01/18

Baltic Room

Local electronica favorites FCS North and Hidden Habitats.

Vera Project, 7 p.m. — Central Services, Ghost Stories and Your Heart Breaks. Free. All ages. $3 vegan dinner available if you’re hungry.

Mr. Spots Chai House, 8 p.m. — Ready to bring your talents out into the open? Open mike night is for you! Even if you just want

to watch someone else work their guts up and rock out in this comfortable little café, there is nothing quite like a free open mic night. All ages.

UW HUB Auditorium, 7 p.m. — Office Space Movie Night

UW Smith Hall, Room 102, 4 p.m. — UW professor Michael Honey will talk about his new book Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign.

Historic University Theater, 8 p.m.

Wallflowers — a comedy about the socially awkward, conceived by Jet City Improv verteran Doug Willott. Runs until Feb. 9. $8 for students.

01/19

Movies opening today:

Breaking and Entering — Staring Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, and Robin Wright Penn, this movie promises to attempt action-packed romance. Rated R.

Zodiac — From the director of Se7en and Fight Club and starring Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal and Mark Ruffalo, this movie is based on the true story of a serial killer in San Francisco.

The Hitcher — 1980s horror remake staring Sean Bean, Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton.

The Italian — A lower budget film about a courageous 5-year-old boy living in an orphanage in Russia.

Comet Tavern — The Divorce, Head like a Kite, The Cave Singers and Whalebones.

Neumo’s, 8 p.m. — Steve Malkmus & the Jicks, Entrance

Indie Rock $15.

Trabant Chai Lounge, 8 p.m. — Corey Tremaine and Intisaar Jubran play a live show right around the corner. Trabant’s Web site describes Jubran’s voice as “diverse as the content of her lyrics, which deal in elemental, emotive metaphors and personal relationships.” Free.

Henry Art Gallery, 8 p.m. — “Make Your Own Life: Artists in & out of Cologne.” Taking a look at artists who “bucked the establishment to raise important questions of artistic identity and institutional critique,” this exhibit contrasts artists of Cologne, Germany with their American contemporaries. Free with UW ID starting Saturday. Opening celebration with performances by The Rodney Graham Band and The Book of Lists and Factums. For the opening, members are allowed in free/ $15 General/ $10 Students & Seniors

Last Supper Club — Up-and-coming hip-hop artist Mickey Avalon performs with live burlesque dancers. $10.

01/20

Olympic Sculpture Park, All day — A two-day grand opening celebration starts tod day at the Olympic Sculpture Park. Saturday’s festivities will include a breakdancing performance by the Massive Monkees, musical performances by Josephine Howell, Choklate and RED HOTZ, acrobatics by Circus Contraption’s Jason Williams and Evelyn Bittner and much more. See complete lineup at www.seattleartmuseum.org. All events free.

Showbox — “The onslaught bagan Oct. 19, 2002…” Since then, Seattle Metal Fest has been an annual event. This year, participating bands include Overkill, God Forbid, Destruction, Into Eternity, Goatwhore, The Human Abstract, Mnemic, Arsis. $25/30. All ages.

Henry Art Gallery, 2 pm. — “A Listening Event and Panel Discussion with Rodney Graham and Special Guests.” $8 Henry Members/ $10 General. Free book signing with Rodney Graham will follow in Henry Art Gallery’s café.

Trabant Chai Lounge, 8 p.m. — Vanderbilt and Jim Santanella perform live. All ages. Free.

01/21

Olympic Sculpture Park, All day — Festivities continue. Today’s line-up includes Ropeworks Performance Troupe, Mak Fai Lion Dancers and many more.

Neumo’s, 8 p.m. — Hip-hop artists Tech N9ne, Big Krizz Kaliko and Kutt Cahoun perform. $23/25. All ages.

Triple Door, 7 p.m. — Seattle Symphony at the Triple Door: Mara Gearman. $15/ 20.

01/22

UW Kane Hall, Room 220, 7:30 p.m. — Author Colson Whitehead will discuss and sign, Apex Hides the Hurt, a “wickedly funny social satire,” according to the University Book Store.

Café Solstice — Carmona Flamenco and Ana Montes perform only a quick walk from campus. $15.

01/23

The Triple Door, 7:30 p.m. –— Al Kooper, “rock guitarist, organist, iconoclast and one of the most inspired and intelligent people in rock music” offers up a real bargain, charging a mere $5 per adjective. 21+. $25.

Tractor Tavern,9 p.m. — Purty Mouth, billed as “Seattle’s gayest country band,” with The Moondoggies and Miss Mamie Lavona the Exotic Mulatta. 21+. $6.

— Louise Foster

louisefoster@thedaily.washington.edu