Do I look like Miss Cleo? I can’t tell you in advance what’s going to rule and what’s going to disappoint at First Thursday, but I can tell you what’s worth seeing for yourself: stormy, Whistleresque paintings by Darren Waterston and hard-edged, thinky photos by Chris Engman at Greg Kucera. Teeny buildings made of glazed vitreous clay by Timea Tihanyi at Linda Hodges. Video/photo artist David Kennedy at Gallery4Culture. Thuy-Van Vu at G. Gibson. Allyce Wood at SOIL. Ries Niemi at PUNCH. Get on out there now. (Pioneer Square, various venues, firstthursdayseattle.com, 6–8 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...