The Stranger Suggests
August 10 - August 17
Operatica Electronica
(Highbrow, Lowbrow, No-Brow Music) The world needs more events like this one. Operatica Electronica, put on by Seattle Opera's hip, young opera club, Bravo!, introduces regular show-going folks to opera. To foster greater awareness of our world-class local opera company, this night mixes performances by opera singers with music by poptronic artists IQU and DJs El Toro and BlueBlueDay. Costumes, music, and all kinds of culture will be on display. (Showbox, 1426 First Ave, 628-3151. 7:30 pm, $5/free for Bravo! members.)
The Bedroom Club
(BURLESQUE) The weekly pinups-and-pillow-fights night slinks out of the Underground and onto the main stage of the Fenix for an extra special expo of the city's most sophisticated ecdysiasts—Tamara the Trapeze Lady, Burning Hearts, the Von Foxies, and a dozen other cheeky lasses shakin' their asses. (Fenix, 109 S Washington St, 405-4323. 8 pm, ladies free, guys $7, 21+.)
The Blood Brothers, the Gossip
(MUSIC) Tonight's show benefits the Gossip's Beth Ditto, who recently had emergency surgery. Girl is up and ready to shatter glass with her soulful yeowl, she just needs a little help with her medical bills (musicians don't often have access to helpful things like health insurance). Also, YouthCare is holding a hygiene drive at the show, so bring new toothbrushes, deodorant, socks, and the like. Bring three or more items and be entered to win free Blood Brothers merch! (The Showbox, 1426 First Ave, 628-3151. 8 pm, $10 adv/$12 DOS, all ages.)
'Grizzly Man'
(DOCUMENTARY) As befits a man who routinely violated Klaus Kinski's personal space, director Werner Herzog has always had an affinity for the tooth and claw aspect of nature. His magnificent new documentary about Timothy Treadwell, a childlike bear enthusiast who spent 13 years in the Alaskan wilderness before becoming all-too-literally consumed by his passions, may well be his ultimate work. Was Treadwell a holy fool, or just a fatally deluded moron? Herzog isn't letting his subject, or his audience, off that easy. (See Movie Times, p. 91, for more info.)
Home Movie Day
(FILM) This fancy-pants open screening accepts only home movies originally shot on film—that includes 8mm, Super 8, and 16mm (film-to-video transfers are okay). What the ban on video and DV means for all you lucky voyeurs is that the movies will be either old (and therefore hilarious) or, if you're really fortunate, arty/pretentious (and therefore doubly hilarious). Hooray for the films of the people! (Museum of History & Industry, 2700 24th Ave E, 324-1126. 1–4 pm, $7.)
'Little Britain'
(TV SHOW) Funnier than Absolutely Fabulous and The Office combined—and occasionally sicker than Jackass—Little Britain once again proves that the Brits do comedy better than Americans do, well, just about anything. Now in its second season, Little Britain has taken Great Britain by freakin' storm. Like AbFab, LilBrit features a comedy duo—David Walliams (the tall straight one) and Matt Lucas (the short gay one)—and each episode takes viewers on a freaked-out, fucked-up tour of the British Isles. (Complete first season airs on BBC America 10 am–3 pm today; available on DVD Aug 16.)
'Footloose!'
(THEATER) Ian Bell's wildly popular Brown Derby Series—committed to hit-and-run stage adaptations of notorious movie scripts—returns with a brand-new season devoted to the 1980s dance classics. First up: Footloose, the heartwarming tale of one simple boy who teaches a whole stupid town to dance to Kenny Loggins, brought to freakish new life by the talents of Nick Garrison, Ingrid Ingerson, Dusty Warren, Brandon Whitehead, and Tim Gouran. Get there early, these things sell out fast. (Re-bar, 1114 Howell St, 233-9873. Aug 15–17, doors at 7 pm, shows at 8 pm, $10, no reservations, 21+.)
End of the Century
(Music Documentary) Whether you're a fan of the Ramones or just the era that inspired them, End of the Century is an insightful film. Interspersing relatively recent interviews with the band (before most of them died) with vintage live footage, the movie neither glosses over nor glosses up important moments in their history. Tonight's screening includes a Q&A session with director Michael Gramaglia and free beer. Sign up at www.scion.com/route for entry. (Big Picture, 2505 First Ave. 6:30 pm, free.)
Fireball Ministry
(Religion) Leave it to a hard rock band to realize the religious power of rock 'n' roll and name themselves thusly. Fireball Ministry play a feverous mix of heavy metal and stoner rock that lands somewhere between early Queens of the Stone Age and Sabbath's more straightforward moments. They nicknamed their singer "the Reverend" for a reason. (El Corazón, 109 Eastlake Ave E, 381-3094. 7:30 pm, $15 adv/$18 DOS, all ages.)
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