Can't Miss It: Thursday

TIMELY LESSON: With Valentine's Day just around the corner, it's only fitting that Inara George and Greg Kurstin are bringing their sexy, breathy version of jazz-influenced indie pop to Chop Suey tonight. An hour and a half of George's luscious vocals making sweet love to your ears will prove an invaluable lesson come Saturday. The Bird and the Bee take the stage tonight after a set by Obi Best.

8 p.m. // 1325 E. Madison // $12, 21+

DATE MOVIE: The weepy teenage girl in you demands you take her to the Central Cinema tonight to wallow in blissful misery and watch Sixteen Candles, the Ally Sheedy Molly Ringwald masterpiece!

7 & 9:30 p.m. // 1411 21st Ave. // $6, beer w/ID, later show is 21+

IMPRESSIVE DATE MOVIE: Teenie flicks of the eighties not cutting it for you? Well, SIFF, as to be expected, can kick it up a notch for you with Bluebeard's Castle. A film made for German TV by the legendary directory Michael Powell, Bluebeard's Castle is an opera by Bela Bartok about a man who must explain to his current wife the fates of her seven predecessors. With expressionistic sets by Hein Heckroth. Powell transforms Bartok's opera into a swirling phantasmagoria. Also, there's a post-screening discussion with the Seattle Opera education staff.

7:30 p.m. // 300 Mercer St. // $10

MURDER. CITY. DEVILS.: What doesn't this band have? They got an awesome name and balls-to-the-walls rock 'n' roll. Tonight's gig down at the Showbox/Market is already sold-out, but there's a chance you can snag some over-priced tickets off Craigslist.

8 p.m. doors // 1426 First Ave. // sold out, 21+