Our arts critics have already recommended 54 great things to do this week and our music critics have picked the 22 best concerts, but there are still hundreds more events happening. To prevent some of the quirkier and more extraordinary ones from slipping through the cracks, we've compiled them here—from the tribute night Sweet Dreams: The Music of Patsy Cline to the annual Seattle Design Festival, and from the spicy Northwest ChiliFest to a night of Bob's Burgers-based burlesque. For even more options this week, check out our complete Things To Do calendar.

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WEDNESDAY

MUSIC

AM I Normal? Punk Rock Edition
Revolver's monthly all-vinyl French music night, with DJ Emmanuelle of #frenchface and Hollow Earth Radio, will get you into that weird, wild, Francophiliac mood. This iteration will guest-feature DJ Halfcan of Georgetown Records.

Going Going Gong: Filthy FemCorps Fundraiser
Brush up on your tap dancing and baton-twirling skills for a talent show to help raise money for Filthy FemCorps, an all-womxn and non-binary marching band in Seattle. Expect popcorn, prizes, and performances from the band throughout the evening.

TBASA's Lo-Fi All Stars #93
Allegedly Seattle's longest running acoustic music showcase, All Stars is a night of lo-fi musicians hand-picked by TBASA of Substation, featuring Tiffany, Matthew Charles, Clay Snyder, and birthday boy TBASA himself.

PERFORMANCE

The Mash Up
This variety show is described as "a tasty arts buffet"—try samples from theater simple's The Master & Margarita, Black Swan Art's Heart of America, Vitaly Beckman, The Love Markets, NANDA, and Mike Delamont's God is a Scottish Drag Queen, and a story from Sharon Nyree Williams.

READINGS & TALKS

Elizabeth Alexander: On Anzio Beach
Join the launch party for Elizabeth Alexander's short story collection, On Anzio Beach, which explores topics like Jim Crow, World War II, the Algerian War, and the "war on terror" through the perspective of a rotation of characters in the narrator's imagination.

How to Win at Seattle: Part III with Chase Jarvis
In this series meant for Seattle newcomers to find out how to adapt to their home, talk with city native Chase Jarvis, a photographer and entrepreneur who co-founded the online teaching studio CreativeLive and has worked with Jared Leto, Brené Brown, Richard Branson, and Humans of New York’s Brandon Stanton. Monica Guzmán will moderate.

Langdon Cook: Upstream
Langdon Cook (The Mushroom Hunters) will share his latest work, Upstream: Searching for Wild Salmon, from River to Table, which offers an up-to-date and holistic examination of our favorite local fish, including perspectives from fishermen, farmers, scientists, environmentalists, and indigenous communities.

Reading Through It Book Club: No is Not Enough
The Seattle Review of Books and Seattle Weekly aim to help you cope with the next 3.25 years thanks to Reading Through It, a "monthly book club exploring who we are as Americans, where we're going, and how to fix it." This time, the book is Naomi Klein's No Is Not Enough, the famous media philosopher and journalist's explanation of the Trump ascendancy and ideas for fighting back through culture-jamming and more.

Sam Kean: Caesar's Last Breath
New York Times bestselling author and science writer Sam Kean will share his new book, Caesar's Last Breath, which practically explains how you're probably still inhaling the molecules Caesar exhaled thousands of years ago. He'll also show "how the alchemy of air reshaped our continents, steered human progress, powered revolutions, and continues to influence everything we do."

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY

ART

RAW: Seattle = Fashion + Music + Art + Performances
Party with artists, performers, musicians, dancers, designers, and makeup specialists at this showcase for the multinational RAW collective of indie creators—more then 60 of them will be there on each of the two nights. There'll be stuff to buy, a fashion show, music, and more.

WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY

FOOD & DRINK

Hurricane Harvey Relief: Drink to Help
In response to the horrifying floods in Texas, 15 Seattle restaurants will donate $2 from every Maker's Mark cocktail you drink to the American Red Cross.

West Fremont Progressive Dinner Party
Join Pomerol, Chinapie, and The Helm for a special "patio dining experience." The three restaurants, which are all located in succession in West Fremont, will team up to bring you a taste of what they have to offer with three menus rolled into one. Guests will walk to each restaurant and will stop to dine on the patio at each location.

