Our arts critics have already recommended 27 great things to do this week and our music critics have picked the 28 best concerts, but there are still hundreds more events happening. To prevent some of the quirkier and more extraordinary ones from slipping through the cracks, we've compiled them here—from the opening of the Georgetown Morgue to the Snohomish Tweed Ride, from a Macklemore listening party to CloneAPalooza, and from the First Hill Pop-up Petting Zoo to Calculus: The Musical. For even more options this week, check out our complete Things To Do calendar.

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TUESDAY

COMMUNITY

1. How Can We Increase Seattle's Climate Resilience?
In what shouldn't be news to anyone, climate change is set to worsen Seattle's weather conditions. How can we adapt? The Seattle Office of Planning and Community Development, KUOW, CollinsWoerman, and the library will present experts in climate resilience to give you some ideas.

2. Seattle Candidate Forum on Education
Hear Seattle mayoral, city council, and school board candidates discuss "the cradle to career education issues that matter to the children, youth, and families of Seattle" and ask them questions. Light dinner is provided.

MUSIC

3. Twiztid 20-Year Anniversary Tour
Join Twiztid for their 20th anniversary tour, featuring performances by Moonshine Bandits, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Witney Payton, KST Blunt Trauma, and Concrete.

PERFORMANCE

4. I Am a Modern
If all you know of Russian theater is represented by Chekhov's farces and tragedies, here's a chance to catch up on contemporary works—with an introduction by the director of special programs at the Moscow Art Theatre, Pavel Rudnev. See two one-acts written under Putin, directed by Gavin Reub.

READINGS & TALKS

5. Ben Loory: Tale of Falling and Flying
Short story writer Ben Loory (Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day) will present his new book of creepy, funny, strange parables: Tales of Falling and Flying.

6. Chain Letter Vol 4
This is the fourth installment of a new Capitol Hill-based reading series, Chain Letter. Robert Lashley, Earl Brooks, the Noel Kennon Quintet, and Glen Beebe will share their work. The organizers say, "Find out what they do as we do." We at the Stranger can't give you any more specifics than that.

7. Genetic Technology & Ethics
Explore the terrifying (un)ethical possibilities of genetic technology at this event hosted by award-winning journalist Bonnie Rochman (a former health and medicine columnist for Time magazine and author of The Gene Machine).

RESISTANCE & SOLIDARITY

8. Brewing Resistance
Educate yourself about social activism with Artful Activism leader Ale Blakely in a short presentation and connect with the very active local environmental organization 350 Seattle. One buck from each beer or cider pint will benefit this group.

TUESDAY-FRIDAY

FESTIVALS

9. Seattle Design Festival
In the words of Charles Mudede, writing in 2015: “By intersecting social justice, urban planning, ecology, and capital, [SDF] transforms design into a moral issue.” This year's festival will expand on the theme of "POWER" and investigate how design can shape global progress. 30,000 people attended last year's festival, and the installations, exhibits, and activities are likely to attract equally enthusiastic crowds.

TUESDAY-SUNDAY

ART

10. Schack-toberfest: Glass Pumpkin Festival
Immortalize your fall spirit by choosing from over 700 glass pumpkins and gourds, handcrafted in the Schack glassblowing studio, to "pick" and purchase.

WEDNESDAY

COMMUNITY

11. Driving the Revolution: Self-Driving Cars & the Future We Want
What effects will self-driving cars have on urban and rural environments? Will they allow parking lots to be turned into parks and housing? Or will they exacerbate urban sprawl? Hear a discussion with businesspeople, consultants, and public servants, moderated by KUOW's Ross Reynolds.

12. First Hill Pop-up Petting Zoo
Cars will be shut out of Ninth Avenue between Seneca and University in favor of piglets, wallabies, goats, and chickens. Remember the days when people kept livestock in Seattle, and relish the animal smell replacing gasoline fumes.

