Our music critics have already chosen the 31 best music shows this week, but now it’s our arts critics’ turn to recommend the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from the Seattle Wine and Food Experience to Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s reading of Sketchtasy, and from the Seattle Asian American Film Festival to Seattle Cake Con. See them all below, and find even more events on our complete Things To Do calendar.
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Fred Armisen: Comedy for Musicians but Everyone Is Welcome
Few people are better positioned than Fred Armisen to mine the problematic vector where humor intersects with music. As cocreator of Portlandia with Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein and a 16-year member of Saturday Night Live, the current bandleader of Late Night with Seth Meyers has honed a chameleonic acting style and a vast repertoire of impressions that are nuanced and hilarious. The former Trenchmouth drummer and dabbler with parody groups such as the Blue Jean Committee and Ian Rubbish & the Bizzaros draws on decades of experience on the touring circuit and countless hours of rehearsals and stage time to crack your ass up with his acute observations about musicians’ peccadillos. DAVE SEGAL
