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- Yappy Hour
Grab a themed craft cocktail and celebrate National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day by meeting adoptable pups from Motley Zoo Animal Rescue. FILM
- Beneath the Salish Sea
This film documents in high-def the gorgeous diversity of life in the Salish Sea, from giant octopuses to sixgill sharks to orcas. Watch it and discuss with Casey Mclean, director at SR3 (Sealife Response, Rehabilitation, and Research), and Dr. Florian Graner, director of the film. FOOD & DRINK
- Flights & Rights
Crack open an alcoholic refreshment from Sound Craft Seltzer and learn how you can defend reproductive rights in Washington State with ACLU of Washington. MUSIC
- Cello X
The all-cello youth rock group the Cello eXperiment will push the boundaries of the traditionally classical instrument with renditions of your favorite pop songs. READINGS & TALKS
- Karen Trieger: My Soul is Filled with Joy
Karen Trieger's biography tells the story of her father-in-law, Sam Goldberg, a Jew who escaped the Treblinka concentration camp in 1943 to reunite with his wife, Esther, in an abandoned barn in the forest. - Majd Mashharawi with Rania Qawasma
Palestinian engineer Majd Mashhawari, who manufactures bricks from recycled materials and helped develop an "off-the-grid" solar power kit, will talk about life and developments in Gaza. She'll be joined in conversation by local architect Rania Qawasma. SPORTS & RECREATION
- Seattle Punk Rock Aerobics
Join Seattle Punk Rock Aerobics for some hardcore "resistance training" set to a punk-rock soundtrack.TUESDAY-SATURDAY
VISUAL ART
- Soy Yo | Femme/Female Artist Exhibit
Femme indigenous Latinx artists join the yəhaw̓ creative movement to reflect on their diverse experiences.
Closing SaturdayTUESDAY-SUNDAY
FESTIVALS
- Washington State Apple Blossom Festival
The famous apples that grow in Wenatchee aren't only delicious—they also bring pretty spring blossoms throughout the valley. This festival—which has been running since 1919—celebrates them with a carnival, a golf tournament, a food fair, multiple parades, and more. VISUAL ART
- Grant Rehnberg: Lessons From My Divorce
Portland-based artist Rehnberg promises a show of installations, short films, and collages "drenched in high faggotry."
Closing SundayWEDNESDAY
COMMUNITY
- Civic Cocktail - Seattle: Dying or Trying?
KOMO News Director Bill Dallman, Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes, and public health manager Thea Oliphant-Wells will share their thoughts on the recent, controversial KOMO-TV documentary Seattle Is Dying. FESTIVALS
- May Day!
The Fremont Arts Council celebrates spring with a potluck picnic dinner, a crowning ceremony for the Green Man (a person draped in springtime foliage as per the 18th-century English tradition) and May Queen (the human personification of May Day), and a dance around the maypole. They encourage you to "wear something white and don your flower crowns." FILM
- Science and a Movie: Stargate
Central Cinema will host Pacific Science Center for a screening of the Kurt Russell/James Spader military sci-fi flick about ancient aliens posing as Egyptians and enslaving humans on a distant planet. The guest speaker will explain "what it would take for the Stargate's techno-magic to actually work across the universe." - Wild Society Film Festival + Talks: Carnivores!
