Festivals
Duvall Days
TODAY Food, crafts, music, classic-car show. 10:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m. today, McCormick Park, Main Street and Northeast Stephens Street, Duvall; free (425-788-1185 or www.duvallwa.gov/duvalldays).
Edmonds Waterfront Festival
TODAY Shows, classic yachts, kids arcade, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. today, Port of Edmonds Marina, 336 Admiral Way, Edmonds; $3 (425-771-1744 or www.edmondswaterfrontfestival.com).
Fantasy Fest
TODAY Carnival rides, games, entertainment, food featuring BBQ-salmon dinner, pie-eating contest, beer garden. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. today, St. Pius X School, 22105 58th Ave. W., Mountlake Terrace; free (425-778-9861 or www.stpx.org).
Pike Place Market Street Festival
TODAY Music, chef demonstrations, wine-and-beer garden and “Pigs on Parade,” 100 fiberglass pigs decorated by local artists; Strutt Your Mutt dog parade today, $5 entry. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. today, Pike Place Market, 1501 Pike Place, Seattle (206-682-7453 or www.pikeplacemarketstreetfestival.com).
Wallingford Garden Tour
TODAY Tour showcases gardens in the Wallingford neighborhood. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. today, Wallingford Neighborhood Office, 2100 N. 45th St., Seattle; $15 (206-632-3165 or www.wallingford.org).
Tastin’ n Racin’
FRI-NEXT SUN Family festival featuring hydroplane races and personal watercraft races, food and crafts vendors, classic-car show, beer garden, live bands and kid’s activities. 4-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. next Sunday, Lake Sammamish State Park, 20606 SE 56th St, Issaquah; $5-$10 (206-351-3330 or www.tastinracin.com).
Pagdiriwang Philippine Festival
SAT-NEXT SUN Celebrate Philippine independence with the Filipino Cultural Heritage Society of Washington with food, culture, dance, children’s activities and martial arts. All day Saturday-next Sunday, Seattle Center; free (206-684-7200 or www.seattlecenter.com).
Concerts
Georgetown Music Fest
TODAY Earlimart, The Hands, Supersuckers, Idiot Pilot, Voyager One, The Upside Down and more headline this two-day celebration of mostly Northwest bands. Noon today, Georgetown Music Festival, 1205 S. Vale St., Seattle; $12.50-$15 (800-325-7328).
Jim Knapp Orchestra
MON Consistenly high-level and original writing for jazz big band in the colorist Gil Evans-Bob Brookmeyer-Maria Schneider vein. 8 p.m. Monday, Seattle Drum School, 12510 15th Ave. N.E., Seattle; $5-$10 (206-364-8815).
The Police
WED-THU One of the greatest rock power trios of all time reunites. You know the tunes %26#8212; “Roxanne,” “Don’t Stand So Close To Me,” “Every Breath You Take” %26#8212; see, you’re already humming ‘em! Not to be missed. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, KeyArena, Seattle Center; $51-$226 (206-628-0888 or www.ticketmaster.com).
“Jazz Cruise” with Clarence Acox Quintet
NEXT SUN Years ago, the old Washington Jazz Society used to offer jazz cruises on the Virginia V, a classic sternwheeler that was part of the show. Earshot’s welcome revival of the cruise is rivaled only by the excellent musicianship of the leader, drummer Clarence Acox, director of the award-winning Garfield High School Jazz Band. 2:30 p.m. next Sunday, South Lake Union Park/Center, 860 Terry Ave. N., Seattle; $20-$45 (206-624-9119).
Classical Music
Seattle Chamber Players
TODAY This adventurous ensemble answers the question, “After Bart%26#243;k: What’s Next?” with a chamber concert of newer music that’s part of the Seattle Symphony’s ongoing Central Europe Festival. Featured: cellist Joshua Roman in a work for both cello and voice (the cellist also speaks); the premiere of a commissioned work by Agata Zubel. 7 p.m. today, Benaroya Hall, Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle; $12-$20 (206-292-ARTS or www.seattlechamberplayers.org.)
