The Stranger Suggests
January 25 - February 1
See a Movie with My Parents
(FILM) Every Thursday for the past 328 years, my parents have attended the Seattle Art Museum's film series. You see, art doesn't have to be a painting of Monet's backyard; it can also be a film (however, the film cannot involve a nipple in any way). Tonight's film is The 39 Steps—part of the current Hitchcock series. (Museum of History and Industry, 2700 24th Ave E, 654-3121. 7:30 pm, $58/$65.) DAVID SWIDLER
Be a Doll
(FILM) Spend your Friday night with a few Seattlest.com favorites: blondes, barbiturates, and Ron Anders. For this month's Gay Lesbian Alternative Movie Night (GLAMN!), Central Cinema celebrates camp with the '60s Hollywood shattered-dreams classic Valley of the Dolls. Order a couple double martinis, pop a few back, and try to keep your wig on straight. (Central Cinema, 1411 21st Ave, 686-6684, $5, 21+.) COURTNEY NASH
Aural Gratification
(RADIO SHOW) Check out Ira Glass's great radio show, This American Life, tonight at 7:00 p.m. Afterward, check out a great radio voice: Michele Myers's Bacall-meets-Marilyn purr does for KEXP's variety mix (and late-night Seattle) what honey butter does for fresh-from-the-oven cornbread. Examine a spectrogram of her voice and I'm confident you'd find the word "sex" airbrushed into the waveforms. (Nite Life, KEXP 90.3 FM or kexp.org. 9 pm–1 am.) JAMES CALLAN
Vindaloo
(ROCK) Brave frat-tastic Pioneer Square tonight to catch the headlining set of this trio of hard-rockin' local boys. Having seen them nine million times, I can readily attest that they rawk—but perhaps that has something to do with their hot, shirtless drummer, who thrills me nightly with private demonstrations of his sticking technique. (The Central Saloon, 207 First Ave S, 622-0209. 9:30 pm, $8/$12.) AUDREY HENDRICKSON
'Catch 22'
(THEATER) Catch 22 is the Americanized version of Jaroslav Hašek's vastly superior The Good Soldier Švejk, but the wartime survival strategy advanced in both books—namely, acting like an idiot—is woefully inadequate for today's world. Still funny, though. Also, I'll be posting poorly written, misinformed fantasies on Seattlest.com today, but the rest of the group may actually be readable. (Theater Schmeater, 1500 Summit Ave, 324-5801. 8 pm, $18.) DAN GONSIOROWSKI
MF Doom
(MUSIC) Mr. Doom's recent collaboration with DJ Danger Mouse and the Adult Swim superstars resulted in The Mouse and the Mask, last year's most awesomely absurd CD. I wanna see the enigmatic Doom, rapping behind his metal mask, lead the crowd in chanting "I am sofa king, we Todd Ed." Some "Special Guests" open—let's pray for Meatwad and MC Peepants. (Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison St, 324-8000. 8 pm, $18, all ages.) STEVE MANDICH
'24'
(TV DRINKING GAME) Even if the contrived spy fantasies of Rupert Murdoch aren't really your thing, this official Seattlest drinking game will still counter your terrorism. Every time someone says the word "Now!" you must take a shot of your favorite rotgut. Every time Kiefer Sutherland purrs, hisses, snarls or screams the word "Now!" you must take a double. You will be drunk before the first commercial break. Boop-beep-boop-beep... (Q13 Fox, 9 pm.) MATT SILVIE
Rainier Beach at Chief Sealth
(BOYS' BASKETBALL) Everyone likes to watch a big man move. Hence, Big Momma's House 2. And that's why Seattlest's favorite local ballplayer is six-foot-six, 260-pound Rainier Beach High School forward Emeka Iweka. Iweka's a great passer, and his post moves are as mellifluous as his name. For more on basketball and other sports The Stranger evidently doesn't know about, read Seattlest.com. (Chief Sealth High School, 2600 SW Thistle St. 7:30 pm, $6.) SETH KOLLOEN
'Parting the Waters'
(LEARNIN') Black History Month starts today, and there're five months of rain ahead. It's a propitious time to wade into Taylor Branch's Pulitzer Prize–winning three-volume history of the civil rights movement. In volume one, Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, Branch revives the personalities that turned a municipal transportation kerfuffle into one of history's most successful protest movements. (Your place, free from Seattle Public Library.) SETH KOLLOE
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