On the List: February 23-March 1

Wednesday, February 23rd

• John Popper of Blues Traveler (yes, that John Popper, and yes, that Blues Traveler) @ Neumo’s
• Newly-signed local quartet Motopony plays @ High Dive
• Beans (Anticon) brings deft hiphop lyricism @ Chop Suey

Thursday, February 24th

• If you missed it at SIFF last year, locally-made college reunion dramedy Perfect 10 screens for one night only @ SIFF Cinema
• Enter the high-stakes world of online journalism with The New New News: A Living Newspaper @ The Erickson Theatre

• Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Zoe Sundra plays her first Seattle show in Georgetown @ MIX Lounge
• Unanswerable question: Man or Astro-Man? @ the Croc
• Gee whiz, Officer Krupke, it’s just a West Side Story sing-along @ Central Cinema
• Otto Preminger’s Bonjour Tristesse (with Deborah Kerr, David Niven, and Jean Seberg) screens @ SAM

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Friday, February 25th

• Brent Amaker brings his Rodeo @ the Croc
• The uncategorizable wily indie vets Deerhoof @ Neumo’s
• Hometown heroes Macklemore and Ryan Lewis headline the first of many long-since sold-out shows @ the Showbox
• Jobim and more with the two-time Latin Grammy Award–winning guitar duo Sérgio and Odair Assad @ Benaroya Hall
• Late night viewing! Sex wizards do gory battle in The Eternal Evil of Asia @ the Grand Illusion

Saturday, February 26th

• There will definitely be no more wire hangers at the Mommie Dearest quote-along @ SIFF Cinema
• Climbing non-profit Alpine Club hosts their annual benefit black tie dinner @ Bell Harbor
• Talcum is back for your required end-of-month dose of northern soul @ Chop Suey
• Michael Gira tours with Swans again, but don’t call it a reunion, because Gira is scarily intense and doesn’t want you to use that word @ Neumo’s
• The Israeli Philharmonic plays Beethoven, Webern, and Mahler @ Benaroya Hall
• The Seattle International Piano Festival presents “From Russia to Brazil,” with Brazilian pianist Helena Azevedo @ the Frye Art Museum

Sunday, February 27th

• Watch the Oscars amongst film people for free (with purchase of $10 food coupon) @ Central Cinema or with Theo chocolates and drink specials @ the Bottleneck
• Wild Nothing and Abe Vigoda could be your Oscar afterparty @ Vera Project
• National Geographic presents wildlife photographer Joel Sartore discussing animal migrations (also Monday) @ Benaroya Hall
• “Ana Whim’s Mutant Freak,” a variety show with stand up comedy, videos, sketch comedy, and musical comedy elements, blows your mind @ the Can Can
• Foodies, the Seattle Food & Wine Experience is just sitting there @ the Exhibition Hall

Monday, February 28th

• It’s another National Theatre Live production, this time King Lear @ SIFF Cinema
• Tim Johnson discusses his book Tragedy in Crimson: How the Dalai Lama Conquered the World but Lost the Battle with China @ UW Johnson Hall
• Swedish pop collective the Concretes have a new lead singer to say something new @ Neumo’s
• Nancy Pearl just claimed another award (“Librarian of the Year”) and also released a travel-friendly Book Lust last October. Toast her with free wine and stick around for a talk @ Elliott Bay

Tuesday, March 1st

• FREE short stacks of pancakes all day, thanks to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals celebrating National Pancake Day @ your local IHOP
• Baths’ blunted maximalism and Braids’ smart spacey minimalism make for a peanut butter-and-chocolate perfect post-rock night @ Chop Suey
• Film historian and archivist Dennis Nyback screens a selection of shorts in “Subversive Animation” @ the Grand Illusion
• Lisa Dank (with Kevin Kauer), Fly Moon Royalty, Secret Shoppers, Pearl of Champagne Champagne, Metal Chocolates, and Blue Eyed Soul @ the Comet Tavern
• TechFlash meetup, techies @ Belltown’s Spitfire
• Vocalist Janiva Magness sings from her new album The Devil is an Angel Too @ Jazz Alley