On the List: September 15-21



Wednesday, September 15th

• Take your mama out to Scissor Sisters @ Showbox SoDo
• A couple more nights with cinematic BFFrenemies Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski in Aguirre, The Wrath of God @ the Grand Illusion
• CityClub discusses the local impacts of Seattle's international healthcare with Thomas Hansen, CEO of Seattle Children’s Hospital, and David Fleming, Seattle/King Co. Public Health director @ Town Hall
• Weigh in on the Central Waterfront design finalist presentations @ Benaroya Hall

Thursday, September 16th

• Celebrate the restaurant's 13th birthday with $13 entrees (with purchase of an appetizer or dessert) @ Maximilien
• If ever there's a time to do the Puyallup, it has to be for Willie Nelson and the Family, right? @ the Fair
• The combo of Kele (of Bloc Party) and Does It Offend You, Yeah? guarantee an intense night @ Chop Suey
• The French Project encamp for a weekend of zany live culture mashing performances @ Northwest Film Forum

Friday, September 17th

• It's a lovely night of Danish orchestral pop of Efterklang @ Chop Suey
• Daily Show creator Lizz Winstead's new show, My State of the Union @ Theatre Off Jackson
• The Stranger crowns a new crop of geniuses, with entertainment by Emerald City Soul Club and Shabazz Palaces (who play at their own coronation) @ the Moore
• Seattle Dance Project's Project Orpheus, plus new choreographic works by Wade Madsen, Eva Stone, and Olivier Wevers, opens @ ACT Theatre
• Sleepy little Wallingford hosts the Wurst Festival all weekend and tonight's entertainment is BottleRockit, "Northwest's rockbluespopcountrysurf party band" @ St. Benedict School

Saturday, September 18th

• Sip for SIFF is all sold out @ Chihuly Boathouse
• It's for the children with two Saturday family concerts featuring Recess Monkey @ Town Hall
• Hey now now, check out the eco-friendly indie rock of Cloud Cult @ Showbox
• Don't let the name throw you off: in addition to cornhole, UW football on the television, and plenty of meat, some quality bands like Black Whales, the Lights, and Hey Marseilles are playing Redhook Brewery @ Sausagefest
• The PLOP! Lit series, an intimate monthly performance writing salon hosted by the crazy kids of the Vis-a-vis Society, goes up @ An Undisclosed Location (You have to email!)
• Schmorgasbord, a monthly cabaret of new performance @ the Balagan
• INVI brings you Auburn v. Clemson in 3D @ Gordon Biersch downtown.

Sunday, September 19th

• Head back to the '80s with Ferris Bueller's Day Off (through the 22nd) @ Central Cinema
• On the Eastside? Drop in for jazz brunch with the Jose Gonzales Trio @ Bellevue's Z’Tejas

Monday, September 20th

• Pop singer-songwriter Jason Falkner, who's worked with approximately everyone (Jon Brion, Air, Paul McCartney, Beck, and Susanna Hoffs) @ Triple Door

Tuesday, September 21st

• They're back! Hot Hot Heat celebrate new album Future Breeds @ Chop Suey
• If Willie didn't get you to the fair, perhaps Adam Lambert's caterwauling will @ Puyallup
• It's the first of six Tuesdays of films in the latest Required Viewing course, this time on The End of the Western @ Northwest Film Forum
• Talking head David Gregory from Meet the Press talks politics corporeally @ Town Hall