For nine years, James Harris has run one of the best galleries in
town in a dinky little space (albeit with great Old World ceiling
tiles). Tonight is the grand opening of his new space that’s double
the size, just a block away. For the inaugural show: the tried and true
(video master Gary Hill, who lives in Seattle but is an
international star) and the young and fresh (Seattle-based Margot
Quan Knight). This is, undoubtedly, an event. (James
Harris Gallery, 312 Second Ave S, 903-6220. 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...