Can't Miss It: Thursday

SIFF WILL NEVER FORGET '99: SIFF kicks off its annual festival tonight with a showing of Battle in Seattle, about the historic 1999 WTO protests. According to the listing, "Weaving multiple storylines with a star-studded ensemble cast this imaginative drama revisits fact, fiction, and many myths surrounding those tumultuous few days." There will be a red carpet gala, and the whole nine—a good opportunity to elbow-rub with stars of those moving pictures all the kids are crazy about. **UPDATE** Advance tickets are long gone, but rush tickets *may* be available at the door prior to tonight's screening. They'll assess how many seats are available and sell tix from there approximately 15 minutes before the film begins. So if anyone wants to try their luck at getting in, it's probably a good idea to get there early.

7:00 p.m. // SIFF Cinema at McCaw Hall // $50

WORKING ON YOUR PULITZER: Have a brilliant idea for a book about Pike Place buskers or the history of "seamstress" operations in Seattle? (We just pulled those two out of our ass, and like them, so don't be biting our ideas.) Head out to Cascadia Community College tonight for a seminar on Writing Your Nonfiction Book Proposal. This is an art. Seattlest has read books on the topic, and could still use a little more guidance. If you're a fledgling author like us, looking for some direction, tonight's your shot.

6:30-9:00 p.m. // Cascadia Community College // $35

URBAN COWBOY: We dig the Little Red Hen, we dig banjos, we dig some of that good old fashioned country music (We love us some Carrie Underwood, sure, but in this case we're talking about Hank Sr.'s country music). The Bouchards will be bringing all those good things together tonight in Greenlake, so get y'alls asses out there and have a honky tonk Thursday.

9:00 p.m. // Little Red Hen // Free

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