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SunBreak On the List: Mr. & Ms. Gothic Seattle, Magma fest, p-patch tool shed forum (+47 more)

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It’s March. Mardi Gras. Carnivale. Only three more months until spring. Because Seattle summer starts in July. Get it? Ha ha. Ha. Ha. Sad. Here’s what’s going on this week on Hill and beyond. Have something to add? Let us know on the CHS Calendar or send mail. For more coverage of the arts, etc. in Seattle, check out TheSunBreak.com.

 Bonus! Wednesday night CHS happy hour at Bimbos. 5-7 PM

Wednesday, March 2nd

  • Greg Araki’s latest longing look at the young and pansexual takes a comedic druggy turn in the apocalyptic, paranoiac, and borderline bonkers Kaboom @ NWFF

Thursday, March 3rd

Friday, March 4th

Gothic Pride Seattle cordially invites you to an evening of dancing, prizes & pageantry as we present the annual infamous Mr & Ms Gothic Seattle Pageant!

 

Be there as the drama unfolds!

Proceeds raised by the Gothic Seattle Pageant Benefit The 10th annual Gothic Pride Seattle Pride Day Float! (6/26/11)

PRIZES PROVIDED BY OUR FABULOUS SPONSORS!

EDGE OF THE CIRCLE BOOKS

METRO CLOTHING

GARGOYLES STATUARY

Saturday, March 5th

Sunday, March 6th

Monday, March 7th

  • The big Morrissey-esque sounds of The Dears are sure to fill up @ Crocodile
  • Learn all about bees (and the people who love them) in documentary Queen of the Sun @ Northwest Film Forum
  • James Billmaier, founding partner of Charge Northwest and author of Jolt!, talks about who’ll be first against the wall come the electric vehicle revolution @ Town Hall
  • Oh yes, it’s “retro-futuristic steam-punk thriller” Zenith @ Grand Illusion
  • Howell Collective P-Patch Tool Shed Forum

Tuesday, March 8th

  • Crystal Castles were too popular to be contained by the Original Flavor Showbox, and now they’ve sold out its big cavernous brother too @ SoDo
  • Blogosphere vets Tapes N’ Tapes have a new album and buzz band Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr is touring off their upcoming debut LP @ Crocodile
  • Michael Showalter brings the comedy on his Mister Funnypants tour @ the Triple Door
  • It’s Salon of Shame #33 @ Theatre Off Jackson

SunBreak On the List: Century Ballroom birthday, new media drama, Rawk Paper Scissors (+41 more)

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Neither rain, Nor sleet, nor gloom of night. It may be frrrrreezing but there’s plenty to do. Take the On the List oath and get out there. Have an event we missed? [email protected] or add it to the CHS Calendar.

Don’t forget Saturday’s Walk for Choice Rally at Broadway and Pine.

Wednesday, February 23rd

Thursday, February 24th

  • Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Zoe Sundra plays her first Seattle show in Georgetown @ MIX Lounge
  • Unanswerable question: Man or Astro-Man? @ the Croc
  • Gee whiz, Officer Krupke, it’s just a West Side Story sing-along @ Central Cinema
  • Otto Preminger’s Bonjour Tristesse (with Deborah Kerr, David Niven, and Jean Seberg) screens @ SAM

Friday, February 25th

Saturday, February 26th

It’s hard to believe, but it’s time to celebrate our 14th Anniversary!

Help us celebrate 14 years of memories & dreams come true.  We could never have done it without your support, so whether you are new to Century or have been here since the beginning, please stop by & say hello.  Celebrate the past & the future with us!!

Sunday, February 27th

  • Oscar Brunch at Linda’s
  • Watch the Oscars amongst film people for free (with purchase of $10 food coupon) @ Central Cinema or with Theo chocolates and drink specials @ the Bottleneck
  • Wild Nothing and Abe Vigoda could be your Oscar afterparty @ Vera Project
  • National Geographic presents wildlife photographer Joel Sartore discussing animal migrations (also Monday) @ Benaroya Hall
  • “Ana Whim’s Mutant Freak,” a variety show with stand up comedy, videos, sketch comedy, and musical comedy elements, blows your mind @ the Can Can
  • Foodies, the Seattle Food & Wine Experience is just sitting there @ the Exhibition Hall