13. History Café: Living with the Ship Canal
Environmental historian Jennifer Ott and Muckleshoot Indian Tribe historian Warren King George will have a panel discussion about the environmental and cultural effects of connecting Lake Washington and Puget Sound, including "re-plumbing the watershed."

14. Tenant Rights Bootcamp
Tenant Rights Bootcamps offer informative workshops for Seattle renters who are concerned about losing their security deposit, worried about eviction, trying to get repairs, or confused about Seattle tenant laws. This "neighborhood-by-neighborhood series [teaches] renters how to know and assert their rights, find solutions to various issues, and make real change in their community."

FOOD & DRINK

15. Keep the Pint Night: 2
Local artists have designed new pint glasses for Peddler Brewing, and your $10 gets you the special edition piece plus two full pours. In September, get a Roberto Celis design, as long as supplies last.

MUSIC

16. DeadGrass
DeadGrass (aka Ricky Gene Powell & Acoustic Laboratory) will bid adieu to summer with a set full of Grateful Dead covers.

READINGS & TALKS

17. Cyber-Physical Resiliency and Security
Join the MIT Enterprise Forum for a discussion on "building resilience against cyber-physical security threats." The program will explore "the intersection of the cyber and physical worlds and how to protect against both intentional attacks and inadvertent misuse."

18. Daemond Arrindell and Jeanine Walker: Rhythm, Voice, and Power
Poet and spoken word artist Daemond Arrindell will share the stage with poet and variety show host Jeanine Walker in a reading that "highlights the power of rhythm in spoken word, poetry and music."

19. Disaster Book Club: Wave
The Seattle Office of Emergency Management's book club seeks to inform the public about local emergency preparedness through readings. This month's selection is Sonali Deraniyagala's terrifying true story called Wave, which details how she survived the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami in South Asia that killed her family. They'll also be screening After the Wave, a documentary on the catastrophe that may be distressing to some viewers.

20. Lit Fix 19: Waxing & Waning
Hear readings by Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Claudia Rowe, journalist and essayist Michelle Goodman, writer and performer Josh Axelrad, and poet Sierra Golden, with music by Keith Caswell.

WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY

PERFORMANCE

21. Relativity
Mark St. Germain's Relativity, presented at Taproot as part of the National New Play Network's rolling world premiere program, is about Albert Einstein's lost daughter and a 1948 investigation into Einstein's true personal history.

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY

FESTIVALS

22. Bellevue Fashion Week
Sure, it rains a lot here, and in winter it gets dark at two. All the more motivation for Northwestern fashion to bring a little elegance and color into our lives. If you've got visitors from out of town, bring them to Bellevue Fashion Week to show them we don't only dress in flannel.

MUSIC

23. Djangofest Northwest
Djangofest bills itself as the "premier showcase of gypsy jazz music in North America." Join with other "Djangophiles" in Langley for five days of performances, workshops, and informal "djam" sessions (their parlance) around Whidbey Island.

THURSDAY

ART

24. Walking Through History: A Tour of Tacoma with Chuck Morrison and Artist Zhi Lin
Chuck Morrison from the Tacoma Historical Society and artist Zhi Lin will lead a tour in downtown Tacoma that highlights "the lost histories of the Chinese migrants and former residents of Tacoma."

COMEDY

25. Cameron Esposito & Rhea Butcher
Cameron Esposito and Rhea Butcher have had success as individual comedians, they run the podcast Put Your Hands Together, and they created the much-praised show Take My Wife. Oh yeah, and they're married to each other.

26. Roommate Court with Judge Taylor Clark
Seattle's housing situation is notoriously stressful and leads to some poisonous Craigslist-induced cohabitations, so blow off a little steam at this show pitting real roommates against one another. Taylor Clark will hear the plaintiffs and defendants, prompt live reenactments, and pronounce a sentence on the guilty party. Plus, there will be stand-up comedy of some sort.