At this Wild Society mini-film festival, see short documentaries that explore the challenges faced by meat-eating organisms around the world, from bears and wolves to snow leopards and orcas. FOOD & DRINK
- Tequila Honor Special Signing Event with Kate del Castillo
Mexican actress Kate del Castillo—who has appeared on countless TV shows, including Jane the Virgin—also owns a spirit brand called Tequila Honor. Who knew? She'll come to Seattle to meet fans and sign bottles. PERFORMANCE
- Cat & Nat: #MOMTRUTHS Live
Get an uncensored take on motherhood and its pitfalls and joys from the best friends/podcast hosts Cat and Nat as they appear live. - Skinny Dip Presents: Dark Circus
Enjoy performances by moody bellydancers, circus acrobatics, dancers, and others. READINGS & TALKS
- Assembly Literary Open Mic Pop-up
Bring your poetry, prose, and other literary works-in-progress and be open to feedback at this open mic. - The Black Embodiments Studio talk: shawné michaelain holloway
Media artist Shawné Michaelain Holloway—who teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago—uses sound, video and live performance to explore rhetoric and power surrounding technology and sexuality. Hear her talk about her work. - Molly Hashimoto: Birds of the West
Artist Molly Hashimoto captures nearly 100 Western bird species in quick sketches, pen-and-ink drawings, and detailed block prints. Hear her talk about her encounters with winged creatures, from robins and chickadees to great gray owls and bluebirds. VISUAL ART
- Space.City presents Matt Olson of OOIEE
Olson, founder of the Office Of Interior Establishing Exterior studio, is interested in "open practice, love, art history as a material, skate videos, Jonas Mekas, humility, John Hughes, Sturtevant, capitalism, Black Mountain College, ego, spirituality, acceptance, and the attempt to resist 'self' all as an attempt to understand awareness isn't something we do, it's what we are." His work has been shown at Aspen Art Museum, Etage in Copenhagen, Haus der Kunst, and many other prestigious galleries. Join him for a design talk.WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY
VISUAL ART
- Morehshin Allahyari, Trinh Mai, Sara Zewde: Memory & Place
Iran-raised artist Allahyari (recognized as a leading global thinker by Foreign Policy magazine), interdisciplinary artist Mai, and landscape designer/urbanist/public artist Zewde unveil work.
Closing FridayTHURSDAY
COMEDY
- Stand-up Science with Shane Mauss
Comedian, podcast host, and science enthusiast Shane Mauss will host a stand-up show that is "equal parts ahas and hahas." FOOD & DRINK
- MindFUELness: A Mindful Tequila Tasting Experience
If regular meditation isn't your jam, practice mindfulness by tuning into your senses with an exercise as you taste this "intentionally crafted" tequila flight. - Year of the Pig at Navy Strength
This "year of the pig"-themed tiki bash features drink specials made with WhistlePig Whiskey and Bounty Rum, plus tunes from DJ BabyDaddy. MUSIC
- In The Raw #7 - Noise Rock DJs
Min Yee and Brian MacDonald will add some sludge to your spring with a night of noise-rock by the likes of Killdozer, Birthday Party, and Chrome Cranks. - Rouge French Cabaret!
Get the most out of your French dining experience by enjoying tableside performances of songs by Edith Piaf, Cole Porter, and other such favorites by Parisian-style cabaret troupe Rouge, led by vocalist Janet Elle Rayor.
- Spring Fling - A HONK! Fest West Fundraiser
Ready your eardrums for Seattle's three-day community street festival HONK! Fest West at the end of May at this fundraising show with local bands Butt Dial, VamoLá, and Chaotic Noise Marching Corps. PERFORMANCE
- Cornish Clown Class: Clown Show
Students from Cornish's clown class will perform silly sketches from their recent school showcase. - MOHAI and 5th Avenue Theater: Northwest Bookshelf
The 5th Avenue Theatre has helped create this free musical show about books written by Northwest authors. - The Woman Who Lit the World
In the performance art piece The Woman Who Lit the World, choreographer Stina Nyberg tells her Nikola Tesla-related adventures, including the story of how she came to visit Nikola Tesla’s private library in Belgrade; have her photo taken in Tesla’s room at the Hotel New Yorker; get a hug from the boss of the Tesla Science Center on Long Island; try to break into the remaining building of the Adam’s Power Plant in Niagara Falls; and more. READINGS & TALKS
- Intersectional Dialogue on Weaponizing Charges of Antisemitism
This panel discussion with Rabbi David Basior, Rev. Dr. Kelle Brown, and Aneelah Afzali will dive into the intersectionalities between antisemitism, Islamophobia, and racism; how Judaism and Israel are mistakenly conflated; and how to fight back against white nationalism. - Loreen Lilyn Lee: The Lava Never Sleeps
Loreen Lilyn Lee shares what it was like growing up in a traditional Chinese family in Honolulu during the 1950s and '60s in her memoir The Lava Never Sleeps. Hear her read. - Michele Filgate: What My Mother and I Don't Talk About
Michele Filgate, editor of and contributor to What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence, will appear in conversation with Seattle Times Lit Life columnist Mary Ann Gwinn. VISUAL ART
- 179 x CDICC Ice Cream Thursdae VOL 28
Local artist Angelina Villalobos will interview whimsical illustrator Yvonne Chan for this installment of Ice Cream Thursdae, where you can listen in, eat distinctive scoops of ice cream, and shop from crafty vendors like Claudia V Designs, Kapatid Kollective, Ulises Avila, and Eileen Jimenez. DJ Phenohype will provide tunes. - The Shape of Sound
Scott Lindberg curates this exhibition of modernist and abstract record sleeve design of the 1950s, mainly jazz and classical releases. Twenty different designers are represented.
