Can't Miss It: Weekend Edition, September 25-27

MASON JENNINGS: Friday, Pop folk musician Mason Jennings plays the Showbox at the Market. The Minneapolis-based singer’s smart folk lyrics are backed by endearingly melodic music. His newest album Blood of Man, is about death, religion, and growing up. With Crash Kings.

8:00 p.m. // Showbox at the Market, 1426 First Avenue // $18-$20

NO IMPACT MAN: Also tonight,No Impact Man author Colin Beavan talks about his year of reducing his family’s environmental impact. While the usefulness of his project is questionable, Beavan’s project is a fascinating examination of living sustainability. A documentary based on his book is also in theatres—No Impact Man opens Friday at the Varsity.

7:00 p.m. // University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E.// Free

OCEAN JUNK: Saturday Curtis Ebbesmeyer reads from his new book Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science at the Central Library. Ebbesmeyer is a very smart guy studying a very disturbing and very new topic: ocean-borne trash. If anyone can figure out where those severed feet that washed up around Puget Sound came from, it’s him. A must for anyone concerned about the state of the oceans.

2:00 p.m. // Seattle Central Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue // Free

COMEDY IS TRAGEDY PLUS TIMEComedian Carol Burnett hosts Laughter and Reflection with Carol Burnett at Mccaw Hall Sunday. We missed seeing the Carol Burnett show the first time around, but loved her in Mama’s Family. Go if you want to hear her do that trademark Tarzan yell.

7:30 p.m. // McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer Street // $49-$89