The Seattle Symphony will perform the Psycho score live during the film on Saturday.
This week, our arts critics have chosen the best events in every discipline—from Dine Around Seattle's $33 three-course menus to a reading from Sarah Vowell to a screening of Psycho with a live soundtrack from the Symphony—for you. See them all below, and, if that's still not enough, check out our complete Things To Do calendar, or follow us on Facebook or Twitter.
TUESDAY
READINGS & TALKS
Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor with Hank Green
The popular podcast "Welcome to Night Vale" is now a novel! Popular (Inter)Netter Hank Green joins the creators/authors.
THEATER
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
In this eerie 2012 play by Anne Washburn, an unspecified catastrophe wipes out the world's electricity, forcing human beings to scavenge for survival and scrap with each other—starting by retelling a Simpsons episode.
OPERA
The Pearl Fishers
Rebecca Brown highly recommends you see this Seattle Opera production, which closes Saturday.
FILM
SHRIEK: A Women of Horror Film & Discussion Series
This week, the Scarecrow Video series that examines the role of women in horror films will look at The Hunger.
MUSIC
Tay Falco's Panther Burns
"Charismatic Memphis frontman Gustavo Antonio Falco comes off like an Elvis Presley impersonator with a punk-infused IDGAF attitude." -Dave Segal
ART
TURN
Turn is a year-long collaborative series in which a different artist takes a turn transforming a single piece of art each month. This month's iteration by Robert Hardgrave is on display today.
Peter Millett: Non-congruent
"Peter Millett speaks in shapes. His angular sculptures are abstract in the grand tradition: They present a future memory of the familiar. One of my favorite recent works is Sprout. This exhibition will include Sprout and the rest of this veteran Seattle artist's latest."-Jen Graves (Through Saturday)
COMEDY
Comedy Womb Open Mic
The weekly "female-focused comedy experience" at Rendezvous. This week's show features Dinah Foley and Alex Falcone.
WEDNESDAY
FOOD & DRINK
Reuben's Brews Fall Beer Dinner
'Tis the season, for hearty meals and good ales. Bell + Whete's hosting a Reuben's Brews beer paired meal, with yummy things like elk crepinette, potato dumplings, fermented beets, and more, plus imperial red and black ales, and other deliciousness.
ART
Jeff Jacobson, Casey Weldon, and Samantha Wall
Roq La Rue's October exhibition highlights three artists with dreamlike work. (Through Sat)
FILM
Scarecrow Video Screenings
Scarecrow will play The Ghost Ship and The Leopard Man, two seasonally appropriately creepy films.
READINGS & TALKS
Sarah Vowell
The very hilarious historian and essayist Sarah Vowell reads from her new book, Lafayette in the Somewhat United States, a chronicle of George Washington's trusted officer and friend Marquis de Lafayette. (A copy of the book is included in the ticket price.) Then Stranger editor-in-chief Christopher Frizzelle will interview Vowell onstage, followed by a Q&A with the audience.
Tavi Gevinson
Teen queen Tavi Gevinson will read from and sign Rookie Yearbook Four (THE LAST YEARBOOK!).
MUSIC
Machinedrum
Club chameleon Machinedrum brings his gorgeous, omnivorous take on juke and rave to Q.
Grimes
Check out Grimes' futurist synth-pop at the Showbox.
Blowfly
The greasy, rap/"rhythm n' boobs" superhero Blowfly headlines the Highline.
THURSDAY
FOOD & DRINK
Dine Around Seattle
Over 65 restaurants throughout Seattle are serving 3-course dinner menus for $33, with many restaurants also offering a 3-course lunch for $18. See the complete list of restaurants on our calendar.
Guest Chef Night with Greg Atkinson of Restaurant Marché
FareStart, an awesome organization that actively works to better the lives of homeless people, is hosting their weekly Guest Chef Night.
Winter Squash: Roots & Relationships
Come to Central Co-ops's Rochdale Room to take a class on winter squash with produce expert Mark Mulcahy.
