Can't Miss It: Monday

SO HUNGRY: Head to the Northwest Film Forum for Steve McQueen (not to be confused with Steve McQueen) and his first feature Hunger (not to be confused with The Hunger). Instead of sexy vampires, the film's about the true-life hunger strike undertaken by jailed members of the Irish Republican Army, who just wanted to be treated as political prisoners rather than common criminals. While the politics of the film--does it glorify terrorists?--are debatable, McQueen's skills as a director are not; he's got a fine eye and a commendable patience with the camera. There's not much talking in the film, which leaves plenty of time for surprisingly lovely images (see the lonely inmate making friends with the fly in his cell), except for one virtuoso seventeen-minute single-take conversation/debate between a prisoner and a priest, which could've used subtitles, as we don't speak Leprechaun. Hunger runs through Thursday.

7 p.m., 9:15 p.m. // Northwest Film Forum // 1515 12th Ave. // $9

NATIVE SON: Sherman Alexie celebrates the release of two books at Town Hall tonight. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, his 2007 National Book Award-winning novel about a teenager's coming of age and leaving the reservation, is now available in paperback. And for something completely different, there's Face, his first book of poems in nine years.

7:30 p.m. // Town Hall // 1119 8th Ave // $5

SCOTLAND MEETS THE STRIP: We are a sucker for UK bands with big sound, so count us in for Glasvegas, who combine the musical chops of their hometown Glasgow with the soaring bombast of Sin City. Supposedly their live shows feature so much over-the-top lighting that it's recommended you wear shades (or at least craft one of those eclipse-viewing things). Yup, sunglasses at night sounds like Vegas alright.

9 p.m. // Neumo's // 925 E Pike // $15