THURSDAY

ART

Fourth Annual 100 Under $100 Show
Take home a piece of affordable art by someone local—as promised, they'll have 100 works to choose from. Tour artist studios and enjoy music by Victor Janusz while you're there.

Unzipped: Fashion Meets Film Party
Watch a screening of 90’s cult-fashion documentary Unzipped, starring designer Isaac Mizrahi. There will be popcorn, cocktails, a photo booth, style sketches, and a fall preview show from Darcy Camden of Styled Seattle. All proceeds benefit the Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer.

Urban ArtWorks Summer Celebration 2017
Join Urban Artworks in celebrating a season of public art, including murals at the James and Cherry Street Pillars, Mercer & 3rd, and a second-year partnership with SODOtrack. There will be a pig roast, a taco bar, live music from KEXP's Michele Myers, and wearable art.

FILM

The Mask You Live In
The Mask You Live In is a documentary exploring how men and boys respond to societal pressures and representations of masculinity, including damaging drives towards emotional repression, sexism, and violence. Stay on for a panel discussion on the film's themes.

GEEK & GAMING

Growing with Games
Learn how games and gaming help people and communities change and grow in these talk by two therapists, Adam Davis and Adam Johns, who co-founded the Wheelhouse Workshop for teens.

READINGS & TALKS

David Berger: Razor Clams
This book about razor clams from journalist (and former Seattle Times art critic) David Berger has both ecological, historical, and environmental information about the creatures—and delicious recipes that will help you eat them.

Duane Niatum
Seattle poet Duane Niatum will read from his latest collection of poems, Earth Vowels. Niatum "has played a significant role in Native American letters, both with his own work, and with such anthologies as Carriers of the Dream World and Harper’s Anthology of 20th Century Native American Poetry.

Viewpoints: Maurice Woods on Race + Design
Maurice Woods, who has a history of organizing projects to involve young, marginalized people in design, will speak about the need for greater diversity in tech and how to achieve it. Jessica Eggert will moderate an audience Q&A afterward, and AIGA will present an award to an alum of its Link Program.

THURSDAY-SATURDAY

ART

Colleen Maloney: Finding the Extra in Ordinary
See semi-realist interpretations of everyday landscapes by artist Colleen Maloney, who is known to experiment with ideas surrounding the built environment and geography (including satellite images).

Ed Kamuda: Cabin and a Dream
Ed Kamuda's simple, scenic abstractions aim to "explore and translate the quasi-spiritual experience of the Pacific Northwest landscape."

Lino Tagliapietra: Lino
Glass artist Lino Tagliapietra will show a collection of new and archived works, as well as an installation of Avventurine sculptures, at his new exhibit.

Mark Von Rosensteil
Mark Von Rosensteil makes sculptural, immersive, mechanical installations; his artwork looks like a science lab in the middle of an experiment.

Marsha Burns: Look Again
This solo show will feature silver gelatin, Polaroid, and digital prints by acclaimed photographer Marsha Burns, known for her depictions of Seattle life and culture (especially her portraits from the 1980s).

PERFORMANCE

Relentless 2017: Five-Year Fierceversary
This "in-your-face" burlesque show is bringing back its previous performers from the past five years for a sexy celebration of the "crotchal region" and all the visual delights that inspire it.

Romeo vs Juliet: A Comedic Misinterpretation
This retelling will adapt the Shakespearean love story to our rather stupid and farcical age.

THURSDAY-SUNDAY

ART

A 70's Rock Art Experience
Find original '70s band merch from the Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane, Fleetwood Mac, Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, and others at the "Living on the Fringes" exhibit.

Molten Menagerie
This group show with sculpture, video, drawing, and installation by Robin Crookall, Sean Howe, Lauren Klenow, and Carla Roveto will explore literal and metaphorical underground forces and geological movement.

Nola Avienne: Sleep Study
Based on MRI images of the artist's brain, Nola Avienne's large-scale watercolors and magnetic sculptures are part of an academically-inspired investigation into the science of sleep.