Opening ThursdayTHURSDAY-FRIDAY
COMEDY
- Jet City Improv Presents: Claim of Thrones
Expect bloody treachery, quasi-medieval language, dragons, and a lot of blunt force head trauma (maybe) in Alison Luhrs and Nick Edwards's improvised send-up of you-know-which-HBO-show.THURSDAY-SATURDAY
PERFORMANCE
- A Wrinkle in Time
Meg Murry is whisked on a perilous adventure by three benevolent witches in this theater/puppetry adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time.THURSDAY-SUNDAY
COMEDY
- Bo Johnson
Seattle's Bo Johnson gigs regularly around the PNW, but he's been seen more widely ("more than six million times") in the prank video "'Bo and Matthew Sneak into a Movie Theatre." See him in the flesh. PERFORMANCE
- The Addams Family: A New Musical
The cheerfully sinister family gets the altogether spooky musical treatment courtesy of the Edmonds Driftwood Players. - Black Sheep
Mario Gomez directs this play about a Korean American girl adopted by a white family and her search for identity in her birth country. - Boy(s) Interrupted
This solo show written by and starring Michael Dreger traces the artist's journey from childhood to adulthood, punctuated by the men he meets along the way. - Melancholy Play
In this chamber musical, a woman loses all her friends and lovers when she shifts her personality from persistently melancholy to generally happy. The organizers describe it as "a play where happiness takes the form of confetti and those consumed by depression turn into almonds." VISUAL ART
- Photos from the Border: Exhibit and Book Launch
Documentary photographer David W. Lynch has traveled to Mexico three times since late 2018 to photograph the thousands of migrants who have traveled in caravans to seek asylum in the U.S. Check out his work on display and, at the opening reception, flip through his book Before the Border: the Caravan Series, A Work in Progress from the Migration Project.
