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Indie undertaking Lomelda was began by Texas-born singer-songwriter Hannah Learn again in her teen years. With 5 studio albums underneath her belt, Learn and firm have proven the power to shapeshift whereas at all times sustaining a delicate but emotionally glowing folks sound. Contemplating that Lomelda hasn’t launched an album since 2020’s Hannah, this tour will attain again into the archives for outdated favorites in addition to debuting some much-anticipated new materials. Make sure to catch a gap set from folks singer-songwriter Tomberlin. AV
(Barboza, Capitol Hill)
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Typically it looks like the identify “Ta-Nehisi Coates” has turn out to be synonymous with modern nonfiction itself. (Within the phrases of Stranger senior workers author Charles Mudede, “Ta-Nehisi Coates just isn’t good.” He isn’t, in Mudede’s eyes, an awesome novelist.) Fortunately for us, he is again with one other guide of essays, his first nonfiction work in virtually 10 years. The Message follows Coates to a few websites of battle—Dakar, Senegal, Columbia, South Carolina, and Palestine—to meditate on the damaging historic legacies of guide banning, racism, and nationalism. LC
(Benaroya Corridor, Downtown)
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There’s just one wise farewell to Fake Flora, the ultra-sensory, scent-forward sculptural exhibition by Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi and his inventive household. And that is a 70-minute “transportive therapeutic journey” led by Sin Fang (of the band Seabear), Kjartan Holm, and sisters Inga and Lilja Birgisdottir of the Fischersund Artwork and Music Collective. Tickets to the 6 pm expertise have bought out, however you may nonetheless slap down your yoga mat for the 4 pm session. Every ticket consists of an “unique Fake Flora present from the artists.” LC
(Nationwide Nordic Museum, Ballard)
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Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s directorial method has at all times intrigued me: He is made waves with lush, liminal areas in Tropical Illness and Cemetery of Splendor, and employed a “unending” launch technique for his 2021 movie Memoria, which continues to display screen “in entrance of just one solitary viewers at any given time.” Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Previous Lives is certainly one of his best movies—pensive, mysterious, ghostly. Catch it on the Grand Phantasm’s pop-up screening at Northwest Movie Discussion board. LC
(Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill)
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LA/206 director Zia Mohajerjasbi’s debut function Know Your Place is a movie that everybody in Seattle (and all different main cities) ought to (should) watch. It’s a packed work, and so unpacking all of it is nothing however not possible throughout the apparent attentional limits imposed on weblog posts. However, I’ll start by saying the star of this movie is, above all, Seattle. However this star has two necessary and completely different elements. One: the town that is changing into, class clever, homogenous. This type of metropolis has much less and fewer area for the working lessons. Two: the town that is shedding its coloration. Black Individuals have been the primary to go. Now it is black Africans. Subsequent might be East Asian Individuals. Know Your Place takes place within the now. Learn the complete assessment on The Stranger. STRANGER SENIOR WRITER CHARLES MUDEDE
(College of Washington, Structure Corridor, Northeast Seattle)
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Meals and intercourse have at all times been inextricably linked. Writer Rachel Hope Cleves takes a deep dive into that age-old affiliation along with her new guide Lustful Appetites: An Intimate Historical past of Good Meals and Depraved Intercourse, which explores every little thing from the invention of Parisian eating places (which largely served as a website for males to satisfy with intercourse staff and mistresses) to the function that girls and the LGBTQ group performed in creating early gastronomic tradition. Cleves will be a part of Greta Hardin of the Historical past of American Meals podcast for a dialog about all issues culinary and carnal. JB
(Guide Larder, Fremont)
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Ignite Seattle’s fast-paced method to public talking and unification via storytelling will return. This is the gist: 11 presenters might be allotted 5 minutes and 20 PowerPoint slides (every 15 seconds lengthy) to share their views on orchid care, dish-washing, the advantages of kombucha, synthetic intelligence, and the deserves of the abacus. Count on academic whiplash, however in a great way. LC
(City Corridor Seattle, First Hill)
COMEDY
