On the List: October 13-19

Wednesday, October 13th

• South African sensations Die Antwoord do a free in-store in Ballard @ Sonic Boom
• Later, they open for cartoon-headed Deadmau5's technological dance orgy @ the Paramount
• Or you've got further choices for electro-dancing with Holy F @ Neumo's and Miike Snow @ Showbox SoDo
• "I haven't seen anything like this since the Anita Bryant concert." Last night to see Airplane! @ Central Cinema
• Jazz wunderkind Nikki Yanovsky sings @ the Triple Door

Dean Wong: “Tet Lunar New Year” (2008) Wing Luke Museum Collection

Thursday, October 14th

• Free (with RSVP) show with Mad Rad and State of the Artist @ Chop Suey
• You've got two flavors of mellow rock, with Phantogram @ Neumo's and One eskimO @ the Triple Door
• Or get retro, Matador-style with Superchunk and Teenage Fanclub @ the Showbox
• Learn how to rebuild Haiti with Brian Concannon, Jr., Director of the Institute of Justice and Democracy in Haiti @ UW Gates Hall
• Another second Thursday, another Blitz @ Capitol Hill Arts Walk
• The Vis-a-vis Society presents a live performance-installation, The Wall Project @ Capitol Hill Arts Walk
• It's an extra-special "TV Dinner" featuring the live episode of 30 Rock @ Central Cinema
• "Home Revealed, Artists of the Chinatown-International District" opens @ The Wing
• Wayne Horvitz/Sweeter Than the Day performs @ Tula's

Friday, October 15th

• Broken Social Scene fill the stage @ the Paramount
• The dude abides with two days of Lebowski Fest, featuring Thee Emergency, the film, and of course, bowling @ the Showbox and @ Kenmore Bowl
• And Everclear (yes, that Everclear) is sold out @ Columbia City Theater
• It's the 22nd year of jazz music and movies, running now through November 7th @ Earshot Jazz Festival
• And it's the 15th annual Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival (through October 24th) kicks off with a gala screening of BearCity @ the Egyptian
• Sufjan Stevens has already written a song about the maybe-extinct ivory-billed woodpecker, and now there's documentary Ghost Bird (with director Scott Crocker in attendance) @ Northwest Film Forum
• Marissa Rae Niederhauser finishes her series of Tableaux Vivants with Gaslit @ Project: Space Available

Saturday, October 16th

• Documentary Reel Injun takes a look at Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans @ the Frye
• Young Frankenstein is playing through Wednesday @ Central Cinema
• Go medieval on your ears with the Tudor Choir's "Songs of War and Heaven" @ the Moore
• Mitzy & Maxine's Ditzy Glitzy Late Nite Blitz! "Halloween Candy Edition" @ Open Circle

Sunday, October 17th

• M.I.A. is sold out @ Showbox
• After the matinee screening of Israeli sumo comedy A Matter of Size, stick around for food, drinks, and raffle prizes @ SIFF Cinema
• Road trip! Take in the Snohomish Festival of Pumpkins @ various pumpkin patches
• OLIVER! gets the Lyric Opera Northwest treatment @ the Moore

Monday, October 18th

• His album is out today on Sub Pop, and to celebrate pop troubadour Kelley Stoltz plays with new wavey buzz band The Hundred in the Hands @ the Croc
• Here thar be monsters! Monday Madness Open Mic @ the Comedy Underground

Tuesday, October 19th

• Seattle Sounders v. Costa Rica's Saprissa @ Qwest Field
• The Melissa Morgan Quartet kicks off a 2-night stand @ Dimitriou's Jazz Alley
• Ayron Jones and The Way get their blues on @ the Can Can