Monday, February 28th

  • It’s another National Theatre Live production, this time King Lear @ SIFF Cinema
  • Tim Johnson discusses his book Tragedy in Crimson: How the Dalai Lama Conquered the World but Lost the Battle with China @ UW Johnson Hall
  • Swedish pop collective the Concretes have a new lead singer to say something new @ Neumo’s
  • Nancy Pearl just claimed another award (“Librarian of the Year”) and also released a travel-friendly Book Lust last October. Toast her with free wine and stick around for a talk @ Elliott Bay

Tuesday, March 1st

  • FREE short stacks of pancakes all day, thanks to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals celebrating National Pancake Day @ your local IHOP
  • Baths’ blunted maximalism and Braids’ smart spacey minimalism make for a peanut butter-and-chocolate perfect post-rock night @ Chop Suey
  • Film historian and archivist Dennis Nyback screens a selection of shorts in “Subversive Animation” @ the Grand Illusion
  • Lisa Dank (with Kevin Kauer), Fly Moon Royalty, Secret Shoppers, Pearl of Champagne Champagne, Metal Chocolates, and Blue Eyed Soul @ the Comet Tavern
  • TechFlash meetup, techies @ Belltown’s Spitfire
  • Vocalist Janiva Magness sings from her new album The Devil is an Angel Too @ Jazz Alley
  • Havana adds a trivia night.

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

SunBreak On the List — February 2-8: Deathcake tasting, World Nutella Day + 46 more things to do

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What did we forget? Let us know at [email protected] or in the comments. We’re also giving away tickets to the Seattle Children’s Film Festival below.

Wednesday, February 2nd

Thursday, February 3rd

Friday, February 4th

Casper Babypants plays last week’s Children’s Film Festival opening party @ NWFF

Saturday, February 5th

  • The Sci-fi on Blu-ray series brings Serenity and Starship Troopers @ SIFF Cinema
  • Grand Hallway pop orchestras it up with Birds & Batteries @ Chop Suey
  • Indie rockers Mal de Mer celebrate their debut 7″ release @ the Sunset Tavern
  • Buñuel and Dali’s L’Age d’or will freak your shit out @ the Grand Illusion
  • Nouveau cabaret exponents the Can Can Castaways present their newest, SHOW PONY @ the Can Can
  • Kids! Caspar Babypants plays @ the Mount Baker Clubhouse
  • Simple Measures performs the music of Significant Others (Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, and more) @ Kenyon Hall
  • Tamale-making classes @ El Centro de la Raza
  • My Bloody Valentine Goth Bacon Strip Show at Re-bar

  • CHS + NWFF Giveaway!Leave a comment or chime in via @jseattle and tell us the name of your favorite princess. Ever. Winner gets a family 4-pack to see A Little Princess Saturday at Northwest Film Forum’s Seattle Children’s Film Festival. Answers due by Thursday midnight Capitol Hill Standard Time.

    Feb 5 at 3 and 7pm
    A Little Princess with Live Score!
    Marshall Nielan, USA, 1917, 62 min

    This first film version of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved children’s novel stars America’s Sweetheart, Mary Pickford. Our festival presentation will boast a lovely new score performed live by Leslie McMichael on Celtic, electric and concert harps.

    $35 for a family of four, individual tickets $8 members/$10 general admission.
    Ages 7 and older. Parental guidance is suggested due to melodramatic scenes depicting danger and violence.

  • Molly Moon’s hosts International Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day:

    This February 5th, start your day off on a sweet note! In honor of International Eat Ice Cream for Breakfast Day, we’ll be hosting breakfast at both our Wallingford and Capitol Hill locations. Stop in between 9AM and 2PM for a homemade waffle or hot bowl of oatmeal served with a scoop of ice cream and an array of delicious toppings like fruit, nuts, candied ginger, and chocolate chunks!

