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You like to do things. We like to tell you what to do. Match made in heaven. Capitol Hill events and across-Seattle highlights, below, including a chance to talk Hill history with MOHAI Thursday night:

Thursday January 20th, 7 to 8 p.m., Roy Street Coffee & Tea, 700 Broadway Ave E

MOHAI, KCTS 9, Seattle Public Library and HistoryLink invite history enthusiasts to join us on the 3rd Thursday of each month at Roy Street Coffee & Tea on Capitol Hill for lively conversation and special guest presentations. Each month we’ll explore a different topic and give you the chance to share what you know while learning from experts, friends, and neighbors. Grab a cup of coffee – or glass of wine – and discover the past!

This month, take a closer look at the history of one of Seattle’s most colorful neighborhoods – Capitol Hill. Find out about the area’s early developers, residents, and businesses. Then join a conversation about what continues to make Capitol Hill unique today. Tips on how to research your own ‘hood will also be provided.

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Wednesday, January 19th

• Crocodiles aptly play @ the Croc
• The Academy of Burlesque introduces the curious to the “Art of the Tease,” a 2-hour workshop @ HaLo (500 E. Pike)
• Children of the Rain: A Night of Seattle Stories is a six-monologuist benefit show (Matt Smith, David Schmader, Keira McDonald, Troy Mink, Tina Rowley, Suzanne Morrison) @ Theatre Off Jackson
• The film Craneway Event (shot in the craneway of an abandoned Ford car factory overlooking San Francisco Bay) is a glimpse of choreographer Merce Cunningham’s art @ NWFF

Thursday, January 20th

•  Umpqua Bank celebrates its grand opening on Broadway with a party featuring locals Poco Wine Room and Poppy.
• The Capitol Hill Community Council meets for its January session.
• Check out Low Vs Diamond lead singer Lucas Field trying out new solo material in his weekly January and February Thursday residency @ the Laadla Bar
• The FRED Wildlife Refuge opens with “Stay-Cation,” a collaboration by artists Jason Wood and Sean M. Johnson @ FRED Wildlife Refuge
• Celtic singer Colleen Raney holds a CD release party for her second album, Lark @ the Fremont Abbey
• The Women’s Funding Alliance presents the panel discussion “In Our Own Backyard: A Closer Look at the Sex Trafficking of Local Girls” @ Town Hall
• Jeff Huston’s abandonedsystems @ Project Space Available
• INCONCEIVABLE! Wallace Shawn is interviewed by Sean Nelson @ the Sorrento
• Otto Premingerfest! continues with Where the Sidewalk Ends @ SAM
• Spidermann, a musical opening and closing before Julie Taymor’s Broadway monstrosity even opens @ the Satori Group’s Loft

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Friday, January 21st

• Seattle City Council member Jean Godden is at Hamlin Robinson School for Family Story Time.
• “Architecture 101: Windows on Seattle Style” is a 2-hour walking tour that starts @ SAF Gallery
• Hide your kids, hide your wife. Crispin Hellion Glover is in town for four nights, screening films and giving his trademark crazy slideshow @ NWFF
• The Thermals whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh @ Neumo’s
• David Mamet’s November @ New City Theatre
• The Bridge Project @ Velocity Dance Center
• Sage and Sons of Mothers @ Chop Suey
• It’s Steve Zakuani’s Birthday Bash @ the Vera Project
• John Beebe, MD is a Jungian, so he’s qualified to talk about trauma and creativity @ the Good Shepherd Center

Saturday, January 22nd

• Video Games Live is back for a Bonus Round @ the Paramount
• Yes, the Official Twilight Saga Fan Convention @ the Westin
• Friend of the SunBreak music writer Chris Burlingame celebrates his birthday with Viper Creek Club, Tea Cozies, Katie Kate, and Concurs d’Elegance @ Columbia City Theater
• It’s the 2nd Annual Belgianfest (beers, not people) @ The Work Shop at Warren G. Magnuson Park
• The sex-positive Steampunk Exhibition Ball puts the exhibition back in…everything, really @ 2700 24th Ave E
• Ming Wong: LIFE OF IMITATION, by the Berlin-based Singaporean artist Ming Wong, opens @ the Frye Art Museum

Sunday, January 23rd

• Accordi-O-Rama IV takes the squeezebox to new heights @ Town Hall
• Japanese samurai horror classic Kuroneku @ SIFF Cinema
• If you saw last week’s screening of Evangelion 1.0 (You Are Not Alone), be sure to catch Evangelion 2.0: (You Can (Not) Advance) @ the Grand Illusion
• The show-and-tell variety show “Weird and Awesome with Emmett Montgomery” returns @ the Annex
• Wong Kar-wai’s beautiful In the Mood for Love screens @ the Frye Art Museum

Monday, January 24th

• Enemies of the People ruminates on the nature of good and evil in the shadow of the Killing Fields @ NWFF
• Old 97’s and Langhorne Slim bring alt-Americana @ Showbox at the Market
• Drinking Lessons No. 17 is “Vodka…Blind,” hosted by Liberty’s Andrew Friedman @ the Sorrento’s Fireside Room

Tuesday, January 25th

• So Percussion gets drummy @ Town Hall
• I’ve been dying to see The Postelles even before they played the show where a bird shat in Kings of Leon’s mouth. The NYC pop-rock quartet make taut, tight tunes about girls and the city, and their Albert Hammond Jr.-produced debut has just a hint of the old Strokes swagger. They open for Free Energy @ the Croc
• Play around with MovieCat at the interactive movie trivia night @ Central Cinema