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MONDAY
FOOD & DRINKMusangtino Pop-Up
Musangtino's, a collab between Bar del Corso chef Melissa Miranda's modern Filipinx pop-up and the team behind Kirkland's Hawaiian handcrafted lemonade stand Wow Wow Lemonade, offers "Filipinx sammies and street food." They'll bring their nosh to Screwdriver Bar, with drink specials and music by DJ Illogicalogic.
Marti Jonjak: Inside Witnesses
Writer Marti Jonjak survived the 2013 shooting at the Central District's Twilight Exit. She miraculously made it out of the bar unscathed. But on her way, she saw a pool of blood and the bouncer, whoâd been shot, lying nearby. Jonjak later documented the incident and its aftermath in a column for McSweeneyâs. The bouncer sustained serious injuries, but he survived, and eventually could walk again. Jonjak will be discussing the case and will be joined by another witness for an onstage conversation. CHRISTOPHER FRIZZELLE
MONDAY-SUNDAY
FOOD & DRINKWOW (addo:Incubator)
Zagat 30 under 30 contender Chef Matt and Seattle native Chef Kelsi will collaborate on an a la carte "dim sum style" Mexican pop-up where all the courses range between three and 10 bucks.
TUESDAY
READINGS & TALKSClarion West Presents: Ellen Datlow
Ellen Datlow is the badass editor behind a huge number of sci-fi, horror, and fantasy anthologies, including all of those collections featuring modern retellings of classic fairy tales (2014âs Silver Birch, Blood Moon earned the World Fantasy Award and featured contributions by Neil Gaiman, Robin McKinley, and Tanith Lee, among others). Sheâs also the fiction editor of OMNI magazine and acquires short fiction for Tor.com, the website of one of the countryâs biggest sci-fi and fantasy publishers, Tor Books. She has more than 35 years of experience, which means sheâll likely share much insight about which elements of a story grab her interest, and those that turn her off. LEILANI POLK
Salon of Shame
Writing that makes you cringe ("middle school diaries, high school poetry, unsent letters") is read aloud with unapologetic hilarity at the Salon of Shame.
The West Virginia Educator Strike: Lessons for Workers
How did teachers in the deep-red state of West Virginia win a pay raise through striking? Learn about "one of the largest strikes in modern labor history" from WV music teacher and strike leader Nicole Mccormick. In light of the Supreme Court's recent anti-union ruling, it's a great time to learn more about public employee labor action.
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY
FILMThe Mads Are Back: Live Movie Riffing with Trace and Frank
The "Mads," aka Frank Conniff ("TV's Frank") and Trace Beaulieu (the original Crow T. Robot, Dr. Frank Forrester), are most notorious for their goofy personae on Mystery Science Theatre 3000. Here, they will be riffing live on movies too bad to watch without hilarious commentary.
TUESDAY-THURSDAY
ARTDeborah Butterfield
Deborah Butterfield makes beautiful horse sculptures out of driftwood. She may generally stick with one theme, but her techniqueâits combination of abstraction, natural material, and figureâis a winning one.
Closing Thursday
TUESDAY-SATURDAY
ARTFred Stonehouse and Eric Beltz
Fred Stonehouse's paintings resemble surrealist craziness born of medieval demonology and 19th century poster art. Beltz is similarly strangeâabout as strange as black-and-white figurative art can getâwith his limited palette and materials, graphite on Bristol.
Closing Saturday
WEDNESDAY
FOOD & DRINKGame of Chefs
When you play the Game of Thrones, you win or you die. Luckily, the stakes of Game of Chefs, Seattle Business Networkâs cutthroat culinary competition in which Iron Chef meets the Iron Throne, are not quite so dire. In a Chopped-style cook-off, chefs from Dine Around Seattle and Seattle Restaurant Week will duke it out using a basket of Seattle Made pantry products and local ingredients sourced from Pike Place Market, with the top chef crowned by local celebrity judges and the audience. Guests can try bites and a signature cocktail, mingle with the participating chefs, and purchase Seattle Made products, including favorites like Uliâs Famous Sausage, Theoâs Chocolate, Beecherâs Handmade Cheese, and others. JULIANNE BELL
Malcolm Terence: Beginner's Luck
Malcolm Terence will recall the years he spent living at Black Bear Ranch, a commune in a remote corner of the Klamath Mountains, in the 1960s, and how he and his hippie contemporaries were received once they returned to urban society.
WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY
ARTHeather Marie Scholl: Reflections
Troubled by the role of women in white supremacy? So is Heather Marie Scholl, whose Whitework is a body of embroidery and text that interrogates white womanhood. The other part of this exhibition, The Self Portraits, features framed, embroidered pictures that evoke women's trauma and the experiences of femininity.
Opening reception on Saturday
Persimmon Nights
Last year, Sara Porkalob fully realized Cafe Nordoâs potential for gustatory and dramatic pleasure with Madame Dragonâs 60th Birthday Bash, a musical adaptation of her Dragon Lady series. The show was equal parts hilarious and poignant, and she meaningfully incorporated the food menu into the performance. Now sheâs back at Nordo directing and starring in a brand-new show by Seattle playwright Saeyoung Yim (Do It for Umma). Backed by a pop group called the Kimchi Kittens, Porkalob and Ray Tagavilla (one of the best actors in town) will tell the story of a âbrash, young Korean immigrantâ who balances âtwo lovers and many debts in the 1960s.â RICH SMITH
THURSDAY
ARTJulia Kernerman: PP911
Cold Cube Press will launch Julia Kernerman's new zine about "the Red Bull drinking, beanie wearing, indie music listening cool-kid white boys, forever scrolling through tindr [sic] and forever in need of therapy." Buy copies and stickers.
Light Work
Calling all VJs, light artists, and anyone else who chases lumens: MOKEDO's meet-up offers instruction and chill time with other artists of your ilk. No experience required; you can just take in the vibes if you want. Sadly, this venue is closing soon and this will be the last Light Work in the location, so go while you can.
Carole Lombard: Queen of Comedy
The cool, brainy star of 1930s cinema acted in great movies like To Be or Not To Be, My Man Godfrey (which will screen tonight), and Hitchcockâs Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Watch the films that made her famous at this weekly SAM series.
The Invisible Vegan
This Nights at the Neptune presentation is a film by Jasmin Leyva about "dietary trends among African Americans" and the interplay between food, agribusiness, and oppression. Keith Tucker will lead a Q&A after the film.
Seattle Shakesbeerience Presents: Beericles
Seattle Shakesbeerience ("script in one hand, drink in the other") will bring a lighthearted and tipsy semi-staged rendition of the frankly weird play Pericles.
TUSH!
Glamorous/campy drag mavens Betty Wetter, Miss Texas 1988, Angel Baby Kill Kill Kill, and one contest winner will enliven the South End with some saucy fun.
Ayobami Adebayo: Stay with Me
A married Nigerian woman in a frustratingly childless marriage is shocked when her husband brings home a second wife in this debut novel, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction.
THURSDAY & SATURDAY
ARTSummer at SAM
These Thursday and Saturday events offer a range of family-friendly arts programming throughout the park, including yoga and Zumba on Saturdays, tours, shows, workshops, food trucks, and more. Catch performances from Daisy Chain and Harvest Moon this Thursday, and take vinyasa and flow yoga classes this Saturday.
THURSDAY-SATURDAY
ARTCasey Weldon: Blunderlust
This Seattle illustrator's art ranges from weirdly cute (like Meowijuana, a cat made of pot leaves on a patterned background) to mythopoeically disturbing (like painting of a naked woman chewing on a bright, pinkly glowing moon). You may have previously seen his work on the cover of The Stranger.
Closing Saturday
Gary Hill: Linguistic Spill ([un]contained)
Gary Hill's piece at last year's Out of Sight was tucked away in a dark corner of the basement, marked by a sign warning of flashing strobe lights. In the center of the room was a bench where viewers could sit and take in a slow-paced yet high-intensity experience that pushed the liminal boundaries of perception. Linguistic Spill ([un]contained) promises a similar audiovisual overload. "The immersive installation is not for the faint of heart," warns CoCA's promo text. Using electronic audio signals and a pile of video projectors, the artist aims to approximate pre-linguistic structures of perceptionâthe âspace where hieroglyphs are born.â EMILY POTHAST
Opening Thursday
THURSDAY-SUNDAY
ARTJames Vitale: Junglebugs
James Vitale sculpts cute oversized bugs out of upcycled and natural materials. Pretend you're being stalked by an enormous, gaily colored spider.
Opening Thursday
FRIDAY
FILMMidnight Movie Madness
Have a blast watching public domain horror films, boozing it up at the pay-what-you-want bar, or playing board or video games with the horror sketch troupe Drop the Root Beer and Run. A must for fans of comedy, low-fi horror, and cheesiness.
