Our music critics have already chosen the 38 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 a reading with Karen Russell to Richard Greenberg’s Tony-winning comedy Take Me Out, and from the Northwest Folklife Festival to Taste of West Seattle. See them all below (including some on Memorial Day), and find even more events on our complete Things To Do calendar.
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Seattle International Film Festival 2019
The 45th annual Seattle International Film Festival is the largest film festival in the United States, with more than 400 films (spread over 25 days) watched by around 140,000 people at nine theaters across the city. It’s impressively grand and one of the most exciting and widely attended arts events Seattle has to offer. This week’s options include American Factory, Banana Split, Putin’s Witnesses, Orange Days, Afterlife, and a sneak peek of Thin Skin by The Stranger‘s own Charles Mudede, just to name a few.