Sunday, February 6th

  • World Nutella Day 2K!! at Faire Gallery
  • Skip the Super Bowl for Showtunes: The Music of Irving Berlin @ the Moore
  • The Most Awesome Variety Show Ever features comedy stunt man Matt Baker, three Guinness World Record holders, and “another person” @ the Rendezvous Jewelbox Theater
  • You can watch the Super Bowl at a bajillion places, but there’s only one serving authentic Wisconsin Leinenkugel’s (for just $3.50) @ the Bottleneck
  • I sincerely doubt the wisdom of a festival launch party the night of the Super Bowl. But if you want the first word of who’s playing Sasquatch this year and/or see The Thermals, Das Racist, Mad Rad, DJ Darwin, and comedian Todd Barry, head to Verizon Wireless store locations (6th & Olive, Northgate Mall, and Bellevue Square Mall) on Thursday for your free Sasquatch launch party tickets @ Showbox 
  • Naked Girls Reading: Love Stinks! w/ Belle Cozette in the Odd Fellows

Monday, February 7th

  • Mount Eerie (Phil Elverum) and Seattle Symphony’s Odeon Quartet converse musically and verbally about “cold landscapes” and indie music’s embrace of chamber styles and sensibilities @ the Sorrento
  • Alien and Aliens burst out of your stomach onto the big screen @ Central Cinema
  • There’s another night of National Theater Live with Fela! @ SIFF Cinema
  • Experimental musicians wire Tokyo for sound for you in We Don’t Care About Music Anyway @ the Northwest Film Forum

Tuesday, February 8th

  • Karaoke butt-rock musical Rock of Ages opens (through the 13th) @ the Paramount
  • Take a tour of “Ming Wong: Life of Imitation” and then stay for tea @ the Frye Art Museum
  • Nell Irvin Painter, author of The History of White People, talks @ Benaroya Hall

The SunBreak On the List January 27-February 1: QYS rummage sale, kid’s film fest + 31 more

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Here’s the week ahead in Capitol Hill (and beyond!) things to do. Hill highlights include SPD police chief at Seattle U Thursday night, Friday family story hour and Queer Youth Space’s annual rummage sale on Saturday. Details below.

Thursday, January 27th

  • OOPS! Almost forgot… UPDATE: 1 Year Anniversary Party at the Unicorn.
  • Pepper Rabbit & Ra Ra Riot @ Neumo’s
  • Happy Birthday, Mozart! Byron Schenkman and friends (soprano Linda Tsatsanis, violinist Ingrid Matthews, cellist Nathan Whittaker, and pianist Rachel Matthews) celebrate chamber Mozart @ Town Hall
  • Arias from Aida to Turandot: Soloists and the Seattle Symphony Chorale present the “Opera Highlights Festival, Part 1” @ Benaroya Hall
  • SPD Chief John Diaz at January’s East Precinct Crime Prevention Coalition meeting. Seattle U. 6p

Friday, January 28th

  • Eric Elbogen is releasing a new album as Say Hi; with support from local pop charmers the Globes & Cataldo @ Neumo’s
  • SOLD OUT: Interpol, post-Carlos D, tours behind their forthcoming album with help from School of Seven Bells @ Showbox SoDo
  • Karl Blau, the Pica Beats, & the Soft Hills @ the Sunset Tavern
  • Missed Baaria at the opening of the Venice Film Festival? This expensive Italian film about a tough kid who grows up to be a communist run sthrough Feb. 3 @ SIFF Cinema
  • The Seattle Children’s Film Festival kicks off tonight and runs through February 6th with all sorts of family-friendly fare @ NWFF
  • The amazing young violinist Marié Rossano joins the Lake Union Civic Orchestra for “Bruch and Bruckner” @ Town Hall
  • Seattle Modern Orchestra goes “Strictly Strings” (Vivier, Xenakis, Adams) @ Cornish’s PONCHO Hall
  • Seattle Dance Project’s “Project 4” features the works of female choreographers @ the Erickson Theater Off Broadway

Jacque Tati’s “My Uncle”

Saturday, January 29th

Sunday, January 30th

  • Pike Brewing invites you to the Annual Old Bawdy Vertical Tasting (vintages from 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010) @ the Pike Pub & Brewery’s Museum Room
  • Even if you haven’t moved past Jawbreaker and Jets to Brazil, Blake Schwarzenbach has, in the form of his new band Forgetters @ Vera Project
  • Enjoy some of the best shorts from this year’s Science Fiction and Fantasy film festival during their encore screening @ SIFF Cinema
  • Superviolinist Itzhak Perlman plays Mendelssohn (and Dvorak’s 8th) with the Seattle Symphony @ Benaroya Hall
  • This would be a good time to catch the new 35mm print of African Queen (through Feb. 3) @ the Grand Illusion

Monday, January 31st

  • Women in Film presents Jane Campion’s Bright Star (the one about John Keats and Fanny Brawne) @ Central Cinema
  • The latest Foodportunity networking event features celebrity cookbook author Kristine Kidd @ Tom Douglas’ Palace Ballroom

Tuesday, February 1st

  • Tennis, a married duo from Denver spent half a year on a boat and came out of the experience with a fuzzy rock record instead of a divorce, see them on dry land @ the Croc
  • I Was a Fat Kid…I Was a Really Fat Kid!, the solo show from Portland’s Nathaniel Boggess opens @ Annex Theatre

The SunBreak On the List: January 19-25 — Hill History Cafe + 40 more things to do this week

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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.

