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For this version of the Beacon Hill restaurant Homer’s Solidarity Dinner fundraiser sequence, they will be presenting their interpretation of a French bistro, full with traditional dishes like charcuterie, smoky duck confit, and salade lyonnaise. For dessert, they will be swirling up crème brûlée comfortable serve (frankly, that alone sounds value the price of admission to me). Higher but, a “beneficiant portion” of the night’s gross sales shall be donated to the nonprofit Canine Gone Seattle’s efforts to saving canine in want by way of rescue, foster, and adoption, so you may eat, drink, and be merry understanding that your cash goes towards a very good trigger. JB
(Homer, North Beacon Hill)
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Elyanna is a Palestinian-Chilean artist recognized for an experimental Arab-pop sound that blends Arabic music with EDM, R&B, jazz, and Latin rhythms. In the event you’re accustomed to Coldplay’s newest launch Moon Music, you would possibly acknowledge her from the operatic hip-hop monitor “WE PRAY,” which additionally options rapper Little Simz, Afrobeats king Burna Boy, and Argentine singer Tini. She’s going to assist her debut album Woledto alongside DJ/producer ZEEMUFFIN. AV
(Neptune Theatre, College District)
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Get a primary hearken to Purple Scorching Org’s forthcoming compilation album TRAИƧA, a 46-track-long “non secular journey” of trans storytelling that includes icons like Sam Smith, Teddy Geiger, Fragrance Genius, Hunter Schafer, Beverly Glenn Copeland, and numerous others. Purple Scorching Org writes: “With no consideration-wing motion continues to escalate a violent tradition conflict towards trans and gender-expansive individuals and our households, TRAИƧA carves out a worldwide area for trans expression and therapeutic.” The practically four-hour-long album shall be performed in full on the listening get together and group gathering, with Transmasc Seattle tabling alongside different trans-centered native organizations. AV
(Vera Venture, Uptown)
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Final week was fairly trauma-inducing, so begin your week with some nature remedy (I extremely rec forest bathing)—Washington State Parks is observing Veterans Day by waiving entrance charges. On a typical day, entry to one in every of these pure gems will set you again $10 for a day cross or $30 for an annual cross, so fee-free days like this assist to make the outside extra accessible. The closest parks to Seattle correct are Bridle Trails in Kirkland and Saint Edward State Park on the northern shores of Lake Washington; each are a few 30-minute drive. JW
(Varied areas)
READINGS & TALKS
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They do not name bread “the employees of life” for nothing. Modernist Delicacies founder and creator Nathan Myhrvold is probably one of many world’s foremost specialists on the carby staple, and he is right here to debate his new tome Modernist Bread at House with Seattle Occasions meals author Bethany Jean Clement and to persuade you to transform your personal kitchen right into a loaf laboratory. Get the lowdown on his scientifically examined insights, ideas, and methods on baking, and put together to impress your family members together with your crusty creations. JB
(City Corridor Seattle, First Hill)
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The idea of Christopher Frizzelle’s Silent Studying Get together is so simple as it will get (pick a ebook and head to Resort Sorrento’s well-appointed foyer to learn in a snug chair whereas a stay pianist performs within the background), nevertheless it’s a Seattle custom of the very best order. In case your disdain for ready in line has prevented you from attending up to now, nice information: in celebration of its return to its historic digs, attendees can now reserve a spot prematurely. Remember the fact that there is a $25 foods and drinks minimal, along with the reservation charge. LC
(Fireplace Room at Resort Sorrento, First Hill)
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I kind of agree with this tweet, which, unsurprisingly, had individuals frothing on the mouth. The Texas Chain Noticed Bloodbath is the right New Hollywood movie: It is moody, atmospheric, lo-fi, anti-establishment, and totally imaginative, wrenching the slasher style from its hiding place in the dead of night of night time and shoving it into the brilliant Texas sunshine. Its indifferent grittiness coaxed the rise of found-footage horror many years later, and Sally Hardesty’s maniacal laughter revealed the psychological toll on the ultimate woman for the primary time, a theme that is repeated with Halloween’s Laurie Strode, Scream‘s Sidney Prescott, and numerous different slasher survivors. I’d posit that solely Alien has had a wider cultural affect on horror, however Ridley Scott truly cited TCM as an affect on his movie. Hopefully, Baron von Terror agrees that TCM is a bona fide traditional—he’ll host this screening. LC
