Northwest Film Forum’s beloved Children’s Film Festival continues with Made in Seattle, a program of kid-friendly short films (both live-action and animated) from an array of local filmmakers, including S. J. Chiro, Britta Johnson, Wes Kim, Stefan Gruber, Andy McCone, Stranger Film Genius nominee Drew Christie, and Chris Rumble, a cancer patient at Seattle Children’s Hospital whose viral video lip-dub of Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger” closes the night. (Appropriate for ages 8 and up.) (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, nwfilmforum.org, 7 pm, $10/$7 kids)

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...