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

Friday, January 21st

Saturday, January 22nd

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

The SunBreak On the List: January 12-18 — ice cream for Haiti, art walk, MLK

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Below, your weekly delivery of cross-Seattle goodness. But first, a few highlights from the CHS Calendar. You know you can add your events to the calendar for free, no? Yes! Also, Seahawks play on Sunday. Where you watching the game? What game? Don’t worry about it.

More from Capitol Hill and beyond:

Wednesday, January 12th

  • It’s a veritable cavalcade of local pop bands with Let’s Get Lost, Kay Kay and His Weathered Underground, Exohxo, and Ravenna Woods @ Neumo’s
  • Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of the Emperor of All Maladies (among the New York Times‘ “5 best nonfiction books of 2010“), talks cancer history @ Town Hall (Great Hall)
  • CANCELED: Eric Alterman explains that liberals will continue to be disappointed in Obama until we have more civic engagement @ Town Hall (downstairs)

Thursday, January 13th

  • Friends of Emmet rock to raise suicide prevention awareness @ Tacoma Community College Student Center, while Kris Orlowski, Passenger String Quartet, and Star Anna raise money for Climate Solutions @ Triple Door
  • First of two nights of 1928 black-and-white F.W. Murnau classic Sunrise with live score by cellist Lori Goldston @ NWFF
  • Otto Preminger’s Daisy Kenyon gets a screening @ SAM
  • It’s Blitz @ Capitol Hill Arts Walk
  • Polish director Radoslaw Rychcik’s stunning plat-cum-punk-concert In the Solitude of the Cotton Fields @ On the Boards
  • Artifakt Art brings street art and music to Cap Hill for first Thursday @ The Loft
  • “Jan Steen is a hoot” is the terrific title of a talk by Rebecca Albiani on the Dutch painter @ the Frye Art Museum
  • Almost Female: A Jockette’s Awesome Journey opens @ Upstage Theater

Meanwhile, Flickr superuser Chris Blakely brought in the New Year with Orkestar Zirkonium. Jealous?

Friday, January 14th

  • SIFF is back from winter vacation with Soderbergh-directed Spalding Gray doc And Everything is Going Fine @ SIFF Cinema
  • Sound on the Sound’s 4th annual birthday bash with pseudonymous The Allman Butters, super cover group The Petty Party, Pickwick, and Kelli Schaefer @ the Blue Moon
  • More local rock, just not in birthday format when the Quiet Ones & Skeletons with Flesh On Them play @ the Croc
  • Weekend 2 of 14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival @ ACT Theatre
  • Ghost Light Theatricals’ Metamorphosis opens @ the Ballard Underground
  • Crooked, a 2004 Edinburgh Fringe Festival favorite about a teenage misfit, opens @ Theater Schmeater
  • No Snowflake in an Avalanche is a world premiere @ TPS Theatre
  • Olivier Wevers’ modern dance company Whim W’Him presents “Shadows, Raincoats & Monsters” @ the Intiman Theatre
  • “Celebrate Asia!” showcases Eastern classical music–Carolyn Kuan, conductor; Sumi Jo, soprano; James Sun, host–with a performance @ Benaroya Hall

Saturday, January 15th

Sunday, January 16th

  • The Bushwick Book Club presents A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court @ Can Can

Monday, January 17th

  • Bad Movie Art celebrates their one year anniversary with Moving Target @ Central Cinema
  • In the mood for a Japanese apocalypse? Perhaps now would be a good time see that Evangelion 1.0 movie @ the Grand Illusion