(Central Cinema, Central District)
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I have been a fan of Erin Alderson’s vegetarian recipes for years and recurrently pored over her web site Naturally Ella again within the heyday of meals blogs, so I am further excited for her new cookbook The Yearlong Pantry, a “vegetarian information to grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds.” I am wanting ahead to diving into dishes like grilled peaches with hot-honey hazelnut French dressing, carrot soup with chile-fried spelt, and charred chimichurri ayocote beans over whipped ricotta. She’ll discuss all issues legumes and extra with Major Beans founder Lesley Sykes, adopted by a Q&A and ebook signing. JB
(Guide Larder, Fremont)
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In the event you spend any time on FoodTok, you have most likely encountered Justine Doiron. Underneath the deal with justine_snacks, Doiron shares easy, plant-heavy recipes like “baked salads” and kabocha squash and fennel soup, paired with charming, disarmingly susceptible voiceovers, and her content material has gained her legions of followers (my culinary queen Deb Perelman of Smitten Kitchen amongst them). She was additionally liable for popularizing the viral butter board pattern in 2022. Her debut cookbook Justine Cooks incorporates over 110 of her signature approachable recipes. She’ll drop by Elliott Bay to speak with native cookbook creator Becky Selengut. JB
(Elliott Bay Guide Firm, Capitol Hill)
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Throughout a time that feels each politically glum and actually glum exterior, be a part of your fellow babes to let unfastened in a shiny sea of constructive vitality. DJ Wax Witch (the mastermind behind Seattle’s girl-powered DJ sequence Babe Evening) will host the second annual Babe Fest, that includes a therapeutic mix of ’90s pop, Y2K dance, and Euro home bops. Fellow spinderellas SofiiaK, Abbie, Reverend {Dollars}, and Ten Billion Jules will be a part of the enjoyable along with stay units from friendship-focused bands Who Is She? and THEM. Proceeds from ticket gross sales shall be donated to Rain Metropolis Rock Camp, a neighborhood nonprofit that empowers creativity in femmes and gender-nonconforming people by means of music with sliding-scale rock camps and schooling.
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(Baba Yaga, Pioneer Sq.)
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The pedal metal guitar is a console-style guitar that warbles with the contact of pedals and knee levers. Though the instrument is mostly heard in nation and Hawaiian music, Bay Space artist Chuck Johnson brings it into the ambient music sphere. His album Balsams is one in every of my all-time favourite ambient information—It is minimal, heat, and tranquil. Johnson will return to Seattle to assist his new album, Solar Glories, which contains percussion and electrical guitar. Do not miss a gap set from native experimental people musician Tiny Vipers. AV
(Good Shepherd Middle/Chapel Efficiency House, Wallingford)
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Each autumn, my music style glides between the ’60s Appalachian people revival (Jean Richie, Peggy Seeger, Hazel & Alice, and so on.) to the moodiest, gloomiest indie rock of the ’90s. The San Jose-born slowcore quartet Duster suits the latter invoice exactly. The band went on an prolonged hiatus in 2001 however was capable of maintain a modest cult following with their two albums Stratosphere and Up to date Motion. In 2020, their 1998 tune “Inside Out” had an inexplicable increase on the web (the tune has been streamed over SEVEN BILLION occasions on TikTok alone). It’s straightforward for us longtime supporters to really feel territorial over the band, however we must always remind ourselves that these guys deserve all of the success that comes their approach! The band will assist their new album, In Desires, after a gap set from the lo-fi hip-hop undertaking Soiled Artwork Membership. AV
(Neptune Theatre, College District)
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Peep drag royalty of all genders and groove alongside to DJ units at this buzzy celebration of the “artistry of queer and trans Black, Indigenous, individuals of shade and their communities,” deliberate in partnership with the Seattle Public Library and Shunpike. Keep for the slay on a public runway and get an schooling from glamazons Ariyah Jané, Da Qween, Flourish Maxzeal, Londyn Bradshaw, and Rafael/a Luna-Pizano, plus up-and-coming artists from numerous native homes. (Keep in mind: Studying is prime.) LC
(Olympic Sculpture Park, Belltown)
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It is by no means a nasty time to be taught concerning the nuances of Seattle’s historical past, and post-election, it is likely to be extra vital than ever. One stunning solution to accomplish that is by means of drawing comics. Do not imagine me? Cartoonist and illustrator Kiku Hughes, creator of the graphic novel Displacement, will show it. This historic fiction comics workshop will pull from MOHAI’s photographic archives, which individuals will use to encourage sequential photographs “surrounding one second in Seattle’s historical past.” Artwork-making supplies shall be supplied. LC
