WEDNESDAY 7/21
Eroyn Franklin
Franklin's scenes from the NWDC.
Kurumi Conley
Craft seating in Bellevue.
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Visual Arts: Limbo Land
Based on the oral histories of two illegal immigrants, Many Uch and Gabriela Cubillos, both incarcerated in local facilities, the journalistic show Detained comprises long excerpts of a forthcoming graphic novel by Seattle cartoonist Eroyn Franklin. And we mean long: Two intricate pen-and-ink panels, with rough blue-pencil guidelines still in place, run some 50 feet around the gallery walls. The separate stories are mini-epics read from left to right, studded with dialogue bubbles, covering months of captivity and legal appeals. Franklin conducted field interviews with reporters from the Common Language Project, visiting the notorious Northwest Detention Center near Tacoma, a for-profit facility that warehouses federal detainees before processing and deportation. (In some cases, as SW has reported, U.S. citizens have also been locked up; inadequate medical care, lack of due process, and physical abuse have also been charged.) Franklin illustrates how the Mexican-born Cubillos, for instance, was stopped for a broken taillight on her car, then spent six weeks in NWDC limbo, unsure if she'd ever see her kids again. (Through July 30.) Gallery4Culture, 101 Prefontaine Pl. S. (Tashiro Kaplan Building), 296-7580, 4culture.org. Free. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. BRIAN MILLER
THURSDAY 7/22
Books: Cheap at All Costs
A rigorous family budget is optional in Jeff Yeager's financial plan. So is underwear. In The Cheapskate Next Door (Broadway, $12.99), Yeager eschews conventional economic planning for a detail-oriented approach that includes tips like checking vending machines for forgotten change (allegedly a source of $100 a year) and being buried in a cardboard casket. (This saves up to $1,000, though only once.) Yeager claims his methods can cut spending by $25,000 a year or more. Tonight's event is worth attending just to see the other misers who show up. Among Yeager's "Americans living happily below their means" are a woman who saves used Q-tips for detailing her car and a man who cleans his own septic tank. One of Yeager's own siblings suggests going panties-free during the summer months to save on laundry. (Um, eew?) But lest you be too skeeved out, Yeager does draw the line somewhere—he calls one man "Grinch-like" for bringing dead lightbulbs on business trips to swap them for working ones at hotels. Ravenna Third Place Books, 6500 20th Ave. N.E., 523-0210, ravennathirdplace.com. Free. 7 p.m. REBECCA COHEN
Sports: The Tour de Magnuson
How are we to separate Cyclefest/BikeMania, bound together like Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador? BikeMania is the kid-oriented portion of today's velo-celebration, with a BMX stunt demo, a treasure hunt, supervised riding, and a pee-wee parade. Cyclefest is the beer-fueled, outdoor Tour de France viewing party that begins around dusk. Today's Stage 17, which tops out on the Col du Tourmalet, will be rebroadcast from Versus. (So if you already know the morning results, STFU about it.) Luxembourg's Schleck needs to gain more time on Contador before Saturday's time trial, when the Spaniard will likely beat him by a minute or more. Meanwhile, his GC hopes dashed by crashes and bonking back on Stage 8, seven-time champ Lance Armstrong may be seeking one last stage win on his farewell Tour. Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way N.E., cascade.org. Free. 4–11 p.m. BRIAN MILLER
FRIDAY 7/23
Arts & Crafts: Meet the Makers
These days, it seems as if everyone is a self-proclaimed artist or artist in the making. But who's any good? One indication is the selection made by BAM for its 64th annual artsfair, which will feature 300-plus Northwest artists exhibiting and vending their jewelry, sculptures, and paintings. Among them is Seattle's Matthew Allison, whose portfolio includes earthy ceramic vessels that evoke the natural beauty of the Northwest. One piece is covered in rainy drizzles of white paint; another brings to mind a craggy mountainside. Even if you're just looking for inspiration (or sizing up your competition), activities abound for all ages: glassblowing demonstrations, hands-on art projects for the kids, music, and a giant chalk mural created over the weekend by Brian Major. Plus there'll be food and a stage offering short dance and theater pieces. (Museum admission is also free during the fest, which continues through Sunday.) Bellevue Arts Museum (and Bellevue Square), 510 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue, 425-519-0770, bellevuearts.org. Free. 9:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m. CELINA KAREIVA
Film: Grunge Elegies
Back in 1996, Doug Pray's raucous, lively grunge documentary Hype! won the Golden Space Needle Award at SIFF. Fourteen years later, we can appreciate that moment as a pinnacle in Seattle music history. Many of the local bands portrayed—Nirvana, the Gits, 7 Year Bitch—are gone. Some persist (Mudhoney, the Melvins), and the status of others is uncertain (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden). Well-edited and containing an amazing array of concert footage, Hype! is celebratory yet skeptical; both the director and the musicians seem aware that something so suddenly inflated (i.e., grunge) is bound to burst. The movie begins In Your Face: Kurt Cobain Films (through Aug. 20), a companion series to SAM's ongoing "Kurt" show. On following Fridays are Kurt & Courtney, Kurt Cobain: About a Son, and Gus Van Sant's Last Days. Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., 654-3121, seattleartmuseum.org. $22–$25 (series), $7 (individual). 7:30 p.m. BRIAN MILLER
