This is the opposite of a complete list of everything going on around town. It’s only what intrigues one weirdo, me, by being at least A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY while also being FREE or AFFORDABLE. I’ll be the fat old fart in the back row.
You are not allowed to have any fun whatsoever until you have AT LEAST contacted your elected reps to demand Donald Trump’s impeachment and Elon Musk’s arrest, and been to AT LEAST one protest against the coup.
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Film at the Beacon
• Inland Empire (2006)
THU MAR 13 — $12.50
Decent Social Skills at Ada’s Technical Books & Cafe
• Starting the Conversation
THU MAR 13, 6:30 PM — FREE
(but it’s a bookstore, ya cheap bastard, buy something)
Adult story time at Fremont Library
• Love Out Loud
THU MAR 13, 4PM — FREE
Film at Beacon Cinema
• David Lynch’s Dune (1984)
THU MAR 13 thru THU MAR 20 — $12.50
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Concert at Anderson School (Thorndike Room) in Bothell
• TwoMacs & Friends
FRI MAR 14, 7PM — FREE
Film at Beacon Cinema
• George Romero’s The Crazies (1973)
FRI MAR 14 and SAT MAR 15, 10PM — $12.50
Concert at Chief Sealth High School
• West Seattle Community Orchestras: Wind Symphony + Symphony Orchestra
FRI MAR 14, 7PM — FREE
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Play at UW’s Glenn Hughes Penthouse Theatre
• Late, A Cowboy Song
now playing thru SAT MAR 15 — $10-22
• Tour the Neptune Theater
SAT MAR 15, 10AM — FREE
Concert at Mirabella Seattle
• Ladies Musical Club: Songs for Soprano by Mozart & Strauss
SAT MAR 15, 2PM — FREE
Festál at Seattle Center
• Irish Festival Seattle
SAT MAR 15 and SUN MAR 16 — FREE
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Film at Northwest Film Forum
• Bona (1980)
now playing thru SUN MAR 16 — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)
Film at Northwest Film Forum
• Eraserhead (1977)
now playing thru SUN MAR 16 — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)
Film at Beacon Cinema
• The Misfits (1961)
SUN MAR 16 thru TUE MAR 18 — $12.50
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Girls Town (1996)
SUN MAR 16 thru WED MAR 19 — $12.50
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Lecture by Aaron Goings at Folio
• Radicals in the Community: Wobblies in the Pacific Northwest
MON MAR 17, 6PM — “Pay what you can”
Film at SIFF Film Center
• Werner Herzog’s Theater of Thought
MON MAR 17, 5PM and 7:30 — $6
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Standup at Club Comedy Seattle
• Chuckle Bucket Tuesday
TUE MAR 18, 8PM — $7 (age 21+ only)
Husky baseball at Husky Ballpark
• UW vs Pacific Lutheran
TUE MAR 18, 5PM — $2 SPECIAL PRICE
Readings at Lapis Theater
• Works in Progress
TUE MAR 18, 6PM — FREE (registration required)
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Lecture at White River Valley Museum in Auburn
• Hunting, Fishing, and Native Sovereignty
WED MAR 19, 5:30 PM — FREE
Concert at First Free Methodist Church
• Rain City Symphony: Beethoven, Ravel, Coleridge-Taylor
WED MAR 19, 7:30 PM — FREE
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Decent Social Skills at Ada’s Technical Books & Cafe
• Conversation Cafe
THU MAR 20, 6:30 PM — FREE