(MOHAI, South Lake Union)
COMEDY
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Welp, what’s beneath Lewis Black’s pores and skin this time?! Each dad’s favourite ranter will level fingers and identify names—presumably for the ultimate time?—in Seattle this November. I am positive he’ll carry extra of the satirical skewering and brutal brilliance for which he is recognized and liked. LC
(McCaw Corridor, Uptown)
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Simply in time for Thanksgiving (and the following holidays), City Craft Rebellion will host this specialty meals present for the sixth yr in a row, promising over 100 native distributors hawking every thing from CBD candies to wine and from spirits to artisan scorching sauce (and sure, there are free samples). In the event you work up an urge for food whereas buying, a number of meals vehicles shall be on website to gasoline your looking journey with delicacies like bubble waffles and sushi burritos. This yr may also characteristic cookbook signings with a number of authors. JB
(Magnuson Park Hangar 30, Sand Level)
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At this recurring competition offered by the Seattle-based group DAIPANbutoh Collective, attendees can feast their eyes on the fascinating artwork of butoh, a recent type of Japanese efficiency impressed by ghosts, anguish, rapture, and the grotesque. (If that sounds extremely cool to you, that is as a result of it’s.) Visitor artists Mari Osanai (from Japan) and Eugenia Vargas (from Mexico) will lead workshops, and dancer-activist Tebby Ramasike’s distinctive work shall be shared by way of video. LC
(Yaw Theater, Georgetown)
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I am a long-time fan of Gretchen Frances Bennett’s deceptively easy coloured pencil compositions, which mix natural parts (flowers, pure phenomena) to consider human emotion, interiority, and the way we is likely to be extra like flowers than we predict. Though Bennett’s flora-inspired works are alluring, I am notably pulled towards this drawing impressed by Wong Kar-wai’s Pleased Collectively. The picture’s hazy, blended shade discipline seems as if it has been rained on; nonetheless, there is a potent sense of relationship and tactile reminiscence right here. Bennett’s drawings really feel like well-loved pictures: smudged, folded up, and saved protected in a pockets. LC
(Veronica, Mount Baker; by appointment, closing)
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In the event you’re keyed into comedy up-and-comers, you are most likely already accustomed to Julio Torres, the Salvadoran American SNL author who additionally appeared in Search Get together, Shrill, Los Espookys, and Fantasmas. Torres’ A24 characteristic Problemista featured Tilda Swinton and a facet of surreal quirk, following a Salvadoran toy designer whose work visa runs out as he toils as an assistant for an art-world weirdo. I am a fan of Torres’ ideas on all issues millennial—design aesthetics (wavy mirrors, Canva flyers), internship hell, and crushing pupil mortgage debt. This comedy set will proceed to faucet into the zeitgeist. LC
(The Crocodile, Belltown, Monday–Tuesday)
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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 creative follow 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 number 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)
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I may take or depart Jesse Eisenberg, however really feel strongly that Kieran Culkin is one in every of our most interesting up to date character actors. (If you have not seen Succession, watch half an episode and you may perceive why.) In A Actual Ache, Eisenberg’s second characteristic movie as author/director, he stars alongside Culkin. The pair play cousins headed to Poland to “honor their beloved grandmother,” the place, maybe predictably, familial tensions floor. I really like a possibility for actors to point out off their chops with out a lot distraction, so the movie’s pared-down premise is intriguing. LC
(SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown, Thursday–Sunday)
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Sean Baker is one in every of my favourite fashionable administrators. He has a present for tapping into the realities of poverty and life for underprivileged People in and across the South, which is curious, as a result of he is from New Jersey and appears to have loved a fairly typical upbringing. That is one in every of The Florida Venture‘s strengths. I grew up in Orlando with a low-income single mother, so the movie, set in a dreary motel close to Disney World, truly bears an eerie similarity to my very own childhood. However even if you cannot relate to its topics or locale, you will most likely see your self someplace within the childlike hopefulness or the monetary stressors. Baker’s storytelling all the time drives residence that you just’re not alone. Anora is a departure for him–it is set in Brooklyn—however I sense that it’ll additionally replicate on late-capitalist survival in Baker’s sharp trend. The movie follows a intercourse employee who impulsively marries a person in a Russian oligarch household. LC
(SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown, Monday–Thursday)
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Over the past 40 years, Studio Ghibli has change into legendary for its lush visuals, emotional and affecting storytelling, and poetic, clever method to nature and the more-than-human world. One in every of its central figures is (duh) cofounder Hayao Miyazaki, who has made a number of the studio’s most revered flicks (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, and Kiki’sSupply Service amongst them). He is additionally essentially the most endearingly idiosyncratic director, like, possibly ever, and has introduced, then damaged, his retirement a complete of 4 occasions. By no means change, Miyazaki!! Anyway, should you’re a Ghibli fan, you most likely know all of this and are already jazzed for this movie sequence, which celebrates all issues Studio Ghibli with screenings of Ponyo, Fort within the Sky, Princess Mononoke, The Secret World of Arrietty, and lots of different crowd faves. LC
(SIFF Cinema Downtown, Belltown, Monday–Thursday)
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This month’s cinematic chef’s kiss comes within the type of SIFF’s sixteenth annual Cinema Italian Model. The roundup all the time contains the most effective in up to date Italian cinema, and this yr’s slate isn’t any completely different. Take your choose of flicks throughout eight days of programming; the settimana di straordinari movie italiani will embody screenings of lately launched movies alongside Antonioni’s bleak traditional Il Grido. The primary 150 individuals who buy a Cinema Italian Model cross may also rating a 13” pizza courtesy of Tutta Bella. LC
(SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown, Monday–Thursday)
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I will be sincere: Till this second, I would by no means as soon as thought-about how popes are chosen. Is he simply an particularly pious man? Does he have to use for the job, or simply have good networking expertise? I do not know!! Perhaps you may relate. In that case, Edward Berger’s Conclave ought to enlighten us. The movie digs into “one of many world’s most secretive and historic occasions”—choosing a brand new Pope—and includes a killer forged, together with Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Isabella Rossellini. If a bunch of previous guys choosing a spiritual chief would not instantly entice you, contemplate this headline from the Atlantic: “When the Pope Dies, the Cardinals Get Catty.” LC
(SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown, Monday–Thursday)
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Gummo‘s dirty, feel-bad nature is a part of its allure—Concord Korine’s ’97 flick was named the worst movie of the yr by the New York Occasions, which is strictly why I like it. Foretelling what would change into Korine’s lengthy profession of weirdo subversion, the movie follows the residents of a forgotten Ohio city crammed with bigots, hedonists, and perverts. However Korine’s aim is not simply shock worth; he all the time makes an effort to humanize his characters, irrespective of how grody. (Chloe Sevigny’s on this one, should you require a extra palatable purpose to test it out.) LC
(The Beacon, Columbia Metropolis, Monday & Wednesday)
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LA/206 director Zia Mohajerjasbi’s debut characteristic 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 inconceivable 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 vital and completely different components. One: the town that is turning into, class sensible, homogenous. This type of metropolis has much less and fewer area for the working courses. Two: the town that is dropping its shade. Black People have been the primary to go. Now it is black Africans. Subsequent shall be East Asian People. Know Your Place takes place within the now. Learn the total assessment on The Stranger. STRANGER SENIOR WRITER CHARLES MUDEDE
(Northwest Movie Discussion board, Capitol Hill, Wednesday–Thursday)
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Surreal director, animator, and manga auteur Satoshi Kon is understood for subversive storytelling. In his thriller Good Blue, J-pop idol Mima Kirigoe makes an attempt to shed her “good woman” picture and transition from music to appearing. An obsessed fan and the exploitative leisure business produce other plans. My favourite of Kon’s, Paprika,shines in its postmodern polish—it distorts time, employs a nonlinear construction, and is peppered with cinematic meta-commentary. Dive into Kon’s unusual worlds with this movie discuss and screening sequence, which incorporates showings of Good Blue, Paprika, and different fan favorites. “Movie diva” Isabella Worth will analyze his key works in accompanying hybrid lectures. LC
