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Bon Iver, AA Bondy, Night Canopy Neumos	Sat., August 30, 8:00pm	Madison Valley & Madison Park	Music
One of the more remarkable things about music is that even after you think you've heard something done to death, someone inevitably comes along and raises your hairs and sends shivers down your spine and moves your soul and makes you feel like you're hearing that thing for the very first time.... More >>

Captain Gravel, Montana Slim, Chris Brecht Conor Byrne's	Sat., August 30, 9:00pm	Ballard	Music
In a lazy drawl that sounds like a hybrid cross between Ryan Adams' soulful North Carolina slur and Bob Dylan's off-pitch, nasal mutterings, Austin songwriter Chris Brecht croons about trains, lost love and the nomadic life with the same passion and timeless appeal of greats from Woody Guthrie... More >>

Cougar Gridiron Classic Qwest Field	Sat., August 30, 12:30pm	SoDo	Sports
You’d think I’d be better versed in college football, given that I spent four years at a Pac-10 school. But truth be told, I’ve never really shown support for the Washington State Cougars, not even when I lived in Pullman, not since I moved to Seattle. At least not in the... More >>

Greg “Stainboy” Reinel Fisher Pavilion	Sat., August 30, 11:00am	Queen Anne	Art Exhibitions
Bumbershoot began in 1971 during the glory days of LPs and rock-show posters. In a sense, music was bigger back then, more of a visual medium. Now it’s something you view on the screen of your iPod. It’s a list to be managed, not something to study and handle while you give that new... More >>

Sheryl Crow, James Blunt Marymoor Park	Sat., August 30, 7:00pm	Redmond	Music
Sheryl Crow deserves a lot more respect than she gets. For one, she's a self-made artist, having booked to L.A. from St. Louis, where she was a schoolteacher, with a song and a prayer, slowly ascending to superstar status from the rank of lowly backup singer. For two, she makes songs that sound... More >>

1 Reel Film Festival: Made in Seattle SIFF Cinema	Daily from Sat., August 30 until Mon., September 1	Queen Anne	Local Film/Arthouse
Bumbershoot annually includes the 1 Reel Film Festival of shorts, which runs all three days this Labor Day weekend from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday at 2 p.m., notable among the various themed blocks of programming (“On the Edge,” “For the Ladies,” etc.), is the local package... More >>

Fremont Outdoor Movies Fremont Outdoor Cinema	Every week Saturday from Sat., July 26 until Sat., September 13, 7:30pm	Fremont	Local Film/Arthouse Family Events
During its early moments, Juno, Jason Reitman's second feature, threatens to choke on its quotation-marks catchphrases. But after a little while, the movie calms down and finds its center — no, its heart. Indeed, once it works its way through the snark, Juno gradually evolves into a thing... More >>

Isaac Layman: Photographs From Inside A Whale Lawrimore Project	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., July 17 until Sat., August 30	SoDo	Lectures Art Exhibitions
A peek into a medicine cabinet, a look into a dirty sink, an aerial view of a crusty four-burner electric stove—Isaac Layman's large-scale digital images capture messy domestic scenes in gorgeously exacting detail. (SINK, 2008, is shown above). Yet each photograph is a complete... More >>

Talisman to Disaster: Tim Cross at SOIL SOIL	Every week Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from Fri., August 1 until Sat., August 30	Pioneer Square	Art Exhibitions
You won't find this striking ink-and-watercolor work hanging at SOIL, sad to say. You will, however, see similar pieces by artist Tim Cross, also depicting pretty, imagined disasters. I was lucky enough to catch Cross on his way out the door with this piece, and was stopped by the gorgeous... More >>

Jenny Heishman: Water Mover Ernst Park	Daily	Fremont	Family Events Art Exhibitions
Unbuilt lots, even sloped blackberry patches sitting on unstable soil, are fast disappearing in Seattle. Particularly in Fremont, where townhouses sprout like mushrooms, any real-estate resistance is appreciated. Sitting next to the Fremont Branch Library, A.B. Ernst Park was completed four... More >>