(but it’s a bookstore, ya cheap bastard, buy something)
Concert at Rabbit Box Theater
• Dirty Sidewalks with Bow & Yarrow, Michael Ray, and the Plastic Sheets
THU MAR 20 — $12
Film at Beacon Cinema
• David Lynch: A Remembrance Both Wonderful And Strange (2025)
THU MAR 20 and SUN MAR 23 — $12.50
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Concert at Substation
• MYTHM with Proxxxy, 7VN, DJ NiLLA
FRI MAR 21, 10PM — $10 and up (age 21+ only)
Play at Annex Theater
• Blue to Blue
FRI MAR 21 thru SAT APR 12 — $5 and up
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Concert at Baba Yaga
• Weep Wave with Family Worship Center and Little Venom
SAT MAR 22, doors 8:00 PM, show 9:00 — $15 (age 21+ only)
Concert at the Black Lounge
• Soul Nite
SAT MAR 22, 9PM — $13.39
• Husky Volleyball at Alki Beach
SAT MAR 22, TIMES TBA — FREE
Film at Northwest Film Forum
• Crash (1996)
SAT MAR 22 thru SAT MAR 29 — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)
Concert at Sunset Tavern
• Linda from Work with Biblioteka, Bexley
SAT MAR 22, 9PM — $15.45 (age 21+ only)
Concert at Conor Byrne Cooperative
• Cheese Nite IV
SAT MAR 22, doors 8PM show 9PM — $12 (age 21+ only)
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Festál at Seattle Center
• Seattle’s French Fest
SUN MAR 23 — FREE
Concert at Highline High School
• Highline Community Symphonic Band: Every Person is Connected
SUN MAR 23, 2PM — FREE
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Laura (1944)
SUN MAR 23 thru THU MAR 27 — $12.50
Concert at Seattle City Hall
• Persian festival of Nowruz
SUN MAR 23, NOON — FREE
Concert at Magnolia United Church of Christ
• Clarinet & Piano Chamber Music
SUN MAR 23, 4:30 PM — FREE
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Lecture at Wyncote NW Forum (Town Hall)
• Lollapalooza — The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival
MON MAR 24, 7:30 PM — $10 and up
Reading at Folio
• The Cold Millions with Jess Walter
MON MAR 24, 7:30 PM — FREE or DONATION (registration required)
Film at Northwest Film Forum (Grand Illusion event)
• The Annihilation of Fish (1999)
MON MAR 24 thru TUE APR 8 — $12
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)
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Film at Beacon Cinema
• Secret Cinema
TUE MAR 25, 7:30 PM — FREE
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Comedy at Clock-Out Lounge
• Joketellers Union
WED MAR 26, doors 8:00 PM, show 8:30 — $12
Open mic at Wyncote NW Forum (Town Hall)
• Town Hall’s Got Talent
WED MAR 26, 7:30 PM — SLIDING SCALE TICKETS (reservations required)
Concert at Rabbit Box Theatre
• Halls of Justice
WED MAR 26, doors 6PM, show 7PM — $5 advance, $10 door (age 21+ only)
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Concert at Armory Stage (Seattle Center)
• Lady A with Shakura S’Aida
THU MAR 27, 6PM — FREE
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Film at Pacific Science Center IMAX
• Mulholland Drive (2001)
FRI MAR 28 thru WED APR 2 — $7.77
You are not required to purchase separate tickets to the Science Center.
Dance at Armory Stage (Seattle Center)
• Rhythmic Impressions: A Celebration of Black Women Chorus Line Dancers
FRI MAR 28, 6PM — FREE
Monologues at Highline Heritage Museum
• Seven Stories
FRI MAR 28, 7:30 PM — $?