Seattle Symphony: Jan%26#225;cek’s “Glagolitic Mass”
THU, SAT The seldom-heard “Glagolitic Mass” of Janacek is performed by the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Chorale, with Gerard Schwarz conducting, and a soloist roster that includes opera stars Christine Goerke and Gary Lakes. It’s all part of the Symphony’s ongoing Central Europe Festival, “Bridging the 48th Parallel.” 7:30 p.m. Thursday and Saturday, Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Forum, 200 University St., Seattle; $15-$89 (206-215-4747 or www.seattlesymphony.org).
Nightclubs
Comet Tavern 922 E. Pike St., Seattle (206-323-9853).
THU The Cops, Optimus Rhyme, Tall Birds, T.v. Coahran. Fun local bill includes the Clash-pushing Cops, geek-hoppers Optimus Rhyme and psych rockers Tall Birds.
Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley 2033 Sixth Ave., Seattle (206-441-9729).
TODAY Kevin Eubanks. You know him as that affable band leader on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” but Eubanks is also an original and eclectic guitarist who mixes rock with jazz in smart ways. Another plus: Marvin “Smitty” Smith from the TV band plays here with Eubanks.
TUE-WED Avishai Cohen Trio. This Israeli bassist and former Chick Corea sideman has been making exceptionally creative mixes of jazz and world rhythms.
High Dive 513 N. 36th St., Seattle (206-632-0212).
THU At the Spine. Inspired, political-agitator-punk.
Highway 99 Blues Club 1414 Alaskan Way, Seattle (206-382-2171).
WED Ruby Dee and the Snakehandlers. Honky-tonk, old-school country, Bakersfield style.
The War Room 722 E. Pike St., Seattle (206-328-7666).
SAT “Yo Son!” with DJs DV-One, Soul One and B-Mello. For those who say Seattle is hip-hop challenged %26#8212; check out this long-running urban party.
Theater
“Addy: An American Girl Story”
ENDS 6/10 Seattle playwright Cheryl L. West adapts a book for young people by Connie Porter, about a young slave girl “struggling for freedom and striving to unite her family.” 2 and 5:30 p.m. today, 7 p.m. Friday, 2 and 5:30 p.m. Saturday-next Sunday. Seattle Children’s Theatre, Charlotte Martin Theatre, 201 Thomas St., Seattle; $20-$32 (206-441-3322 or www.sct.org).
“The House of the Spirits”
ENDS 6/24 Book-It Repertory’s ambitious, season-closing, world-premiere adaptation of a best-selling novel by Isabel Allende employs a large cast to portray three generations of political and personal sagas in the life of a Chilean clan. Adapted and directed by Myra Platt. Previews 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday. Opens 7:30 p.m. Friday. 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Seattle Repertory Theatre, Leo K. Theatre, 155 Mercer St., Seattle; $15-$32 (206-216-0833 or www.book-it.org).
“Master Harold … and the Boys”
ENDS 6/10 A fine, moving production of Athol Fugard’s stirring biographical drama. It focuses on the fraying bond between a white South African schoolboy and the caring black man who has been his surrogate father. 2 p.m. today, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. next Sunday. Seattle Public Theater at the Bathhouse, 7312 W. Green Lake Drive N., Seattle; $14-$24 (206-524-1300 or www.seattlepublictheater.org).
Moscow Cats Theatre
TODAY So you think cats can’t take direction? Nyet! This zany-sounding spectacle of feline tricks (including kitties on tightropes) concludes its Seattle debut at the Bagley Wright Theatre. Final performances 1 and 5 p.m. today. Seattle Repertory Theatre, Bagley Wright Theatre, 155 Mercer St., Seattle; $49-$57 (206-443-2222 or www.seattlerep.org).
