Kylie Lewallen and Olivier Wevers’ feet in a shot from “Coquette,” Whim W’Him’s burlesque turn as part of the Triple Door’s Bastille Day show. Photo by La Via Photography.
Plus: Through July 17th, enjoy sweet sweet alcohol (or coffee) with part of the proceeds going to the Vera Project @ Drink for the Kids various drinking establishments around town.
Wednesday – July 14
- As the photo up top indicates, le sexy among you will enjoy “L’Edition Française” @ the Triple Door
- Adventure School presents a Bastille Day Fête @ Corson Building
- It’s Science! It’s Art! Author Rob Mitchell talks about the exciting new field of bioart @ Town Hall
- For a counter-Bastille Day event, Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube are @ the Paramount
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Thursday – July 15
- Cataldo (Eric Anderson and friends) play warm fuzzy pop songs suitable for campfires or picnics, some of which are about vampires. With Loch Lomond and Kyle Bradford @ the Crocodile
- FREE: Stanford University professor Gordon H. Chang talks about his book Asian American Art: A History (1850 – 1970), with Seattle writer Kazuko Nakane, artist Roger Shimomura, and writer/artist Alan Chong Lau @ Elliott Bay Book Co.
- Catch Singing in the Rain or an ’80s and ’90s music singalong @ Central Cinema
Friday – July 16
- The “From the Land of the Midnight Sun” film collection opens (and runs through the 18th), including Package Deals: Finland, the documentaries Helsinki Forever and The Living Room of the Nation, and Calamari Union @ the Northwest Film Forum
- The documentary Killing Kastner, about the Jewish-Hungarian journalist and lawyer who negotiated with Eichmann to save 1,600 Hungarian Jews and was later assassinated, opens (and runs through July 22) @ the Northwest Film Forum
Saturday – July 17
- Brite Futures (the recently rechristened Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head) headlines the Drink for the Kids closing night party @ Neumo’s
- How LOLworthy is it that the Gin Blossoms are playing the Vodka Rocks festival @ Snoqualmie Casino
- Seattle writer and cartoonist Monica Murphy Lemoine reads from her memoir on miscarriage, Knocked Up, Knocked Down @ Elliott Bay Book Co.
Sunday – July 18
- Fraternal harmonies meet upbeat infectious folkish rock when Avett Brothers & Thao with the Get Down Stay Down take the big stage @ the Paramount
Monday – July 19
- Australian novelist Kate Veitch reads from Trust @ Elliott Bay Book Co.
Tuesday – July 20
- This can be short: Neil Young @ the Paramount
- The SIFF/Remy Cointreau Speakeasy Series goes to Miami–Some Like It Hot and Second Honeymoon, shown with sound down and subtitles on, are accompanied by Brazil’s Eduardo Mendonça Trio @ the Triple Door
- Historian H.W. Brands talks about the U.S. since 1945 @ Town Hall
- But also, historian David Herlihy talks about his new book, The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance (in Turkey, as it turns out)@ Seattle Central Public Library
