Can't Miss It: Wednesday

SUBURBAN PLANNING: German architect and urban planner Thomas Sieverts coined the word "Zwischenstadt" to encapsulate all the non-destination spots that have grown up around towns and cities, that you have to pass through on your way to the country. That's what the planning and design community needs to focus on, he says--rather than wishing the strip malls away, it's worth considering how this decentralization is serving people. You can get a preview over here on KUOW.

7:30 p.m. // Town Hall, Eighth & Seneca // Tickets: $5

ZOO TUNES: Amazingly--staring at a daytime high of 80 degrees--tonight's Zoo Tunes show isn't is sold out. Even more amazingly, it's the "Three Girls and Their Buddy" tour: singer-songwriters Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Shawn Colvin, and Buddy Miller. That is one hell of a lineup, and we bet it doesn't stay unsold-out for long. [How right we are. Check your local Metropolitan Market or Craigslist for tickets.] For those of you who would never attend a Zoo Tunes show because you don't own Crocs, you can find local indie songsters Trip Audrey at the Sunset tonight, 9 p.m., $6 cover.

5 p.m. doors, concert 6-8:30 p.m. // Woodland Park Zoo, South Entrance, at North 50th Street and Fremont Avenue North // Tickets: $36

NOLLYWOOD!: Since the weather's perfect, contrarians will want to shoebox themselves inside the U District's tiny Grand Illusion Theatre to catch a documentary about Nigeria's burgeoning B-movie film industry. Nollywood Babylon, which Film Threat calls "Irresistible," is about to close, and you don't want to make a liar of Film Threat, do you? No, you do not. Also it's a Canadian documentary, and it's Canada Day. If that doesn't get you there, we throw our hands up.

7 & 9 p.m. // Grand Illusion Theatre, 1403 NE 50th Street // Tickets: $8 general admission