READINGS & TALKS
How to Love This Queer Body of Color
In this spoken word series, queer POCs tell their stories about their bodies, love, and relationships. (Through Sunday)
Kristin Hersh with Sean Nelson
Don't Suck, Don't Die: Giving Up Vic Chesnutt is the second memoir from the musician, writer, and author of Rat Girl. The late Vic Chesnutt was her frequent touring partner.
Margaret O'Mara: Pivotal Tuesdays
Historian Margaret O'Mara discusses her new book, in which she analyzes four different presidential elections n the context of the nation and American culture as a whole, with a special eye on Seattle and the Pacific Northwest,
National Geographic Live: Kobie Boykins
Boykins, one of NASA's engineers in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will give a talk on his experience on the front line of Mars exploration rovers Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity.
THEATER
Listening Glass
One of the more psychologically thrilling things out there this Halloween season is this play, the latest production from the true-to-their-name Seattle Immersive Theatre. Plus, a whole month of new dates have been added!
Festen
A family drama about the false cheeriness of families by David Eldridge, based on the Danish film of the same name. This New Century Theatre Company production is directed by Tony nominee and Seattle Rep regular Wilson Milam.
MUSIC
Sonic Evolution: Under the Influence
A wildly diverse Earshot Jazz Festival concert at Benaroya Hall in which all the elements intrigue.
S
"Vampires, losers, and muffins" were all rolled up into one big heartbreak record on S's Cool Choices. S and badass punks Gazebos play Vera tonight.
FRIDAY
HALLOWEEN
Boo-Kakke Circus
Hosted by drag-queens-to-watch Arson Nicki and Ha'Messy, anything goes at Boo-Kakke Circus, as long as it's kinky, freaky, and above all scary.
Campout Cinema: Alien
Outdoor movies come inside for the final night of the EMP's horror film series. Bring blankets, pillows, and sleeping bags, and they'll provide the food, themed drinks, and "other surprises." Plus, tickets include entry to EMP's Can't Look Away: The Lure of Horror Film.
MUSIC
Daniel Bell
Daniel Bell will be rocking his stark, incisive, and sometimes unsettling techno at 12th Avenue Arts.
SATURDAY
HALLOWEEN
All Hallows' Eve Celebration at Babirusa
Babirusa says its Halloween celebration will have "hauntingly great" food, a "witches' brew," and "other potions with paranormal properties." Whatever that means, it's a great chance to check out Babirusa.
Psycho with the Symphony
Do you know why everyone acts like Psycho is so great? Because it IS. Oh yeah, AND the Seattle Symphony will be performing Bernard Herrmann’s score live and synched.
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Psycho isn't the only Halloween movie you can see today. Several theaters will be playing this campy classic.
The Shining
It's a trifecta of Halloween classics, this one at Scarecrow, for free.
Dickslap Halloween
It's the Halloween edition of the very hallowed Dickslap at the Eagle! Bright Light Bright Light will playing the '90s house you know and lurve.
House of Whorrors
Pony does Halloween the Pony way: full of debauchery and excess, with Ursula Android and her "House of Whorrors" leading the charge.
FESTIVALS
Short Run Comix & Arts Festival
Over 200 artists, cartoonists, zinesters, publishers, and more, featuring local artists Jim Woodring and Bruce Bickford, and special guests Charles Forsman and Melissa Mendes.
ART
Saturday University: Dreams Come True, Almost
This talk by the Seoul-based artist Jung Yeondoo takes place early in the morning, just after you've awakened from your own dreams. He'll talk about his project Dreams Come True, Almost, in which he represented, in photographs, the dreams of adolescents.
SUNDAY
FILM
NT Live: Hamlet
Catch Benedict Cumberbatch in this broadcast from London.
READINGS & TALKS
Alice Wheeler Book Signing
Photographer Alice Wheeler will be signing copies of her newly released monograph, Outcasts and Innocents: Photographs of the Northwest (with an essay by Kathleen Hanna).
MUSIC
Kurtis Blow
Rap legend Kurtis Blow helps kick off "hiphop history month" with local legends Abyssinian Creole and a whole raft of other rappers.
COMEDY
Weird and Awesome with Emmett Montgomery
On the first Sunday of each month, comedy, variety, and "a parade of wonder and awkward sharing" are hosted by the self-proclaimed "moustache wizard" Emmett Montgomery.