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Thursday, December 3, 2009

Stranger Suggests Today The Stranger Suggests

Posted by The Stranger on Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:00 AM

Film

This recessionary year, almost nobody is going to Art Basel Miami, meaning December's First Thursday should be at full strength all over Pioneer Square. Howard House hosts furious live cartooning by Friends of the Nib, the Seattle cartooning cabal founded by Bob Rini and Jim Woodring, along with a three-day-only show of their work, paired with a regular-fancy-art show—The Figure—full of bodies of all kinds made by other bodies, from the late Philip Guston to contemporary L.A. artist Ruby Osorio. (Howard House, 604 Second Ave, 256-6399. 6–8 pm, free.)

JEN GRAVES

Film

Found Footage Festival

Curated and hosted by Joe Pickett (the Onion) and Nick Prueher (Late Show with David Letterman, The Colbert Report), this touring showcase features weirdo clips from the lost world of orphaned home movies and public-access television and VHS obscurity (and dinosaurs! [maybe]). This edition includes "a 1987 video-dating reel found by David Cross," "a brand-new compilation of exercise videos featuring Dolph Lundgren, Milton Berle, and WWF's the Bushwhackers," and lots more, plus ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-larious commentary from Pickett and Prueher. (Central Cinema, 1411 21st Ave, www.central-cinema.com. 7 and 9 pm [all ages], 11 pm [21+], $10.)

LINDY WEST