Opening ThursdayFRIDAY
COMEDY
- Bring Back the 90s
Bandit Theater will present a night of improv dedicated to the glory days of TRL and frosted tips. COMMUNITY
- Andrew Yang's Humanity First Tour
"Human-centered capitalist" and long-shot, pro-Universal Basic Income presidential candidate Andrew Yang will address the people during his nationwide tour. FILM
- University of Washington's Climate Change Film Festival
UW students were asked to make two-minute films about climate change, answering the prompt, "Together we can tackle climate change. What would it take to turn the tide?" Watch the finalists' films, help select the People's Choice winner, and find out which filmmaker will win $4,000 while you sample local food and drinks. EarthLab and the School of Environmental & Forest Sciences will host. MUSIC
- All Our Friends Fest
Satisfy your love of both folk and EDM music at this benefit concert for REST, a local nonprofit dedicated to combating human trafficking in Seattle. Stop by before the music starts to bid on local art. - AMPAMP Birthday Bash & Star Wars Day Pre-Funk
Calling all Star Wars nerds who love to dance: Bust out your Jedi or Wookie costume and get down on the dance floor to beats by Jimni Cricket, Jon Marché, Gabe the Babe, and others. - It's Gonna Be May: Boyband Nite with #All4Doras
All4doras, "Seattle's only tribute boyband," will bust out songs you know all the lyrics and dance moves to by your '90s ex-boyfriends. PARTIES & NIGHTLIFE
- 2019 Windermere Party on the Cut
In honor of the German National Crews visiting for the Windermere Cup, the annual Party on the Cut will be filled with bier, bratwurst, and lederhosen, not to mention live bands like high-energy rockers Brian DiJulio and the LoveJacks and '80s tribute Nite Wave. PERFORMANCE
- Maggio Segreti
Trivia Puppet Company will tell spring-themed stories and screen the first film from Trivia Puppet Pictures, titled "I don't think that was carrot juice!" - Monomyth I
If the hero's journey lacked a revelation, transformation, and atonement, would the protagonist still achieve an authentic sense of self? That's the gist of this dance piece created by Sophia Arnall, Christin Call, Meredith Pellon, Tiffana, and Maia Veague. READINGS & TALKS
- Commune Magazine: For A New Era of Revolution
True to its name, Commune Magazine rejects the social democratic "fantasy" in place of total anti-capitalist revolution. Tonight, you can meet editors Jasper Bernes, Shyam P. Khanna, and Chloe Watlington. - Erling Kagge: Walking
Swedish explorer and overall renaissance man Erling Kagge—the first person to summit Mount Everest on foot—will read from his 2017 book Silence: In the Age of Noise, in which he makes a compelling case for the importance of hoofing it. RESISTANCE & SOLIDARITY
- Knitting in Solidarity with Mass Shooting Survivors
Knitters are invited to pool their skills to make a quilt-style prayer shawl to send to communities grieving over mass shootings. When all the individual squares are completed, they'll be sewn together as part of the 2019 University of Washington MFA + MDes Thesis Exhibition at Henry Art Gallery.FRIDAY-SATURDAY
PERFORMANCE
- Centrifuge
Science writers and playwrights will be randomly paired up to create original 10-minute science plays and five-minute science talks. Witness the delightfully dysfunctional or surprisingly symbiotic results at this Infinity Box Theatre event. - Immigration Stories
The Guild Dance Company's artistic director Alex Ung traces the journey of his immigrant Tai Dam family from war-torn Southeast Asia to Iowa between the 1940s and 1970s. - Over the POP: A Cabaret
Lunaria Dance Theater and special guests Caela Bailey and La Gaviota will delight you with belly dance, comedy, burlesque, and more bawdy and theatrical fun.FRIDAY & SUNDAY
PERFORMANCE
- Sister Kate's Guide to Seattle
The Sister Kate Dance Company will bring you Can Can-style dance madness from the 1920s-1960s.FRIDAY-SUNDAY
GEEK
- Crypticon 2019
Crypticon will fill the DoubleTree with hundreds of gorehounds, bloodsluts, zombbros, and creepazoids. Dress up and enter the cosplay contest, compete in the writing and horror makeup competitions, browse haunted Cthulhu/zombie/vampire/etc. goods, and party on the 13th floor. FESTIVALS
- Sequim Irrigation Festival
A festival dedicated to irrigation may sound peculiar, but it's the initiation, development, and support of the irrigation ditches that brought water to Sequim's once-dry prairies. They'll celebrate for the 124th year with a royalty pageant, a carnival, a fireworks show, and a grand parade. PERFORMANCE
- eXit Space Dance: takePAUSE 2019
Since February, dance students of all levels have been practicing jazz, ballet, modern, tap, and hiphop dances with trained choreographers in preparation for the 14th annual takePAUSE showcase. Admire their hard work and look into being a participant in next year's show. - FRIENDS! The Musical Parody
This is a show that comedically compresses the best moments of 10 years of TV's Friends into one musical. VISUAL ART
- Gorge Artists Open Studios Tour In Washington and Oregon
Artists will welcome you to their studios in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge.SATURDAY
COMEDY
- Gum Puff: Inside Batterball // Sarah Mack: Tragic Bitch
Improv duo Gum Puff (Sophie Schwartz and Darrin Schultz) will let you in on the rules and history of Batterball, America's little-known second-favorite pastime that combines baseball and baking. After that, Sarah Mack: Tragic Bitch will make you "squirt your pants with laughter."
