On the List: July 14-20

Kylie Lewallen and Olivier Wevers' feet in a shot from "Coquette," Whim W'Him's burlesque turn as part of the Triple Door's Bastille Day show. Photo by La Via Photography.

NB: Through July 17th, enjoy sweet sweet alcohol (or coffee) with part of the proceeds going to the Vera Project @ Drink for the Kids various drinking establishments around town.

Wednesday - July 14

• As the photo up top indicates, le sexy among you will enjoy "L'Edition Française" @ the Triple Door
• Adventure School presents a Bastille Day Fête @ Corson Building
• It's Science! It's Art! Author Rob Mitchell talks about the exciting new field of bioart @ Town Hall
• For a counter-Bastille Day event, Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube are @ the Paramount

Thursday - July 15

• Cataldo (Eric Anderson and friends) play warm fuzzy pop songs suitable for campfires or picnics, some of which are about vampires. With Loch Lomond and Kyle Bradford @ the Crocodile
• FREE: Stanford University professor Gordon H. Chang talks about his book Asian American Art: A History (1850-1970), with Seattle writer Kazuko Nakane, artist Roger Shimomura, and writer/artist Alan Chong Lau @ Elliott Bay Book Co.
• Catch Singing in the Rain or an '80s and '90s music singalong @ Central Cinema
• It took a while, but soul singer Bettye LaVette is now a star.  See why for one night only @ Jazz Alley

Friday - July 16

• The "From the Land of the Midnight Sun" film collection opens (and runs through the 18th), including Package Deals: Finland, the documentaries Helsinki Forever and The Living Room of the Nation, and Calamari Union @ the Northwest Film Forum
• The documentary Killing Kastner, about the Jewish-Hungarian journalist and lawyer who negotiated with Eichmann to save 1,600 Hungarian Jews and was later assassinated, opens (and runs through July 22) @ the Northwest Film Forum
• Three Dollar Bill Cinema kicks off their free summer film series "Blonde But Not Forgotten" with Gentlemen Prefer Blondes @ Cal Anderson

Saturday - July 17

• Brite Futures (the recently rechristened Natalie Portman's Shaved Head) headlines the Drink for the Kids closing night party @ Neumo's
• How LOLworthy is it that the Gin Blossoms are playing the Vodka Rocks festival @ Snoqualmie Casino
• Seattle writer and cartoonist Monica Murphy Lemoine reads from her memoir on miscarriage, Knocked Up, Knocked Down @ Elliott Bay Book Co.
• Watch others get grillin' at the Bite of Seattle, in their attempts to make it to the finals in Napa Valley @ Great Steak Challenge Regional Grill-Off
• Celebrate the Sounds Outside with Monktail Creative Music Concern @ Cal Anderson
• Minus the Bear come home to play from new album OMNI @ the Showbox

Sunday - July 18

• Fraternal harmonies meet upbeat infectious folkish rock when Avett Brothers & Thao with the Get Down Stay Down take the big stage @ the Paramount
• Time for the latest edition of multimedia arts show The Round, this time with Damien Jurado, Mark Pickeral, and Star Anna, amongst others @ the Zoo
• It's your final day to drink wine on the Eastside @ Kirkland Uncorked

Monday - July 19

• Australian novelist Kate Veitch reads from Trust @ Elliott Bay Book Co.
• It's a free show (reservations required) with the afro-jazz of Somi @ Jazz Alley

Tuesday - July 20

• This can be short: Neil Young @ the Paramount
• The SIFF/Remy Cointreau Speakeasy Series goes to Miami--Some Like It Hot and Second Honeymoon, shown with sound down and subtitles on, are accompanied by Brazil's Eduardo Mendonça Trio @ the Triple Door
• Historian H.W. Brands talks about the U.S. since 1945 @ Town Hall
• But also, historian David Herlihy talks about his new book, The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance (in Turkey, as it turns out) @ Seattle Central Public Library