Dan Clowes Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery	Every week Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Fri., August 29 until Tue., October 7, 6:00pm	Georgetown	Art Exhibitions
Maybe, for a certain kind of reader, it took the presence of Scarlett Johansson in the movie version of Ghost World to bring the quiet, meditative art of Dan Clowes to a wider audience. Since then, he and director Terry Zwigoff collaborated on Art School Confidential, and now comes Ghost World:... More >>

Mark Takamichi Miller Howard House	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday from Thu., August 28 until Sun., September 28, 10:30am	Downtown	Art Exhibitions
Most people go to Costco for groceries and a year’s supply of toilet paper. Mark Takamichi Miller goes for inspiration. Back in the day, he discovered it was possible to buy other people’s snapshots from the photo booth at Costco. So he bought some and painted their subjects. And... More >>

Network Northwest Film Forum	Daily from Sat., August 30 until Thu., September 4, 7:00pm more dates/times	Capitol Hill	Local Film/Arthouse
From 1976, this iconic American New Wave renegade text is even more startling than it once was—was Hollywood ever this cerebral, this caustic, this ethically apocalyptic? That 90 percent of Network's satire has become fulfilled prophecy by now doesn't take the shine off of its broadsword.... More >>

Geoff McFetridge: The Mind Olympic Sculpture Park	Daily from Tue., April 29 until Tue., March 31	Belltown	Art Exhibitions
Better known for his design work for Nike, Burton Snowboards, and Marc Jacobs, the L.A.–based artist Geoff McFetridge has taken over the PACCAR Pavilion with a graphically strong installation. The Mind encompasses the entire sloped-ceiling space, with a crowd of line-drawn faces papering... More >>

Still Life Redux: Vik Muniz at SAM Seattle Art Museum	Every week Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from Wed., August 6 until Sat., September 6	Downtown	Art Exhibitions
A large-scale photograph by Brazilian-born NYC artist Vik Muniz (b. 1961) replicates the painting Still Life With Fruits and Vegetables by Spanish painter Juan Sanchez Catan (dated 1602). A small image of the original oil hangs next to the giant photograph, in what is a sort of modern annex to... More >>

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Grand Illusion	Daily from Fri., August 29 until Thu., September 4, 6:30pm more dates/times	University District	Local Film/Arthouse
Running Friday to Thursday this week, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) is a late-career classic from director John Ford. The age-worn faces of his stars, James Stewart and John Wayne, are appropriate for a tale looking back several decades before the closing of the Western frontier.... More >>

“You Say Goodbye, I Say Hello” Tigertail	Daily from Wed., August 13 until Sat., September 20	Ballard	Art Exhibitions
Seattle has a muscular, well-known crop of male rock photographers, but when our Hannah Levin needs a last-minute photo for her “Rocket Queen” column, she often turns to three local ladies: Jenny Jimenez, Laura Musselman, and Sarah Joann Murphy. Levin has now curated a show, “You... More >>

Stronghold University of Washington Campus	Daily	University District	Art Exhibitions
The original UW campus downtown was once covered with old-growth timber, as was its present location when the school moved north in 1895. Now, as that institution continues its inexorable sprawl south of Pacific Street toward Portage Bay, New York artist Brian Tolle reminds us of that arboreal... More >>

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Cricket McRae Seattle Mystery Bookshop	Sat., August 30, 12:00pm	Pioneer Square	Books & Authors

A Xander Production Seattle Drum School	Sat., August 30, 7:00pm	North Seattle	Music

Aileen Paron (piano/vocals), with Jason Gray (bass) and Tim Coffey (drums) Egan's Ballard Jam House	Sat., August 30, 9:00pm	Ballard	Music

All Hail the Crown, Oswald Effect, Skullbot, Upwell Comet Tavern	Sat., August 30, 9:00pm	Capitol Hill	Music

Billy Joe and the Dusty 45s, Marshall Scott Warner Tractor Tavern	Sat., August 30, 9:30pm	Ballard	Music

Clinton Fearon & Boogie Brown Band, Selecta Raiford Nectar	Sat., August 30, 8:00pm	Fremont	Music

Dollhouse Presents: Festival of Babes Lo Fi Performance Gallery	Sat., August 30, 9:00pm	Eastlake & South Lake Union	Club Events Cabaret/Burlesque/Variety