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Jazz at Wyncote NW Forum (Town Hall)
• Ballaké Sissoko, Vincent Segal, Émile Parisien, Vincent Peirani
SAT MAR 29, 7:30 PM — $15 and up
Lecture at Quincy Jones Performing Arts Center
• Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day
SAT MAR 29, NOON — FREE (reservations required)
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• King/Snohomish County Regional Spelling Bee at Town Hall
SUN MAR 30, 1PM — FREE
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard (1950)
SUN MAR 30 thru TUE APR 1 — $12.50
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Concert at The Funhouse
• Filthy Traitors with For Closure, Punchin’ Grumpy
MON MAR 31, doors 7:30, show 8PM — $14.43
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Film at Beacon Cinema
• Smooth Talk (1985)
TUE APR 1 and THU APR 3 — $12.50
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Lecture at Greenwood Senior Center
• Wonderful, Weird, and Worrisome Objects in Washington State Museums
WED APR 2, 1:00 PM — FREE
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Secret Cinema
WED APR 2, 7:30 PM — FREE
• Transit Riders Union Monthly Social at Owl 'n Thistle
WED APR 2, 5:30 PM — FREE
(but it’s a restaurant, ya cheap bastard, buy something)
Concert at UW North Allen Library
• Students of the UW School of Music
WED APR 2, 12:30 PM — FREE
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Free First Thursday at most Seattle museums
• Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture
• Henry Art Gallery
• Museum of Flight
• National Nordic Museum
• Northwest African American Museum
• Seattle Art Museum
• Seattle Asian Art Museum
• Volunteer Park Conservatory
• Washington Park Arboretum walking tour
THU APR 3 — FREE EVERY FIRST THURSDAY
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Film at Pacific Science Center IMAX
• Blue Velvet (1986)
FRI APR 4 thru WED APR 9 — $7.77
You are not required to purchase separate tickets to the Science Center.
Film at Northwest Film Forum
• Secret Mall Apartment (2024)
FRI APR 4 thru SUN APR 13 — $15
(discounts for kiddies, students, old farts, members)
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Film at Beacon Cinema
• My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2009)
SAT APR 5 — $12.50
Films at Japanese Baptist Church
• Reel Memories: Asian American Home Movies Screening
SAT APR 5, 1PM — FREE (registration required)
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Film at Beacon Cinema
• Mon Oncle (1958)
SUN APR 6 and TUE APR 8 — $12.50
Film at Beacon Cinema
• Carnival of Souls (1962)
SUN APR 6 and MON APR 7 — $12.50
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Husky baseball at Husky Ballpark
• UW vs Seattle University
TUE APR 8, 6PM — $2 SPECIAL PRICE
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Festál at Seattle Center
• Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival
FRI APR 11 thru SUN APR 13 — FREE
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As the nincompoops say, “Do your own research.”
Click the links. Check the times. Maybe I made a typo.
ALWAYS FREE
• Art Walks
• Artists at Play (at Seattle Center)
• Ballard Locks
• Center for Wooden Boats (Wednesdays – Sundays)
• Center on Contemporary Art (Thursdays – Saturdays)
• Low tide on the Sound— great for crab, snail, or starfish hunting
• Duwamish Longhouse and Cultural Center (closed Mondays)
• Festál (at Seattle Center)
• Frye Art Museum
• KEXP Gathering Space
• Klondike Gold Rush Museum (closed Mondays & Tuesdays)
• Kubota Garden
• Ladies Musical Club
• Log House Museum (Fridays & Saturdays)
• Museum Pass from King County Public Library
• Olympic Sculpture Park
• Pike Place Market
• Seattle Center
• Seattle Chinese Garden
• Seattle Free Walking Tours
• Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets
• Seattle Parks & Recreation
• Suzzallo Library
• Washington Park Arboretum
• Woodland Park Rose Garden
NOT FREE BUT WORTH THE PRICE
• Ada’s Technical Books & Cafe
• Archie McPhee
• Charlie’s Queer Books
• Club Comedy Seattle
• Connections Museum (Sundays only)
• The Couth Buzzard
• Elliott Bay Books
• Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
• Highline Heritage Museum (closed Mondays-Wednesdays)
• Left Bank Books
• Metro Transit
• The Monorail
• Open Books
• Paper Boat Booksellers
• Scarecrow Video
• Queen Anne Book Company
• Seattle Japanese Garden (closed for winter)
• Seattle Pinball Museum
• Sound Transit
• Third Place Books
• Underground Tour
• Washington State Ferries
• Water Taxi
• Wing Luke Museum (closed Mondays & Tuesdays)
• Woodland Park Zoo (random days are reasonably priced)
• Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
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