Can't Miss It: Thursday

OPENING: A new art gallery in Pioneer Square! What a thought. Flatcolor Gallery celebrates its grand opening as part of First Thursday art walk tonight, with work by 2H and Parskid. The gallery is the brain-child of Christopher Cook, who founded Flatcolor.com a few years back as a clearinghouse for limited-run works by local artists on the web.

5-9 p.m. // 528 First Ave. S. // free!

LITERATURA: Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galleano is one of South America's living greats, and tonight he's in town to discuss his monumental new book, Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone, a collection of hundreds of vignettes that create a kaleidoscopic alternate-history of South America through the eyes of the people who experience it. It's the sort of book that uncreative book reviewers call a "tour de force," but we're feeling sort of lazy so we'll just use that description, too. But seriously, Galleano should not be missed.

7:30 p.m. // Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave. // $5

IMPERIAL UNITS: Does Metric really need an introduction? The new-wave/indie outfit from Canada by way of New York is rocking the Showbox tonight in support of their nouvelle album, Fantasies. Alas, it's technically sold out, but we're sure you can pick up some tix from a scalper out front or off Craigslist.

8 p.m. // Showbox Market, 1426 First Ave. // $20 sold out, all-ages, bar w/ID