(SIFF Movie Middle, Uptown, Monday–Tuesday)
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Celebrating its twelfth anniversary this yr, the Turkish American Cultural Affiliation of Washington’s annual juried movie competition will supply up a recent assortment of sought-after Turkish flicks. This yr’s program features a to-be-announced “archival masterpiece from Turkish cinema that’s a part of Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Venture,” plus an array of brief flicks, “traditional fantastik movies from the vaults of ’70s-80s Turkish cult cinema,” and a super-gory style movie. LC
(SIFF Cinema Uptown, Uptown, Friday–Sunday)
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Get your sport on and go play swamp-style at this five-day fest of all issues Shrek-related. SomeBODY as soon as advised me that Shrek is cool once more—did he ever cease being cool?—and the latest proliferation of Shrek raves appears to recommend that is the case. This sequence may not characteristic inexperienced physique paint and EDM, however you can catch the traditional that spawned a thousand millennial memes, or one in every of its many sequels and spin-offs. LC
(SIFF Cinema Downtown, Belltown, Friday–Sunday)
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Cannot select between the exaggerated cheeriness of a Hallmark Christmas film and the trashy delight of a dive bar? Now you do not have to—this seasonal cocktail pop-up situated at The Woods will present a “festive and unpretentious vacation expertise.” Get pleasure from kitsch-tastic decor (together with classic Christmas lights, quirky ornaments, and a photograph wall adorned with actually hundreds of bows) and a playlist with all of the Christmas requirements, plus a menu of drinks like spiked scorching cocoa and retro snacks like Beanie Weenies and popcorn in vacation tins. Additionally, maintain your eyes peeled for upcoming occasions reminiscent of ugly sweater events, an après-ski-themed get together, and “Soiled Santa” photograph ops. JB
(1512 eleventh Ave, Capitol Hill, Monday–Sunday)
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For the month of November, native burger joint Li’l Woody’s is cleverly recreating iconic quick meals favorites for its weekly specials. First up is the Jack within the Field-esque Sourdough Woody (November 5-11), with mayo, sliced tomatoes, Hills bacon, Swiss cheese, grass-fed beef, and ketchup on sourdough. (Curly fries are additionally out there that week for the total expertise.) Subsequent is the fry-sauce-laden McDonald’s dupe Li’l Large Mac (November 12-18). The Taco Bell tribute Li’l Crunch Wrap (November 19-25) comes after that, adopted by the In-N-Out-inspired Woody’s Model (November 26-December 2). Higher but, every Monday, Lil Woody’s Burger 4 Burger program will match and donate the identical variety of burgers to be served at Seattle space organizations, chosen by local people members: Puget Sound Sage (chosen by Dae Shik Kim Jr.) on November 11, RISE (chosen by Keanna Rose Pickett) on November 18, The Residency (chosen by Meli Darby) on November 25, and a TBD beneficiary chosen by Khalil Kinsey on December 2. JB
(Li’l Woody’s, Capitol Hill, Monday–Sunday)
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In 2014, New York bar proprietor Greg Boehm briefly reworked his area right into a kitschy Christmas wonderland replete with gewgaws and tchotchkes galore. Now, the pop-up has expanded to greater than 100 areas all around the world and shall be returning to Belltown’s Rob Roy beginning November 16. Drinks are housed in tacky-tastic vessels, bedecked with fanciful garnishes like peppers and dried pineapple, and christened with irreverent, pop-culture-referencing names just like the “Unhealthy Santa,” the “Yippie Ki Yay Mom F****r” (their asterisks, not ours) and the “You’ll Shoot Your Rye Out.” JB
(Rob Roy, Belltown, Saturday–Sunday)
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It’s been practically 20 years since Seattle’s experimental hardcore kings, the Blood Brothers, have carried out. Their reunion exhibits on the Showbox in November are gonna be nuts. However bear in mind, our our bodies are 20 years older than after we final thrashed round whereas screaming their songs till our throats have been uncooked. It’s vital to stretch and do vocal warm-ups to keep away from harm. Let’s fucking go. “OPERATOR, I LOVE YOU / OPERATOR, I WOULD NEVER LEAVE YOU / I’D LIKE TO SEE YOUR FACE PRESSED UP AGAINST THE GLASS / 1-900-USA-NAILS, OH BABY / 1-900-USA-NAILS, OH BABY / 1-900-USA-NAILS, OH BABY / 1-900-USA-NAILS, OH BABY / 1-900-USA-NAILS, OH BABY / 1-900-USA-NAILS, OH BABY / 1-900-USA-NAILS, OH BABY / 1-900-USA-NAILS, OH BABY!!” STRANGER MANAGING EDITOR MEGAN SELING
(The Showbox, Downtown, Thursday–Friday)