FESTIVALS

27. Luminata
From the same people who bring you the naked painted bicyclists of Fremont Solstice every year comes a rager against the dying of the light. Luminata is a great gathering of shiny, blinky, glowing things and the people who love them. Expect to see some supercool art projects and costumes from Seattle's most defiantly weird neighborhood.

FILM

28. Tobe Hooper Tribute: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Tobe Hooper is no more, and this cinema is paying tribute to the horror maestro by screening the monumentally icky and disturbing no-budget shocker The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. On this special occasion, they'll also show a Collide-O-Scope compilation short of Hooper's work.

MUSIC

29. Knead Dough - Baker's Goodbye Show
Watch performances by local underground hiphop artists, eat cookies and tamales, and enjoy live art at Substation. Artists include Dex Amora, Papa Bakes, Musie, Kamala, and Clayton Big$by.

30. A Night in Neverland
Guests are invited to revert to the whimsical elements of their childhood Halloween memories "without sacrificing the fun aspects of adulthood" with a night of live music from Seattle indie-rockers Peyote Ugly, singer-songwriters Sarah St. Albin and Heather Edgley (and her band The Nobodies), and folk/Americana band Shoring.

31. What’s My Age Again?
Dance your socks off at a Blink-182-inspired dance party.

PERFORMANCE

32. Weird: Seattle's Oddest Drag Show
In yet another incarnation of Seattle's glorious avant-drag scene, WEIRD brings you hostess Londyn Bradshaw and odd queens Old Witch, LaQuisha McNasty, SHE, Veronica Electronica, and Kara Sutra, doing the strangest acts they can think of.

READINGS & TALKS

33. Alchemy: The Poetry of Matter Khepri Press Book Launch with Brian Cotnoir
Join alchemist, artist, and filmmaker Brian Cotnoir for the launch of his new book, Alchemy: Poetry of Matter. The book explores the alchemy of the Emerald Tablet, and is "the author's personal exploration of the union of material and non-material alchemical practice."

34. Christie Wilcox
Hear Christie Wilcox talk about her book Venomous: How Earth’s Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry and "how the animals we love to loathe have actually helped us all along."

35. Grab Back Comics Anthology
Grab Back Comics is a curated collection of stories about "sexual assault, harassment, rape culture, and advocacy." Hear from contributors Amy Camber, Erma Blood, Robin Elan, Tatiana Gill, and Tess LeBlanc.

36. Laurie Blauner and Rich Ives
Washington State Book Award fiction finalist Laurie Blauner (nominated for her latest novel, The Solace of Monsters) will give a reading of her recent work, along with essayist, poet, and fiction writer Rich Ives.

37. Robert Sutton: How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt
Robert Sutton (author of The No Asshole Rule) will return with another guide to terrible people—this time, titled The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal With People Who Treat You Like Dirt. This new release offers "field-tested, evidenced-based, and sometimes surprising strategies to handle people who treat us poorly–avoiding them, outwitting them, disarming them, sending them packing, and developing protective psychological armor." If you're the asshole, you might also benefit from this reading, but you probably won't show up.

38. Together
Together Live is an event "created to unite people across backgrounds and generations to support, inspire, and elevate one another to ignite the change they want to see in the world." This edition will feature Love Warrior author Glennon Doyle Melton, soccer star Abby Wambach, and author/speaker/digital strategist Luvvie Ajayi.

39. Building Bridges
Architecture for Refugees presents Building Bridges, which they describe as "a short presentation followed by a discussion that will identify innovative ideas to build hospitable cities." Panelists include Patti Southard, Rita Zawaideh, and Rania Qawasma-Dana.

THURSDAY-FRIDAY

COMEDY

40. September Guest Fest
For Guest Fest, more than 35 improv teams comprising 100 performers will take a star turn at Jet City. Expect local veterans and new favorites from the Seattle scene and beyond.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY

FESTIVALS

41. Cloneapalooza
Camping, comedy, cannabis. Come on Thursday for a "throwback" concert of tribute bands, then spend the weekend hearing acts like Sin Circus and a lineup of stand-up, including the Dope Show.