“Seven Keys to Baldpate”
ENDS 6/16 This 1913 farce by Broadway and vaudeville titan George M. Cohan is about a writer who holes up in a mysterious inn to bang out his next novel on deadline. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday. Taproot Theatre Company, 204 N. 85th St., Seattle; $25-$32 (206-781-9707 or www.taproot.org).
“Souvenir”
ENDS 6/10 Patti Cohenour, an exemplary Broadway veteran, stars in the highly humorous, sometimes touching Seattle debut of Stephen Temperley’s Broadway chamber musical based on a “delightfully demented” real-life wannabe diva, Florence Foster Jenkins. 2 and 7:30 p.m. today, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. next Sunday. ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., Seattle; $10-$54 (206-292-7676 or www.acttheatre.org).
“West Side Story”
ENDS 6/19 The 5th Avenue mounts a large cast version of the beloved Broadway musical, which celebrates its 50th birthday this year. Arthur Laurents’ book about 1950s street gangs sounds kind of square now, but age cannot wither the visceral appeal of this Romeo-Juliet romance, and its brilliant Leonard Bernstein-Stephen Sondheim score. Bill Berry directs a cast that features Spectrum Dance Theater movers, and that is headed by local light Louis Hobson as Tony to Maegan McConnell’s Maria. 1:30 and 7 p.m. today, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, 8 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 1:30 and 7 p.m. next Sunday. The 5th Avenue Theatre, 1308 Fifth Ave., Seattle; $20-$75 (888-584-4849 or www.5thavenue.org).
“The Who’s Tommy”
ENDS 6/24 “That deaf, dumb and blind kid/ Sure plays a mean pinball.” Village Theatre concludes its season with the musical based on a famous concept album by the legendary rock band the Who, about a pinball wizard. 2 and 7 p.m. today, 8 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 and 7 p.m. next Sunday. Village Theatre, Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N., Issaquah; $25-$49 (425-392-2202 or www.villagetheatre.org).
Dance
Pacific Northwest Ballet presents: “Stravinsky 125″
THU-SAT Celebrates the 125th birthday of composer Igor Stravinsky with four ballets by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Molissa Fenley. 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St., Seattle; $18-$145 (206-441-2424 or www.pnb.org).
Books
Joyce Carol Oates
MON The prolific and much-praised author reads from her chilling new novel, “The Gravedigger’s Daughter.” 7 p.m. Monday, Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Seattle, free (206-386-4636 or www.spl.org).
Lauren Kessler
WED-THU The author and University of Oregon writing teacher discusses her new book about working with Alzheimer’s patients, “Dancing with Rose: Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer’s.” 7 p.m. Third Place Books, 17171 Bothell Way N.E., Lake Forest Park, free (206-366-3333 or www.thirdplacebooks.com). Kessler also reads at 7 p.m. Thursday at the University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle; free (206-634-3400 or www.ubookstore .com).
Michael Connelly
THU The former reporter and talented creator of the series featuring LAPD detective Harry Bosch autographs his new Bosch mystery, “The Overlook.” Noon Thursday, Seattle Mystery Bookshop, 117 Cherry St., Seattle; free (206-587-5737 or www.seattlemystery.com).
Visual Arts
“At the Crossroads: Chinese/American Artists in the Pacific Northwest”
THU A discussion with Seattle artists Alan Lau, MalPina Chan, ZuoLie Deng and Anita Wong. 6 p.m. Thursday. Seattle Asian Art Museum, 1400 E. Prospect St., Seattle; $3-$5 (206-654-3121 or www.seattleartmuseum.org).
Seattle Art Walk, First Thursday
THU A host of new shows preview in downtown and Pioneer Square galleries, open late for First Thursday. 5-8 p.m. Thursday. Pioneer Square, 119 First Ave S., Seattle; free (206-667-0687 or www.pioneersquare.org).
Museums
Bellevue Arts Museum
ENDS 6/17 “Women’s Tales,” works by Israeli jewelers Bianca Eshel-Gershuni, Vered Kaminski, Esther Knobel and Deganit Stern Schocken. 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sunday, 510 Bellevue Way N.E., Bellevue (425-519-0770 or www.bellevuearts.org).
