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TUE
NOV 27, 2007

The weighty gray of autumn has descended and the state of the world seems more dismal by the day. Time to round up friends and seek refuge in history by jumping around to the best pop music from an exuberantly delusional decade. The crowd at this weekly party is a mishmash of earnest geeks, friendly freaks, and hot young things—and no one can dance, but everyone does anyway. Plus: The club serves fantastic tater tots all night. (Noc Noc, 1516 Second Ave, 223-1333. 9 pm, free, 21+.) by Amy Kate Horn

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Cat Clifford's new show at Howard House is the product of a mind on fire. She's back from a summer road trip to rural haunts with a barrage of cut drawings, videos shot with devices ranging from digital to Super 8, animated drawings, and pinhole photographs. Often, she acts out imitations of what she finds—a piece of driftwood, an oil derrick, an overturned easy chair in an abandoned house. She mimics these things like she's practicing to become them. (Howard House, 604 Second Ave, 256-6399. 10:30 am–5 pm, free.) by Jen Graves

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Also Suggested Today: I Love the '80s 'Fall'

WED
NOV 28, 2007

The Cook begins in the kitchen of a Cuban mansion on New Year's Eve in 1958, the night before Castro's army seizes Havana. The owners of the house flee and their cook Gladys (the excellent Zabryna Guevara) vows to protect the mansion until they return. That turns out to be a long damn time, during which the cook, her pigheaded Communist husband, and her terrified gay cousin flail around in the dangerous politics of Castro's worker's paradise. The denouement comes in 1997, when the owners' daughter—an angry Miami Cuban—shows up for lunch. (Seattle Rep, 155 Mercer St, 443-2222. 7:30 pm, $15–$53.) by Brendan Kiley

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THU
NOV 29, 2007

What is the opposite of funny? Dane Cook, the peerlessly unfunny and monolithically successful "comedian" who performs tonight at KeyArena. Cook's awesome ability to steal material from other, better comedians (Louis C.K., Emo Philips, and others) is matched only by his ability to de-funny even these pinched bits. What Applebee's is to food, Dane Cook is to comedy: adamantly unimaginative, thoroughly second-rate, and mysteriously popular. Justice buffs should pillage their rotten-vegetable arsenals and prepare for battle. (KeyArena, 305 Harrison St, www.ticketmaster.com. 7 pm, $30–$100.) by David Schmader

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FRI
NOV 30, 2007

Last time Monotonix played Seattle, they started a fire in the Comet, the drummer standing on his bass drum, his cymbals aflame. And I fucking missed it. Don't make my mistake: This three-piece will rip your face off—think guitar riffs like Death from Above 1979, but less pretty-boy attitude. Also, they party like Hamas is right around the corner, and we can all learn a little something about that. With Pleasureboaters, the Whore Moans, and Mattress. (Comet Tavern, 922 E Pike St, 323-9853. 9 pm, $8, 21+.) by Ari Spool

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SAT
DEC 1, 2007

The Thermals, Arthur & Yu,
Coconut Coolouts

All pop punk should grow up to be as smart as the Thermals. The Portland trio's 2006 album called The Body, the Blood, the Machine is a brutal song cycle about a near-future theocratic America. It's also an energetic punk-rock masterpiece, each song a short, sweet blast of overdriven guitars and restless rhythm. Arthur & Yu's In Camera couldn't be more different— a relaxed collection of hazy, homemade acoustic pop with slight traces of sweet '60s psychedelia. And Coconut Coolouts will party your ass under the table. (Neumo's, 925 E Pike St, 709-9467. 8 pm, $12, all ages.) by Eric Grandy

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Factoria is the Bellevue neighborhood that was intended to be a center for heavy industry. The heavy industry did not materialize. But Target did, and theme restaurants, and something called Newport Corporate Center, which Wikipedia says has six towers. What else? Zoe Strauss will find out. She's a street photographer of disappointment based in Philadelphia, but currently doing a residency in Bellevue. She'll give a slide show at 7:00 p.m. during the opening of her new show. (Open Satellite, 989 112th Ave NE, Suite 102, Bellevue, 425-454-7355. 6–9 pm, free.) by Jen Graves

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SUN
DEC 2, 2007

Have your ankles had it too easy this year? Is your tailbone annoyingly free of bruises? Put on your cushioniest underpants and head down to Seattle Center, where the indoor Winterfest Ice Rink is back for another year. Skating is cheap—$5 for adults, $3 for kids 12 and under, $2 skate rental—and the slapstick comedy (humans plus ice equals hilarious) is free. (Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center, 305 Harrison St. 11 am–8 pm, $3–$5 entry, $2 skate rental, cash only, through Jan 6.) by David Schmader

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MON
DEC 3, 2007

Because no improvement can be made on the words written by Stephanie Zacharek, a critic at Salon.com, I shall repeat them for you, my brothers and sisters: "Of all the war-themed pictures that have been released so far this fall, it stands apart, and it stands alone: Redacted is confrontational, rough, immediate and confounding." This is the truth: Brian De Palma's Redacted is the first important fictional film about the war that refuses to end and kills too many by the day. (See Movie Times for details.) by Charles Mudede

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