As the Frye’s current Crumb exhibit proves, writing and art go
together like the internet and copyright theft—
so the museum
has invited two of Seattle’s brightest literary lights to read stories
inspired by art. Boudinot, who writes either uncomfortably funny or
funnily uncomfortable short stories, will read a new piece based on
last year’s Life After Death show at the Frye. Raban, a
certified Stranger Genius, will read a monologue about
19th-century painter Albert Bierstadt, whose work is part
of the permanent collection. Another Stranger
Genius, Rebecca
Brown, hosts. (Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave, 622-9250. 7 pm,
free.)