PERFORMANCE

42. Burlesco DiVino: Wine In Rome
Lily Verlaine and Jasper McCann present this burlesque celebration of "wine, liberation, beauty, and frivolity" set in 1963 Rome.

43. The Last 5 Years
Jason Robert Brown's haunting and funny musical comes to Taproot, thanks to Katherine Strohmaier and Aaron Lamb. A one-man, one-woman show told both beginning-to-end and end-to-beginning...with one song where the characters meet in the middle. Sounds confusing? Just watch it—it's worth it.

44. Neighborhood 3: Requisition of Doom
In this performance, parents in a suburban subdivision find their teenagers addicted to an online horror video game that mirrors their neighborhood, with the goal being to escape it.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY

ART

45. Between Two Worlds
This reprise of the Push/Pull Twin Peaks-inspired art show will highlight creepily atmospheric paintings, photographs, and more.

46. Going All the Way, with Feeling
This edition of Push/Pull's annual erotic art show will feature textured works by artists including Maxx Follis-Goodkind, Marie Hausauer, Marc Palm, and Megan Noel.

FRIDAY

COMEDY

47. Parallel Universe
In this improvised show, the audience will be invited to an alternate universe in which JFK was never shot, people wrestle instead of shaking hands, cheese is a weapon, and dogs do taxes for people.

COMMUNITY

48. GSBA Face to Face
Hear panel of GSBA members ask Mayor, City Council, and Port Commission candidates questions about their stances on "issues of importance to the LGBTQA+ community, small business, and equitable economic development for all communities." There will also be coffee and donuts.

49. Seattle Aquarium Adult Swim
At Adult Swim, Seattle Aquarium's annual fundraising event, guests can enjoy exclusive access to the aquarium illuminated at night, a full bar, hors d’oeuvres, and a live set by KEXP DJ Troy Nelson.

MUSIC

50. Apocalyptica
Who knows why, but Apocalyptica is a band of four classically-trained cellists who play Finnish metal, and they're exceptionally good at it.

51. Barbara Mitchell's 50th Birthday Bash and Cure Tribute Show
Celebrate Barbara's 50 years of existence simultaneously with a legendary oeuvre of goth rock at this dual purpose party.

52. Boots with the Spurs: Pop Country Dance Party
Dance to sets from DJs Slaven Slaven (Dewey Decimal), Jamie Aaron Aux, and Michael Gill (MG of Dead Hipster Dance Party) to get your pop-country thrills.

53. Coltrane Birthday Celebration
Celebrate the life and legacy of jazz icon and American songbook legend John Coltrane with a 91st birthday show in his honor. Performing Coltrane's compositions as well as works inspired by him will be saxophonist Richard Cole and his quartet, with Rob Davis, Phil Sparks, Matt Jorgensen, and Tim Kennedy.

54. Macklemore Listening Party and Signing
Pre-order a copy of Macklemore's new album, Gemini, from Easy Street to join him at the store for a signing and listening party. Entry includes a free poster.

55. Surf Wax Americans with Guests
Enjoy a night of covers thanks to local beach rock group Surf Wax Americans, playing an homage to Weezer.

QUEER

56. Galleria (Vol. II)
If you follow our queer calendar, you know that not all drag is a RuPaul-style glamor extravaganza, and our critics' favorite shows are often pretty out-there. This night, a sequel to a performance in 2016, is styled as "An Evening of Drag As Durational Performance Art," and it stars some of the most beloved local weirdos like host Arson Nicki and Miss Texas 1988. If you're looking for something in drag beyond glitzy fun, check this out.

PERFORMANCE

57. Curie Me Away!
Celebrate the life of the brilliant and tragically-fated physical chemist Marie Curie, who defied gender roles in Poland and France to become the first female Nobel Prize-winner. Sadie Bowman and Ricky Coates star in the play they co-wrote, and Llysa Holland directs.

