Get Out

POLITICS: Young Republicans meetup. "Can't be any more boring than Drinking Liberally, can it?" asks Seattlest Seth. "Six of one, half dozen of the other," we reply.

5:30pm // Nickerson Street Saloon // free

MUSIC: Former Velocity Girl Sarah Shannon sings selections from her latest pop album, City Morning Song, for loyal listeners and new fans alike.

7:30pm // The Triple Door // $10

BOOK: May she have your liver? Liver transplant surgeon Pauline Chen reads from her memoir Final Exam: A Young Surgeon's Reflections on Mortality.

7:30pm // Elliott Bay Book Co. // free

THEATER: Seattle Arts & Lecture Series: Suzan-Lori Parks was the first African American woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize in drama, for Topdog/Underdog. Among other credits, Parks wrote the screenplay for Spike Lee's Girl 6 and an adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God .

7:30pm // Benaroya Hall // Tickets: $20-$25 ($10 students/25-and-under)

MUSIC: Drummer Martin Dosh weaves together aspects of pop, jazz, electro, and prog rock into his nuanced compositions with help from his friends in Tapes N Tapes and Andrew Bird.

10pm // Chop Suey // $8