Tuesday, January 18th

  • Celebrate Pearl Jam’s Live on Ten Legs release on the West Side, sipping cocktails—like the Earl Jam, natch—and hanging with Ten Club and Easy Street folks @ Feedback Lounge
  • Four of your fellow citizens present mini-reports on findings interest during “Report Night” @ Town Hall
  • Seattle jazz combo The Right Wolf–featuring our own Jason Parker!–has a no-cover set @ the Triple Door
  • The wincing, laugh-filled Salon of Shame presents installment #32, upstairs @ the Theatre Off Jackson

The SunBreak On the List: January 6-11 — Capitol Hill Red, School of Rock

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It’s once again time for our weekly installment of good things to go out and do around Seattle. You an also always find an interesting mix of Capitol Hill (and nearby) events on the CHS Calendar. This weekend’s calendar highlights:

Thursday, January 6

  • Kids from the (real) School of Rock culminate their season of education by covering their Northwest favorites (with special guests) in support of their new album and to benefit Teen Feed @ Neumo’s
  • Vince Mira (along with the Heavenly Spies) channels Elvis for the first of two nights @ the Triple Door
  • A screening of Laura kicks off SAM’s Otto Preminger retrospective @ SAM’s Plestcheeff Auditorium
  • Violinist Gil Shaham appears with the Symphony (two from Bright Sheng, a Bartók, a Borodin) tonight and Saturday @ Benaroya Hall

“Elvis Priestly” is none other than SunBreak Flickr user Paul Swortz.

Friday, January 7

  • Celebrate Elvis’s birthday with a tribute @ the Tractor Tavern
  • For their annual showcase, employees of Neumo’s take the stage instead of guarding the doors, running the sound, and serving your drinks @ Neumo’s
  • A new 35 mm print of Godard’s Every Man For Himself (through Wednesday) @ NWFF
  • The Nordic Heritage Museum presents a weekend festival (through Sunday) of films from Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway. Entries include themed packages of shorts, narratives, and a free screening of a documentary about wildly successful, mysteriously dead author Stieg Larsson @ SIFF Cinema
  • Our friends at Sound on the Sound present a showcase of Northwest singer-songwriters with Damien Jurado, Widower, and Tony Kevin Jr @ Columbia City Theater
  • Lang Lang iz in ur piano playin’ ur Beethoven @ Benaroya Hall

Saturday, January 8

  • Hannah Levin hosts a benefit for KEXP’s Audioasis with Kay Kay and the Weathered Underground @ the Sunset Tavern
  • Toy-Box Trio plays light-hearted classical music for the children @ Town Hall
  • Or take the kiddos to see Eric Ode @ Northgate Community Center
  • The Sprocket Society’s legendary Secret Matinee series returns @ the Grand Illusion
  • Comic book nerds, stop by in the evening for a showing of Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods (through Jan. 13) @ the Grand Illusion

Sunday, January 9

  • For one final day (and two shows), Grease is the word @ the Paramount
  • Seattle Opera presents a free preview lecture of The Barber of Seville @ the Frye Art Museum

Monday, January 10

  • Watch Hamlet performed live by the National Theatre without flying to London @ SIFF Cinema
  • Nearly as classy: publicly heckle the terribleness that is Street Fighter when your snarky texts appear onscreen @ Central Cinema
  • Joseph Adam puts the massive organ through its paces (Alain, Duruflé, Vierne) @ Benaroya Hall

Tuesday, January 11

  • It’s the first of six days of Tony Award-winning Harlem Renaissance musical Ain’t Misbehavin’ @ Jazz Alley
  • The Round‘s 68th edition features Matt Bishop from Hey Marseilles, Kelli Schafer, an improv band, slam poetry, and more @ Fremont Abbey
  • Sufjan’s labelmate Liz Janes plays posh Volunteer Park digs @ Shafer Baillie Mansion

The SunBreak On the List: December 30-January 4 — Pie, movie shoot, Cap Hill NYE

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Here’s a rundown of things to do on Capitol Hill and beyond this week with a few reminders of Hill highlights up top. Happy New Year.