Recology CleanScapes Artist Exhibition: Max Cleary & Meg Hartwig
Celebrate Recology CleanScapes' 2017 Artist in Residence program, showcasing new work from Max Cleary ("No Such Thing as Gone") and Meg Hartwig ("use-value").

COMEDY

Samuel J Comroe
Samuel J. Comroe makes heartfelt comedy out of his Tourette's syndrome, and he apparently does so extremely well: He won the 38th Annual San Francisco Comedy Competition and has opened for Tom Green, Joey Medina, Don Friesen, James P Connolly, and many others.

PERFORMANCE

Starball
Starball, described as "a piece of musical-theater improv created for the planetarium," promises a dystopian take on the way that humans relate to the unending sky.

The Tempest
The Fern Shakespeare Company tackles Shakespeare's sorta trippy tale of a powerful duke-magician, his slaves (an air spirit and a bitter native), his hot daughter, and their plot to regain the dukedom of Milan—despite being isolated on an island. See the play that launched a million papers on post-colonialism.

FRIDAY

COMEDY

Jen Kirkman
Jen Kirkman, whose comedy specials have been praised by as exalted a publication as the Atlantic and who has written books like I Can Barely Take Care of Myself and I Know What I’m Doing and Other Lies I Tell Myself: (Dispatches From a Life Under Construction), will perform a set as part of her fall tour.

FILM

Tasveer South Asian Film Festival Launch Party
Psych yourself up for the 10-day Tasveer South Asian Film Festival by watching a curated selection of short films, eating South Asian snacks, drinking drinks, and more.

MUSIC

Bootie Seattle: Michael Jackson Mash-Up Night
Seattle's only all-mashup dance party throws down for an all-out celebration by paying tribute to the still reigning King of Pop: Michael Jackson. Prep thyself for all the '80s and '90s hits you could possibly handle.

Nearly Dan
Cover enthusiasts Nearly Dan play a set of Steely Dan classics (so really anything from Aja) with a full twelve-piece band well-versed in jazz, R&B, blues, and rock traditions at the ready.

TRL Total Request Live Night: Back to School Edition
Seattle's "only tribute boy band" #ALL4DORAS will perform, and DJs Pryme and Lo Knows will spin TRL tunes in the vein of this edition's theme: Back to School. There will also be a Top 10 countdown from audience votes, so make sure to pack your best rhinestoned bandana for whipping out the moves.

PERFORMANCE

Grief Dialogues: The Play
Wesley Fruge directs a series of vignettes that "presents some of the rhetoric and stigma that often surrounds death and instead asks us to listen to the voices of women and men as they explore the situations, relationships, emotions, aftermath, and logistics of death." Following the production, Peggie Dickens, MA, LMHC, will moderate a discussion about death.

Seattle Playwrights Salon: Bureaucrazy
It's just a regular boring day at the office until Grace and Amy's boss fatally chokes on an oatmeal cookie, setting off a chain reaction of disasters, in this Seattle Playwrights Salon production of Kate Danley's new play.

READINGS & TALKS

Elise Hooper
Join the launch party for Elise Hooper's The Other Alcott, a novel about a woman who discovers her passion for painting in the late 19th century.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

COMEDY

Schrampflin Falls: An Improvised Mystery
Possibly playing up the current Twin Peaks obsession, this improvised mystery show is set in a (fictional) small town in Washington State that has quirky residents as well as some "scandalous secrets" to hide.

Sherri Shepherd
Daytime television staple Sherri Shepherd (The View's co-host) will perform a stand-up set.

MUSIC

Sweet Dreams: The Music of Patsy Cline
Celebrate iconic singer Patsy Cline with an evening of "sweet dreams," covers and inspired-originals of the queen herself from local admiring musicians like Pacific Northwest singer-songwriters V. Contreras, Star Anna, Mackenzie Mercer, Jennifer Hopper, Kate Voss, and Jessica Lynne, along with musicians Rebecca Young, William Stover, Aaron O'Neil, Jason Goessl, and Country Dave Harmonson.

PERFORMANCE

Duet
See two short plays—I Love and Someone's Someone—that will explore "the ups and downs of love, loss, regret, shame, and the courage it takes to be who you are and go for what you want."

