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SunBreak On the List: Urban gardening, Gay City Library party, Linda’s turns 17 (+46 more)

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Here’s the latest look at things to do on Capitol Hill and beyond from the crew at TheSunBreak.com. Have something to add? Drop an item on the CHS Calendar or let us know at [email protected].

Wednesday, February 16th

  • Gang of Four, agitpunk heroes, all reunited just for you @ Showbox
  • Hope you got sleazy early, because Ke$ha is so sold out @ Showbox SoDo
  • Murder by Death and Builders and the Butchers @ Tractor
  • It’s the delightfully named Assdrop 4 (“massive whomps and wobbles”) @ the Baltic Room
  • Flamenco! featuring Vicente Griego, guitarist Juan Antonio Gomez, and dancers Adriana Maresma-Fois and Savannah Fuentes @ the Rendezvous Jewelbox Theater
  • Burlesque artists Whisper De Corvo, Madisun Avenue, Fosse Jack, and Scandal from Bohemia go “from reel to real” @ Columbia City Cinema
  • SECOND Design Review Meeting: 2200 E. Madison
  • Sustainable Capitol Hill: Urban Gardening
  • Linda’s turn 17

    • We’re celebrating with happy hour drink prices all night long, cheeseburger happy meals for $4.99 and an awesome lineup of DJs (Hankrock, DamagedGoods, PopTart and HotPocket, including Linda herself!) Help us usher in the bar’s last ‘illegal’ year!

Thursday, February 17th

Friday, February 18th

  • Family Friday Story Hour at Hamlin Robinson
  • The Decemberists take a victory lap after charting at #1 with the King is Dead @ the Paramount
  • Hop on the light rail with bourbon in mind: Feral Children headline Yuni in Taxco’s CD release party @ Columbia City Theater
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark plays back-to-back with an adolescent amateur shot-by-shot remake of the action classic (through Sunday) @ SIFF Cinema
  • Yep, it’s PUSAFest, and the first of three nights with Presidents of the USA @ Showbox
  • Brief encounters between artists of words and songs: Laura Love, Macklemore, Jason Dodson, and Matthew Simmons @ Hugo House
  • Stanley Kramer’s The Defiant Ones screens @ SAM
  • Afrodisiac presents the Erotic Poetry Show @ the Little Red Studio
  • Seattle U’s Professionals Without Boundaries (“sustainable service projects”) holds a fundraiser (“music, fun, food, and dancing” and raffles) @ St. Demetrios
  • The New New News: A Living Newspaper begins its South Seattle run @ South Seattle Community College

Saturday, February 19th

  • A benefit for Portland singer Drew Grow (post-car accident) with silent auction and a whole lotta local musicians, including members of the Maldives, the Moondoggies, and Campfire OK @ Columbia City Theater
  • In a bit of exceptional serendipity, Seattle Rock Orchestra performs Radiohead (or at least selections from The Bends and OK Computer) on the day that Radiohead release the digital edition of The King of Limbs @ the Moore

Sunday, February 20th

  • Valentine’s Day is over, but they’re still celebrating love every Sunday with dinner and jazz trumpeter Michel Navedo @ the Bourbon Bar
  • The third annual gourmet porkfest Cochon 555 @ the Westin
  • Arab music is celebrated with a six-piece ensemble @ Town Hall
  • Jonathan Coulton gets nerdy @ Triple Door
  • Winter nights call out for Russian chamber music, courtesy of the Seattle Violin Virtuosi and the Finisterra Piano Trio @ Benaroya Hall
  • Robert Horton introduces Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, an homage to Sirk’s All that Heaven Allows @ the Frye Art Museum
  • The End’s Concerts for a Cause benefits Youthcare @ the Tractor
  • Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School: Polly Wood models

Monday, February 21st

Tuesday, February 22nd

  • Josh Ritter croons with Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison @ Showbox SoDo
  • The bookstore’s drama club reads from Neil LaBute’s post-9/11 play The Mercy Seat @ Elliott Bay
  • Erin goes south of the border as the Chieftains visit northeast Mexico @ Benaroya Hall
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