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I am lucky sufficient to have by no means been on a blind date, which implies I’m greater than just a little curious to observe two strangers undergo the entire rigamarole on a theater stage. Enter First Date, Bandit Theater’s post-Valentine’s answer to loneliness; they will arrange two of us on the lookout for love and the viewers will watch them succeed or crash and burn. Then, a group of improvisers will devise comedy based mostly on how the date went. Hey, they do say laughter makes you sexier. LC
(Right here-After on the Crocodile, Belltown)
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On-line courting is notoriously bizarre, awkward, and uncomfortable. Swipe Proper pokes enjoyable on the entire shebang. For this improv present, two courageous (like, actually courageous) souls will share their courting profiles with the viewers through projector. Then a solid of improvisers will devise a humorous set based mostly on the profile particulars. Who wants love while you’ve obtained laughs? LC
(Right here-After on the Crocodile, Belltown)
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You will have seen the fliers created by Fantasy A, aka Seattle’s “Autistic Undisputed King of Hustle,” plastered throughout city—he is turn out to be one thing of a neighborhood legend, and his music was coated by The Stranger again in 2015. The creativity continues: Fantasy A’s main movement image stars (who apart from?) himself, and charts his challenges as he makes an attempt to turn out to be a famous person and purchase a mattress. Fantasy A Will get A Mattress additionally gained the Finest Narrative Characteristic award on the Seattle Black Movie Pageant. Seize a seat to witness Fantasy’s love letter to South Seattle. He’ll attend this particular fundraising screening, which is able to assist finance his subsequent movie. LC
(SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown)
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There seems to be a brand new development of Oscar-nominated actors pivoting to music careers, as evidenced by Timothée Chalamet’s SNL efficiency of Bob Dylan covers final month, and now, by Michael Shannon on tour performing the songs of R.E.M. My query is: what is the level? Simply because these actors can proficiently mimic these dwelling musicians doesn’t suggest they should. Bob Dylan and R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe nonetheless tour regularly—what precisely is the draw of paying to see a subpar copy? Then once more, if my favourite actor introduced a tribute tour, I might in all probability pay up. (Watch me eat my phrases when Keanu Reeves drops dates for a Neil Younger tribute tour or Nicolas Cage decides he needs to cowl the Smiths.) Regardless, I will admit that this can in all probability be a enjoyable present. Shannon (who has gone all in by shaving his head to appear to be Stipe) will carry out songs from R.E.M.’s third album Fables of the Reconstruction with longtime punk musician Jason Narducy. AV
(Neptune Theatre, College District)
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New York-based digital rock duo Phantogram feels like entering into an City Outfitters circa 2011 in one of the simplest ways attainable. Their debut album, Eyelid Motion pictures, noticed mainstream success with the bop “Once I’m Small,” which seemingly performed alongside bands like Sleigh Bells, Cults, and Metric in your iPod nano. They may cease on the town to assist their newest launch, Reminiscence of a Day, which stays true to their synthy pop sound whereas taking dangers with layered electronics. Brazilian rock band Ginger & the Peppers will open. AV
(Moore Theatre, Belltown)
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
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Amid the fallout of our new president’s anti-DEI orders, it is extra necessary 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, group 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. Keep tuned for the museum to announce featured artists and friends later this month. SL
(Northwest African American Museum, Central District)
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LED lamps be damned, as a result of you may attempt beating SAD with SAM once more this yr. 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 stay performances on Saturday evenings and sound baths, dancing, installations, and extra on “exercise days.” LC
(Olympic Sculpture Park, Belltown)
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Even if you happen to’ve by no means knowingly listened to Cymande (pronounced “sih-manh-day”), I guess you’ve got heard their music. The British funk band’s 1972 psychedelic soul masterpiece “Dove” has been sampled in additional than forty modern R&B and hip-hop tracks, together with Wu-Tang Clan’s “Issues,” EPMD’s “U Acquired Shot,” and Fugees’ “The Rating.” The ensemble stopped performing in 1974, however 4 a long time later, they’ve determined to revive the cult-favored undertaking with a brand new album. Founding members Ray King and Steve Scipio will assist Renascence alongside Brooklyn-based R&B duo Bathe.