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
ENDS 9/3 “In the Spirit of the Ancestors: Contemporary Northwest Coast Art,” a strong show of carvings, masks, weaving and prints by Northwest Coast Native artists, including Fran and Bill James, Joe David, Susan Point and Shaun Peterson. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; First Thursday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., University of Washington, Seattle (206-543-5590 or www.washington.edu/burkemuseum).
Frye Art Museum
ENDS TODAY “Life After Death,” a show that’s been making waves as it tours the country, features New Leipzig school paintings from the Rubell family collection. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, 704 Terry Ave., Seattle (206-622-9250 or www.fryeart.org).
Henry Art Gallery
University of Washington’s School of Art, Master of Fine Arts exhibition (ends June 17). Also showing: “General Idea Editions 1967-1995″ (ends Aug. 5). “The Mexican Portfolio,” photography by Paul Strand (ends July 1). 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday-Sunday, 4100 15th Ave. N.E., Seattle (206-543-2280 or www.henryart.org).
Olympic Sculpture Park
ONGOING Permanent outdoor artworks by Anthony Caro, Mark Dion, Mark di Suvero, Teresita Fernandez, Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder and others. Also, in the pavilion, photo documentation of the park property by Glenn Rudolph and a temporary display by Pedro Reyes. 6 a.m.-9 p.m. daily, Broad Street and Elliott Avenue, Seattle (206-654-3100 or www.seattleartmuseum.org).
Seattle Art Museum
ENDS 9/9 “SAM at 75: Building a Collection for Seattle.” SAM opens its expanded downtown venue with hundreds of new artworks recently given to the museum. In the special exhibitions gallery on the fourth floor, see “SAM at 75″ with highlights of the recent gifts, then roam the new galleries to see the museum’s extensive holdings in African, Native American, American, Northwest, Modern and Contemporary art and new displays of porcelain, glass and more. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, extended hours until 9 p.m. on Thursday, 1300 First Ave., Seattle (206-654-3100 or www.seattleartmuseum.org).
Galleries
Francine Seders Gallery
ENDS 6/24 “Proposals and Signals,” a strong show of recent drawings by Fred Birchman. Also, paintings by Joanne Pavlak. 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, 6701 Greenwood Ave. N., Seattle (206-782-0355 or www.sedersgallery.com).
G. Gibson Gallery
ENDS 6/23 “The City,” recent photographic work by Lori Nix. Also showing Julie Blackmon and Heidi Kirkpatrick. 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 300 S. Washington St., Seattle (206-587-4033 or www.ggibsongallery.com).
Greg Kucera Gallery
ENDS 6/30 “Mantel Pieces and Objects on Paper,” Claudia Fitch shows a dynamite series of new sculptures and works on paper. 10:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 212 Third Ave. S., Seattle (206-624-0770 or www.gregkucera.com).
Grover/Thurston Gallery
ENDS 6/30 Paintings by James Lavadour. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 309 Occidental Ave. S., Seattle (206-223-0816 or www.groverthurston.com).
Lawrimore Project Gallery
ENDS 6/16 “Drawing Space,” architecturally inspired sculpture, photographs, video and drawings by Lead Pencil Studio (Annie Han and Daniel Mihalyo). 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 831 Airport Way S., Seattle (206-501-1231 or www.lawrimoreproject.com).
Winston Wachter Fine Art
ENDS FRI “The Freshwater Narwhal Hoax: The Orson Brothers and Their Suspect Marine Biology,” an installation of large-scale drawings and a video performance by Ethan Murrow. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, 203 Dexter Ave. N., Seattle (206-652-5855 or www.winstonwachter.com).
Wright Exhibition Space
ENDS 9/7 “Large Scale Abstract Paintings, 1960-1979,” works by Frank Stella, Morris Lewis, Helen Frankenthaler and others. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday and Friday or by appointment, 407 Dexter Ave. N., Seattle (206-264-8200).
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