FRIDAY 4/20
CHOPSTICK PAGODA--As part of this weekend's 20th Annual Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival, visitors can participate in a world record attempt at making a five-story pagoda out of 10,000 pairs of chopsticks. In an entirely un-American feat of creative efficiency, the chopstick wrappers will then be transformed into an origami extravaganza. Seattle Center, 10 am-6 pm, free. Also Sat April 21, 10 am-9 pm, and Sun April 22, 10 am-6 pm.
SATURDAY 4/21
GOUGING OF BODILY ORIFICES--The Seattle Rugby Football Club hosts the West Coast's top four men's and women's rugby squads for the Pacific Coast Territorial Rugby Championships, with winners advancing to national competition. Name another sport where having someone's finger jammed up your ass is even remotely possible. Maple Wood Playfield, Corson and Snoqualmie Ave, www.seattlerfc.org. Matches at 10:30 am, 12:15 pm, and 2 pm; also Sun April 22 at 10 am and 11:45 am.
BURGER BABE--Love hamburgers? You must, if you're on hand to witness representatives from Kidd Valley donate the original "Burger Babe" sign to the popular-culture collection of the Museum of History and Industry. MOHAI, 2700 24th Ave E, 324-1126, 1 pm, $5 (includes museum admission).
BIG-ASS BOOK SALE--But not just books: The 2001 Friends of Seattle Public Library Book Sale offers deals on a mountain of over 100,000 books, CDs, records, videos, sheet music, art prints, and posters. Enemies of the Seattle Public Library are also welcome to attend. Magnuson Park, 7400 NE Sand Point Way, Bldg 30, 523-7943, 9 am-5 pm. Also Sun April 22, 11 am-4 pm.
TUESDAY 4/24
DRUNKEN FILM LOVERS--Dina Martina hosts this anniversary bash for the Northwest Film Forum, which has inflicted Seattle moviegoers with obscure art-house pomp and sordid lowbrow trash via the Grand Illusion and Little Theatre for five years now. With projected visuals, prizes, and music by DJ Riz. Re-bar, 1114 Howell, 329-2629, 8 pm, $5.
