The Stranger

Owner Dan Bugge and chef Chester Gerl are celebrating five years at Matt’s in the Market by bringing in various haute shite visiting chefs to help cook six-course dinners. Tonight’s is probably already sold out—it’s Iron Chef winner Dominique Crenn of San Francisco’s Michelin-starred Atelier Crenn. Possibly still available: the June 11 dinner featuring James Beard Award finalist Naomi Pomeroy of Portland’s renowned Beast. It’s pricey, but it’s great food in a beautiful space—and wine pairings are included. (Matt’s in the Market, 94 Pike St, www.mattsinthemarket.com, $125, reservations only) by Bethany Jean Clement

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As a film about the realities of sex work in present-day Paris, Elles stumbles. The director/writer Malgorzata Szumowska, a Pole, contributes almost no new information about the current condition of “the world’s oldest profession” and avoids examining the ugly side of this profession with any depth. So why suggest it? Because the cinematography, lighting, editing, and two performances (Juliette Binoche as a reporter working a story about two students/sex workers, and Joanna Kulig as one of those students/sex workers) reach the region of great cinema. In fact, it’s the ordinary moments, rather than the graphic sex scenes, that are riveting. (See Movie Times) by Charles Mudede

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This is an exhibition of 12 artists working in woodcut and linocut, curated by Seattle print nut/Print Zero Studios head Brian Lane, at a gallery that specializes in prints (particularly Japanese woodcuts)—and if you are not already in love with this art form, here you will fall. The thematic range is broad, from a rough woodcut self-portrait of an artist just after he left a mental institution to dated mappings of where and when gay marriage is legal in the United States (that series is Sometimes I’m Married). Two long scrolls hang from the ceiling like incandescent skins, printed with patterns that look like body parts floating apart, or back together again. These prints are alive. (Cullom Gallery, 603 S Main St, www.cullomgallery.com, 10 am–5 pm, free) by Jen Graves

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Lauren Weedman is best known for her guest spots on The Daily Show and Reno 911, but rabid fans know her most powerful performances happen onstage, where audiences can marvel at her self-gutting humor and impressive characterization in person. Tonight, Weedman returns with Single Room Occupancy, her new solo show about moving in with her horror-movie-obsessed boyfriend in Seattle. Weedman tackles the banalities of life with the obsessive single-mindedness of Wile E. Coyote—clever, resolute, painfully self-aware of her own ridiculousness, and hilarious because of it. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, www.brownpapertickets.com, 8 pm, $12–$15) by Cienna Madrid

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Forget uppity sailboat racing—this is the REAL RACE O’ THE PEOPLE. Have you ever been to Targy’s Tavern on the top of Queen Anne? Have you ever had a few too many beers in the middle of the afternoon, then plopped your big adult butt on the seat of a tiny children’s tricycle and rode that sucker all the way down Queen Anne Hill, pedaling as fast as you can at the bottom into the Streamline Tavern? No? Well, what are you waiting for? Race starts at 2:30 sharp. Don’t be late! (Targy’s Tavern, 600 W Crockett St, www.trikeforbeers.com, beer and registration at 1 pm, race at 2:30 pm) by Kelly O

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