Mission: ImpossibleâFallout
The latest in the apparently immortal franchise (starring the apparently ageless Tom Cruise) has all the stunts, glamorous women, and stirring soundtrack beats of the previous installments.
Grilled Things and Chicken Wings Tour
At this neighborhood food tour, load up on a sundry of meats, from grilled to skewered to deep-fried, along with some refreshing dessert drinks, and discover "great additions of Asian Pacific flavors to put under the tradition of summer barbecue tastes."
Red, White & Brew 2018
The sheer abundance of Washingtonâs wine and beer options can feel overwhelming at times, but at this summer tasting event in its seventh yearâwhich showcases the wine featured in Seattle magazineâs Washington Wine Awards and the winners from their second annual Beer Awardsâcommunity connoisseurs have already separated the wheat from the chaff. Get to know the wineries that local sommeliers and wine professionals have appointed as the apotheosis of Washington wines, and find out what breweries have been declared the best by local beer experts. This yearâs event will feature more than 60 wineries and breweries, including Woodinvilleâs DeLille Cellars, Wapato-based vineyard and sparkling winery Treveri, Kirklandâs Chainline Brewing Company, and Fremont Brewing. JULIANNE BELL
Theory 2018
Sip "science-infused" cocktails at the open bars, dance under the stars, and watch laser shows at "Seattle's premier cocktail party."
Brian Catling: The Cloven
Poet and artist Brian Catling has earned praise for his dreamlike fantasy novels The Vorrh and The Erstwhile: The Vorrh II. The Cloven is the final book in the Vorrh series, about a sentient African forest, the Blitz, and the city of Essenwald.
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
ARTAlexander Keyes: the unutterable hideousness that can dwell in absolute silence and barren immensity
Taking its title from H.P. Lovecraftâs 1917 story âDagon"âwhich recounts the story of a WWI officer lost at seaâthis installation is Alexander Keyesâs attempt to understand his dadâs life at sea as a merchant marine. With a mop protruding from a bucket, flattened cardboard boxes stuffed into racks, and an orange power cord trailing across the room, the gallery appears to be in between installations. Keyesâs intentional in medias res squares with the conceptual proficiency of his âamateurâ approach to sea exploration. Keyes reinserts himself into the story of his dadâs months-long absences while formulating his own obsession with the unknowable landscape of the ocean. KATIE KURTZ
Closing Saturday
SILVA - The Story of Washington
At this pop-up named after the Latin word meaning "forest," chef Eric Rivera will tell the story of Washington with an evolving 12-15 course tasting menu that will teach guests about the "people, ingredients, and preparations from across Washington."
What is Home an Obscure Kingdom an Opera Buffa It's Always You
Every once in a while, Northwest Film Forum throws open its doors and lets an artist completely take over the space to create an ambitious, totally immersive, blow-out show. This time, Coriolis Dance co-artistic director and multidisciplinary artist Christin Call wants to transform NWFF into a home for allâwhile also, of course, exploring the idea of what âhomeâ even means in the first place. Press materials indicate that the evening will offer âa participatory experience that encompasses movement installations, interactive exhibits, dance films, and a layered dance theater performanceâ that promises to be âabsurdly imaginaryâ and âridiculously ornate.â As Seattle continues to boom and bust, itâs certainly worth thinking hard about how much emotional stock we invest in the material and aesthetic aspects of our âhomes.â RICH SMITH
FRIDAYâSUNDAY
FESTIVALSBAM Artsfair
Shop arts from more than 300 creators and take advantage of free Bellevue Arts Museum admission at this annual festival, which they claim is the largest arts and crafts fair in the Northwest. The event includes the KIDSFair, the BAMboozle children's stage, a Sound & Movement stage with international acts, and a chalkfest.
SATURDAY
ARTSeattle Emerging Arts Pop Up Fair
Organized by Seattle Art Post founder Jessica Ghyvoronsky, this one-night only exhibition features 40 visual artists selected from 200 submissions by guest curator Winston Wachter Fine Art Gallery Manager Judith Rinehart. True to the spirit of its mission to help up and coming artists navigate the art world, a panel discussion followed by Q&A features Rinehart as well artist and UW Professor Curt Labitzke, and local artists Patrick Duffy De Armas and Karilise Alexander. Following that is a Creativity Lab hosted by Aspire, a young professionals group, that will help participants explore âdifferent ways to unleash creativity in their life and unlock that part of their brain and hearts.â KATIE KURTZ
Movies at the Mural
Park your bum on some blankets in front of the Mural and see free, highly enjoyable movies, like The Princess Bride (which will kick things off this week), Get Out, and Wonder Woman. Each screening will be preceded by short films by Cornish students.