(The Crocodile, Belltown)
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Now in its twenty fifth yr, MoPOP’s Sound Off! will as soon as once more give native under-21 musicians the prospect to point out off their authentic tunes on the snazzy Sky Church. Contemplating that Sound Off! has launched acts like Parisalexa, Bare Giants, and Travis Thompson, it is a good alternative to catch homegrown expertise on the very begin of their careers. In honor of the milestone, this yr’s lineup consists of performances from alumni i///u, Maiah Wynne, and King Youngblood. AV
(MoPOP, Uptown)
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On her new album Want on the Bone, Brooklyn-based artist Blair Howerton (aka Why Bonnie) searches for hope in a hopeless world via cathartic rock hooks and existential lyrics. Glimmers of her Texas roots shine via on twangy tracks like “Three Massive Moons” and “Climate Track.” If you’re a fan of indie Americana angel Waxahatchee, you must give Why Bonnie a pay attention. She is going to assist the album alongside the native indie rock band Coral Grief. AV
(Barboza, Capitol Hill)
LUNAR NEW YEAR
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The Chinatown-Worldwide District’s Lunar New Yr 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. Take a look at 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 Yr of the Snake, in any case). SL
(Hing Hay Park, Chinatown-Worldwide District)
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This version of the va-va-voom cabaret selection present produced by Filipinx burlesque performer Pinay Grigio options an completely Asian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander solid, and can function performances by Dewa Dorje, Ms. Kitschy Kupid, D’Angelo Hazard, Wong Ada, Sizzling Pink Shade, and DJ Kemyst this time round. “Halo-halo” is Tagalog for “mix-mix,” so count on a tantalizing concoction of burlesque, dance, and sickening drag. LC
(Michael Florentino Cellars, SoDo)
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Mead, the traditional fermented honey drink, was historically the beverage of alternative for Vikings. Right this moment, nevertheless, a rising variety of craft producers are making the age-old brew their very own. At this occasion, Ballard’s Scandinavian beer corridor Skål (named for the Norwegian phrase for “cheers”) will showcase mead from quite a lot of native makers, together with Hierophant Mead (Freeland), Odin’s Alchemy (Olympia), and Valhalla (Lakewood). Don’t overlook your horned helmet. JB
(Skål Beer Corridor, Ballard)
COMEDY
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See somebody? Say one thing. I Noticed U, The Stranger‘s tackle Craigslist Missed Connections, returned in final yr, which implies you may learn pickup traces like “How’s your praxis? As a result of I believe we may very well be greater than only a concept ;)” everytime you need. Surprising Productions has since devised an improvised response to the column, remodeling the weekly listings into comedy units that “think about what would occur if the people truly went out on a date.” LC
(Surprising Productions’ Market Theater, Pike Place Market, Friday–Saturday)
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This winter has been lengthy, however we have been granted stretches of sunny days, and the plum tree on my road is displaying off tiny pink blossoms, which supplies me hope that spring is not so far-off. This yr’s Northwest Flower & Backyard Pageant celebrates that forward-looking spirit, with over 20 show gardens constructed across the theme “Spring Dreamin'” and a market filled with plant infants simply begging to be taken house. With over 115 seminars and talks from gardening specialists, I am hoping to lastly learn the way to not kill each dwelling factor I deliver into my place. SL
(Seattle Conference Heart, Downtown, Wednesday–Sunday)
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Seattleites of a sure age who make jokes about Ballard residents driving round with their seatbelts hanging out from beneath closed automobile doorways might be very stoked for the Museum of Historical past and Business’s latest exhibit. Virtually Dwell! (Virtually an Exhibit) is a set of props, costumes, and clips from the weekly sketch comedy present that outlined—and poked enjoyable at—the Pacific Northwest area from 1984 to 1999. STRANGER MANAGING EDITOR MEGAN SELING
(MOHAI, South Lake Union, Monday–Sunday; closing)
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Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Rós launched their first correct album in over a decade final yr—EverOut music calendar editor Audrey Vann described ÁTTA as “cinematic, serene, floaty, and harmonious.” Because it seems, although, lead singer Jónsi’s inventive observe extends past his immediately recognizable falsetto. Alongside his sisters (who make up the family-run artwork collective and perfumery Fischersund), he’ll current Fake Flora, an immersive collection of sculptures, sounds, scent experiences, and extra impressed by Icelandic native flowers. The sensory exhibition imagines new plant species and explores “the scientific relationship between scent and reminiscence.” LC
(Nationwide Nordic Museum, Ballard, Tuesday–Sunday; closing)
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In case you do not need to be the one that’s like, “Wait, what’s that?” whilst you’re watching the Oscars this yr, now could be the time to meet up with the entire award frontrunners. One apparent choose is the stacked-cast drama The Brutalist, which follows visionary architect László Toth’s (Adrien Brody) postwar arrival in the US. He settles in Pennsylvania, the place the industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren (Man Pearce) notices his expertise. LC
(SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown, Monday–Thursday)
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Dan Savage’s pioneering erotic movie fest will premiere an all-new lineup of attractive movies that includes all genders and orientations at On the Boards once more this yr. Since 2005, HUMP! has introduced inclusive, artistic, and kinky movies to the large display screen—scope out the sex-positive fest in individual for a tantalizing deal with. This yr’s HUMP! options not one however two feature-length lineups of “sizzling, heavy, and hilarious ‘soiled’ movie shorts,” and half one features a feast of spanking-new movies in your eyeballs. It is price a enterprise outdoors of your intercourse dungeon, however you may nonetheless put on the latex catsuit. LC
(On the Boards, Uptown, Friday–Saturday)
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Chantal Akerman’s 1975 drama Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai Du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles was awarded the primary slot on Sight & Sound‘s 2022 critics’ ballot of the best movies of all time. (It conquered each Vertigo and Citizen Kane for the primary time in 60 years, and was the one movie directed by a lady to ever attain a high ten place within the ballot.) The flick is the proper alternative for individuals who have a tendency towards the “arthouse cinema” finish of the curiosity spectrum. Why not carve out a mere three-and-a-half hours to indulge in its avant-garde, fiercely feminist glory? LC
(SIFF Cinema Downtown, Belltown, Friday–Sunday)
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Sultry dames and secondhand smoke make me nervous in actual life, however they seem to be a recipe for nice cinema. Simply ask Movie Noir Basis founder, Turner Basic Motion pictures host, and “Czar of Noir” Eddie Muller, who will current the February 14–16 screenings at this yr’s Noir Metropolis competition. The fest will return for its seventeenth yr with one of the best movie noir choices that the shadowy again alleys of Hollywood have to supply. This yr, they will “shine a highlight on ladies whose cinematic legacy is entwined with the rise of movie noir” with a brand new 4K restoration of Robert Siodmak’s Phantom Girl and 12 movies screened in lush 35mm. LC
(SIFF Cinema Downtown, Belltown, Monday–Thursday)
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In case you usually watch the Oscars with a passing curiosity within the nominated quick movies, maybe feeling intrigued however realizing that you’re going to by no means get an opportunity to see them on display screen, have I obtained the chance for you. SIFF Cinema Uptown will display screen the nominees within the stay motion, animation, and documentary classes, so you may predict the winners and scope out standouts like Victoria Warmerdam’s I am Not a Robotic and Nebojsa Slijepcevic’s The Man Who Might Not Stay Silent. Pepper that into dialog later, your pals will suppose you’re cool. LC
(SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown, Monday–Thursday)
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Seize your rose water and your candelabras, women, ‘trigger nothing says “Valentine’s Day’s over” like a clique of ribbon-and-lace-clad boarding schoolers gone lacking in pastoral Victorian-era Australia. In case you’re something like me (wistful, simply romanced), this screening of Peter Weir’s eerie dreamhouse Picnic at Hanging Rock is certain to take your breath away. LC
(SIFF Cinema Downtown, Belltown, Friday–Sunday)
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Starring three of my absolute favourite messy queens (Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, and Willem Dafoe), David Lynch’s lurid melodrama Wild at Coronary heart follows two outcast hotties who flee their hometown to pursue a torrid, surreal romance. What ensues is a sex-fueled street journey match for a cleaning soap opera, which looks like it might be fairly cool, till the grotesquely terrifying Bobby Peru reveals up and ruins every little thing. In case you preferred final yr’s Love Lies Bleeding, you may dig Wild at Coronary heart‘s avant-garde ambition and manic depth. Cue up Cage’s rendition of “Love Me Tender” to get within the temper for insanity. And it goes with out saying, however: RIP, David. LC
(Central Cinema, Central District, Monday–Wednesday)
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Darkish, wintry days name for darkish beers. In honor of Stout Month, Watershed has hoarded a wealth of “essentially the most indulgent, tantalizing and eclectic” imperial stouts they might discover and is able to unleash 15 of them at this occasion to propel you into darkish beer nirvana. JB
(Watershed Pub & Kitchen, Northgate, Monday–Tuesday)
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The favored native burger joint chain Li’l Woody’s has revealed the lineup for its eleventh annual Burger Month sequence, which options 4 weeks of particular burger collaborations dreamed up by among the metropolis’s brightest culinary luminaries. This yr’s specials embrace the Cambo-Diaspora Double Cheeseburger (two quarter-pound Royal Ranch grass-fed beef patties marinated in kroeung paste, two slices of American cheese, kroeung aioli, tomato relish, and pickled carrots on a Li’l Woody’s bun) from 2025 James Beard Award semifinalist and Sophon chef Karuna Lengthy (February 4-10); the Don Bronco Burger (a citrus soy garlic-marinated fried bone-in pork chop, fried egg, salsa criolla, and chimichurri aioli on a Li’l Woody’s Bun) from Dangerous Chancla chef Jose Garzón (February 11-17); the Lago Burger (a quarter-pound Royal Ranch grass-fed beef patty, goat cheese, roasted tomatoes, pomodoro con aglio and balsamic salsa, arugula, shaved pink cabbage, pickled pink onions, and parsley on a Li’l Woody’s bun) from Cafe Lago chef Lauren Thompson (February 18-24); and the Catahoula Burger (a quarter-pound Royal Ranch grass-fed beef patty, Tillamook white cheddar cheese, pink eye barbecue sauce, honey jalapeño slaw, bread-and-butter pickles, and Worcestershire tabasco aioli on a Li’l Woody’s bun) from FlintCreek Cattle Co. chef Eric Donnelly (February 25-March 3). Burger fans who buy all 4 specials will obtain a restricted version Li’l Woody’s woven market bag, and through their Burger 4 Burger program, Li’l Woody’s will donate the identical variety of burgers bought to a corporation of every chef’s alternative. JB
