Christian French was a simple artist-in-residence for Sound Transit when he was exposed to dangerous levels of bureaucratic radiation. Now he wanders Seattle city buses, on a mission to save the world from banality, wearing yellow Spandex. He catalogs his conquests and disappointments as a lone man in the business of salvation with photos, comics, even the Transitman costume itself. (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...