Can't Miss It: Wednesday

WAMU'S KRAUSS PLANT: Tonight's the night: some old dude named Robert Plant is appearing with the angelically voiced Alison Krauss. They're touring for the album Raising Sand, which Rolling Stone praised for its "relaxed, smoky harmonies and reverbed midtempo rockabilly." All ages. Or you could go see Great Big Sea with all these people.

8:00 p.m. // WaMu Theater // $45-$135

GOTVR: Which stands for Get Out the Voter Registration. The 37th District Democrats are canvassing the Rainier Valley tonight to make sure everyone's all registered up. Orientation is from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m., canvassing is from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Meet up at the "Community Living Room" in the Family Building on the New Holly Neighborhood Campus, 7054 32nd Ave S.

5:30 p.m. // 37th District Dems // FREE

BALANCHINE BRUSH-UP: PNB's "Education Guy" Doug Fullington goes more in-depth than his pre-performance talks, looking at the influence of Balanchine's Russian training on his choreography, "with a particular focus on pas de deux and corps de ballet choreography." It's not all talk: you'll see excerpts from PNB's 2008-09 repertory, as well as works by Marius Petipa.

5:30 p.m. // PNB's Phelps Center, 310 Mercer St // $20

PNB principal Ariana Lallone as the Siren and Lucien Postlewaite as the Prodigal Son with company dancers in George Balanchine’s Prodigal Son, photo © Angela Sterling