Get Out

Music: Cat Power, Chan (short for Charlyn) Marshall, brings her insanity-influenced act to our frozen burg. Right now she's walking around town, melting the ice with that impish smile of hers.

8pm // The Showbox // Tickets are $30

(Note: If you intend to scream Chan's name at the concert, or later, in the privacy of your bedroom, it's pronounced like "Shawn," just like the Angels' "Chone" Figgins. Go figure. And forget about the bedroom, we've just introduced Chone Figgins into your fantasy. )

Warmth: The Fireside Room, at the Sorrento Hotel on First Hill, is the best place to be when it's cold. Since it will get down below 20 tonight, the warming cocktails and Honduran mahogany should feel warmer tonight than they ever have.

Until 11pm // The Sorrento Hotel [900 Madison St., at Terry] // Whatever drinks cost these days

Books: Julia Scheeres' memoir, Jesus Land, is, in the immortal word of David Brent [mp3], "racial." When she, a white person, was three, her family adopted a three-year-old black person. If I told you they were raised Calvinist and also went to a Christian reform school in the Dominican, is that something you think you might be interested in?

7:30pm // Elliott Bay Bookstore // Free