- Slick Tarp: Hacked to Bits // Sketcherinos // Bean Freak: Coming Up
Sketch horror-comedy troupe Slick Tarp will bring the thrills and chills of a slasher movie night to the stage. Next up, Sketcherinos will wow you with their humorous routines and Bean Freak: Coming Up (Andrea Eaton) will "share to the world what it’d be like if a fat girl was the bachelor, Chris Harrison, and Jorge the bartender all wrapped into one." COMMUNITY
- Feliks Banel, Storm Warning: Weather in the Evergreen State
Local broadcaster and historian Feliks Banel is an expert on the region's darkest and most infamous storms. Tonight, he'll share archival photos, radio experts, and TV clips that show just how gloomy the Pacific Northwest can get, weather-wise. - Native Life in the City Fundraiser Gala
Support the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, an organization that serves American Indians and Alaska Natives in need from throughout the Salish Sea region and beyond, by enjoying dinner, a community awards ceremony, and an auction. - Neighbor Day 2019
The Seattle Department of Neighborhoods encourages everyone to engage in random acts of kindness in their communities. Take a neighbor out to coffee, give food to someone in need, or organize a community potluck, for example. - World Vision Global 6K for water
Why six kilometers instead of the standard five? That's the average distance that people in developing countries walk for water, which is often contaminated. In this race, your registration fee helps provide clean drinking water to one person. FOOD & DRINK
- Fiesta 5K Ole & Food Truck Festival
Run, walk, or salsa your way through Capitol Hill, then revel in a food truck festival with 25 food and taco trucks, music, and a margarita garden featuring El Jimador Tequila and Tito's Handmade Vodka. Options include Mexican nosh from Rancho Bravo, Filipino-meets-Southern comfort food from Kiss My Grits, gastropub grub from Bread and Circuses, Middle Eastern fare from Hallava Falafel, and more. - Goats At the Brewery
Grab a pint and mingle with adorable Nigerian dwarf goats from Good Time Goats. - May the Forks Be With You
On Star Wars Day, celebrate the legendary George Lucas film franchise with a special four-course menu, themed cocktails and mocktails, trivia, and more. - Seattle Bacon and Beer Classic
At this festival, munch on unlimited salty, crunchy pork from more than 30 local chefs and sip crisp brews and ciders from more than 100 regional breweries. Plus, participate in a blind beer taste test, a bacon-eating contest, and activities like giant Jenga. - SLU Saturday Market Opening Day
Seattle's "makers, finders, and foodies" will sell their wares for yet another season at the SLU Saturday Market. - Taco Truck Challenge 2019
Fifteen local food trucks, such as the Grilled Cheese Experience, Where Ya At Matt, and the People's Burger, will compete for the title of Taco Truck Champion by concocting taco-inspired dishes to serve in addition to their usual menu. Guests can enjoy the musical stylings of Max Frost, Beverly Crusher and Aloha Mars in a beer and margarita garden. GEEK
- Free Comic Book Day
Free Comic Book Day is the most wonderful time of the year for comic enthusiasts—it's when publishers shell out special issues and deals on popular titles like Spider-Man, Doctor Who, and The Avengers, along with lesser-known indie titles like Strangers in Paradise and Silver. Head to local shops to take advantage of free (or otherwise cheap) finds, attend readings, and meet people who love comics as much as you do. This year's event falls on Star Wars Day, so you might expect some special intergalactic material. - IFest - Indie Game Festival
Make new gaming discoveries by playing over 50 PC, tabletop, and augmented/virtual reality games from Seattle developers. You'll get to vote on which game you think should win the Player’s Choice Award. - Our Watery World: UW Aquatic Science Open House
Curious about microscopic microbes, whales, and other things related to aquatic sciences? Discover research by UW College of the Environment students that relate to water, take tours of science labs on campus, peruse the UW Fish Collection, and more at this open house. MUSIC
