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
- In Ballard, there’s D.C. rockers U.S. Royalty @ the Tractor, while Cataldo bring tenderly-made guitar pop, occasionally about vampires @ Sunset Tavern
- Through some weird science, dark magic, and performance-channelling, Queen has been resurrected, but just for one night @ Showbox
- Tidbit celebrates Carnavale
- Do you like watching Americans who think they have talent making spectacles of themselves FOR FREE and in front of Ozzy Ozbourne’s wife? Of course you do. @ the Paramount, the NBC reality talent show is taping tonight and tomorrow.
- Previous bartending experience is suggested for the Night School’s Drinking Lessons #18, A Gin Master Class @ the Sorrento
- Prayer for the Crisis in the Arab World at Capitol Hill Presbyterian
Thursday, March 3rd
- The Lonely Forest is not so lonely when the kids are singing along to every word @ Vera Project
- Help a raft of Seattle bands (D. Black, Wild Orchid Children, State of the Artist, Tea Cozies) make it to Austin by paying a visit to their SXSW bazaar @ Crocodile
- Great Washington wine tasting at 12th & Olive
- Learn how to raise mason bees for pollination @ Jackson Place Cohousing
- Warren Etheridge moderates the film industry panel “Pulling Focus” @ the Sorrento
- Marvin Freaking Hamlisch leads a Tribute to Cole Porter (through March 6) @ Benaroya Hall
- Otto Preminger’s Art of Living screens @ SAM
- The Seattle Jewish Film Festival doesn’t really kick off until the 12th, but the launch party (complete with shorts program) is tonight @ Palace Ballroom
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
- Hollow Earth Radio’s Magma opens with PWRFL Power, Tender Forever, someone skyping in, and more @ Vera Project
- Our friends at Sound on the Sound present a night of singing loud and singing proud with Drew Grow & the Pastors’ Wives, AgesandAges, and Baltic Cousins @ Columbia City Theater
- Spin the Bottle with Bret Fetzer and friends at the monthly late-night variety show @ the Annex Theatre
- Asobi Sesku will gently yet loudly rock you @ Chop Suey, while up-and-coming alt-country L.A. newbies Olin and the Moon hit up @ Sunset Tavern
- “Pourquoi ont-ils tué Jaurès?” Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (is the name of a show) @ Market Theatre
- Bellevue Opera presents La Boheme @ the Meydenbauer Center
- Lionel Popkin presents There Is An Elephant In This Dance @ Velocity
- Beefcake! at Pony monthly release party for Seattle Male Pictorial
- Charlie has a Posse Benefit
Saturday, March 5th
- Sound Off, the annual battle of the underage bands, crowns its latest Northwest champion, complete with cash prizes and a guaranteed Bumbershoot set @ EMP
- Another week, another sold out Macklemore show @ Showbox
- Damien Jurado, Viva Voce, and Loch Lomand make for a Northwest threepeat @ Crocodile
- KEXP’s Audioasis benefit features See Me River @ the Sunset Tavern
- Jubilee Mardi Gras party and benefit
- Sylvia O’Stayformore’s Infamous Bacon Strip Goes Disney
- There’s something Eastern Euro in the air this week with DeVotchKa @ the Paramount
- Anyone can raise chickens in the city, but how about learning how to raise ducks @ the Good Shepherd Center
- Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra lays down some Benny Goodman @ Benaroya Hall
Sunday, March 6th
- “Bon Voyage” a benefit for “heart breaks OPEN”
- It’s ever so Ballard, when America takes on Eastern Euro folk meeting indie rock, via a Hawk and a Hacksaw & Shenendoah Davis @ the Tractor
- There’s a big hair…uh, important hair competition @ the Exhibition Hall
- The Gamelan Pacifica orchestra performs works from Indonesia @ Seattle Asian Art Museum
- Seattle International Piano Festival presents “Dance and Poetry: The Music of Frédéric Chopin” @ the Frye Art Museum
- Spanking 101 at Babeland
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
