THURSDAY 4/26
VIRTUAL ADDICTION--David N. Greenfield, Ph.D. conducts a workshop for connection-speed freaks on coping with Internet addiction. Topics covered will include "Are you getting high on the Internet?" and "Chatting or cheating: Crossing the line online." Seattle Center, Rainier Room, 425-883-5027, 7 pm, $20 door/$25 adv.
DESSERTS FOR DEMOCRACY--Town Hall is filled to the ceiling with delicious pies to raise money for Councilmember Judy Nicastro. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, judy4city@aol.com, 6:30 pm, pay what you can.
SATURDAY 4/28
ROBOTHON--The Seattle Robotics Society hosts its annual event, with amateur robot hobbyists competing in firefighting and sumo contests, plus a floor exercise and a maze. Seattle Center House, 684-7200, www.robothon.org for schedule, beginning 10 am.
LADY CHAMPAGNE--A mysterious press release proclaims that "An Evening of Intimacy with Lady Champagne" is a "public fundraising event" to be held at SAM, including music and perhaps some sort of theatrical entertainment. Seattle Art Museum, 100 University, 654-3100, 7 pm, $20.
SUNDAY 4/29
GIGGLES OPEN MIC--The comedy forecast calls for an 80-percent chance of rainbow suspenders followed by late-evening patches of severe drunken heckling. Giggles Comedy Club, 5220 Roosevelt Way NE, 526-5653, 8:30 pm, free.
