Can't Miss It: Wednesday

PILLOW TALK: Almost no one we know gets a terrific night's sleep these days. Either it's restlessness or insomnia or neighbors, but it's tricky to get sleep to shroud you in his purple cloak. Dr. Catherine Darley, a naturopathic doctor from The Institute of Naturopathic Sleep Medicine has put together a Sleep 101 seminar (seminars do put us to sleep!) on what normal sleep is, and what can go wrong: sleep disordered breathing (and its effects on the cardiovascular system), insomnia, et al. And she'll talk about how sleep deprivation affects you, and how a sleep disorder can increase obesity.

6-7:30 p.m. // Seattle Central Public Library // FREE

SHOWSTOPPER: The Stranger's David Schmader brings his insightful commentary to Showgirls at the Showbox. Sometimes you have great crappiness thrust upon you, and Schmader's realization that Showgirls offers an unintentionally hilarious experience--in addition to some of the worst cinema to hit the screen--has moved beyond culthood into accepted wisdom. It's all about the hubris, says Schmader. See for yourself.

8 p.m. // Showbox at the Market // $15 (21+)

BIRTHDAY MUSIC: Tonight at Neumos, music blog Sound on the Sound is hosting a Birthday Bash. It's a prehistoric jungle-with-dinosaurs party---with props and vines and people dressed up like dinosaurs--and the lineup is fun on a stick: A Gun That Shoots Knives, The Resets, and Wah-Wah Exit Wound. AGTSK, we remind you, have been called "the Kids in the Hall of post-millennial techno-synth guitar rock."

9 p.m. // Neumos // $7

TAKE IT OUTSIDE, GOD-BOY: We can't find a lot on this, but Anthony Gill, Professor of Political Science at the UW, is talking on "Contemporary Threats to Religious Liberty in the U.S." Oh, wait, here we go: "Governments have increasingly used property rights regulations and zoning laws to inhibit the construction and expansion of houses of worship." Apparently this is an increasing trend. Well, we understand if there are bells involved, but otherwise it doesn't sound kosher.

7:30-9 p.m. // UW, Kane Hall, Rm 220 // FREE