe characters, like Laura-Leigh and Miami Woman. Fortunately for me, exhibits like Horny Distinctive Podcast exist as a reminder {that a} enjoyable dip into the totally vacuous is definitely high quality, generally. Not like Rachel Leviss, hosts Lara Marie Schoenhals and Carey O’Donnell can string sentences collectively with out exterior help, they usually’ll do it on stage for this reside version of the pod. LC
(Barboza, Capitol Hill)
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Regardless when you acknowledge the present of Maya Bon’s songwriting, it is simple that Babehoven are blissful ballers reside. Once we noticed them with Indigo De Souza in December, they threatened to steal the present, as they enveloped the gang in heat melody. Ryan Albert performed guitar with vigor, whipping his axe like a hula hoop, whereas their touring bassist Cole Brossus appeared comically reverse, unmoving in a black turtleneck. Now based mostly out of Hudson, New York, Bon used to as soon as name the PNW house, and native indie label Good Cheer launched Bon’s 2018 EP, Sleep. Mercury music critic Ben Salmon noticed the potential therein, writing: “Maya Bon is aware of her method round a ravishing melody. A number of of them, really… Babehoven’s potential is sky excessive.” Final month’s model new Water’s Right here in You builds on their debut full-length, 2022’s Mild Transferring Time, proving Babehoven is simply getting higher. This tour of North America presents the possibility to see them headline dates in assist of the brand new album. PORTLAND MERCURY ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR SUZETTE SMITH
(Barboza, Capitol Hill)
PARTIES & NIGHTLIFE
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On Wednesdays we put on pink…however we additionally put on pink to Trixie’s disco events, the place mom herself DJs the home down boots for Satisfaction. Pay attention, Trix could have grown up utilizing an outhouse, however this efficiency tilts towards her extra glamorous aspect, and sure, all friends are requested to stick to a strict pink costume code in honor of the homosexual world’s It Woman. LC
(Showbox SoDo, SoDo)
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Kayla Brown and Dan Hurwitz, creators of the “award-eligible” mockumentary That is Spinal Damage, return to host this bimonthly showcase of native humorous people with disabilities. The jokester troupe has been performing in and round Seattle since 2018, with a rotating forged every time—for this version, stand-ups Laura Lyons, Michael Bellevue, and Gretta Gimp will showcase their laugh-inducing expertise. LC
(Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill)
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The Juneuary gloom appears to be behind us, so toast to sunny skies with 5 summery new brews from Fortunate Envelope, together with a beer, a hefeweizen, a watermelon, and extra. You will get to be among the many first to strive the brand new choices on faucet and buy some four-packs to take house.
(Fortunate Envelope Brewing, West Woodland)
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Finest recognized for both his time with Psychic TV or as a member of Coil in the course of the ’90s, Drew McDowell has populated his profession with spectacular collaborations, working with composers like Caterina Barbieri and Halcyon Veil label-owner Eric Burton, AKA Rabit. He is solely taking part in a handful of exhibits within the US to assist his newest launch A Thread, Silvered and Trembling, so this one must be seemed upon as a uncommon deal with. PORTLAND MERCURY ARTS AND CULTURE EDITOR SUZETTE SMITH
(Vera Challenge, Uptown)
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Musical innovator and rainbow-haired legend George Clinton will ignite Remlinger Farms with assist from his pioneering psychedelic-funk collective Parliament-Funkadelic. Put together for the present by revisiting their seminal albums Maggot Mind, One Nation Below Funk, and Mothership Connection. That is reportedly Clinton’s final tour, so it is to not be missed! Plus, New Orleans funk band Dumpstaphunk will open. Free your thoughts…and your ass will observe! AV
(Remlinger Farms, Carnation)
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Hear ye, hear ye, theydies and gentlethem: Described as “fantasy and hilarity on a magical journey” by the South Seattle Emerald, drag queens of the bard, druid, and paladin selection will play the legendary tabletop recreation of monsters and mayhem on this recurring present. Dungeons and Drag Queens has been making waves from the West Coast to NYC, and it is what the high-fantasy vogue queens deserve. Mysterious Dungeon Grasp Paul Curry will paved the way by the “rollicking, frolicking” improvisational fantasy drag comedy present, which can have a good time Satisfaction this time round. LC