Hale's Ales 35th Anniversary
Seattle beer stalwart Hale's Ales is celebrating a whopping 35 years of business with a bash that includes live music from local musicians, vintage and rare beer samplings, raffles, food, and shout-outs to their "many long-standing industry friends." $1 per pint sold will go to Seattle nonprofit City Fruit, which "promotes the cultivation of urban fruit in order to nourish people, build community, and protect the climate."
Hullabamoo Ice Cream Social
Seattleâs burgeoning ice-cream scene continues to grow at a breakneck pace, with no signs of slowing down. Itâs fitting, then, that this event presented by the Dairy Farmers of Washington will perform a paean to milkâs highest calling at the South Lake Union Saturday Market with a curbside selection of some of the cityâs favorite ice-cream vendors, including Full Tilt, Bluebird, ice-cream-sandwich shiller Street Treats, and former Poppy pastry chef Matt Bumpasâs pop-up Sweet Bumpas (whose ice cream was once described by The Strangerâs Angela Garbes as "so profound, itâs almost transcendent"). Donât miss a prime chance to scoop up all their wares in one place. JULIANNE BELL
Breaking Glass: Hyperlinking Opera & Issues
Seattle Opera will host a discussion on diversity in the historically white genre of opera and what can be done to stimulate social justice in the art form (and to use the art form to stimulate social justice). Given that the company is staging Porgy and Bess, it should be an interesting and timely discussion. Participants include choreographer and librettist Paige Hernandez, Matthew Morrison of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and librettist and director Tazewell Thompson.
Donna Miscolta: Body Image, Identity, and Sisterhood
Donna Miscolta (Hola and Good-bye) will share pieces of a novel-in-progress, Ofelia and Norma, and lead a discussion on standards of beauty and how art does or does not grapple with "realities of womenâs bodies." Miscolta will also offer writing prompts for aspiring authors.
SATURDAY-SUNDAY
ARTNoble Splendor: Art of Japanese Aristocrats
Works commissioned by rich patrons of the arts in premodern Japan are celebrated: sculptures, screens, scrolls, paintings, and metalwork.
Opening Saturday
Gabriel Rutledge and Mitch Burrow
In a recent interview, Central Comedy Show's Henry Stoddard and Isaac Novak singled out Gabriel Rutledge as perhaps the Seattle area's funniest comicâa view reinforced by Rutledge winning the Seattle International Comedy Competition and his frequent major TV appearances. Working in the familiar territory of family life and its countless frustrations and sorrows, Rutledge finds many quirky angles from which to squeeze distinctive humor out of everyday situations. His bit about parents desperately trying to snatch a couple of spare minutes to have sex might ring all too true for many. Happiness Isn't Funny is the title of his book and the guiding principle behind his unerring humor. DAVE SEGAL
CoffeeCon Seattle 2018
Billing itself as the âenthusiastâs coffee festival,â this comprehensive convention for caffeine fiends honors java in all of its forms with a tasting floor, panels, guest coffee experts, and labs in nearly every brewing method under the sun, from Aeropress to Chemex to espresso. Whether youâre a seasoned barista or just an amateur coffee freak, you can choose from more than 30 classes each day and learn about tasting, developing your senses, brewing better coffee, sustainability, and the future of the industry. JULIANNE BELL
SUNDAY
FESTIVALSGlass Fest Northwest
This festival-style celebration of glass art promises work from more than 25 local artists, live glassmaking demonstrations, food, wine, craft beer, music, and family-friendly activities.
Molly's at the Market
In celebration of National Ice Cream Month, start with two scoops of ice cream from Molly Moon's and load up on toppings that run the gamut from cacao nibs to toasted marshmallows to dark chocolate drizzle to assemble the ultimate ice cream sundae.
Campfire
Gutter Twink Productions presents a new night of performance, kicking off with singer Katherine Van Bebber, storyteller Emmett Montgomery, and drag artist Arson Nicki.
Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation
The Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, presented by Velocity Dance Center, is a diverse weeklong exploration, with intensive classes, drop-in workshops, talks, "jams," and performances.
The Pine and the Cherry: Japanese Americans in Washington
Seattle-based Japanese American author Mayumi Tsutakawa will talk about how Executive Order 9066 changed Seattle's Japantown and the once-prosperous Japanese-owned farms in Eastern Washington. She'll also discuss her family, who endured Japanese internment camps during WWII, and how they rebuilt their lives after returning to Seattle.
