This weekend’s forecast is sunny with a sprinkling of festivals—read on to see what strikes your fancy below, from the Seattle Dragon Boat Festival to the Indigenous People Festival and from Georgetown Carnival to Pierogi Fest. For more ideas, check out our guide to the top events of the week.
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FILM
Purple Rain
I recommend showing up in your most loud-and-proud ’80s threads (a second-hand raspberry beret, perhaps?) to celebrate the High Priest of Pop at this sparkly screening of Purple Rain, which also celebrates Prince’s would-be 65th birthday. About the film, former Stranger writer Angela Garbes wrote: “Prince made me feel weird, mostly because he reminded me of God. My brothers and I watched silently in our den—enraptured and confused—until my mother walked in at the exact moment Apollonia peeled off her leather jacket to reveal her beautiful bare breasts. The movie was abruptly shut off, though soon after I found a way to watch it and became forever enthralled by Prince’s music, body, and movements. Prince was, in fact, a sexy MF. But there was always something transcendent and divine about his eroticism. He taught me sex wasn’t filthy. At its best, it’s generous and holy.” LINDSAY COSTELLO
(SIFF Cinema Egyptian, Capitol Hill, $14.50-$15.50)
