Can't Miss It: Monday
Forty years ago today, we walked all over that shit. In your face, moon! U-S-A! U-S-A! Image care of Seattle Daily Photo.
WALKING ON THE MOON: The Northwest Film Forum keeps on 69ing with their screenings this week of Downhill Racer and Camille 2000. As a lovely coincidence, 1969 was also the year that Neil Armstrong did his giant leap for mankind. As such, the NWFF is well within their purview to show footage of the moon landing tonight as part of their 69 film series. A screening of the original television broadcast starts at 7 p.m., followed by a montage of major NASA events leading up to and including the landing, stitched together live by local filmmaker and sound artist Joe Milutis.
7 p.m. // Northwest Film Forum // 1515 12th Ave. // $9
NICE WORK IF YOU CAN GET IT: In The Loveliest Woman in America, Bibi Gaston has written a book about the grandmother she never knew, a '20s and '30s Manhattan socialite, debutante, and actress who killed herself at age 33. Using her grandmother's diaries, Gaston weaves together her ancestor's life with that of her own, including her family's arguments over their inheritance and real estate. Bibi Gaston will be on hand at Elliott Bay tonight to read from her memoir.
7:30 p.m. // Elliott Bay Book Company // 101 S Main St // free
THREE IS BETTER THAN ONE: After a decade on hiatus, Three Mile Pilot is back! After releasing their third album, 1997's Another Desert, Another Sea, the band promptly took a ten-year break, with members forming Pinback and The Black Heart Procession. Now they're reunited (and it feels so good), first playing a series of January hometown shows in San Diego and now on a short summer tour up the West Coast in preparation of releasing their next album early next year. For a sneak preview of the new material, be sure to check out the Three Mile Pilot show at Neumo's tonight. Optiganally Yours and Navigator vs Navigator open.
9 p.m. // Neumo's // 925 E Pike St // $15, 21+