- Bach & Pancakes
Marimba player Erin Jorgensen will prove that Bach's music needn't be contained to symphony halls at this brunch-y concert series, where she'll play two cello suites by the famous composer complete with pancake breaks. - The Griot Party Second Anniversary Experience
A collaboration of many municipal and civic organizations, this edition of the Griot Party (a local storytelling event meant to promote healing), in celebration of its own second anniversary, will invite performers Black on Purpose, Phil Hines II, Micah Turner, Ibrahim Arsalan, La’Twon Allen, Tiffany Wilson, and DJ Seabefore, storytellers Jamie Elmore, Koramaism, Tia Yarbrough, Elijah Mu’ied, and Jamaar Smiley, and host Logic Amen to the stage. - May The Fourth Be With You
Nerd rockers Kirby Krackle, Lofts, and the Regrets will share the bill at this sci-fi-steeped celebration of all things Star Wars. - Mikey Mike the Rad Scientist
Celebrate galaxies far, far away with family-friendly performer Mikey Mike the Rad Scientist, who will release his new educational song and video "Spaceship Earth." - Revelations
Local artists Kataka Corn, Duncan Menzies, Aaron Norman, and Marilyn Vigil-Harris will star in an astrologically inspired cabaret with the following premise: "After 84 years, the rebellious planet Uranus is once more paying a visit to the fertile, abundant sign of Taurus. Uranus likes to create by revolution, and this radical is ready to break down Taurus' door, challenging us to reflect and change the way we relate to the resources around us." - Splatterhouse Wreckords Presents The Psychobilly Brawl 2019
Zorch Radio's annual Psychobilly Brawl is a complete free-for-all every year, with guitars shrieking, drums thumping, and high-energy weirdos dancing to the tunes provided by the lineup: Slim Jim Phantom Trio, the Quaranteds, the Lucitones, Hard Fall Hearts, Cigaratz, Raw Dogs, and the Avery Wolves. PERFORMANCE
- Fifty or Lesque: A Budget Burlesque Bout
Fabulously frugal burlesque artists will each put on a show with an under-$50 budget. The most creative talents could win the coveted title of Mx. Budget Burlesque 2019. - Spectacle Spectacular 14: I'll Be Your Mirror
Join musicians, drag queens, and other artsy Seattleites for a "thematic" cocktail reception, a three-course dinner, and a live auction to support On the Boards' programming. READINGS & TALKS
- Alys Eve Weinbaum: The Afterlife of Reproductive Slavery
Alys Eve Weinbaum takes a page out of the book of black feminist thinkers of the '70s by drawing a parallel between women's reproductive exploitation in the days of slavery and the current state of "biocapitalism" in America. Hear more as she reads from her book The Afterlife of Reproductive Slavery. - Cinzia Arruzza: Feminism for the 99%
Sexism and inequality exist far beyond the workplace. In her book Feminism for the 99%, Cinzia Arruzza offers her anti-capitalist manifesto "for when 'leaning in' is not enough." - Fungal Endophytes: An Astonishing Relationship
Andy MacKinnon explores the important relationship between plants and Fungal endophytes, the fungi that live inside of them. - Leigh Philips and Michal Rozworski: The People's Republic of Walmart
Did the people who created Walmart unintentionally foster the pre-conditions for a Communist society? Frederic Jameson thought so. Leigh Phillips and Michal Rozworski, authors of The People's Republic of Walmart, will clue you in on this line of thinking. SHOPPING
- Geek Craft Market
Pick up geeky crafts for the die-hard Star Wars fans in your life. SPORTS & RECREATION
- Margarita Mayhem 5K
Run or walk a 5K en route to a refreshing margarita garden at the finish line. - Punk N Funk :: Volume III "May The Fourth Be With You"
Waacking, a dance style that originated in black and Latinx queer communities in 1970s LA, has enjoyed a resurgence in attention since the early 2000s. See what it's all about at this annual Punk N Funk dance battle. Expect geeky surprises at this Star Wars edition. - Windermere Cup Rowing Regatta/Opening Day
