To Do List

Built to Spill, Camper Van Beethoven, the Delusions
There aren’t a whole lot of bands who can fill the Showbox to capacity thre... More>>
Showbox, Thu., October 4, 12:00am, $18 adv./$20

The Trucks, Feral Children, Police Teeth
Some records are a pleasant slow burn, revealing their top notes and streng... More>>
Crocodile Cafe, Thu., October 4, 12:00am, $7

World of Nerdcraft
Until my friend Derek faced the grim reality that he couldn’t be a superior... More>>
Qwest Field, Thu., October 4, 12:00amDaily from Fri., October 5 until Sun., October 7, 12:00am, $10 per day

Columbia City Cabaret
“You must make noise … because it turns us on,” said hostess Tamara the Tra... More>>
Columbia City Theater, Every week Friday, 12:00am, $20-$25

Balanchine’s Petipa
In the same way that you can look at your family album and see your nose re... More>>
Phelps Center, Fri., October 5, 12:00am, $10

Michael Stusser
Turns out Buddha wasn’t as fat as the t-shirts at Urban Outfitters suggest,... More>>
Third Place Books, Fri., October 5, 12:00am

SW REVERB Fest! With Siberian, Throw Me the Statue, Mark Pickerel and his Praying Hands, Fleet Foxes, D. Black, Macklemore, Partman Parthorse, Triumph of Lethargy, the Maldives, the Whore Moans, Hypatia Lake, Das Llamas, PWRFL Power, the Kindness Kind
“Efterklang” is the Danish word for “reverberation”; it’s also a group that... More>>
Ballard, Sat., October 6, 12:00am, $8 adv./$10

Three-Ring School
Used to be that if you wanted to join the circus, you had to run away as a ... More>>
School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts (SANCA), Sat., October 6, 12:00amSun., October 7, 12:00am, Free

Sausage Fest, Bra!
Bro, I hope this party’s not going to be a total sausage fest. I mean, ther... More>>
Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Daily from Fri., October 5 until Sun., October 7, 12:00am, Free

Jose Gonzales, Tiny Vipers
Now that entering the public’s consciousness through commercial avenues is ... More>>
Showbox, Sun., October 7, 12:00am, $20 adv./$23

Joanna Thomas
Punch is so my favorite gallery right now. Everything these primarily-Ellen... More>>
Punch, Sun., October 7, 12:00am

Late Nite Catechism
Maripat Donovan’s one-woman show explains everything you wanted to know abo... More>>
ACT Theatre, Every week Friday, Saturday, 12:00amEvery week Sunday, 12:00am, $24.50-$29.50

Garrison Keillor
Cozy as a cup of cocoa, Keillor’s new novel, Pontoon, revisits Lake Wobegon... More>>
Town Hall, Mon., October 8, 12:00am, $5

Trentemøller
“I’ve decided to give up on electronic music,” a friend recently told me as... More>>
Neumo's, Mon., October 8, 12:00am, $15

365 Days/365 Plays
Suzan-Lori Parks’ cycle of 365 short plays, in free performances across the... More>>
Various locations, Daily from Mon., July 2 until Sun., November 11, 12:00am

Metric, Crystal Castles
When a friend told me a few years ago that Metric puts on one hell of a liv... More>>
Showbox, Tue., October 9, 12:00am, $17 adv./$20

Phoebe Damrosch
Come to Licorous this Tuesday night for a happy two hours of restaurant dir... More>>
Licorous, Tue., October 9, 12:00am, $10

Pocket Full of Nickels with DJ Tom LG
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Conor Byrne's, Every week Tuesday, 12:00am

People’s Republic of Komedy
Alternative stand-up, sketches, and music, under various names, each Wednes... More>>
Chop Suey, Every week Wednesday, 12:00am, $5

Andy Shaw vocal jam
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Egan's Ballard Jam House, Every week Wednesday, 12:00am, NC

365 Days/365 Plays
Suzan-Lori Parks’ cycle of 365 short plays, in free performances across the... More>>
Various locations, Daily from Mon., July 2 until Sun., November 11, 12:00am