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PUNK ROCK FLEA MARKET GOES POSTAL

Punk Rock Flea Market @ Punk Rock Post Office
If shopping at the mall gives you hives, but you still need to buy something for someone, why not buy a locally procured good while eating a locally made snack, listening to locally selected music, and supporting a locally relevant cause? Since 2006, the biannual Punk Rock Flea Market has provided an opportunity to do just that, and today’s iteration promises to be bigger and better than ever, in a new location—the former Central District post office. Organizers promise 90 vendors selling a variety of arts and crafts, books, clothing, jewelry, records, knickknacks, and more, plus food and DJ-spun tunes. The event is all-ages and dog-friendly, and proceeds benefit the Low Income Housing Institute, which builds homes for homeless and low-income people in the Puget Sound area. KATHLEEN RICHARDS

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WHY WOULD YOU MESS UP A COOL BAND NAME WITH WEIRD CAPITALIZATION? ASK tUne-yArDs TONIGHT?

tUnE-yArDs and Cibo Matto @ Moore Theatre
As the grunge era was winding down, NYC duo Cibo Matto released Viva! La Woman, a blast of fresh air that blew away the cobwebs with surrealistic songs about carrots and cake. Back with a new album, Hotel Valentine, after a 15-year hiatus, they’ve flirted with novelty, but they haven’t succumbed to it. tUnE-yArDs frontwoman Merrill Garbus is just as likely to combine incongruous ingredients, like Haitian drumming and Casio squiggles. Sometimes it works (“Water Fountain”), sometimes it doesn’t (that fucking punctuation), but she excels at keeping listeners off-balance, which may be why this year’s Nikki Nack hasn’t generated as much hype as w h o k i l l, which topped the Village Voice’s 2011 Pazz & Jop poll. And that’s too bad, because it’s a better record. KATHY FENNESSY

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LET US NOT FORGET THE HILARITY OF HANNIBAL BURESS

Hannibal Buress @ Neptune Theatre
Thanks to a brave and brilliant bit performed two months ago in Philadelphia, comedian Hannibal Buress will forever be known as one of the people who made the decades of rape allegations against Bill Cosby impossible to ignore. But let us never forget his hilarity, which has been showcased everywhere from Broad City, Louie, and High Maintenance to his own stand-up comedy specials. Tonight the Chicago-bred comedy star lands at the Neptune, where he should receive a hero’s welcome. DAVID SCHMADER

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THE HALF-ASSED CHRISTMAS PUNK OF ANGRY SNOWMANS

Holiday Party @ Highline
Hey-ho—HO-HO… hey-ho—HO-HO! What if there was a cover of the Ramones’ punk classic “Blitzkrieg Bop” called “BLITZEN Bop” and the lyrics were all about being disgruntled Santa’s elves, who are trying to overthrow the oppressive North Pole regime? What if these Canadian elves took a whole bunch of classic punk tunes by Dead Kennedys, Misfits, Social Distortion, the Rezillos, and others, and rewrote them all as fist-banger Christmas carols? What if this same band of rebel elves wanted to wear some crappy, half-assed Santa garb, and play all these songs for you live, right around the holidays? It’s a win-win with Angry Snowmans. Standout songs include “Someone’s Gonna Get Their Halls Decked In,” “Santa Is a Fatso,” and “Children Are Mean.” KELLY O

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BUY ART THIS SEASON, Y'ALL

Peter Scherrer, Sara Long, and Leanne Grimes @ Blindfold Gallery
This is your last chance to visit this small, locally owned, local-artist-centric gallery. While you’re out looking at any of this art, consider asking questions about how galleries survive, and why they don’t. It’s not as easy as it looks to run a gallery. Maybe you’ll even be tempted to buy a work of art; remember that the folks behind the desk are happy to make payment plans with you, where you can put down just a bit of dough per month until you’re paid off—and you take the art home now. Buy art this season, y’all. JEN GRAVES

There are so many other interesting things.