The Sunflower Sisters
Transport yourself to a potato farm in 1930s Idaho at the world premiere of John Ruoff's new drama, directed by Rich Wiltshire.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

FESTIVALS

IMAGINE: Music and Arts Festival
The mission of this Orcas Island music and arts festival is "to bring a sense of beauty, joy and awe to the world, offered up with a bit of love and kindness."

Seattle Philatelic Exhibition (SEAPEX)
Stamps are tiny, once-functional works of art punched straight out of history. In other words, don't you dare make fun of us for being excited about SEAPEX. Browse the international wares of 25 dealers and philatelic organizations, including the Society of Australian Specialists/Oceania and the China Stamp Society Convention. There will be free stamps for kids and educators.

FILM

Seattle Erotic Cinema Society Festival (SECS FEST)
The not-so-coyly named SECS FEST presents cinematic tales to titillate, including four features, 25 shorts, and two classics, all in the pricelessly weird Grand Illusion theater. See sex in every genre, including sci fi, documentary, music, dance, experimental, and comedy. Some screenings are preceded or followed by special talks by guest academics, BDSM practitioners, film professionals, and others. The cherry on top is the wrap party on Sunday. No one under 18 will be admitted to any of the films or events.

PERFORMANCE

The Seagull
Chekhov's The Seagull will take flight in one of Dacha Productions' signature backyard theater shows.

Choreographic Shindig III
Celebrate emerging talents in dance and choreography with the third annual Whim W'Him Choreographic Shindig—where the performers get to choose their choreographer. This time, see new works by Adam Barruch, Banning Bouldin, and Bruno Roque.

SATURDAY

ART

6th Annual Leschi Art Walk
Shop for and admire arts and crafts including photography, painting, jewelry, glasswork, organic soaps and leather goods at this art walk and street fair. They also promise children's activities, Dragon Boat demonstrations, and live music.

COMEDY

Cast of One
One comedian, David Rollison, will take the stage and improvise a production (inspired just by a synopsis of an existing play, book, or movie) all alone, playing every character in every scene.

COMMUNITY

Urban Plant Shop Brigade Pop-Up
Shop greenery—or just bask in it—and participate in DIY workshops as the Urban Plant Shop Brigade takes over the Discovery Center.

FESTIVALS

Arts-A-Glow
The days will begin to darken, and we'll fight back the only way we know how: gorgeous lantern parties in the park! Make your own lantern out of whatever you like, dress up, eat, and prolong the magic of sunset. There will be folk music, trapeze artists, belly dancing, and more in this dreamy melange.

Nachtoberfest
Snork down brats, sauerkraut, pretzels, and root beer in the buff at this family-friendly nudist party, featuring music by the Bavarian Village Band. The fun will continue afterwards at a bonfire party—don't stand too close—with the 8 Second Ride Trio.

Thai Festival Seattle 2017
Join the Thai Association of Washington State for its annual Thai Festival, featuring delicious food, live performances, music, vendor booths, and more. Bringing cash is recommended.

FOOD & DRINK

Bacon, Eggs, and Kegs
The name of the event is self-explanatory, but the details sound pretty tempting: a 30-foot Bloody Mary bar for drinks made with Heritage Distilling Co. vodka, Irish coffee, boozy root beer floats, or mimosas, and brunch food for purchase (including $5 deals). Plus: Bacon Bingo, dueling pianos, egg games, and more.

Northwest ChiliFest
Forget your end-of-summer potluck, come to this "hotluck" instead. The Northwest ChiliFest brings together spice aficionados and "chileheads" for a campout and celebration of all things hot. The festivities take place at the Kanaskat-Palmer State Park, in Ravensdale.

Northwest Tequila Fest 2017
Imbibe a variety of premium agave-based spirits (tequila, mezcal, sotol), eat snacks, listen to live music, and feel good knowing that your enjoyment supports the Benevolent Guild of Seattle.

MUSIC

RAIN - A Tribute to The Beatles
RAIN - A Tribute to The Beatles is a celebration of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band's fiftieth anniversary. In addition to early Beatles tunes, the show will highlight all the songs from Sgt. Pepper in a psychedelic multimedia performance.

