Money & Run, Episode 2

(THEATER) Wayne Rawley's white-trash serial continues to be the most consistent theatrical romp in town. Theater Schmeater is rerunning old episodes with a strong new cast; while they don't have the original cast's absolute ownership of the Money & Run world (it's a shame they haven't been allowed to reinvent the characters, but I suppose that's how franchises work), they're still doing damn funny work. Ray Tagavilla (as the nefarious Dr. Asswagon) and Roy Stanton (as tightly wound bounty hunter Jimmy Jack) are particularly outstanding in this jam-packed tale of an orphanage about to be replaced by a liquor-themed amusement park. (Thurs-Sun Feb 21-24, Theater Schmeater, 1500 Summit Ave, 324-5801, 11 pm, $10. Through Feb 23.) BRET FETZER

Brainstorm 2002

(EMCEE BATTLE) Though they are super-talented, guest rappers--One Man Army, Slug and Eyedea--won't get the most attention at this huge, weekend-long emcee contest. The 64 competing emcees tonight won't get the most attention either, nor will the final 16 on Saturday, nor will the winning emcee, who will walk away with $2,500. The emcees that will be in the spotlight throughout will be all the "wack emcees." The wack emcees will be underfoot, the wack emcees will be crawling on the walls, the wack emcees will be dripping from the ceiling. For further explanation and detailed lineups, see Up & Coming. (I-Spy, 1921 Fifth Ave, 374-9492, 6 pm, $10.) BRIAN GOEDDE

Damien Jurado

(MUSIC) Tonight local folk guy Damien Jurado celebrates the release of his excellent new Sub Pop record, I Break Chairs. It's the first one with Jurado's new band, Gathered in Song, and it's a definite departure for the acoustic-guitar-toting singer/songwriter. The album rocks. Jurado's voice is big like Bruce Springsteen circa Born in the U.S.A., or even Workbook-era Bob Mould. And Jurado fans: don't let the rock scare you off. I Break Chairs may not be tea-sipping music, but it's not Zen Arcade either. Beneath the shrieking feedback, Jurado's music is trademark: smart, lovelorn, and deceptively simple. (Crocodile, 2200 Second Ave, 441-5611, all ages at 5 pm, $8; 21+ at 9 pm, $10.) JEFF DeROCHE

Twentieth Century

(FILM) NW Film Forum's screwball comedy series offers up the genius of Howard Hawks once again this weekend, with this, Hawks' first sound comedy. John Barrymore and Carole Lombard kick out the sexual/erotic jams as flamboyant theatrical producer Oscar Jaffe and his actress protégé, Lily Garland (née Mildred Plotka), who sets the highly improvised events in motion by dumping his tyrannical ass (inspiring phony suicide threats and real hysterical outrage). Highly recommended to anyone who both hates and loves (but mainly hates) the theater. (Fri-Sun Feb 22-24, Grand Illusion Cinema, 1403 NE 50th St, 523-3935, 7 & 9 pm, $7.) SEAN NELSON

Pretty In Pink

(READING) The Brown Derby Series (Valley of the Dolls, The Poseidon Adventure) kicks off a new season called Teen Angst!, beginning tonight with a staged reading of the great rich guy/girl from the wrong side of the tracks (literally) love story Pretty In Pink. In this adaptation, directed by Ian Bell, Nick Garrison plays Molly Ringwald's Andie, Ursula Android plays Annie Potts' wisecracking Iona, and The Stranger's Jeff DeRoche plays blue-eyed wuss Blane, who spends most of his time trying to decide whether or not he's got the balls to ditch his snobby friends and go after the girl of his dreams. (Mon Feb 25 & Wed Feb 27, Re-bar, 1114 Howell St, 8 pm, $8.) KATHLEEN WILSON

Colloque Wheel

(READING) Colloque Wheel is a new reading series at the much-adored Victrola. Run by Amber Curtis (who ran the excellent Radio Free Leroys reading series in the early and mid-'90s), Colloque Wheel opens with Stacey Levine, Jay Jaworski, Tatyana Mishel, Patrick Thiessen, Kenny Judd, and Chiara Huddleston (who will provide music). The addition of this series, which happens every first Monday of the month, increases the number of honest reading series in our city from two to three--the other two are the Titlewave and Subtext Reading Series. (Victrola Coffee and Art, 411 15th Ave, 325-6520, 8 pm, free.) CHARLES MUDEDE

The Go

(MUSIC) Some writer recently called the Brian Jonestown Massacre one of the best garage bands on the West Coast. If BJM is the cream of the crop, then all you've gotta do to get the critics' spooge is find the right hairdresser, get really fucked up, pick lots of fights, and, oh yeah, throw together a sloppy fucking record. The Go are some stylish lookers, but they also play some real, raw, come-fuck-me-baby, T-Rex-meets-the-Stones music, and if you don't like them then I feel sorry for you, 'cause that just means you hate rock and roll. (Crocodile Café, 2200 Second Ave, 441-5611, $10.) JENNIFER MAERZ

Red Sex Planet

(FILM ANALYSIS) If a movie is bad it should be left alone. But, as The Stranger's David Schmader has shown us with Showgirls and Mr. Wrong, if a movie is profoundly terrible, it must be scrutinized to access its true meaning and brilliance. Tonight, professors Charles Mudede and C. Everett Treacle will deconstruct Red Planet, the amazingly dumb 2000 film starring Val Kilmer, to explain in detail how the film is a graphic examination of the human reproductive process. (The Little Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, 675-2055, 8 pm, $10.) BRIAN GOEDDE