READINGS & TALKS

58. Amber Flame, Elaina Ellis, Roberto Ascalon
Bellingham poet and editor Elaina Ellis is the author of the poetry collection Write About an Empty Birdcage. She'll read from her recent work, along with writer, composer, and performer Amber Flame, who recently published the poetry collection Ordinary Cruelty, as well as poet and performer Roberto Ascalon.

SPORTS & RECREATION

59. Snohomish Tweed Ride
Sport your most dashing tweed ensemble and cycle through the rolling hills of downtown Snohomish, stopping for a picnic along the way to enjoy tea and sweets.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

COMEDY

60. After Words
This improv night will "explore interactions after they happen." The audience is tasked with deciding on the title of each act after it has played out, as well as the title of the show a whole once all the acts are over.

COMMUNITY

61. Pinspiration Market
Pinterest-obsessed makers will offer photogenic goodies, and you can take free DIY classes at this two-day market.

HALLOWEEN

62. Georgetown Morgue
Want to grope through a pitch-black maze with a bloody clown screaming in your ear, but most likely emerge with all your important bits still attached? Cheesy as it looks, Georgetown Morgue has scared a lot of people. Not recommended for claustrophobes.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

FESTIVALS

63. Fremont Oktoberfest
At Fremont Oktoberfest (hailed as one of the top ten places in the world to celebrate Oktoberfest), you'll have the chance to try more than 80 different microbrews in their sports bar and "Buxom Beer Garden," and enjoy a festival-style celebration of beer and Lederhosen. In keeping with tradition, kids are absolutely invited on Sunday, when they'll have children's activities, games, music, and more.

64. Kirkland Oktoberfest
Grab a bier and celebrate Oktoberfest with live music and a bevy of games like stein races, keg rolling, beer pong, stein hoisting, cornhole, and human foosball. Proceeds from the event benefit multiple Eastside charities, such as Imagine Housing, the American Cancer Society, Sibling House, and more.

65. The Rendezvous Festival
Breathe some fresh air in a scenic North Cascade valley and enjoy hiking, horseback riding, climbing, watersports, and more—when you're not at a rock or folk concert by the likes of Joshua James, Saint Claire, Old Salt Union, and 10 other bands.

66. St. Demetrios Greek Festival
At this annual Greek festival, try homemade delicacies from calamari to baklava, enjoy live music from Taki and the Mad Greeks, and watch dance performances from a variety of groups. They also promise wine tasting, kids' activities, and more.

SATURDAY

ART

67. Museum Day Live!
Get cultured for free at one of the museums participating in Smithsonian's Museum Day. All you need to do is download the ticket from the Smithsonian's website and show it at the MoPOP, the Northwest African American Museum, the Museum of Glass, or other institutions out of town. Choose carefully, though, because you only get one.

68. Vibrant Palette Arts Center: Second Annual Allies in Art Silent Auction Fundraiser
Performers, musicians, and artists will come together to raise money for the Vibrant Palette Arts Center for adults with developmental, physical, or mental disabilities. Bid on art, see a silk aerial performance by Christine Anne, hear music by local rapper Fantasy A, and rock out to a concert by Girl, Girl.

COMEDY

69. Kevin McDonald's Kevin McDonald Show Live Podcast
Kevin McDonald of The Kids in the Hall fame will live-record a variety show podcast, featuring Ben Gibbard from Death Cab for Cutie along with improv players from Unexpected Productions.

COMMUNITY

70. DeafThrive Day
DeafThrive invites deaf people and their families for a happy festival with ASL performances and speeches. Browse information booths and, if you're non-signing, learn some ASL from roaming teachers.

71. HAWKtoberfest
See Seahawks-themed cars, drink in a beer garden, and enjoy live music at Kent's annual HAWKtoberfest.

72. A Night Out With Killer Whale Tales
Join Killer Whale Tales, a Seattle nonprofit that "empowers youth to protect Puget Sound by educating them about our beloved orca population" by hearing its founder, Jeff Hogan, give a presentation on the organization and the Puget Sound's killer whale population.

