Calendar
May 17
Yo La Tengo
The most boring live band ever to incite Woodstock-style dancing among their legions of fans, Hoboken’s pride has never been better than on their 13th full-length, Fade. Produced by John McEntire, its sensitive, motorik jams form a masterpiece album...
May 17 - May 19
Third Degree
Known for his beautiful mix of ballet and modern dance, choreographer Olivier Wevers and his company Whim W’Him have risen to the top of the Seattle dance scene over the past three years. The prolific Wevers is bringing back his comedic FRAGMENTS—a...
May 17 - January 1
Links
Links: Australian Glass and the Pacific Northwest features 21 Australian and five American contemporary glass artists. It’s the first American museum exhibition dedicated to the spectrum of studio glass made Down Under, and the connection between...
May 17 - May 23
Graceland
Graceland provides a potent dose of caper-heavy darkness, straight from the hothouse environment of the Philippines. A gang of kidnappers abducts the daughter of a chauffeur, thinking the girl’s actually the child of the chauffeur’s boss—a...
May 18 - June 29
The Art of Dr. Seuss
Would you? Could you, in a car? Zip over to Bellevue and see more than 20 rare edition pieces from the late Dr. Seuss (aka Ted Geisel), particularly from his “Secret Art,” “Unorthodox Taxidermy” and “Archive” collections. Some of these are deeply...
Who knows?
The Telephone Room, at 12 ½ sq. ft., is the world’s “second-smallest” art gallery. (What’s the first?) Accommodating only a rotary phone since 1930, the space has also welcomed art since 2009. Make an appointment at thetelephoneroom@gmail.com.
Triumph and Tragedy Comedy Open Mic
Seattle’s newest weekly comedy show has taken up residence at the Crescent Lounge, Capitol Hill’s most popular karaoke bar. Triumph and Tragedy features everything from seasoned Seattle comics to newbies who are just trying comedy for the first time...
Fun House
In A Natural History of the Senses, writer Diane Ackerman explains how the desire to distort our sensual experience begins in childhood: Watch a kid hold their breath underwater or spin around until falling. A carnival, with its wacky mirrors and...
Punchline Fridays
The producers of this weekly comedy show have turned the colorful back room of a Thai restaurant into one of Seattle’s best places to see stand-up comedy (for free!). The format alternates between open mic and showcase every other week, meaning the...
Level Up!
Far-flung comics come home to Seattle for the holidays, and they’re often looking to borrow mom’s car, escape the family for a few hours and check in on the local scene. Many of these prodigals will find their way to Level Up!, a weekly showcase...
March 14 - May 19
Trails
The Appalachian Trail, which extends some 2,000 miles from Maine to Georgia, is the backdrop of this captivating musical expedition of adventure and brotherhood. To fulfill a childhood promise, friends Mike and Seth reunite after 10 years and set...
May 6 - May 19
Mother for you I made this
Choreographer Ezra Dickinson is giving the gift of dance to his mother—and sharing it with you. Produced by Velocity Dance Center as part of its Made in Seattle program, Mother for you I made this is the culmination of seven years of work. Dickinson...
May 16 - May 18
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
The all-male dance company performs a range of ballet and Modern classics. Limber fellows dance the parts of swans, princesses, and sprites with lighthearted reverence, letting the contrast created by their unexpected bodies do the comedic work for...
May 16 - May 19
Saint Genet: Paradisiacal Rites
Derrick Ryan Claude Mitchell employs leeches, liquor and rigorous exercise in service of the horrific and the sublime. The incendiary performance art auteur directs Saint Genet, his outfit of subversive disciples, in the North American premiere of...
May 17 - May 19
Third Degree
Known for his beautiful mix of ballet and modern dance, choreographer Olivier Wevers and his company Whim W’Him have risen to the top of the Seattle dance scene over the past three years. The prolific Wevers is bringing back his comedic FRAGMENTS—a...
May 22
Flying Lotus
Showbox SoDo—that vast, booming, concrete-floored bunker—is the wrong place to put a detail-obsessed sonic technician like Flying Lotus. For the last several years, the man born Stephen Ellis has been crafting beautiful, complex musical landscapes...
May 28 - May 31
Fela!
The Tony-winning musical that details the iconic life and funky times of Fela Kuti makes its way from Broadway for its first U.S. tour. (Thank Jay-Z and Will and Jada Smith for footing the bill on the production.) In the early ’70s, the Nigerian-...
