The Stranger

(THEATER) While Adam Bock's snappy comedy about love and frustration has absurd conventions, his characters struggle with terrestrial questions: Should I have sex on the first date? Should I get married? Should I let my girlfriend's ex-girlfriend conduct the ceremony? If I swerve my car to kill a rabbit, does it count as hunting? (Washington Ensemble Theater, 608 19th Ave E, 800-838-3006. 8 pm, $10–$15.) BRENDAN KILEY

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(EXPERIMENTAL THEATER) The offerings in this installment of 12 Minutes Max—a variety of performances in a variety of genres—include a dance piece by Paige Barnes and Dustin Haug inspired by a Postal Service song, a performance of choreographer Amy O'Neal's Closet, and some weirdness courtesy of Stranger Geniuses SuttonBeresCuller. (On the Boards, 100 W Roy St, 217-9888. 7 pm, $7.) CHRISTOPHER FRIZZELLE

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(MUSIC) Further proof that Seattle is experiencing its dreariest winter ever: The promising post-punkers in Infomatik are playing their last show this evening. The guitar-less trio pull off their Devo influence fluidly, wielding the nutball time signatures and incisive melodies of the new-wave icons with their own darker sense of pop theatrics. (Baltic Room, 1207 Pine St, 625-4444. 9:30 pm, $6, 21+.) HANNAH LEVIN

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(FILM) The decimation of hundreds of cichlid species unique to Central Africa's enormous Lake Victoria is, by now, a relatively well-known story. But what truly cements the Nile Perch's oily reign is not natural selection, but the economic and social interests binding the region's people. This Oscar-nominated documentary paints a detailed and gruesome picture of the people who live and die by the Tanzanian fish trade. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 267-5380. 7 and 9 pm, $5–$8.) ANNIE WAGNER

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(BIG DEBATE) In one corner, King County Executive Ron Sims, the state's highest-ranking African-American politician and an ordained Baptist minister, arguing that gay marriage should be legal in Washington State. In the other corner, Ken Hutcherson, the nationally famous evangelical pastor from Redmond who likes his mostly white congregants to call him "the black man," and who believes gay marriage should remain illegal. The face-off will be moderated by KING 5's Robert Mak. At a minimum, this will be a night of unmissable political fireworks. (Town Hall, 1119 Eight Ave, 652-4255. 7:30 pm, $5.) by Eli Sanders

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(THEATER) Trigger Kids, by solo performer Joe Von Appen, is a morbidly comic tour of American desire and delusion: glue sniffers, gun toters, angry service workers, derisive elementary school teachers, giant black birds circling commuters on the freeway. You realize, while watching him be a stoned dude talking to a security guard or a kid shooting at a satellite dish with a pistol, that Von Appen is one hell of an actor. (Consolidated Works, 500 Boren Ave N, 800-838-3006. 8 pm, $6–$12.) by Brendan Kiley

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(MUSIC) The heartless decision by the City of Seattle to tear down the Ballard Bowl has galvanized local skateboarders to begin constructing their own legal skatepark along SoDo's Marginal Way. Tonight's benefit show features an appropriately blistering, six-band lineup of local punk and metal bands—including Wizards of Wor, the Vaccines, and the Fakies—as well as a gear auction facilitated by the fine folks of Bombshelter Skateshop. Proceeds will go toward the park's construction. (Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave, 784-4880. 6 pm, $5, 21+.) by Hannah Levin

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