THURSDAY OCTOBER 31
Senator Paul Wellstone, R.I.P.
(MOURN) Seeing as how you've probably already decided what you're going to do on Halloween, and this being the section of the paper where we, true to title, make suggestions, The Stranger would like to suggest that you take a moment today to mourn the sudden, tragic death of Senator Paul Wellstone along with his wife and daughter in a plane crash last Friday. Senator Wellstone, from Minnesota, served in the Senate for 11 years, always championing for liberal causes, always fighting the fight. In short, he was one of the best this country had to offer and he will be sorely missed, both on the Senate floor and in the hearts of liberals everywhere. BRADLEY STEINBACHER
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1
The Spits
(PUNK BROUHAHA) Two events I witnessed at one of the recent Spits shows: punks pogoing in a shopping cart that often overturned, and one drunken dude asking who wanted to fight, returning later with his own blood sprayed down his nose and shirt. These are the kinds of thrill-seeking, usually high-spirited (as in, high and drinking spirits) audiences that adore the Spits. Tonight is a celebration of all things Spits, including their fans, their costumes, and their new 17-minute record. I expect nothing but sloppy punk mayhem from everyone with the good sense to attend. (Sit & Spin, 2219 Fourth Ave, 441-9484) JENNIFER MAERZ
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 2
Michael Collins
(READING) What? You haven't read anything by Michael Collins? You haven't attended one of his readings? Why the hell not? Do you think we sit around and write these Stranger Suggests for our health? Pay attention, for crying out loud! Collins is reading from his recent novel, The Resurrectionists, and you had all better show up. (Elliott Bay Book Company, 101 S Main St, 624-6600, 7:30 pm, free.) EMILY HALL
Quartet for the End of Time
(CLASSICAL) A performance of weirdo 20th-century composer Olivier Messiaen's "Quartet for the End of Time"--composed in a Nazi POW camp and including the hallucinating third, fifth, and eighth movements written for quasars, birds, angels, and the apocalypse. Something like Sonic Youth under hypnosis. (Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 417-5000, 8 pm, $10-$20.) JOSH FEIT
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 3
International Horror Film Shorts
(MOVIES) Anyone can be frightened on Halloween, but it takes real talent to get your creep on the day after the Day of the Dead. To that end, the Northwest Film Forum, in conjunction with Cinemuerte, presents two programs of short films designed to unsettle what's left of your frazzled nerves. Canada, Japan, Belgium, Sweden, and Seattle are all represented in this cavalcade of gruesome horror from abroad, where everything is scarier. (Little Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, 675-2055, Fri-Sun at 7 and 9 pm, $7/$4.50 members.) SEAN NELSON
MONDAY NOVEMBER 4
Rash
(THEATER) After earning the adoration of Seattle theatergoers with such spiky one-woman wonders as Homecoming and If Ornaments Had Lips, Lauren Weedman hauled her hypertalented writer-performer ass to New York, where she promptly landed a gig as one of Jon Stewart's deadpan news minions on The Daily Show. Rash finds Weedman confronting and dissecting the prickly monster of fame. If Weedman stays true to form, this should be a night of good, smart, squirmy comedy. (Empty Space, 3509 Fremont Ave N, 547-7500, 8 pm, $10-$35. Opens Wed Oct 30 and runs Tues-Sun through Nov 24.) DAVID SCHMADER
TUESDAY NOVEMBER 5
Vote
(PATRIOTIC DUTY) Since this is The Stranger, here's the first order of business for this here blurb: Vote today for the monorail. The second order? Vote because, as my mother has often told me, "if you don't, you have no reason to complain about anything in this country." Feel free to disagree, but with voting being so damn easy, you are a lazy asshole if you are able to, but don't partake. BRADLEY STEINBACHER
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 6
Loot
(THEATER) The performances in Intiman's Loot run from impressive to glorious. Directed by Craig Lucas, the cast plays this naughty Joe Orton classic (my favorite) off with a tight, quick, quippy verve. Banks are robbed, murder plotted, corpses bandied about like badminton birdies, authority is grossly perverted (or accurately deconstructed and portrayed with sly poetic irony--your choice), and the best in bad behavior is rewarded in the end. It's like somebody read my diary. (Intiman Theatre, 201 Mercer St, 269-1900. $27-$42. Tues-Thurs at 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat at 8 pm, Sun at 2 and 7:30 pm. Through Nov 12.) ADRIAN RYAN