73. Sex and Cannabis for Beginners with Ganja Goddess
At this mini-workshop, participants will learn "how cannabis can enhance your sex life" from Ganga Goddess. Meet at Babeland and hop on a shuttle to the Ganga Goddess store, where Complimentary bubbly will be provided.

FESTIVALS

74. 29th Annual Fishermen's Fall Festival
This free festival invites kids and grown-ups alike to pay their respects to Seattle's fishing heritage and trade with wooden boat-building, seafood, play-fishing, a salmon-fileting contest, and more. Savor crab, salmon, scallops, and Alaskan cod, accompanied by beer and wine. Plus, somewhat off-topically but nonetheless a welcome sight, the Reptile Man and his stable of lizards and snakes will make an appearance.

75. BabyFest! Seattle's Biggest Baby Shower
Expectant and new parents can win prizes, attend seminars, "get pampered," shop, and learn "everything you possibly need to know for your growing family."

76. Black Arts Love FALL '17 Mixer & Marketplace
Black Arts Love presents this event featuring chances to network, shop, make and enjoy art, listen to a live DJ, nosh, win prizes, and enjoy the community atmosphere.

FOOD & DRINK

77. The Great Pumpkin Weigh-Off
Agricultural monstrosities battle it out in this kick-off to the Great Pumpkin Beer Festival. While you wait for the Pumpkin to Rule Us All to emerge victorious, you can nosh on food truck fare, paint a pumpkin, and drink Elysian beer.

MUSIC

78. Brooklyn Raga Massive John Coltrane Birthday Tribute
Celebrate the life and legacy of jazz icon and American songbook legend John Coltrane with a 91st birthday show in his honor, as a part of Town Hall's Global Rhythms series.

79. Celebrating the Life and Songs of Bern Herbolsheimer
Seattle Art Song Society will open their 2017-2018 season with a recital featuring the vocal works of celebrated Seattle composer Bern Herbolsheimer, which have included ballets for professional companies in Frankfurt, Atlanta, Eugene, and Seattle, as well as award-winning operas.

80. David Bowie and The B-52s Tribute Night
Revel in your love of freaky glam rock with a whole night dedicated to David Bowie and The B-52s, with performances by The First Church of Sacred Silversexual and Hot Lava.

81. The Golden Road Performs "American Beauty" & "Workingman's Dead" with Mars Retrieval Unit
Grateful Dead community musician tribute act The Golden Road will headline with a performance of the Grateful Dead's seminal albums American Beauty and Workingman's Dead. They'll be joined by Mars Retrieval Unit.

82. Kurly Somthing, Kled, T-Rox, Creature Hole
Experimental electronica visualists Kurly Somthing lash their sense of neon across the Blue Moon Stage with Kled, T-Rox, and Creature Hole.

83. Rock This Town
Listen to a cappella music from throughout the 20th century, performed by a variety of a cappella champions like Frenzy Quartet, Vocal Spectrum, and Kirkland's own a cappella Joy. Catch the afternoon or the evening show.

84. Sick Womxn & Queers II: Swooning Into Fall
This all-womxn and queer lineup, including Nic Masangkay, Kaeley pH, Anna Gordon, and Leland Chazen, will perform in advocacy of affordable, accessible healthcare for all regardless of gender, race, and class. There will also be an art installation by Grey Ellis, Claire Nelson, and Katya Rubinshtyn.

QUEER

85. Bi Visibility 2017 Social
Seattle Bisexual Women's Network presents its annual Bi Visibility Day Social. The event is catered to the bi+ community, but "non-bi+ partners, friends, and allies are welcome." There will be food and drinks available, and kids and pets are welcome.