(Li’l Woody’s, Monday–Sunday)
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Whilst you, the grownup studying this, won’t be hyped about watching Disney’s Frozen on a Saturday afternoon, there may be seemingly a baby in your life that might be. A surefire approach to turn out to be their favourite individual is by taking them to this screening of the wintery wonderland flick accompanied by a stay rating from the Seattle Symphony. Sure, you would possibly go away the live performance with “Let It Go” caught in your head, but it surely’ll be price it. AV
(Benaroya Corridor, Downtown, Friday–Saturday)
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Artist-performer Kathryn Seabron’s one-woman present stares misogynoir within the eye, mixing private tales, poetry, and media items to look at the troubling interaction of racism and sexism that Black ladies face. Offended Black Lady 101 is about at a Bay Space nonprofit, the place Seabron pulls from her personal experiences of “microaggressions and systemic boundaries.” Might you allow the present angrier and extra empowered to battle for change. LC
(Theatre Off Jackson, Chinatown-Worldwide District, Friday–Sunday)
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Lin-Manuel Miranda is liable for Hamilton‘s guide, music, and lyrics, and he has squashed a dizzying variety of phrases and ideas into this beautiful manufacturing. You do not like musicals? Positive. However the Pulitzer-winning Hamilton is not possible to flee—its hip-hop, jazz, and rap numbers have made folks all around the nation rethink their inflexible anti-musical stance, and supplied them juicy, controversial historical past about certainly one of their founding fathers. Take it for a check spin; you are gonna hear about it endlessly anyway. LC
(Paramount Theatre, Downtown, Tuesday–Sunday)
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Mozart’s 18th-century opera The Magic Flute tells of a mystical world crammed with freaky beasts, cheeky fairies, real love, and a really useful flute. So, do not count on the manufacturing to be classically stuffy. Barrie Kosky’s recent interpretation ups the ante much more, pulling inspiration from silent films and incorporating “eye-popping hand-drawn animation.” LC
(McCaw Corridor, Uptown, 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 may undoubtedly acknowledge. His simplistic figurative types and coloration 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 mild on his neglected influence on postmodern dance. The exhibition consists of “uncommon archival supplies, main units, work, and never-before-seen sketches.” LC
(Frye Artwork Museum, First Hill, Saturday–Sunday; opening)
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SOIL, Seattle’s longest-running nonprofit artist-run area, is a strong alternative in 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 group. Plus, there is a twist—in Controllables, “every artist has been introduced collectively serendipitously, beforehand unfamiliar with every others’ work, presenting us with a situation, a query, or a puzzle, honoring the potential for the unpredictable.” I am desirous about Monté’s Styrofoam fortress and O’Connell’s multimedia works, which use “printed silk, bells, thread, candle wax, [and a] wasp.” LC
(SOIL, Pioneer Sq., Friday–Saturday; closing)
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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, non secular beliefs, and surrealism” and blurs the traces between life and demise with installations that highlight near-death reflections and phases of existence. However the exhibition’s flexibility additionally poses a powerful central query: How will we make peace with the impermanence of life whereas discovering which means in its transitions? LC
(King Road Station, SoDo, Wednesday–Saturday; closing)
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Winter is a beautiful time to go to Bainbridge Island—the quieter season infuses the island with a relaxed, serene attraction. If I have 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 contemplate attending the January 18 panel with exhibiting artists for extra context. LC
(Bainbridge Island Museum of Artwork, Bainbridge Island, Monday–Sunday; closing)
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Ric’kisha Taylor’s life has at all times shimmered, and that radiance carries into her artwork. Her fascination with “hair equipment, DAX grease, [and] her mom’s glittery debit playing cards” informs a uniquely opulent and ultra-tactile collage type. In Gleaming, she delves into cultural assimilation and intimacy avoidance via augmented photographic imagery, intricate peyote stitching—a way honed by Indigenous beaders—and exact stitching strategies handed down by Black elders. The outcomes are as dazzling as they’re deliberate, evoking popular culture references whereas remaining layered, expressive, and deeply thought of. LC
(Gallery 4Culture, Pioneer Sq., Monday–Friday)
