Seattle artist Seth Friedman sculpts stones so that their surfaces make you curious, and their conversational titles make you laugh. But this show is Friedman’s pieces made out of the stones found in the backyard of the house where legendary Seattle artist/organizer James Washington Jr. once lived and worked (he bequeathed the house as a foundation for living artists like Friedman). At Ornamo, Friedman’s works are alongside installations of Washington’s belongings, including one of his protest letters hung above his actual bed. On the pillows is a television playing the Egyptian protests on Al Jazeera. Time, the world, and art collapse into one good cause. (Ornamo, 301 Occidental Ave S, 859-6492, 11 am–4 pm, free)

Jen Graves (The Stranger’s former arts critic) mostly writes about things you approach with your eyeballs. But she’s also a history nerd interested in anything that needs more talking about, from male...