(McCaw Corridor, Uptown)
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Stretch your fingers for some crate-digging, hop on the Report Retailer Crawl bus, and hunt by varied native shops to select up discounted vinyl. Tickets additionally embrace a kick-off live performance from indie rocker Joe P, free goodies (together with a tote bag and a thriller LP), and possibilities to win giveaways like autographed gadgets, merch, restricted version LPs, field units, and extra. AV
(Numerous places)
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What have been you doing at age 25? English singer-songwriter, file producer, and YouTuber Cavetown has already launched 5 studio albums with a masterful mix of indie rock, indie pop, and bed room pop enriched by their mellow use of ukulele. Count on to listen to songs from their 2022 album, Worm Meals, which options collaborations with Pierce the Veil, Beabadoobee, and Chloe Moriondo. Do not miss opening units from Canadian indie rock band Mom Mom and punk quartet Destroy Boys. AV
(Woodland Park Zoo, Phinney Ridge)
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This Juneteenth live performance celebrates African American spirituals and their evolution into modern genres like gospel, jazz, R&B, and hip-hop. Performers embrace R&B artist John Stoddart, powerhouse soprano Brandie Sutton, gospel singer-songwriter Crystal Renee Aikin, mezzo-soprano star Zhanea June, and extra. Music may also ring out from a 40-person choir and a 50-piece orchestra carried out by famend bandleader Ramón Bryant Braxton. AV
(Paramount Theatre, Downtown)
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The City League of Metropolitan Seattle and Arte Noir are internet hosting REVIVAL, a Juneteenth pop-up market with music from KEXP’s DJ Riz, meals distributors, neighborhood organizations, and tons of products from Black companies. We’re prepared to wager you may drop some {dollars} on JAMIL, a classic clothes vendor “for the renaissance girl”; R. Burnett, whose attractive (and inexpensive) craft-made wood watches have been featured in British GQ and the Bainbridge Island Museum of Artwork; and Black Origin Vegetation, who might help deliver some new greenery into your own home. SL
(Midtown Sq., Central District)
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Tinseltown-based actor, comic, and fry fanatic Leah Rudick will swing by Seattle to share her troubling time administration hacks and thirst for horse boys. She’s a viral hit on TikTok and Instagram, which appears to be a requirement for comics today; nonetheless, I believe Rudick is likely to be the true deal, based mostly totally on our mutual predilection for “hard-hitting abortion jokes.” LC
(Right here-After on the Crocodile, Belltown, Friday-Saturday)
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It is time for Mount Rose, Minnesota’s annual teen magnificence pageant, and Amber Atkins (performed by the incomparable Kirsten Dunst) is poised to steal the present. However a collection of bizarre incidents and tragic “accidents” flip the occasion right into a darkly hilarious massacre. The mockumentary boasts a killer forged together with Brittany Murphy (RIP), Denise Richards, Allison Janney, and Amy Adams. LC
(Central Cinema, Central District, Monday-Wednesday)
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“I’m not a whore…that’s simply an expression. I’m an artist who paints with blood,” Patricia Highsmith as soon as mentioned. You is likely to be tempted to be like, “Nicely, okay then,” and transfer on together with your life, however this is one other thought: You need to sink into the essence of Highsmith’s bloodiness with this round-up of a number of the greatest cinematic interpretations of her work. Lesbian romance Carol is curiously not on the docket, however by no means concern: Purple Midday, The American Good friend, sociopathic romp The Proficient Mr. Ripley, and tennis thriller Strangers on a Practice (Challengers followers, that one’s for you) greater than make up for it. LC
(The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis, Tuesday & Sunday)
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Nonbinary filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun’s first feature-length flick, We’re All Going to the World’s Truthful, was a creepy foray into the world of on-line horror gaming, following one teenager’s descent into an more and more unsettling fantasy. It stirred up optimistic critiques at Sundance, and solidified Schoenbrun as a director to look at. Lo and behold, Schoenbrun landed an A24 flick with I Noticed the TV Glow, which paperwork a teen’s investigations into an eerie, supernatural TV present. Followers of on-line wormholes and creepypasta should not miss it. LC
(Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill, Wednesday-Sunday)
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If you have not visited the Grand Cinema, the one nonprofit cinema between Seattle and Olympia, make this week the time you give it a spin—they’re presently in the midst of an enormous capital marketing campaign, aiming to lift funds to buy Tacoma’s Merlino Arts Heart. What’s a theater in want of dough to do? Host a Meryl Streep marathon, after all. Three packed days of Streep screenings will embrace additional goodies like drag queen hosts, a fancy dress contest, a “Merylthon museum,” and particular appearances by a cardboard Meryl. Who is aware of—perhaps there can be precise individuals named Meryl there, too. It is motive sufficient to make the drive. LC
(Grand Cinema, Tacoma, Friday-Sunday)
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Nothing says “Hollywood” like a great psychosexual thriller, and the ’80s and ’90s-era cinema appeared to have an innate understanding of this—you have most likely already been titillated by Primary Intuition and Deadly Attraction. SIFF Cinema Egyptian’s newest collection will get slightly freaky with shivery greats like Sure, Physique Warmth, and private fave The Starvation, which follows Catherine Deneuve as a ravenous vamp torn between two extraordinary hotties, performed by David Bowie and Susan Sarandon. (I would have a tough time selecting, too.) LC
(SIFF Cinema Egyptian, Capitol Hill, Monday-Saturday)
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Ryuichi Sakamoto, Oscar-winning composer, unparalleled fashion icon, and one of many three melodic geniuses behind the Tokyo digital outfit Yellow Magic Orchestra, handed away final 12 months after a battle with most cancers. (Chances are high good that you have heard YMO’s arty electro-pop tunes, but when not, throw this on earlier than persevering with.) Ryuichi Sakamoto | Opus is Sakamoto’s swan music—as a parting present in 2022, he curated, sequenced, and carried out a piano live performance that “wordlessly narrates his life by his wide-ranging oeuvre.” You will hear alternatives from his pop icon days in YMO, his scores created for Bernardo Bertolucci, and his reflective remaining album. LC
(SIFF Movie Heart, Uptown, Friday-Sunday)
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Hamburglars, it is your time to shine. For one week solely, collaborating eating places all around the metropolis can be creating unique, specialty burgers for less than $12. Plot your individual customized burger journey and check out as many as you want. You will not get a trophy or something, however you should have bragging rights amongst your fellow burger lovers and one very happy abdomen. For optimum success, we suggest carrying one thing with an elastic waistband. Plus, remember to tip the kitchen employees and servers, take a number of photographs, and submit on social media utilizing #strangerburgerweek.
(Numerous places, Monday-Sunday)
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As a Pulitzer Prize winner and 2007 MacArthur genius, Lynn Nottage usually facilities working-class individuals in her storytelling—her 2015 play Sweat centered small-town Pennsylvania manufacturing unit employees going through job insecurity, racism, and sophistication disparities. This time round, she had me at “play a couple of sandwich.” Nottage’s Clyde’s follows a workforce of previously incarcerated kitchen employees who navigate life after lock-up whereas on a “quest to create the proper sandwich,” so I hope you introduced napkins. Try this interpretation of the play for a cool cross between The Bear and Abbott Elementary. LC
(ArtsWest, Junction, Thursday-Sunday)
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I grew up a mere 1.9 miles away from Common Studios Florida, so every single day after college, I may virtually hear the screams as harmless youngsters have been drenched with inexperienced goo (it was really a mixture of vanilla pudding, applesauce, meals coloring, oatmeal, and child shampoo) on Slime Time Reside. Fashionable historical past has cemented slime as a vital side of any kid’s upbringing, from the Double Dare goos of yore to regardless of the hell that is. Directed by Tootie Spangles, GUNKED! conjures some millennial childhood attraction, imagining a late-’80s, neon-tinged competitors collection on the eve of its high-energy launch. Carry a towel. LC
(Annex Theatre, Capitol Hill, Thursday-Saturday)
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We will hear the cackling from down the road. The Pacific Northwest’s premiere “internationally tolerated Jewish narcoleptic drag queen” Jinkx Monsoon will forged a campy spell and produce extra of the weirdo dramatics for which she’s recognized and cherished on the live performance tour Collectively Once more, Once more!, which sees the two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner flex her musical chops alongside “musical prodigy” Main Scales. Water off a duck’s again! LC