PERFORMANCE

86. Calculus: The Musical
Isaac Newton guides a young student on a journey through the history of calculus featuring Archimedes, Robert Hooke, Gottfried Leibniz, L'Hopital, and Riemann. Have a logarithmically good time watching "toga parties and accordion smackdowns," plus other unusual musical numbers.

87. Proof
Proof is David Auburn's Pulitzer Prize– and Tony Award–winning play about Catherine, the daughter of a late University of Chicago professor and mathematical wizard of prime numbers. Catherine is a math genius herself, and she worries she's inherited her father's mental illness along with his smarts. RICH SMITH

READINGS & TALKS

88. June Jo Lee: Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
Food ethnographer June Jo Lee will discuss her new book, Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix. Chef Roy Choi "wants outsiders, low-riders, kids, teens, shufflers and skateboarders, to have food cooked with care, with love, with sohn maash—the love and cooking talent that Korean mothers and grandmothers mix into their handmade foods."

89. Light In The Attic Record Shop Zine Fest
Shop zines from numerous Pacific Northwest makers all around this record store inside KEXP.

90. Women Your Mother Warned You About
Trans and assigned-male-at-birth Seattle and Olympia women writers will share "sharing stories of the heart." Get acquainted with the work of Tobi Hill-Meyer, Sascha Hamilton, Amy Heart, and Sarah Meyers.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

ART

91. ARTrails of Southwest Washington Studio Tour
See artists working on current projects throughout southwest Washington—in Chehalis, Centralia, Onalaska, Toledo, etc.—and buy directly from the makers on your self-guided driving tour.

COMMUNITY

92. Sea Otter Awareness Weekend
Celebrate sea otters with two days of activities dedicated to our flippered friends of the shore. Watch a diver show, hear from sea otter feeding experts, meet sea otters (and an octopus), play games, and more.

PERFORMANCE

93. Africa Remix
Africa Remix presents "new visions of Africa through contemporary and traditional dance," featuring local and visiting performers. The performance will include "traditional dance from West Africa, original new modern choreography, and urban African (hiphop) style pieces."

SUNDAY

FILM

94. Art House Theater Day
Our arthouse cinemas are precious; this day of the year is an occasion to pay attention to the role they play in our cultural lives. Head to Grand Illusion or SIFF Cinema Uptown for special events.

MUSIC

95. 2017 Concert Across America — Grandmothers Against Gun Violence
Join Grandmothers Against Violence for the 2017 Concert Across America, which commemorates those affected by gun violence. Performers include from Dick Foley, Paula Boggs Band, Jamie Nova SKY, Melarouge, Mother Pluckers, Seeds of Abraham, and several others.

PERFORMANCE

96. Curie Me Away!
Celebrate the life of the brilliant and tragically-fated physical chemist Marie Curie, who defied gender roles in Poland and France to become the first female Nobel Prize-winner. Sadie Bowman and Ricky Coates star in the play they co-wrote, and Llysa Holland directs.

READINGS & TALKS

97. Poetry in Conversation on W. S. Merwin's The Lice
Seattle poet and Poetry Northwest editor Bill Carty will lead this Poetry in Conversation event on W. S. Merwin's The Lice, reissued for its 50th anniversary this year by Copper Canyon Press.

98. Writers in the Schools: Anthology Launch
The excellent Writers in the Schools program is celebrating the release of their annual anthology with a reading featuring more than 50 young writers, plus a reception, book signing, and cupcakes.

RESISTANCE & SOLIDARITY

99. Fundraiser for First Nation Water Protectors
Raise money for First Nations peoples fighting the Kinder Morgan Pipeline (KXL) in Canada. There will be music by Queenside Castle, the Marina Christopher Trio, and others, plus food, drink, and gifts for purchase.

SPORTS & RECREATION

100. Street Scramble
Take a break from the bier and Bavarian pretzels at the Fremont Oktoberfest with 90 minutes of running around at Fremont's Street Scramble, where "dozens of checkpoints are marked on a special map and your goal is to find as many as you can within the time limit."

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