Billed as “a skateboarder’s Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” Machotaildrop is the surreal and quirky action fantasia written and directed by Alex Craig and Corey Adams, featuring the awesome skating theatrics of the Vancouver skate crew the Manwolfs. Tomorrow brings a Machotaildrop-inspired art show to 35th North skate shop. But tonight brings the film that inspired it all, as Northwest Film Forum screens this blossoming cult classic with the actual Manwolfs in attendance. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 7 pm, $10, www.nwfilmforum.org)
David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest... More by David Schmader