(Seattle Repertory Theatre, Uptown, Wednesday-Sunday)
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Proficient hoofers from Chicago, NYC, and farther-flung locales like Poland, South Korea, and India will converge on Seattle for an additional celebration of collaborative modern dance. For the competition’s nineteenth 12 months, 9 packed days of efficiency will embrace new dance works by worldwide and native corporations. Peep the very best of the homegrown dance scene at Highlight on Seattle on June 11, or try one of many a number of exploratory Inter|Nationwide Collection Weekend performances. LC
(Broadway Efficiency Corridor, Capitol Hill, Monday-Sunday)
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Providing native administrators the highlight (and the chance to hone their craft), this three-week arts competition, which goals to create an experimental discussion board and public workshop for theater vets and drama newbies alike, will kick off its third 12 months of programming. SJAM24 payments itself because the “largest skilled arts occasion of its form on Capitol Hill,” with administrators Leah Adcock-Starr, Greg Carter, and Christie Zhao presenting their distinctive takes on 4 theatrical works this 12 months. LC
(twelfth Avenue Arts, Capitol Hill, Thursday-Saturday)
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Elizabeth Malaska was one among my key inspirations throughout artwork college—her moody figures, fearless use of patterning, and not-so-subtle responses to energy dynamics and the Western portray canon fully captured my gaze. Because the winner of the 2022 Betty Bowen Award, Malaska’s work can be celebrated on this solo exhibition. Malaska’s work will proceed to supply swift comebacks to historic genres and motifs, just like the reclining nude, with “difficult and introspective” compositions that really feel totally new. LC
(Seattle Artwork Museum, Downtown, Wednesday–Sunday; closing)
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For higher or worse, none of us can escape the expertise of residing in a physique. AMcE digs into it of their newest group exhibition, which thinks rigorously about embodiment by a collection of pensive, dreamy works. Artists Alfred Harris, Rachel Maxi, Vander McClain, Megan Prince, Cara Tomlinson, and others all share their distinctive views in Embodiment—I am particularly conscious of Orlovski’s earth-toned physique half collages and Brooks Shane Salzwedel’s tiny field work. LC
(AMcE Artistic Arts, Miller Park, Monday-Sunday)
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As former Stranger employees author Jas Keimig wrote again in 2022, “To be an arts author in Seattle is to be frequently in awe of the site-specific works dreamed up by artists-in-residence at MadArt Studio.” Sadly, MadArt’s remaining exhibition is upon us, and the group present can pay tribute to the group’s 15-year legacy. All previous MadArt artists have been invited to “suggest works that referenced, prolonged, or resonated with their unique MadArt creations,” resulting in a whopping 51-piece showcase that integrated lesser-visited areas of the MadArt house, just like the mezzanine workplace and the kitchen. It is a becoming remaining tribute to MadArt’s immersive artwork ethos. LC
(MadArt, South Lake Union, Monday-Sunday)
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Nadia Ahmed and Shannon Hobbs’s exhibition See By feels uniquely delicate, counting on gentle, luminous wax to mirror on the inherent fleetingness of relationships. The idea of “ephemerality” is talked about fairly usually in artist statements, however Ahmed and Hobbs appear to take a refreshing have a look at the concept, contemplating how impermanence can really feel weighty and structured. “How a lot do you give or soak up a relationship?” they ask the viewers. Present as much as really feel seen. LC
(The Vestibule, Ballard, Thursday–Saturday)
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The Seattle Japanese Backyard is already a tranquil sanctuary and a strong place to refill your artistic cup, however are you aware what would make it even higher? Authentic watercolor work of cats carrying backpacks. Japan-born, Seattle-based artist Mari Ichimasu will current her signature collection, Fur Coats and Backpacks; The Journey Cats, in the course of the backyard’s lushest season. Guests can take part in a “commemorative unique stamp rally” and are welcome to deliver their sketchbooks to attract inspiration from the on-the-go kitties. LC
(Seattle Japanese Backyard, Madison Park, Tuesday–Sunday)
