This week, our arts critics have recommended the best events in every genre—from the Silent Reading Party to a night at Hugo House with Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) to a Shabazz Palaces concert to the bourbon and bacon festival. See them all below, and find even more events on our complete Things To Do calendar.
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MONDAY
FILM
Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ
“Stewart Copeland is many things. He is the son of a CIA agent. He is a drummer who rose to fame in the late 1970s as a member of the reggae-rock group the Police. He is also a really talented composer of soundtracks. … Copeland also wrote music for Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, a silent film made a very long time ago (1925). As a part of STG’s popular Silent Movie Mondays, Copeland and the Seattle Rock Orchestra will perform this score, which is as rich and bold as the ancient images. This event should not be missed.” -Charles Mudede
MUSIC
Itzhak Perlman
Grammy- and Emmy-winning violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, who’s played a concert at the White House to honor Queen Elizabeth II and who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, performs a headlining concert at Benaroya Hall.
Carly Rae Jepsen
“I feel like Carly Rae Jepsen would be a great friend to have a heart to heart with. Last summer’s brilliant (and brilliantly titled) album E•MO•TION is filled with the kind of simple, vulnerable platitudes about love that, when surrounded by warm ’80s pop production and sung in Jepsen’s cotton-candy croon feel like earnest romantic revelations.” -Robin Edwards
