To celebrate the release of his brand-new book, American Savage, the internationally syndicated sex columnist/cofounder of the It Gets Better project/editorial director of this here paper appears at Town Hall for an evening-length discussion with NPR White House correspondent Ari Shapiro. Come to celebrate a hometown-hero-turned-national-treasure, stay for what is sure to be a roaringly entertaining conversation between two professional news obsessives/smarty-pants. (Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, townhallseattle.org, 7 pm, $10)

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...