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SEP 21, 2005

(PARTY) Northwest Film Forum has sprouted like a beanstalk since its origins as a filmmaker's collective 10 years ago. The organization is celebrating its survival with a whirlwind presentation of programming highlights, from highbrow Persian masterworks to a remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark by preteen fanboys on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Before the movies get started, though, there's a huge party at the cinematheque, complete with red carpet, live music, and drinks. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, www.brownpapertickets.com. 8 pm, $5 members/$10 nonmembers, 21+.) ANNIE WAGNER

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(HURRICANE KATRINA BENEFIT) Though Seattle is some 3,000 miles away from where Hurricane Katrina hit, the local music community has pulled together a slew of benefits (a list can be found at www.thestranger.com). Tonight's show is definitely a highlight on that list, starring current Spin cover stars Death Cab for Cutie along with Harvey Danger, who release a new record this fall. The show sold out in a matter of hours, with all proceeds from the $30 ticket charge going to hurricane relief efforts. So you'll have to find a scalper. (Showbox, 1426 First Ave, 628-3151. 8 pm, $30, 21+.) MEGAN SELING

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Also Suggested Today: Northwest Film Forum 10th Anniversary Death Cab for Cutie

THU
SEP 22, 2005

(GOOFY DANCE CONTEST) You know Dance 360, the UPN dance show airing weekdays at midnight? Well, here's its retarded cousin. Spazz 360 is a live-action dance competition for the uncoordinated masses, where booze will flow, challenges will be administered, prizes and props will be earned, and records will be spun by MC Queen Lucky. Plus the winner of each battle is decided by audience applause. (Re-bar, 1114 Howell St, 233-9873. 10 pm, free for dancers/$3 for gawkers, 21+.) DAVID SCHMADER

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FRI
SEP 23, 2005

(ELECTRONIC-MUSIC FEST) Decibel's Friday agenda starts with Shitkatapult's assorted German, Detroit, and Seattle producers—including Apparat, Jerry Abstract, and Kero—skillfully infusing techno, electro, and IDM with both smarts and gutsiness. After-hours, get your unconventional groove on with the Shameless crew's rambunctious lineup of party-igniters, including ex-Astralwerks techno superstar Freaky Chakra, DJ Recess, Samuel Kirkland, Justin Byrnes, Jizosh, and others. (Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison St, 324-8000. 9 pm, $10, 21+; Decibel After-hours: Cascadia Film Collective Warehouse, 1410 14th Ave, 903-1841. 1–6 am, $5.) DAVE SEGAL

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SAT
SEP 24, 2005

(BEER, BANDS) Oktoberfest is Fremont’s annual celebration of all things beer related (microbrews, bellies, chainsaw pumpkin-carving contests). The three-day event (Fri–Sun) showcases more than 50 varieties of the delicious beverage and two-dozen local bands. Saturday boasts an especially strong music lineup you don’t need beer goggles to appreciate Harvey Danger, the Divorce, the Cops, the Saturday Knights, and more. Also be sure to check out the Stranger microbrew area, featuring our own specially brewed beer from Druids Brewing. All proceeds from the Stranger keg will benefit Artist Trust’s WAHIP, working to provide health insurance to Washington artists. (Under the Aurora Bridge at 34th St, www.fremontoktoberfest.com. 11 am–midnight, $15 adv/$20 DOS, price includes five-ounce glass and five tasting tokens, 21+.) JENNIFER MAERZ

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(PROTEST) Today in the nation's capital and in cities across the country, people will gather to register their opposition to the Iraq war. This war, as everyone now knows, was launched on a false premise. It has since cost the lives of nearly 2,000 American soldiers, injured more than 14,000 others, and damaged the reputation of the United States abroad. Will this anti-Iraq-war protest be any more successful than all the others? Only if a lot of people show up. (Westlake Plaza, Fourth Ave and Pine St, noon, free.) ELI SANDERS

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Also Suggested Today: Fremont Oktoberfest Rally Against the Iraq War

SUN
SEP 25, 2005

(HOOTENANNY) No Depression, the Northwest-based bimonthly bible of all things roots music and alt-country, is celebrating its 10th birthday with a swell redesign and four nights of shows at the Sunset Tavern. The shindig concludes this evening with the Waco Brothers Bloodshot Revue, featuring the acerbic Punch & Judy antics of Jon Langford and Sally Timms, both seasoned members of the Mekons, the band that reclaimed country from Nashville city slickers with the 1985 masterpiece Fear and Whiskey. (Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave, 784-4880. 9 pm, $10, 21+.) KURT B. REIGHLEY

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MON
SEP 26, 2005

(THEATER) Sarah Kane's Crave is traditionally played as a staged reading: four actors in chairs facing down the audience. But fuck tradition. Washington Ensemble Theatre's stupefyingly imaginative staging shoves the characters to the bottom of what looks like a very small swimming pool, where the text—dripping with sex, loathing, and allusive beauty—can truly shake free from the page. Short, nasty, and not at all sweet, this play will keep you up all night long. (WET at the Little Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, 800-838-3006 or www.brownpaperticket.com. Thurs–Mon at 8 pm, $10–$15, through Oct 3.) ANNIE WAGNER

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TUE
SEP 27, 2005

(MUSIC) Extremity and excess are Acid Mothers Temple's natural habitats. The Japanese troupe is to psych rock (or "trip music," as leader Kawabata Makoto prefers to call it) what Alejandro Jodorowsky is to cinema: flamboyantly spiritual and surreal exemplars of their respective disciplines. AMT's new album, IAO CHANT from the Cosmic Inferno, transcendently homages Pierre Moerlen, the late drummer of spacey prog legends Gong. Go forth and levitate. (Neumo's, 925 E Pike St, 709-9442. 9 pm, $10, 21+.) DAVE SEGAL

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