Can't Miss It: Weekend Edition
MUSIC: If you're not taking the ferry Friday night to Bremerton's Admiral Theatre to catch Death Cab for Cutie (we understand if you're not, it's a real schlep) and if you don't have tickets to Blitzen Trapper/Fleet Foxes at Neumo's (it's sold out), then my god, what the hell were you planning on doing? How about a trip up to Everett for the Everett Symphony's Tribute to Burt Bacharach. (We agree, Mrs. Hendy, he is a philosopher!) Do you know the way to Everett, Alfie? We'll say a little prayer for you.
FILM: The documentary Senator Obama Goes to Africa, which we've plugged before, is showing Saturday and Sunday at Central Cinema, which makes it worth plugging again. Not only will you get to see Obama travel from South Africa to Kenya to visit his father's home in Kisumu, and then to a Darfur refugee camp in Chad, but you will be drinking beer and eating pizza at the same time. It's some kind of heaven on earth. Just like Poland! (Our best sequé yet!) So don't forget that the Polish Film Festival is playing this weekend and next at SIFF Cinema. It kicks off Friday night at 7:15 with Jasminum, a "mysterious and magical story" about monks.
4, 7 & 9 p.m. Saturday-Sunday // Central Cinema, 1411 21 Avenue // Tickets: $5
WORKSHOP: In honor of the Dalai Lama's visit, may we suggest an intensive introduction to Buddhism and meditation? May we suggest you drop $100 on it? The all-weekend workshop (for beginners or arhats) is called: Working with our Mental States--the Good, the Bad and the Ugly. You'll work on identifying your ideas and emotions, and how to tell which are healthy to cultivate and which are unrealistic and self-defeating. We have to admit, Buddhist psychology has stuff going for it that cognitive behavioral psychologists are just now tapping into.
7-9 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday, 10-noon Sunday // bodhiheartsangha // Email registration: $100
CULTURAL FESTIVAL: This weekend's Cherry Blossom festival commemorates, among other things, the gift of 1,000 cherry trees to Seattle in 1976. It's also a celebration of Japanese culture with Taiko drums, food, tea ceremony demonstrations, artwork and more. You can take part in hands-on activities including saké sampling, origami plane contests, a martial arts expo and a Go tournament. "The Enburi dancers and musicians from Hachinohe, Japan, are the highlighted performers at the event and part of a cultural exchange with the Duwamish Tribe."
Friday-Sunday // Seattle Center // FREE
The listed events were chosen by the editors of Seattlest and brought to you by the 2009 Toyota Corolla.
