In last spring’s show of graduating UW art students, Michael Simi
showed Beef Stew Monster, a stubby mechanical creature that
waddled menacingly after viewers. In a video, Fred Muram stuffed a
hamburger into his mouth with three hands. Now Simi and Muram have
teamed up as the Fire Retard Ants, whose short blog includes a long
account of a delicious burger. The show will probably involve
video, digital sculpture, and beef, but nobody’s sure. (SOIL, 112
Third Ave S, 264-8061. Noon–5 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...