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The SunBreak On the List: July 21-27 CHBP and alternatives edition

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There’s Shakespeare and more in Seattle parks each weekend. Here’s a round-up.

Wednesday – July 21st

  • The morally ambiguous tale of Rudolf Kasztner, the Jew who negotiated with Eichmann to save his kinsmen, is on display in a new doc, Killing Kasztner, through Thursday @ NWFF
  • Learn to win with The Coach! Pete Carroll reads from his new book Win Forever: Live, Work, and Play Like a Champion @ Town Hall
  • Miniature Tigers bring their undeniably catchy pop to a tour kick-off show with the Spinto Band @ the High Dive
  • Author Doug Dorst reads from his short story collection (of damaged people called) The Surf Guru @ Elliott Bay Book Co.

    Thursday – July 22nd

    • The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a new musical, continues its run @ the Ballard Underground Theatre
    • Fresh farm products meet big outdoor art for weekly markets @ Olympic Sculpture Park
    • Unlike Roger Ebert, Tom Bissell argues that video games matter @ UW Bookstore
    • Holy Fuck kicks heads up the Capitol Hill Block Party pre-party planning committee with a free show in Belltown @ the Crocodile
    • Mel Brooks’ true-life Western epic Blazing Saddles begins a pizza-and-beer run (through July 28) @ Central Cinema

    Friday – July 23rd

    • Human Prop, late-night comedy @ the Odd Duck Theatre
    • The Capitol Hill Block Party takes over several blocks of Pike Street for a three day music festival weekend @ chbp
    • Boogeymen are real, at least in the child abduction documentary Cropsey @ NWFF
    • The Yellow Wood, another new musical theatre show @ the Center House Theatre
    • It’s the third and final night for the genre-twisting flamenco/jazz/bossa nova/Hindu meditation music of Ottmar Liebert and Luna Negra @ Triple Door
    • Did you know that Big Head Todd and the Monsters still exist? Did you know that they just released a new album, Rocksteady? Will wonders never cease? They’ve got a show @ the Moore

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    Saturday – July 24th

    Sunday – July 25th

    • Sexy brute Jean-Paul Belmondo teams up with auteur Jean-Pierre Melville in a new 35mm print of Leon Morin, Priest, through next Thursday @ NWFF
    • It’s the last day for art on the Eastside, hosted by the BAM @ Bellevue Arts Fair
    • Fresh off of Pink Flamingos, its the continued salute to great American hero John Waters with Female Trouble @ the Grand Illusion

    Monday – July 26th

    Tuesday – July 27th

    • Author of The Pleasing Hour and The English Teacher, Lily King is back to read from her new book Father of the Rain, about the dysfunctional relationship between an alcoholic father and his surprisingly level-headed daughter @ Elliott Bay Book Co.
    • Just don’t mention his alopecia or he’ll break out his angry eyebrows. Actor and longtime environmental activist Ed Begley Jr. talks sustainability @ Town Hall
    • The Mose Allison Trio kicks off a week-long run @ Jazz Alley
    • Head to Ballard for These United States, along with the Pica Beats and (difficult to google) SHiPS @ the Tractor
    • And don’t forget Kinky Friedman with a couple of his Jewboys @ Triple Door
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