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Lengthy Island-hailing brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario draw one thing delicate and genuine from their Nineteen Seventies affect, dodging the cringy Halloween costume or cowl band tropes which might be simply fallen into (I am speaking to you, Greta Van Fleet!) If you do not know the band, you would possibly even hear their Seaside Boys-esque harmonies and breezy psych-rock jams and assume it is some forgotten relic of the previous. The zingy duo will assist their fifth album, A Dream Is All We Know, alongside jangle pop quartet the Umbrellas. AV
(Barboza, Capitol Hill, Friday–Saturday)
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Los Angeles-born mild expertise Astra Lumina will return to light up the Seattle Chinese language Backyard for 2 months this yr, reworking the botanical area right into a “marvel of visiting stars” with projections, dazzling lights, music, and “astral vitality.” Ooooo. Bundle as much as stroll down the celestial pathway; you are promised to come across “cosmic visions and astral tune.” (You might also wish to microdose first—laser exhibits of yore confirmed that nothing’s extra psychedelic than a very good light-and-sound projection.) LC
(Seattle Chinese language Backyard, Riverview, Thursday–Sunday)
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Seattle-based Indigenous artist Timothy White Eagle will current a poignant, meditative efficiency with Indian College, which pulls from america’ genocidal historical past and “hydraulic engineering that reshapes landscapes” to name out structural assimilation and othering techniques. This “avant-premiere” efficiency is sure to be highly effective: White Eagle will weave collectively his grandfather’s experiences on the government-run Phoenix Indian College and his personal navigations round generational trauma. Indian College shall be supported with “mild, sound, video, and theatrical magic” by a variety of artists, together with Crystal Cortez and DB Amorin. LC
(On the Boards, Uptown, Thursday–Saturday)
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Now could be your likelihood to see the musical that, 16 years in the past, made everybody bear in mind musicals existed. You’ve heard the spiel—it’s the Wizard of Oz, besides not boring, and sympathetic to the antagonist (the Depraved Witch of the West). Depraved is spectacular, particularly if the forged you see has a Galinda (initially performed by Kristin Chenoweth) with lots of spunk. However, sadly for all of us, all of Depraved can’t be the bombastic, show-stopping “Defying Gravity.” And as soon as “Defying Gravity” performs out and also you’re completely sated, there’s a complete different act to sit down by means of. Depraved continues to be good, and at some moments nice. Particularly if, not like me, you haven’t seen it 4 occasions—or performed a medley of the music in your middle-school wind ensemble. STRANGER CONTRIBUTOR NATHALIE GRAHAM
(Paramount Theatre, Downtown, Tuesday–Sunday)
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In the event you assume STÖR is a parody of a sure meatball-serving Swedish mega-retailer, you would be proper—nevertheless it’s greater than that, too. The labyrinthine Base Camp Studios undertaking was imagined as an “immersive rebrand of how we expertise, devour, and buy artwork.” Meaning you may discover and store the STÖR area whereas considering the confluence of commerce and creative manufacturing. Mary Anne Carter, Lilia Deering, and over 25 different taking part artists have outfitted the set up with “surreal reinterpretations” of mass-produced residence items and decor. LC
(Base Camp Studios, Downtown, Friday–Sunday)
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Fulgencio Lazo’s second solo exhibition at ArtX Up to date continues to showcase the artist’s ultra-vibrant, visually advanced fashion, knowledgeable by his cultural identification as a member of Mexico’s Indigenous Zapotec individuals and his hometown of Oaxaca. As an artist, Lazo is integral to the material of Seattle’s Latine cultural scene—he is participated in Day of the Lifeless celebrations on the Seattle Artwork Museum and the Tacoma Artwork Museum. Head to this exhibition to familiarize your self with a neighborhood legend. LC
(ArtX Up to date, SoDo, Wednesday–Saturday; closing)
WINTER
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Seize some scorching cocoa and get cozy with your pals, household, or Hinge date at this wintertime immersive expertise filled with large glowing lanterns, every formed like natural world from across the globe. Youngsters and people of us who’re youngsters at coronary heart will take pleasure in a magical world with a forest practice, tree fairies, and illuminated unicorns (good luck explaining that these do not exist after your youngsters see this show) alongside brilliantly lit peacocks and different winged creatures within the Birds of Paradise zone and monkeys hiding within the Underneath the Jungle Cover. WildLanterns’ 2024 season contains nightly conventional Chinese language cultural performances reminiscent of lion dances, umbrella juggling, face altering, chair balancing, and extra. This yr, the zoo has added two adults-only nights on December 5 and January 2 with specialty cocktails and interactive video games. SL
(Woodland Park Zoo, Phinney Ridge, Friday–Sunday)