Before Seattle Yacht Club's Opening Day Ceremony kicks off, see impressively strong-limbed people from the University of Washington compete in a series of races (22, to be exact) against other teams from around the country (and Germany!) at the 33rd annual Windermere Cup.SATURDAY-SUNDAY
COMMUNITY
- Wild Waves 2019 Season
The sun is back, which means Wild Waves is back open for business. The family-friendly theme and water park offers rollercoasters, family rides, carnival games, and drive-in movies. FESTIVALS
- Festival for May
At this Medieval festival of merriment, enjoy maypole dancing, crafts, craft shops, and a special feast. - Northwest Green Home Tour
Interested in building, remodeling, or buying an environmentally sustainable home that is not necessarily a tiny house? Get inspired by green homes on this self-guided tour.SUNDAY
COMMUNITY
- Seattle's Central Park: What Could Have Been
The failed Seattle Commons project of the mid-1990s meant to establish "Seattle's Central Park" in South Lake Union. Tour the area where the park was meant to be—which is now a block of skyscrapers—with Atlas Obscura guides, who will elaborate on what fueled the project and why it was rejected by Seattle voters. - Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration
This year, the Seattle Art Museum's annual Holocaust Remembrance Day event will include Samara Lerman's one-woman show Cyla's Gift, remarks from Rabbi Ben Hassan of Sephardic Bikur Holim, a musical performance by Kesselgarden, and a candle-lighting ceremony with Holocaust survivors. FESTIVALS
- Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration
Kick off Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month with lion dances, youth drill teams, drumming, martial arts, and work by Asian Pacific Islander artists from around the state. - 2019 Kodomo no Hi
This Children's Day festival features Japanese dance performances, Yukata dress-up, taiko drumming, martial arts, a tea ceremony, games, food, and more. FOOD & DRINK
- Lady Grey + Black Magic Sweets Pop-Up
Scoop up cake, macarons, pie pops, and other confections from baking pop-ups Lady Grey and Magic Black Sweets. MUSIC
- Cinco De May Day 2019
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with live music, giveaways, a photo booth, and a bikini bike wash. - Mostly Nordic Chamber Music Series: Denmark
The Danish Clarinet Trio, along with members of Ensemble MidtVest, will continue the Mostly Nordic Chamber Music Series with a program of established masterworks for clarinet trios and some lesser-known Danish works, including music by Niels Gade, Clara Schumann, Per Nørgaard, and Johannes Brahms. READINGS & TALKS
- J. David Herman: Almost Yankees
If you tend to root for the underdog, join J. David Herman as he reads from his book Almost Yankees, a narrative of the lives and travails of Minor League Baseball players. - Kavitha Buggana: Walking In Clouds
Two cousins hike through the treacherous mountains of Nepal and Tibet in pursuit of Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar, the holiest of Hindu and Buddhist sites, in Kavitha Buggana's travelogue-style memoir Walking In Clouds. - The Third Feminist Wave
Join Kathi Weeks, Jaleh Mansoor, Cinzia Arruzza, and Nanya Jinghren for a discussion of the third wave of anti-capitalist feminism, which aimed to represent everyone, regardless of economic status. SPORTS & RECREATION
- Seattle Bike-n-Brews
Pedal along the Duwamish and Green River trails from Georgetown to Tukwila, knowing that a cold microbrew is waiting for you at the finish line. VISUAL ART
- Building 30 West Art Studios Open Studio
Take a peek inside the studios of 25 working artists at this bi-annual event. Don't forget to stop by the Magnuson Pak Gallery, a production of SPACE at Magnuson. - Guilty Mafia Presents: Speakeasy
This living exhibition is a chance for photographers to capture photos of models against professionally lit backgrounds for the chance to win contests (or just for fun). In honor of Cinco de Mayo, there will also be plenty of tequila shots to go around.