Here’s the weekly roster for the Hill and beyond:

Thursday, December 30th

  • Thanks to mean old Mr. Potter, it’s the last night for It’s a Wonderful Life @ the Grand Illusion
  • Tiny Furniture closes its tiny mumblecore run @ Central Cinema
  • The first of two sold-out Neurosis shows, this one with support from Wolves in the Throne Room and Black Breath @ Neumo’s
  • Attention Vince Mira fans! He’s @ the Can Can

Friday, December 31st

  • Take in a Columbia City New Year’s with a 21+ show, starring Dyme Def, Hounds of the Wild Hunt, Night Train, and more @ Columbia City Theater
  • Or head out to see up-and-coming singer-songwriter Lissie, along with Tyrone Wells and Kristen Ward @ Snoqualmie Casino
  • What about a New Year’s Eve Bash with Three Dog Night @ Emerald Queen Casino
  • And while Neurosis is all sold out @ Neumo’s, don’t forget about the Reverend Horton Heat @ El Corazon and X @ the Moore
  • Fresh Espresso and Head Like A Kite ring in the new year with a “big ball drop” @ the Crocodile
  • It’s Seattle Symphony’s New Year’s Eve concert, countdown, and celebration @ Benaroya Hall
  • Comeback’s “xtraordinary nite of Glamour, Fierceness, Realness, and Shade!” (what?) emceed by Ade with music from Colby B, Porq, and Freddy King of Pants at XTRAVAGANZA @ Chop Suey
  • The Dusty 45s will kick New Year’s skinny ass @ the Triple Door
  • Speaking of asses, dance yours off at the Footloose dance party @ Central Cinema
  • Looking for a crowd? 3,000 are expected at Indulgence 2011 @ EMP
  • Over in Bellevue, the Seattle Choral Co. rocks out with Carmina Burana @ the Meydenbauer Center
  • If you want a good view, there’s also a New Year’s Eve Bash @ the Columbia Tower
  • “Bling in the New Year” with the burlesque hits of the Can Can Castaways and the Heavenly Spies @ the Can Can
  • Teatro Zinzanni has a special night all lined up @ their tent

Saturday, January 1st

  • Cover your eyes or wear sunglasses: It’s the Ninth Annual Polar Bear Plunge @ Matthews Beach
  • Noah “You heard my song on One Tree Hill“? Gunderson and the Courage play @ the Triple Door
  • The first of two days of the  Sound of Music sing-a-long @ the 5th Avenue Theater

Sunday, January 2nd

  • The Seattle Baroque Orchestra and Early Music Guild celebrate the new year with an afternoon of Vivaldi @ Town Hall
  • Last day to catch the Implied Violence and “Seance” exhibits @ the Frye Art Museum
  • Salt of the Sea, starring Brooklyn-raised, third-generation Palestinian refugee and Tony Award-winning slam poet Suheir Hammad, screens (through Jan. 6) @ Grand Illusion

Monday, January 3rd

Tuesday, January 4th

The SunBreak On the List: December 22-28

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All is calm, all is bright. Want some chow?  Big Mario’s, Canterbury and some others want to feed you. Happy holidays.

Wednesday, December 22nd

  • Wear your tuque to A Very Alan Thickemas @ Central Cinema
  • Or spend a Charlie Brown Christmas with jazz pianist David Benoit @ Benaroya Hall
  • With drinks, costumes, and DJs, it’s the second annual Christmas party @ Moe Bar
  • Catch a free (with RSVP) Unnatural Helpers/The Intelligence show @ the Crocodile
  • Get spiritually transcendent at the David Lanz Winter Solstice Concert featuring The Liverpool Trio (also Thursday) @ Jazz Alley
  • Faire Gallery hosts a Santa Baby party with hot buttered rum, singing and a DJ. Starts at 8p.

Thursday, December 23rd

 

 

Friday, December 24th

  • On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, along with the 6 and 8:30 p.m. screenings, there’s an additional 3:30 p.m. showing of It’s a Wonderful Life (running through the 30th) @ the Grand Illusion
  • David Wojnarowicz’s A Fire in My Belly is the film “they” don’t want you to see (through Dec. 31, except Xmas) @ Seattle Art Museum
  • The Peter Daniel Quartet plays original jazz, no cover @ Lucid Lounge
  • Last Burlesque Nutcracker @ the Triple Door

Saturday, December 25th

Sunday, December 26th

  • The Bobs After Christmas holiday show @ the Triple Door
  • Earshot Jazz presents their annual concert featuring the sacred music of Duke Ellington @ Town Hall
  • Last chance to catch Black Nativity @ the Moore Theatre

Monday, December 27th

Tuesday, December 28th

For the holidays, animals at Woodland Park Zoo will be treated to evergreens decked in ornamental fruit or other winter-themed goodies. Photo credit: Dennis Dow/Woodland Park Zoo