WARNING DANGER, Rat City Ruckus, Millhous, Leftover Nastys, World Extreme Pencil Fighting League
Safety-themed punk group WARNING DANGER takes their audiences on a ride of potentially problematic scenarios of life-endangerment. They'll be joined by Rat City Ruckus, Millhous, and Leftover Nastys, as well as the World Extreme Pencil Fighting League for a night of live music plus professional pencil fighting battles, whatever that is.

PERFORMANCE

Bob's Buns! Buns! Buns!
Here at the calendar department, we've seen a lot of unusual pretexts for burlesque shows, but we think it's the first time Bob's Burgers has provided the contextual framework for booty. Baby LeStrange, Hyacinth Lee, Mitzy Sixx, The Assettes, Cocked & Loaded, Valerie DeVille, Wands Bones, and other sexpots, plus Dylan Hillerman as Bob Belcher, will present a fever dream reprising some of Miss Kennedy's Theater of Burlesque greatest hits from the past six seasons.

Morbid Curiositease
La Petite Mort and Kevin Incroyable will bring you slightly ghoulish sexy performances by Namii. Sage Viniconis, and Anna Clara Buoyant.

READINGS & TALKS

Readerfest
This literature-inspired festival promises readings, talks, signings, books for sale, costumes, face painting, food trucks, a Jim Valley concert, and a Last Leaf Productions children's play.

Rene Denfeld: The Child Finder
Rene Denfeld (The Enchanted) will share a new book about "an investigator who must use her unique insights to find a missing little girl."

Susan Ringstad Emery Gallery Talk
Local artist Susan Ringstad Emery will give a talk on her exhibit, which features "contemporary native artwork that ranges from cave-art-inspired mixed-media works on panel to graphite on paper."

SATURDAY-SUNDAY

ART

Members' Show
A/NT Gallery will showcase work from their members in their September exhibit.

FESTIVALS

Seattle Design Festival
In the words of Charles Mudede, writing in 2015: “By intersecting social justice, urban planning, ecology, and capital, [SDF] transforms design into a moral issue.” This year's festival will expand on the theme of "POWER" and investigate how design can shape global progress. 30,000 people attended last year's festival, and the installations, exhibits, and activities are likely to attract equally enthusiastic crowds

SUNDAY

COMEDY

Sandwich: A Storytelling Show
It's a night for "three-way storytelling creation," with live performers sharing tales in tandem. You might get to give your own short story reading. This week's theme is "death." Hooray!

FESTIVALS

Live Aloha Hawaiian Cultural Festival
Experience what it means to "live aloha" with hula and mele performances, Hawaiian music, ono food, and lei-making workshops with members of the 50,000-person-strong Pacific Northwest Hawaiian Islander community.

FILM

SHRIEK: Return of the Living Dead + Happy Hour Heckling
SHRIEK's film classes on women and POCs in cinema will take a break from the serious stuff to show Return of the Living Dead, which has, to put it kindly, never received the critical or popular plaudits of its inspiration, Night of the Living Dead. Which is to say, feel free to laugh your zombie butt off at this "heckle night."

FOOD & DRINK

Jubilee Women's Center's Rooftop Summer Send-off
Join and support the Jubilee Women's Center Associate Board in an end-of-summer celebration with drinks and music on a rooftop. Proceeds benefit the Center, which "provides programs and services that empower women to make positive life changes."

7th Annual Heirloom TomatoFare at Cedarbrook Lodge
Back for its seventh year, Cedarbrook Lodge's Heirloom TomatoFare will showcase the best of the best in heirloom tomatoes of the Pacific Northwest. Guests will sample heirloom tomatoes plus "tomato-inspired" dishes prepared by local chefs (stay tuned for that lineup soon). Local blues singer Sheryl Wiser will also make an appearance, along with the Wiretappers. Plus, the Bromiley family farmers will be onsite to talk about their Moses Lake mini-farm, which produces over 65 varieties (from 430 tomato plants!) of unique and unusual tomato seedlings each year.

PERFORMANCE

Hot Fawking Presents: Call of Booty
Video game characters will become sexy (or sexier) at this burlesque show presented by Hot Fawking Productions.

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