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Damien Gilley
Sat May 18, 12 pmEvent
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Portland artist Gilley discusses his new installation, AXIS INDEX. Free.
, Baltic CousinsSeattle Works Day
Sat May 18.Neighborhood
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Eat, drink, volunteer, and get a brand new T Shirt at Seattle Works Day. The event helps fun Seattle Works, an awesome organization that connects local volunteers to real-life work in the non-profit sector. There are all kinds of volunteer projects you can get in on, and you'll probably make friends. Sign up here . $30.
What Was Your First Book?
Sat May 18 at 10 am.Reading
Local celebrities read the first books they ever loved as part of a fundraiser for a very good charity. $25.
Eve Ensler
Sat May 18 at 8 pm.Reading
The Vagina Monologues author/playwright/performer has a new book titled In the Body of the World that discusses Ensler’s personal experiences with cancer. This event is a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood. $24-$500.
David Byrd
Tues–Sat. Through May 18.Gallery
Modestly, undramatically, folkishly weird paintings and sculptures by David Byrd, an 87-year-old artist based quietly in upstate New York who has never before had a gallery show in his life. This is the must-see painting show of the spring. There are almost 100 pieces; many of them have sold, and it will probably be some time before they're assembled again like this.
Free.
Game Change
Wed–Sat. Through May 18.Gallery
Game Change: a group show of paintings, including mugshots on paper bags by Chris Crites, finely lined wildlife portraits by Justin Gibbens, and intricate landscapes by Maija Fiebig.
Free.
La Voix Humane and Suor Angelica
Wed and Sat at 7:30 pm. Through May 18.Theater
"The first half of the doubleheader—there are two one-act operas—is La Voix Humaine, which has 'contemporary' written all over its central prop: a telephone. Nuccia Focile delivers a distraught solo performance as Elle, a woman in the throes of a breakup. As if saying good-bye on the phone isn’t already awkward, Elle is stuck on a party line plagued by dropped connections and eavesdroppers. As the audience hears only her end of the conversations, Focile conveys an invisible, silent cast: She haggles with the operator, scolds neighbors tying up the line, and, speaking to her lying lover, slips in details of her failed attempt to overdose on sleeping pills. Debuting in Paris in 1959, Francis Poulenc’s violent score sounds like a Hitchcock movie, and Jean Cocteau’s libretto moves with the jumpy pace of an early-20th-century, avant-garde French play (it was based on one)." (Dominic Holden) $25-$175.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Thurs-Sat at 8 pm. Through May 18.Dance
This all-male dance company performs gender-queering ballet and modern dance, poking fun at ballet's stiff, traditional hierarchy and "achieving high comedy by incorporating and exaggerating the foibles, accidents, and underlying incongruities of serious dance." $20-$51.
Cascadia Soccer Beer Fest
Sun May 19, 12–4 pm.Beer/Wine/Booze
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The Timbers Army supports the Portland Timbers. The Gorilla Football Collective supports the Seattle Sounders. What do they have in common? They both love beer! As part of Seattle Beer Week, come taste beers specially brewed in honor of the two soccer titans and meet your fellow fans. (The Southsiders, supporting the Vancouver Whitecaps, are also invited, though their beer remains a work in progress.) No cover, beers vary.
Empty Bowls
Sun May 19, 12–3 pm.Events
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It’s a “showcase of gourmet soups” from Piatti, Aljoya, Judy Fu’s Snappy Dragon, Wedgwood Ale House, and Stanford’s, served in a handcrafted bowl that you get to take home. In May. Still, it benefits the North Helpline Food Bank (donate directly and fill someone else’s bowl here), so: recommended. $25 in advance, $35 at the door.
Costumed Bike Parade
Sun May 19 at 1 pm.Neighborhood
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Celebrate No Car Day at Alki! There will be food, beer, music, and a costumed bike parade. The party begins on 63rd and Alki! Free + food and stuff.
Food Truck Roundup
Sun May 19, 3–7 pm.Events
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For $25, you get food from nine different food trucks (including Skillet, Veraci Pizza, Hallava Falafel, and Seattle Biscuit Company), tastings from local distilleries and breweries, live music, and the warm fuzzy feeling of supporting the U-District Food Bank’s new facility—which will feature low-income housing plus job training and counseling spaces, and move the food bank line inside and out of the rain.
$25 admission, $100 donation for Community Cookbook.
Travis Nichols
Sun May 19 at 3 pm.Reading
The More You Ignore Me is a novel narrated by a troll who frequents the wedding blog of a couple he's never met. Free.
Premier Chefs Dinner
Sun May 19 at 5 pm.Events
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Unnamed “premier chefs” prepare a five-course meal paired with local wines, benefiting the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center. The featured speaker is Rick Bayless, host of Mexico: One Plate at a Time on PBS and Top Chef Master, who was named Humanitarian of the Year by the International Association of Culinary Professionals for his work with small Midwestern farms. Good guy, good cause: recommended. $250, $350 VIP.
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