Look, if you’ve ever had a sexual thought or feeling and you’ve never been to Seattle’s Erotic Art Festival, you’re just limiting yourself. No, not all 17 installations at this year’s—or any year’s—festival will be great art. Yes, some of them will embarrass you. And yes, some of them will turn you on, and you don’t have to tell anyone which is which. Just go. There are visual art, interactive, and you’re-just-the-voyeur performances, and aphrodisiacal drinks and foods. This year’s theme is “Red Light District” and tonight’s lineup is called “Cherry Red Saturday.” (Fremont Studios, 155 N 35th St, www.seattle-erotic.org, noon–2 am, $30 adv/$36 DOS, 18+ until 6 pm/21+ after)

Jen Graves (The Stranger’s former arts critic) mostly writes about things you approach with your eyeballs. But she’s also a history nerd interested in anything that needs more talking about, from male...